Johann Michael (nee, Johannes) HEINZ
See scan no. 89 for Buchenbronn for birth/death record. Geldarbeiter/ Bijouterei To date I have no exlanation for the apparent change of his name from Johannes to Johann Michael, but that is what the record bears out. Was it because Carolina was 4-5 months pregnant at the time of marriage? His marriage record shows Johannes Heinz residing in Pforzheim His parents are listed as Eva Böhringer and Johann Georg Heinz from Büchennbronn. Carolina's parents are listed as Johann Christian Essig and Anna Dorothea Ostertag and from Pforzheim. The birth record for Johannes in Buchenbronn shows the same parents. There is a Johann Michael Böhringer listed as a family member and there is also a Johann Michael Böhringer that appears as a baptism witness for many of the Heinz children in Pforzheim.
Merchant Baptism Witnesses: 1) Johann Michael Böhringer (dog trainer) I am not positive on this one, but there is some tie in to Rottweil here. 2) Johann Jakob Böhsinger 3) Johann Heinrich Kienelem, ladig (single) 4) Georg Philipp Essig 5) Carl Essig, Ziegler (glass maker) 6) Johann Jakob Essig 7) Johann Georg Kienele, jewely maker, entrepreneur 8) Johann Jakob ???, from Bücherbron (a then suburb of Pforzheim, now part of the city) 9) Dorothy (born Seiler) widow of Jakob ??
Was a witness at the Baptism of Karl Ludwig Heinz, his nephew.
He married Carolina Friedricka Essig 6 Dec 1792 at Evangelisch, Broetzingen, Karlsruhe, Baden . Carolina Friedricka Essig was born at Pforzheim, Baden 28 Aug 1771 daughter of Johann Christian Essig and Anna Dorothea Ostertag .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Charlotta Christine Heinz
born 7 May 1793.
Johann Heinrich Heinz
born 26 Apr 1794.
Margaretha Dorothea Heinz
christened 27 Jun 1795.
Caroline Charlotta Heinz
born 8 Jul 1797.
Georg Jakob Heinz
born 26 Jun 1798.
Johann Philipp Heinz
born 12 Nov 1799.
Caroline Amelia Heinz
christened 16 Aug 1801.
Carolina Sophia Heinz
born 18 Sep 1804.
Ludwig Heinrich Heinz
born 6 Dec 1806.
Johann Michael (nee, Johannes) Heinz died 16 Dec 1831 at Büchenbronn, Karlsruhe, Baden .