Conrad Breyel   Gen. A, id #5529                                     Edited 20140425
=============   Son of Martin Breyel & Anna Dürr                            |[31]      
 
Born: 12 Dec 1652 Ger,,Dusslingen                                           |[31]      
Died:  8 Oct 1703 Ger,,Dusslingen                                           |[31]      
 
Marr: Margaretha Schelling                              
      m: 16 Aug 1678 Ger,,Dusslingen                                        |[A]        
      b: 18 Jan 1658 Ger,,Dusslingen                                        |[33]      
      Dau of Johannes Schelling & Agnes Dürr                                |[33]      
 
                           +---born----+---------------++---died----+---------------+
  1.  Johannes               1 May 1679 Ger,,Dusslingen         1733 VA, Spotsylvani
  2.  Anna                  26 Dec 1680 Ger,,Dusslingen                             
  3.  Agnes                  2 Jul 1682 Ger,,Dusslingen  25 Mar 1686 Ger,,Dusslingen
  4.  Martinus              12 Nov 1684 Ger,,Dusslingen   9 Jul 1685 Ger,,Dusslingen
  5.  Martin                23 Sep 1686 Ger,,Dusslingen                             
  6.  Agnes                 29 Nov 1694 Ger,,Dusslingen                             
  7.  Barbara               27 Jun 1697 Ger,,Dusslingen  18 Sep 1697 Ger,,Dusslingen
  8.  Margaretha            23 Jan 1699 Ger,,Dusslingen                             
 

His death record is most unusual:

 8 Oct 1703 - Conrad Breyel, Bürger u. BaürsMan allhier so über
einen Holzapfelba£m herabgefallen u. der Rükgrath abgebroch noch 
5. tag gelebet, seines alters 51. Jahr weniger 8. Wochen.

The straightforward translation is

"Conrad Breyel, citizen and farmer of this place, who fell down
over a crabapple tree and broke his back, yet lived 5 days, 
his age 51 years less 8 weeks."

This interpretation does not make sense in that it is hard to 
break one's back by tripping over a tree.  Another interpretation
depends on translating über as "atop" rather than "over".  Thus,
"who atop a crabapple tree fell down".
 
Sources: 
[A]   Broyle, Conrad; Schelling, Margaretha; [31]
[31]  Church records of Dusslingen, Württemberg, Germany, LDS Film 1457448
[33]  Zimmerman & Cerny, "Before Germanna", no. 6, January 1990, American Genealogical Lending Library

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