Johannes Valentine Bressler/Preslar LineĬhildren of Valentine and Anna Christiana:Īndreas (Andrew) Preslar b. This continued down Elvis Presleys 'line' to his grandfather Jessie (J.D.) and on occasion his Father, Vernon. Valentine Preslar, the founder of the family in America, was born in the Palatinate, Germany, 1669 in the village of Hochstadt (where the Preslar family was first mentioned in 1494) Valentine was employed there as a vine dresser he married Christina Franse and immigrated to New York in 1710 In the early generations of the family the German surnames were often turned into English (in parenthesis) after the mid-1800s many members of the family changed their last name to Pressley or Pressly'. It appears that the descendants of Hans Jurie kept the 'Preslar' surname while the descendants of Andreas seem to have shifted over to Pressley and Presley, perhaps to differentiate between the two families.Īllen writes that '. Regarding the sons of Valentine and Christina Bressler/Preslar, the following information as given by a Preslar descendant, Robert Allen, who defines that the two sets of Preslars living in Anson County, NC, are not only the children of Andreas and Antje (Anna) Wells, but of Hans Jurie Preslar, brother of Andreas. On June, 14 arriving on the ship ' Fame', Captain Walter Houxton, were the following: Johann Valentin Bressler, 41, Anna Christiana, 36, Anna Elisabetha, 14, Anna Gertrud, 12, Andreas, 6, Antoni, 4, and (son) 1-1/2. 2,400 Germans (Palatinate) arrived in New York and New Jersey from England. (Johannes was shortened to Johann and then John). This continued down Elvis Presleys 'line' to his grandfather Jessie (J.D.). Johannes Valentin Bressler, the founder of the Presley family in America, was born in the Palatinate, Germany, 1669 in the village of Hochstadt (where the Preslar family was first mentioned in 1494) Valentine was employed there as a vine dresser he married Anna Christiana Franse (Born Germany 1674) and immigrated to New York in 1710 In the early generations of the family, in America, the German surnames were often turned into English (in parenthesis) after the mid-1800s many members of the family changed their last name to Pressley or Pressly. › Minnie Mae › Gladys and Vernon › Elvis Presley › Lisa Marie › Riley Keogh › Elvis' paternal heritage through to his father, VernonĮlvis' maternal heritage through to his mother, Gladys
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