Charles Pemberton Wurts

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1) A genealogical record of the Wurts family: the descendants of Reverend Johannes Conrad Wirz, who came to America from Zurich, Switzerland in 1734 : also a record of the ancestry of the Reverend Johannes Conrad Wirz from...

Author

Wurts, Charles Pemberton

Publisher

C.P. Wurts

Pub. Date

1889

Physical Desc

91 leaves, [28] leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms, facsims., ports.

Language

English

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Book, Microfilm, Online Content

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Johannes Conrad Wirz (1706-1763), son of Johannes Conrad Wirz and Magdalena Klingler, was born in Zurich, Switzerland, and as a youth served as a military cadet in the service of the King of The Netherlands. He returned to Zurich to practice law, and in 1734 immigrated (via Rotterdam) to Philadelphia. While waiting in Rotterdam, he married Anna Goetschi, and decided to become a Presbyterian minister. They settled in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, moving...

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Charles Pemberton Wurts

1) A genealogical record of the Wurts family: the descendants of Reverend Johannes Conrad Wirz, who came to America from Zurich, Switzerland in 1734 : also a record of the ancestry of the Reverend Johannes Conrad Wirz from...