Mütter Family Genealogy

Mütter

   The Mütter surname was originally South German: It's an occupational name for an official employed to measure grain, from Middle High German mütte (‘bushel’, ‘grain measure’ - Latin modius) + the agent suffix -er. The family Coat of Arms features a red shield with a gold fesse between three shields.
   Our lineage can be traced to ADAM MÜTTER (d. 1728) of Rubwihl, who married VERENA ECKERT (1682 - 1 May 1752) of Niederwihl, and they had seven children.
   Their daughter, SALOMEA MÜTTER (24 Dec 1719 - 15 Sep 1758), married JOSEPH BANHOLZER (1 Apr 1719 - 13 Dec 1779) on the 15th of June, 1742, in Gorwihl. They had eight children, including our ancestor, MARIA BAHOLTZER (27 Jun 1743 - 25 Dec 1800). She married JOSEPH WENK (21 Sep 1733 - 17 Aug 1797), also of Russwil, on the 8th of October in 1767. They had JOHAN MICHAEL WENK (11 Dec 1772) in Ebersbirhl, Germany.

GENEALOGY ADAM MÜTTER (d. 1728) married VERENA ECKERT (1682 - 1752) and begat... SALOMEA MÜTTER (1719 - 1758), who married JOSEPH BANHOLZER (1719 - 1779) and begat... MARIA BAHOLZER (1743 - 1800), who married JOSEPH WENK (1733 - 1797) and begat... JOHAN MICHAEL WENK (1722 - 1827) who married KATHERINA FALLER (1776 - 1843) and begat... JOHAN WENK (1801 - 1867) who married IDA GASSMANN (1802 - 1854) and begat... IGNANZ GASSMANN WENK (1823 - 1897) who married EVA CATHERINE MANZ (1837 - 1923) and begat... MARTIN WENK (1876 - 1964) who married MARTHA CAROLINA GRIEB (1880 - 1937) and begat... ERWIN WENK (1910 - 1982) who married DOROTHY PRITCHARD (b. 1918) and begat... MARTHA WENK (b. 1940) who married CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. (b. 1939) and begat... JEFF (who married LORI ANN DOTSON), KATHY (who married HAL LARSEN), ERIC (who married MARY MOONSAMMY), and MICHELE HAUSE (who married JOHN SCOTT HOUSTON).