Thanks to Marian Johnson, we have a record of our ancestry, that goes all the way back to Hanß, or Johannes Dürr. Opa Dürr ("Opa" is German for "grandfather") was born in 1643, in Oberriexingen, Neckarkreis, Württemberg, (part of modern day Germany).
He died on December 18, 1693, in Niedernhall, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
He is my 9th Great-Grandfather.
The Dürr name is quite prominent in Germany today. The Dürr Corporation is still partly owned by members of the Dürr family. Dr. Heinz Dürr, at 77, remains a highly influential person in the company. We have not verified any family connection to him, or the company, yet - but we're working on it!
Opa Dürr married the mysterious "Konigunda". We do not know if this was her true name. According to Marian, the writing, in church records, is unclear, and hard to decipher. We know that they had three children: Martin, Sabina, and Johannes. A fourth child, Maria Elizabeth, may have been born to the couple, but we have not verified that it is the correct Johannes Dürr. Again, the surname is common, and the given names "Johannes," "Johann," and "Hans," even moreso. Even today, we look back and see that almost every generation of Dürr (or Durr, Darr, Derr, etc.), has a son named "John."
His son, Johannes (Jr.) is my direct descendant. Johannes was the father of Johann Georg, father of Johann Georg, father of Gottlieb, father of Gottlieb (last to spell it "Durr", in my line), father of Adam, father of Henry, father of Roscoe, father of Edgar, father of Richard, my Dad.
The search is on, for other descendants of Johannes Dürr, both on this side, and the other, of the Atlantic Ocean.
