The Farm Where the Majerus Family Lived in the 1700s

After crashing through the Jean MAJERUS brick wall I thought things would become simpler.

I’d planned on writing about my 5th great-grandparents Jean MAJERUS (1766-1852) and Margretha BREGER (1767-1851) and their four known children.

When I wrote about their son Jean Baptiste MAJERUS (1797-1868) and his wife Catharina CORNELY (1794-1871) in January 2018 I had dropped rough citations in the notes of his children and grandchildren for miscellaneous records I’d found. I’ve spent hours adding these to the correct individuals while making notes in the Research Manager of Ancestral Quest, my genealogy software, to check for more records.

I got carried away down in a rabbit hole as I tried to round up Jean Baptiste’s siblings’ children’s marriage records in order to learn when his three siblings died. Normally I would use the Tables Décennales (ten-year lists of births, marriages, and deaths) to quickly search for a name and date. However, the MAJERUS families in Strassen used the same first names for their children (over and over) and I was looking up multiple records before I found what I was looking for.

As I viewed each I ended up copying the citation and adding the event to the correct individual. I’m glad I took the time to go through the motions of inputting, citing, and formulating items to be added to the research manager. I now have a clearer picture of several generations of descendants of Jean MAJERUS and Margretha BREGER.

Still, I realized I’m not ready for the planned post. I want to have everything in place before I begin to write about Jean and Margretha. Instead of the planned post, I’m sharing these wonderful photos my husband took last week.

Scherfenhof in the commune of Heffingen

The day after I posted How the Jean MAJERUS Brick Wall Crumbled – The Keys and Doors Which Made It Happen! my husband took a bike ride in the Larochette area of Luxembourg. He planned the ride so he would pass by the farm my MAJERUS ancestors lived on in the 1700s.

The road from Christnach to Larochette with the farm up on a little hill to the right of the road.

The sign at the entrance to Scherfenhaff, Luxembourgish for Scherfenhof.

When he arrived at the farm he asked some men working there if any of them were the owner. They pointed to a car pulling up and said the driver was the owner. My husband explained to him that I  had recently learned some of my ancestors lived on the farm in the 1700s. He asked permission to take some pictures of the farm and the owner kindly agreed.

A little chapel at the entrance to the farm.

The barn at Scherfenhof on one side of the cobblestoned yard.

The main house at Scherfenhof with it’s the cobblestoned yard.

An addition to the main house.

Leaving Scherfenhof. That’s my photographer’s bicycle on the right.

I hoped you’ve enjoyed visiting the farm my 7th great-grandparents Jean MAJERUS and Elisabeth AMBROSI (aka DITGES) and my 6th great-grandfather Jean MAJERUS lived and worked on during the 18th century.

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