This is the font from the Kirche St. Johannes der Täufer. (St. John the Baptist) in Diespeck. It is a quite pretty little church. The font appears in the crest of the town itself. I don't know its age yet, but my ancestors have been baptized in it for many years. I had an overpowering feeling of being among them last fall when I received a blessing from the Pfarrer at the churche's alter. Pretty powerful stuff!
1829-54
This portrait was provided by Marcy Boyle Hoover, Daniels GG Granddaughter. Daniel himself was the GG Grandson of Peter Hasselbacher/ Hazelbaker.
These are my Great-Grandparents Johann Hasselbacher and Anna Hertlein in 1895. Johann was born in Diespeck and Anna in Fuchsstadt. Their daughter Babetta was born in Gossmannsdorf and their sons Michael and Konrad (my Grandfather) in Nuremberg.
I copied this photo in the home of a Hasselbacher family in the Aischgrund. It is my understanding that she is the half-sister of my Great-Grandfather Johann Hasselbacher above. (I can see some resemblance.) I have additional information including a birth certificate from Diespeck. Like so many other things, I need to get her material organized.
Ludwig was the oldest son of John Peter Hasselbacher and Eva Marie Gundacker and the first of the Illinois Hasselbachers to be born in the USA. This photo taken c1915 and was provided to me by relatives living in Germany.
