Talk:Jean-Bernard Knepper

Where was Margarita Trippel from?
On 15 October 2006 an editor with IP 85.94.228.26 added "Jean-Bernard Knepper married Margarita Trippel from Trier-Germany (Trevus)." Except for the origin of Margarita, this duplicated material already in the very short article. The biographical article in the Lëtzebuergesch Wikipedia asserts that she was from Thionville, namely daughter of a shepherd from Thionville, ("Duechter vun engem Schäffe vun Thionville"). The German name for Thionville is Diedenhofen. The two towns, Thionville and Trier are across the Moselle River from each other. Absent any other citation, I have left the Luxembourgian version in place, including the first name of Ms. Tippel. Bejnar 23:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Knepper's wife's name was Anna Margaretha Trippel. She was the daughter of Franciscus Trippel of Thionville, Lux. This later became the land of France. Franciscus was scabinus of Thionville--meaning he was an alderman or assessor for the city, perhaps even the mayor. This information comes from the birth records of Jean-Bernard and Margaretha's children. This makes more sense for them to be married as they were more closely equal on the social and economic scale rather than for her father being a shepherd. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8803:FF09:0:805E:8E68:CC07:19DF (talk) 22:28, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Margaretha had a brother or uncle who acted as godparent to one of her children. He was described as a "pastor from Volkrange". This town is near Thionville. A "pastor" could be a shepherd or a church pastor. (User:Knepper/Grace, did the above edit also) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:F4F0:6780:9D51:538C:57DF:4BF5 (talk) 20:20, 20 December 2019 (UTC)