Anna Maria SEYFFLER

1714 - 1771  (57 years)

• Name	Anna Maria SEYFFLER
  Birth	1714	Switzerland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Apr 1771	Kingsburg, Lunenburg, NS   [2]
  Burial	28 Apr 1771	Lunenburg County, NS   [3]
  Person ID	I3885	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family	Hans Jacob MOSHER,   b. 1711, Switzerland d. 2 Mar 1779, Kingsburg, Lunenburg, NS (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Anna Christina Margaretha MOSHER,   b. 1732, Switzerland d. 14 Feb 1823, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 91 years)   2. Samuel MOSHER,   b. 1737, Switzerland d. 23 Dec 1810, Kingsburg, Lunenburg, NS (Age 73 years)   3. Johann Jacob MOSHER,   b. 13 Mar 1740, Switzerland d. 26 Sep 1824, Kingsburg, Lunenburg, NS (Age 84 years)   4. Anna Maria Regina MOSHER,   b. Abt 1743, Switzerland d. 11 Mar 1799, Lunenburg County, NS (Age ~ 56 years)   5. Heinrich MOSHER,   b. 1747, Switzerland d. Moser River, Halifax, NS   6. Matthias MOSHER,   b. 1749, Switzerland d. 1834, New Dublin Twp, Lunenburg, NS (Age 85 years)   7. Judith MOSHER,   b. 1754, Kingsburg, Lunenburg, NS d. 18 Mar 1791, Petite Riviere, Lunenburg, NS (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F2442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Some researchers have her as Anna Maria Julianna ZUIFLOWER, but nobody (at least that I know of) seems to know the original source for that.  And the problem that at least a few people have raised is that ZUIFLOWER is not a known German, French, Italian, or Romansh surname,, which exhausts the 'native' languages of Switzerland. There was, however, a 1700's Swiss family that lived in Bern and was named SEYFFLER, which is phonetically identical to ZUIFLOWER.  And given that the proper way to spell a name in the 1700's was phonetically, this might be the answer to the maiden name problem. Also, although the conventional wisdom is that she d. Apr 1771, there is a problem. Here are several ZLL burial record transcripts: Kim Stevens Mosher, Maria, 1771-04-28, DRL, W/Jacob Mosher, Maria Julianna, 1784-04-08, 70y 06d, ZLL, Jacob Mosher Sr, South Don Shankle Moser, Mary, 1771-04-28, DRL, w/Jacob, Lunenburg Moser, Mary Julianna, 1784-04-08, 70y 6d, ZLL, Jacob Moser Sr South Moser, Magdalene 1784-04-08, 70y, ZLL, Oakwood Scott Thiel Moser, Magdalene 1784-04-08, ZLL Thanks to Sharon Livingstone, I obtained a scanned page image of the ZLL register containing the 1784 date and, in my opinion, the given name(s) entry should properly be read as one word--"Magdalena", which solves the problem and is consistent with everything else we think we know. Also, her burial location is given as "Eichenwald" which can be translated as Oakland; and since we know that Maria, wife of Jacob 1711 lived at Kingsburg, these facts tells us that the Maria who d. 1771 is Maria 1714, who was probably christened Anna Maria was almost certainly not named [Anna] Maria Julianna.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1194] Gail's GEDCOM file. [S9127] Observation--See Burial Date. [S9190] Parish Register, Dutch Reformed Church--Lunenburg.