The Schondelmaier Family

Schondelmaier from Baden, Germany:

The Schondelmaier family is originally from a village called Reichenbach in the municipality and parish of Hornberg, Baden, Germany. Between Reichenbach and Hohenweg, towards the west, is a brook or stream called Schondelbächle. The street and community lying along Schondelbächle is called Schondelgrund.

Ancestor Johanna Schillinger (generation 4, below) also descends from the Schondelmaier family through her maternal grandmother, Anna Schondelmaier wife of Georg Haas. Anna was the daughter of Hans Schondelmaier, described as "hofbauer auf den Schondel. His father was Christian Schondelmaier "aufen Schondel." Both auf den and aufen (a shortened form of auf den) mean "on the;" ultimately resulting in Hans, or Christian, Schondelmaier "on the Schondelbächle." It's rather evident this family's surname originated from this specific locality they were residing in. Georg Schondelmaier, the färber presented below, is to some unknown degree related to Hans and Christian Schondelmaier, however, the parish records for Hornberg date back to 1635 and we cannot researcher further.

Johann Georg Schondelmaier (generation 6, below) removed from the Hornberg-Reichenbach area and settled in neighboring Gutach, eventually as part-owner of the 16th-century homestead known as Vogtsbauernhof.

Paternal Line:

Generation 1: Georg Schondelmaier [färber und bürgermeister] & Anna
Generation 2: Georg Schondelmaier [färber und gerichtverwandt] & Helena Aberle
Generation 3: Stephen Schondelmaier [färber] & Anna Catharina Schöchlin
Generation 4: Johann Jacob Schondelmaier [taglöhner in Reichenbach] & Johanna Schillinger
Generation 5: Jacob Schondelmaier [bauer auf dem Berg] & Anna Catharina Haas
Generation 6: Johann Georg Schondelmaier & Christina Schultheiss [owners of Vogtsbauernhof]
Generation 7: Anna Maria Schondelmaier & Johann Georg Sum [owners of Vogtsbauernhof]

Maternal Line #1:
Generation 1: Christian Schondelmaier [aufen Schondel] & NN
Generation 2: Hans Schondelmaier [hofbauer auf der Schondel] & Anna Aberle
Generation 3: Anna Schondelmaier & Georg Haas [bauer in Schwanenbach]
Generation 4: Catharina Haas & Christian Shilling[er] [bauer auf dem Schembach]
Generation 5: Johanna Schillinger & Johann Jacob Schondelmaier [taglöhner in Reichenbach] [Paternal Line Generation 4]

Maternal Line #2:
Generation 1: Anna Schondelmaier & Johannes Reuter
Generation 2: Johann Jacob Reuter [halbbauer] & Anna Katharina Faisst
Generation 3: Johannes Reuter [bauer am Kreuz] & Rosina Röck
Generation 4: Johannes Reuter [taglöhner] & Anna Maria Sum
Generation 5: Katharina Reuter & Johann Georg Sum [gütler in Untertal]
Generation 6: Johann Georg Sum & Anna Maria Schondelmaier [owners of Vogtsbauernhof] [Paternal Line Generation 7]