Georg Greineisen

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Georg Greineiß was born about 1470 in Frankenberg (an der Eder), Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany. Georg was a "Bürger und Ratsherr" (citizen and councilor) in Frankenberg. He died after 1548.

While Georg is the earliest known ancestor of this line of the Greineisen family, there were earlier Greineisens recorded in the area of Frankenberg. As early as 1343, there was a Bürger (citizen) in Frankenberg named Johann Grinysen. Also, around 1460-73, there was a priest named Johann Grynißin, Inhalber (proprietor) of the St. Annensaltars at the monastery at Georgenberg, Hesse, Germany, who died in 1474.

Georg and his wife's child is:

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Johann Greineisen, called "der Ältere," (meaning "the elder"), born about 1497/8 in Frankenberg (an der Eder), Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany, a Bürger (citizen) in Frankenberg, married 1) — — and 2) — Saur about 1542, died 4 May 1564. Wife 1: Name unknown, d. abt. 1540. Wife 2: — Saur, b. abt. 1518, d. aft. 1564.

Summary of Sources

1. Henseling, Jakob, "Die hessiche Familie Greineisen," Hessiche Familienkunde, band 13, heft 2, Juni 1976, 69-72.

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