Talk:Johannes Katronnes Wilhelm

One line of thought I've heard is that perhaps Johann's father Justus is actually the genesis for the legend, and was in the Prussian Army, or perhaps a Hessian Soldier.  Since even less is known about Justus, this could be hard to track down.  The listings of Hessian soldiers does contain a couple of men names Justus Wilhelm.  One is far too young.  The other is old enough, although he's listed as being born in 1743 or 1744, whereas "our" Justus was born in 1735, although I've not seen anything to confirm that date.

{|
! No. of unit in computer list	
! Family Name	
! First Name or Abbrv.	
! Year of Birth	
! Place of Origin 	
! Code # of Town with  Abbrv.	
! Rank	
! Unit Reg. Battln & Co.	
! Cat. Of Presentation	
! Date of Entry in Unit Book	
! Archive code of the Source
|-	
| 11857	
| Wilhelm	
| Justus	
| 1743/44	
| Burgufflen	
| D3521+	
| GE	
| BOS-3	
| 07	
| 3, 1777	
| 6826/6	
|-
| 11858	
| Wilhelm	
| Justus	
| 1767/68	
| Ziegennain	
| D3579+	
| GE	
| LOB-4	
| 01	
| 6, 1783	
| SR265	
|}
In the column number for town the D = “Federal Republic of Germany” + (after the number) = Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kessel 
+ = town in Hessen-Kessel

In Rank Column GE = Private (Gemeiner)

In Unit & Battalion column: 	
*LOB = von Lossberg Regiment, after 1780 Alt von Lossberg
*BOS = von Bose regiment, until 1778 von Trümbach

In Cat. of Presentation:	
*07 = Died of disease of non-battle related causes
*01 = Appointed, esspecially in the unit rolls

Archive Code SR = Unit Rolls (size and assignment lists) Stammarolle-Maß und Rangierlisten


--[[User:JCharlesW|JCharlesW]] 00:14, 23 July 2009 (UTC)