Anna Christina Berggrün was born 1784 in Vilnius/ Lithuania, baptized on Aug. 30, 1784, at the evangelical reformed church in Vilnius/ Lithuania.
She was the daughter of Johann Daniel Gerhardt and Christina Gerhardt born Weller. Anna Christina’s maternal grandfather was Crétien Weller, a cantor and school master at the ev. french - reformed church in Judtschen/ East Prussia.
Her father Johann Daniel Gerhardt was a teacher, docent, cantor and organist at the evangelical reformed church in Vilnius. Anna Christina grew up with five brothers and four sisters.
Siblings of Anna Christina Berggrün born Gerhardt:
Johann Carl Friedrich Gerhardt born May 27, 1778 in Vilnius/ Lithuania, died Nov. 21, 1815 in Vilnius, age 37
Johann Ferdinand Gerhardt born Jan. 23, 1780 in Vilnius/ Lithuania, died Feb. 21, 1823 in Kedainiai/ Lithuania , age 43
Johanna Dorothea Gerhardt ( Bender) born Dec. 9, 1781 in Vilnius/ Lithuania, died Feb. 14, 1813 in Vilnius, age 31
married Johann Abel Bender
Anna Luise Gerhardt ( Deutschner ) born Sep. 13, 1786 in Vilnius/ Lithuania, died Jan. 16, 1829 in Vilnius, age 42
married Gottlieb Deutschner
Anna Carolina Gerhardt ( Lyas ) born Jan. 14, 1790 in Vilnius/ Lithuania, died Jan. 27, 1838 in Vilnius, age 48
married Samuel Lyas
Martin Heinrich Gerhardt born Aug.6, 1792 in Vilnius/ Lithuania
Amalia Henrietta Gerhardt ( Duchnowski ) born Dec. 1, 1794 in Vilnius/ Lithuania, died Nov. 10, 1839 in Vilnius, age 44
married Johannes Duchnowski
Johann Daniel Gerhardt jr. born March 22, 1797 in Vilnius/ Lithuania, died Oct. 3, 1815 in Vilnius, age 18
Johann Samuel Gerhardt born Aug. 4, 1799 in Vilnius/ Lithuania, died April 25, 1827 in Vilnius, age 27
Anna Christina married at the age of 21 years, on August 10, 1805, Wilhelm Friedrich August Rodig. Their first child Friedrich August Rodig was born in 1808 and died short after. In 1809 their daughter Julianna Dorothea Rodig was born. They lost their precious daughter at the age of two years old in 1811. Another tragedy struck the family when Anna Christina lost her husband short after, becoming a widow at a very young age.
Anna Christina married Johann Daniel Berggrün on Feb. 10, 1814 at the evangelical reformed church in Kedainiai/ Lithuania. The family moved between 1814-1816 to Birzai/ Lithuania.
Children of Anna Christina and Johann Daniel Berggrün:
Mateusz Eduard Berggrün born 1816 in Birzai/ Lithuania,
baptized on Aug. 20, 1816 at the evangelical reformed church in Birzai.
Georg Berggrün born 1817 in Birzai/ Lithuania.
Maria Frederika Berggrün born 1818 in Birzai/ Lithuania,
baptized on April 15, 1818 at the evangelical reformed church in Birzai, died in 1841 ( 23yr. )
Dorothea Amalia Berggrün born 1820 in Birzai/Lithuania,
baptized Jan. 15, 1820 at the evangelical reformed church in Birzai.
Teofil Emanuel Josef Berggrün born Oct. 3, 1826 in Birzai/ Lithuania.
Adam Felix Berggrün born Dec. 30, 1828 in Birzai/ Lithuania.