Leo Diederich and Mary Ternes Relatives--Details (revised) - Person Sheet
Leo Diederich and Mary Ternes Relatives--Details (revised) - Person Sheet
NameFranz Schmitz 
Birth16 Dec 1740, Laubach, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death15 Apr 1783, Laubach, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
FatherPeter Schmitz
MotherMaria Margarete Steffes
Spouses
Birth3 Jul 1748, Laubach, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death8 Jun 1822, Laubach, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
FatherJohann Heinen (-1762)
MotherAnna Maria Klee (~1715-1763)
Marriage28 Apr 1778, St. Laurentius Church, Masburg, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Notes for Franz Schmitz
Franz’s parents were Peter Schmitt and Maria Margaretha Steffes. Franz may have married Gertrud Ollig of Laubach in 1764. Her last child was born about 1777. If Franz did marry in 1764, records of St. Laurentius Catholic Church in Masburg indicate that his father Peter had died before that marriage occurred.
Notes for Katharine (Spouse 1)
According to Peter Bauer, Katharine’s and Franz’s marriage required both 4th and 3rd degree dispensations. That would indicate that they were probably both 3rd cousins and 2nd cousins.