Klipfel. Letter, 28 Nov 1999. Jean-Marie Klipfel
2, impasse des acacias
67 360 Gunstett (France)


Gunstett, 1999 November 28th


Dear Mr. Replogle,

I copied out all partages 1701-1790 of Lampertsloch to the level of the families, the children, the description and the situation of their houses. I'll write an article about the evolution of the village Lampertsloch.

Hannss Jacob REBLOGEL's partage

7.6.1712
+Hannss Jacob REEBLOGELL, Borger La, und +Apelonnia'
1)+Hanss Georg, Burger zu Laussann, epx de Magdalena
2)Catharina, 28 ans
3)Hannss Jacob
4)Hannss, 'welcher schon Lange Zeith in der frembten...'

(etc., more quoted from the partage....)

There are no doubt the notarial documents giving a good profit for the genealogist. The death of a person entails often a necessity to etablish by the lawyer an inventory of his possessions with a share among his heirs in mind.

This operation follows by a death after one week, one or two months, three months, sometimes six months, a year or longer. We find also in the inventories lists of goods, personals, sets of live, debts ans accounts, tools, livestocks....

The more the deceased is rich and the less is common occupation, the more the interest of the inventory of his goods is great for economical and social studies.

Hannss Jacob REEBLOGELL's inventory, drawed up 1712 June 7th, is keeped in the minutes of the Woerth's notary in the Archives of Strasbourg.
This document bring us following genealogical precisions.
  1. the deceased was a burgess of Lampertsioch.
  2. his occupation is unknown, but we find in the church registers. I think Mrs Peres had find it.
  3. his death is undated and his wife is dead.
  4. It is an inventory in common.
  5. his heirs are four children :
+Hanss Georg, Burger zu Laussann, epx de Magdalena
Catharina, 28 ans
Hannss Jacob
Hannss, 'welcher schon Lange Zeith in der frembten...'

It's difficult to localize his house because we don't have numbers of the parcels, but we must piece together.

Hannss, 'welcher schon Lange Zeith in der frembten...' I translate - John, who emigrated to the forein countries a long time'. I presume he's the first Reblogel in the U.S.A.

The researches about the inventories would enlarge one's horizons to finding other informations in the periods before 1897 in France and also in the U.S.A.


Jean-Marie Klipfel