Saturday, November 17, 2018

Maria Carolina Schochenmaier (1826-1890), mother of thirteen babies

After a short break, only two posts about historical Schochenmaiers are left. As I promised, today I'd like to present to you Maria Carolina Schochenmaier (1826-1890), daughter of Master bricklayer Carl August Schochenmaier (1793-1847) that moved from Ludwigsburg to Heilbronn.

Her 7th child was Christiane Emilie Sauter (1857–1937). Number 7 is lucky, isn't it))) At the age of 26, she married to Wilhelm Reuther (1855-1936) from Gemmrigheim by Ludwigsburg. Here you can find his family tree. They had three children during their marriage. She died on January 26, 1937, in Waldhof, Baden-Württemberg, at the age of 79. By the way, that Wilhelm Reuther belongs to a well-known industrialist family. His brother Carl Reuther (1846-1908) was a factory owner, he founded VAG Armaturen. Here is his family, he's in the center... who knows maybe his brother is in the picture as well (who could be about 50 if the photo was taken in 1905?):



























Let's go back to her mother Maria Carolina Schochenmaier. Born on 22 March and baptized on 2nd April 1826 in Heilbronn. Here is it in the church book:


We have no idea what she did, but it seems to be that she got illegitimate daughter Pauline Friederike Luise Schochenmaier (1845-1847). The latter was born two years prior to her mother's mariage, she bears the family name of her mother. Besides that, there is a note in the death register (spur. from spuria that means "spurious") as follows:




 However, her father and husband of Maria Caroline is to be already seen thereon. His name is Johann Friedrich Saut(t)er (1820-1895). He should have been a kind of tailor or cutter if I read off his profession properly (in German "Schneider"). He was born in Hessigheim (between Ludwigsburg and Heilbronn) to farmer Georg Friedrich Sauter (1768-1821) and Eva Catharine Rosine Pfeiffer (1785-????). By the way, their ancestors' tree can be reconstructed up to his great-great-grandfather Hans Balthas Sauter (1674-1751), who was already born in the same Hessigheim.
Johann Friedrich Sauter and Maria Carolina Schochenmaier got married on April 3, 1847 in Hessigheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


They had 14 children in 25 years:

1. Carl Adolph Sauter (1847–). Actually, I suppose that her first son was not from Johann Friedrich. Is it not strange that they married on 3rd April and she gave birth to Carl Adolph on 9th Apr 1847? What does it mean? The cutter Johann Friedrich was a such nice guy that she married a pregnant Maria Carolina in order to avoid the notice "spurious child" in the church book.

At age of 21, she went through three deaths: her mum Luise Friderike Hofmann (1798–1847) died at 49 years on 16th July 1847 (the cause of death was "dentition fever" that is pretty much strange because it is a children's disease!), then only one week later (!) her daughter Pauline Friederike Luise Schochenmaier (1845–1847) on 23rd July 1847 possibly in Heilbronn, and finally in two months her father Carl August Schochenmaier (1793–1847) who passed away with 54 years on 6th Oct 1847 in Heilbronn as well because of "violent hemorrhage" (= internal bleeding). So, it was not a kind of epidemy... The last cause of death could be explained by his job with high risks of injuries.

In 1875, Carl Adolph Sauter married Rosine Catharine Leonhard (1848-????) in Heilbronn. What happened after that is unknown: no archives, no children... nothing! 


2. Luise Caroline Sauter (1848–). No info, maybe she died at her baby age. She had been christened 11 days after her birth.. I am not sure whether it means she was a weak child.

3. Marie Johanne Sauter (1850–). No info, baptized in 19 days after the birth...

4. Johanne Sophie Sauter (1852–1852). Born on 17th April, christened on 21st May and died on 10th July.

5. Pauline Caroline Sauter (1853–1929). Born 8th October. She married Karl Friedrich Jäger (1858-????) from Bothnang on 17th March 1883. After that they moved to Mannheim ( about 80 km) where they got 6 children.  Pauline Jäger passed away on 7th March 1929 in Neckargemünd (by Heidelberg, between Mannheim and Heilbronn).

6. Elisa Christiane Sauter (1856–1857). She died in 7 months due to "convulsive fits".

7. see above)))

8. Mathilda Johanna Sauter (1859–1867). That girl died at the age of 8 years because of "tracheitis" (in German "Luftröhrenentzundung") that is an inflammation of the trachea.

9. Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Sauter (1860–1860) • Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, died in one month, due to "Brechdurchfall" that is bloody diarrhea / perhaps bacillary dysentery (i.e. Shigellosis)

10. Wilhelmine Caroline Sauter (1863–1863) • Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, died in almost 6 months, due to teeth infection or something like that(((

11. Bertha Christine Sauter (1865–1865) • Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany,  died in one month, due to "Brechdurchfall" that is bloody diarrhea / perhaps bacillary dysentery (i.e. Shigellosis)

12. Caroline Wilhelmine Sauter (1866–1866) Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, died in two weeks, due to "convulsive fits".

13. Bernhardina Emma Sauter (1870–1870) • Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, died in three months, due to "Keuchhusten", what means a whooping cough.