Hi Ian,
I am related to the people you mention. Johann Katzler and Barbare Schneider are twoof my great-grandparents. Here are the namesof my 16 great-great-grandparents, maybe one of them will be in your familytree.
Volltrauer, Kristoff; Mueller, Martin; Loch Werth; Lech, Baumgartner; Hoppinthal, Ware; Beierle,Geiger; Schneider, Neurohr, Tabar; Katzler, Tabor.
If any of these are familiar to you, I can tell what I knowabout them (for some I only have the name)
Hermann Volltrauer (1940 Pardan)
On Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 04:47:33 PM EST, Ian Schoenherr via groups.io <donauschwaben@...> wrote:
I have two relatively close DNA matches on MyHeritage who descend from two different children of Johann KATZLER 1860-1934 and Barbara SCHNEIDER 1863-1945 of Pardan - including Banat list member Hermann Volltrauer. But I have no idea what my connection is to this couple as, so far, I don't seem to have any direct ancestors who came from Pardan, nor do I have those surnames - nor any TABARs, TABORs, or SABATHs - in my tree as it stands.
However, Johann KATZLER's father, Stefan KATZLER 1836-1886, may have come from Lenauheim and his father, Andreas KATZLER (born 1796?), may have come from Grabatz. And Johann's grandmother Catharina SABATH TABAR may have comes from Stefansfeld - all villages where I *do* have ancestral connections.
I've search the Banat and DVHH lists for other posts including KATZLER, TABAR, TABOR, and SABATH, but there is little or nothing to be found, so I'd welcome more information about these families. And maybeHermann will see this, too.