His baptismal sponsors were Georg Kraemer and Eva Heucher, a single woman, both from Landkern. Georg Kraemer was the son of Conrad Kraemer of Landkern and Lucie Gilles of Villa Beauweiler in Landkern who married Gertrud Becker of Landkern in 1784. Lucie Gilles may have been related to Johann Peter’s mother, Margaretha Gilles. Eva Heucher was the daughter of Johann Heucher and Sophie Lauxen, both of whom were from Villa Beauweiler in Landkern. She was the first cousin of the child’s father, Johann Peter Lauxen.