Gudel Moyses (1788- )

Gudel (Augusta/Goutel) Moyses was born 30 Nov 1788, 229 years ago in Bonfeld, Wurttemberg, Germany. She is my husband’s 3rd great-grandmother on his mother’s side. Gudel was jewish, and I found her birth certificate in the WWII file on my mother-in-law (but that is another story)

She married her husband in Kirrweiler, a town almost 60 km (c. 40 miles) to the west in the Pfalz. I wonder how she met him; it seems like a long distance. On the other hand the marriage was probably arranged, and the Jewish network reached over large distances.

Her husband was a butcher, as was her brother-in-law. Much research remains to be done to get a picture of what life was like in those days. For the moment, I want to honor her on her birthday