Found, At Last--The Birth Record of Anna Eva Heÿer

In case you don't recognize the name, Anna Eva Heÿer, and haven't read the preceding blog about my search for her birth/baptismal record see my Blog Post from 4/14/2019, "The Siblings of Anna Eva Heÿer (or How to Create Chaos in Your Family Tree)".
Briefly, Anna Eva Heÿer was my great-great-grandfather, Johann Tobias Rödiger's first wife, and mother of Anna Katharina Rödiger, who married Johann Friedrich Eichenauer, and who, together had 10 children, 5 of whom emigrated to Ohio. So. hopefully, this Blog Post would be of interest to all Eichenauer as well as Rödiger descendants in Ohio.

First, a big round of applause👏 for my German Research Geru, Regina Hiller, who told me that the church records for the tiny village of Kalkobes were hidden in the Bad Hersfeld Church Records. Regina, you have my undying gratitude. It could have taken years to learn that on my own.

As a result, I have found Anna Eva's birth/baptism record as well as that of 3 more of Anna Eva's siblings that were previously unknown to me.

Here is the digital image of Anna Eva's birth/baptism. The header on the page makes it clear that this record pertains to May of 1789:

Kalkobes No. -- Anna Eva, des Nicolaus Heÿer, Gerichtshof, und Anna Catharina eine geborene Lehn, gebürtig aus Reilos, ? Töchterlein ist geboren 28ten Morgens zwischen 8 und 9 Uhr; Getauft 31ten
die Gottel ist gewesen des Schneidermeister Justus Seelig, deßen Ehefrau Namens Anna Eva
(Kalkobes -- Anna Eva, daughter of the "judge", Nicolaus Heÿer and his wife, Anna Catharina Lehn (born in Reilos), was born on the 28th between 8 and 9 am and baptized on the 31st.
The baptismal sponsor was Anna Eva, wife of the master tailor, Justus Seelig

The information provided in this record confirms much of what was already known. But from this record we also learn the time of her birth, the date of her baptism and whom she was named after. Plus, it confirms, that her husband, Johann Tobias Rödiger, had the correct date when he provided the information for her death record.

As I stated earlier, in the process of looking for Anna Eva's birth/baptism record, I discovered 3 more of her older siblings. These were Johannes, born in 1767; Anna Gela, born in 1769 and Simon, born in 1771. Of the ten children, I have now found all of the baptismal records except for that of Anna Katharina. I only know of her existence because she was named as the Gottel (baptismal sponsor) of Anna Eva's daughter, Anna Katharina (mentioned in the opening paragraph of this blog as the wife of Johann Friedrich Eichenauer). So, my family tree, showing the children of Nicolaus Heÿer and Anna Catharina Lehn, including Anna Eva and the three newly discovered children looks like this:

For those who are updating their own family trees based on info in my Blog, I will provide the baptism dates because they do not show up on this illustration:
Johannes, 7/15/1767
Anna Gela, 4/2/1769
Simon, 5/20/1771
Anna Martha Elisabeth, 3/31/1776
Johann Conrad, 8/30/1778
Catharina Elisabeth (1), 12/31/1780
Catharina Elisabeth (2), 7/7/1783
Dietrich, 1/1/1786
Anna Eva, 5/31/1789

All were born in Kalkobes and either baptized there or in Bad Hersfeld.
For a description of the location of Kalkobes, see my Blog Post from 4/14/2019, "The Siblings of Anna Eva Heÿer (or How to Create Chaos in Your Family Tree)".

The hunt continues for Anna Katharina's baptismal record, and for all of her sibling's marriage and death records.

Stephen Roediger