BORN: 30 May 1727 in Strasbourg, France
DIED: 7 June 1775 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
MARRIED: 17 December 1754 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
SPOUSE: Susanna Catherine Morasch, born 11 August 1735 in Kleinheubach, Germany, died 3 April 1811 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
CHILDREN:
Catherine Barbara born 1 October 1766 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 9 November 1864 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Jacob
John Michael
Margaret Sophia
Rachel Elizabeth born 1755 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 3 February 1840 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
George Frederick
Andrew
William
Maryann Philipina born 1769 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 18 May 1832 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
John Phillip born in 1771 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 7 February 1854 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
George Henry born 28 March 1772 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, died 1 February 1849 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
NOTES:
Georg arrived at Halifax in May 1752 on the ship “Betty” as a “Foreign Protestant” recruited by the British to help settle Nova Scotia. Passenger list shows he was an unmarried locksmith from Strasbourg. Lived in Halifax that year, the next year was part of the group that homesteaded in Lunenburg. He was granted and earned land there, met and married Susanna, started a family and was involved in a minor uprising against unfair practices of the British overlords. The family moved to Halifax and lived there until his death. Buried in cemetery of Little Dutch Church in Halifax, along with his wife Susanna.
He went by the name Georg on all Nova Scotia records.
They had 12 children.