[http://www.endersfamily.org/left.htm]

Trip to the Homeland in 2001!

Johann Philip Enders, known as PHILIP CHRISTIAN ENDERS, was born July 22, 1740 in Breunigweiler, Palatine, Germany.  On May 13, 1764 he married ANNA APOLONIA DEGAN, who was born January 12, 1746 in nearby Sippersfeld, Palatine, Germany.

In 1999 a group of genealogists led by The Reverend Dr. Cecil Pottieger traveled to Germany and Switzerland.  We were kindly received by the congregation in the hometown of our Enders ancestors.

 

Enders cousins in the home Church of Philip Christian Enders in Breunigweiler, Germany. Mae Enders Thompson, Marilyn Henninger, and Dr. Cecil Potteiger

Anna Apolonia Degen's home church in Sippersfield, Germany.

 The current pastor and Dr. Cecil Potteiger standing in front of Anna Apolonia Degans home church in Sippersfield, Germany.
Enders cousins standing in front of the home church of Philip Enders in Breunigweiler, Germany.   Mae Enders Thompson 1-7-1-3-7-2-2 
Marilyn Nice Henninger 
1-14-9-2-4-5-3-1
The Rev. Dr. Cecil Pottieger
1-7-5-3-2-7-2		 Anna Apolonia Degen's home church in Sippersfeld. This tower is the oldest part of the church and would have been standing when Anna and Philip left Germany.  The pastor rang the bell for us that Anna would have heard as she was growing up. Standing in front of Anna Apolonia Degen's home church are the current pastor and The Rev. Dr. Cecil Pottieger.

This beautiful altar in the church at Sippersfeld was built sometime after Anna Apolonia Degan left Germany.

The sleepy little town of Breunigweiler, Germany where Philip Christian Enders was born and he and his bride Anna Apolonia Degan departed from in 1764.

HOME