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.

Master bricklayer Carl August Schochenmaier (1793-1847).

The successor of the Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier (1759-1834) was his son Carl August Schochenmaier (1793-1847).


According to the documents, he was a master bricklayer (in German: Maurermeister)!!! Very interesting and sharp turn after two generations of cloth-makers)







Who knows what he could build up at that time. Just have a look of the buidings which have been constructed in the first half of the 19th century in Heilbronn where he had worked:

 

What do we know about him?

He was born on the 27th of March 1793 in Ludwigsburg:

In 1807, with 14, he got confirmated.

The next milestone is his marriage in May 13, 1821. Interestingly, it seems to be that Carl August moved to Heilbronn from Ludwigsburg. It's 37 km (23 miles) away from his father. I could not find out if he first got a job there or got married.

Let me introduce his wife Luise Friderike Hofmann (1798-1847).

As you can read off, she is daugther of Johann Jacob Hofmann and Maria Christina Kaufmann. I didn't find them but I suggest they correspond to Jacob Friedrich Hofmann and Christina Kaufmann who got married in Heilbronn on the 1st of June 1797.

Carl August and Luisa Friederike got at least 8 children:


Heinrike Luise Wilhelmine Schochenmaier (1822–????) - no info

 Auguste Luise Schochenmaier (1823–????)

Wilhelm Adolph Schochenmaier (1824–1824)

Maria Karoline Schochenmaier (1826–????) 

Gustav Georg Schochenmaier (1828–1828)

Caroline Pauline Schochenmaier (1829–????)

Clara Bertha Schochenmaier (1831–1832)

Carl Gustav Schochenmaier (1834–1851)

At least three of them died very early: Wilhelm Adolph, Gustav Georg and Clara Bertha.

I haven't found any info about the very first girl Heinrike Luise, so maybe she died, too.

Maria Karolina got married and was very rich in children and their descendants. I will write a post about them.

And now, the most intriguing aspect: other three children moved away and I am exciting to find out where to!

Friederike Wilhelmine Schochenmaier, wife of trumpeter from the Cavalry Regiment Nr. 1

Today, we finish the overview of the Immanuel Gottlieb's (1759-1834) family.

Let me introduce the last daughter: Friederike Wilhelmine Schochenmaier (1802-1844).
In April 1826 in Ludwigsburg, she got married to Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Heinrich (1799-1837) where Heinrich is the last name!

Johann Friedrich Gottlieb was a trumpet player in the Cavalry Regiment Nr. 1 of the Württemberg Army. The latter is known as the 20th (2nd Württemberg) Uhlans "King William I" Regiment. It was a cavalry regiment. The regiment was formed as dragoons in 1809, and was reorganized as uhlans in 1871. The regiment took part in Napoleon's Russian campaign, the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian war.





















He was born in Obermaßholderbach (not far from Heilbronn) in 1799 in the family of Georg Friedrich Heinrich (1774-1840) and Eva Maria Barbara Buerger (1778-????). They are two old families from the area of Oehringen (see picture).









What about Friederike? She was born on the 11th of September 1802 in Ludwigsburg:

 At the age of 5 years, she lost her brother Christian Joseph (1787-1808); at the age of 11 - her sister Juliana Christiana (1788-1813). At the age of 14, in 1816, she got confirmated. With 21 she passed through the death of her mother Christina nee Schelling (1761-1823).

Here is her marriage note in the church book:

Friederike and Johann got the following children:


Carl August Heinrich (1826–1851)

Friederike Luise Heinrich (1827–????)

Christiane Wilhelmine Heinrich (1829–1833)

Friederike Luise Pauline Heinrich (1831–????)

Caroline Sophie Amalie Heinrich (1833–????)

Johanne Dorothea Caroline Heinrich (1836–????)

There is no info about them. Almost all of them were girls and probably they changed their names after getting married.

I do not know how but in 1842 Friederike Wilhelmine gave birth to an illegitimate girl who died on the next day - Johanne Caroline Schochenmaier (1842–1842). I could not find from who...

Well, we are through with the family of Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier. Only one generation is left and we are done!

Eva Rosina Schochenmaier (1796) to be the first immigrant?

After we met three boys from the family of Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier (1759-1834), let's get aquainted with three girls. Our second lady is:

Eva Rosina Schochenmaier (1796 - ????). Here is her family book:

She was born on the 17th Nov 1796 to Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier and Christina Schelling. The names of her parents are to be found below as well from the birth register of Ludwigsburg:

As you may conclude from her family page, she got married in 1822 to the citizen of Ludwigsburg and master-tailor (in German "Schneidermeister") Jakob Friedrich Furch who was born in 1798 in Ludwigsburg, too.

They got 6 children:

1. Carl Friedrich Constantin Furch (20 Apr 1823 – ????)
2. Carl Friedrich Andreas Furch (12 Apr 1824 – 1 Jun 1824)
3. Carl Andreas Hermann Furch (11 Jul 1826 – 18 Nov 1826)
4. Wilhelmine Charlina Eberhardtine Furch (4 Aug 1828 – 4 Mar 1829)
5. Carl Friderich Andreas Furch (18 Sep 1830 – ????)
6. Friedrich Heinrich Andreas Traugott Furch (25 Feb 1833 – 7 Mar 1833)

Their family tree looked like that: 

What do we know about the origin of the Furch family?

I was surprised as I found some info about his parents:

His parents were:

Johann Leonhard Furch (1769-1820) and Margarethge Munz (1769-1825) from Poppenweiler (now it's part of Ludwigsburg).

Please, have a look how its scenery is admirable (then and now). Just click on them:

 

Johann Leonhard was brick maker (in German: "Ziegler").  His parents, or in other words, grandparents of Johann Friedrich were: Jacob Friedrich Furch and Esther Salome Bauder.


Now, why did I titled the post as "the first immigrant". Let us zoom the very first picture and try to decipher the last notice. By the way, did you get that there are no death years? Why. I suggest I know the answer:

In 1833, the whole family emigrated from Germany... but where? I read like America (in German: Amerika). So, we should look for them in the U.S. after 1833.

I have searched in the US and found the following persons:

• Jacob Furch who took part in Census 1840 in Bethel, Clark, Ohio, USA;
• J. Furch is mentioned in Columbus, Chenango, New York in the Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1860  

However, two words prior to "emigrated" can be read as "but not" (aber nicht). What does it mean? The family sold their civil right of the Württemberg Kingdom but could not immigrate to the US? I don't understand.

The special is that I've also found a very interesting notice in the family table of the Furch family. Let us zoom the list of Jacob's borthers. The place of death for one of them is noticed as "in Rußland":

It seems to be that the elder brother of Jacob Friedrich Furch, Gottlieb Friedrich (1798) emigrated to Russia. It seems to be that we reached the generation, which was ready to leave Germany. Who knows, maybe two brothers emigrated in two different countries.

It's getting more interesting then)))

Charlotta Louisa Schochenmaier (1794-1874)

After we met three boys within the family of Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier (1759-1834), let's get aquainted with three girls. Our first lady is:

Charlotta Louise Schochenmaier

• was born on October, 25 1794 in Ludwigsburg;
• got confirmated in 1809 

After this info from the family table of her father, it's difficult to find copies of official documents. However, we can stumble upon some interesting facts while finding the births of her children in Dotternhausen. That is why, we may suggest that she got married to Franz Xaver Klaiber (1792 - ????) and moved in.

It's pretty easy to find out that the family of the Klaibers was historically present in Dotternhausen since the 17 century. Dotternhausen is a small town in the south-east of the Kingdom of Württemberg. Let's have a look where is it and how it looks like: 

 

In 1823, there were 692 inhabitants. Now what about children? I've found only two of them - Jacob Xaver Klaiber (born in 1827) and Theresia Klaiber (born in 1831), see below: 

That's all, nothing else. Then, I told to myself: let's try from another end. If I can't find anything about the wife, maybe there is something about her husband. And on the Geneanet, you can find almost all Klaibers from Dotternhausen, but and that's a BUT like that. Are you ready? The wife of Franz Xaver is noticed as Charlotta Luisa, not Schochenmaier (!!!), but HAHN. Do you understand?

I started to compare these two ladies... It's very possible that she had another wife with the same first given names, everything is possible.... But, those two wives shared almost every details, if they had been similar or identic to each other...

Here is the list of similiraties:

- both of them were from Ludwigsburg!
- both of them were born on the 25th of October
- both of them got boys named Jacob in 1827 and girls names Theresia in 1831...
- both of them got married to Franz Xaver Klaiber

Well, I may conclude that those two wives were the same person. I didn't find any explanations but it's possible that our Charlotta Luisa got married before to any Hahn... it's strange though... no document in the archives about it.

But let's admit that they are the same person, then we may add new info about Charlotta Luisa, although on different websites there are different details:

• Franz Xaver and Charlotta Luisa got married in Ludwigsburg on the 12 Jan 1822; 
• Franz Xaver was son of Johann Martin Klaiber (1757-1825) and Lugard Dachtler (1762-1841)
• Besides the above-mentioned babies, she got more children:

• Henrietta Louisa Mathilda Klaiber (1822-1845);
• Josepha Sophia Theresa Klaiber (1825-1826);
• Jacob Xaver Klaiber (1827-1828);
• Z. Ferdinand Klaiber (1828-1828);
• Theresia Klaiber (1831-1851).   
• She died on the 16th Feb 1874. So, she was about 80 years old, very respectable age at that time... 

After I examnied the family table one more time, I think, I found some new details. Next to Charlotta Luisa you may spot the name of Franz or Xaver Klaiber:

If I decipher properly, then he was on a military service at the 5th Infantery Regiment (see the picture!). And what is amazing, that Regiment had a garnison in Lidwigsburg from 1818!!! So, it's probable that they could get married in 1822 in Ludwigsburg. Below you may spot the first girl: Henrietta Louisa Mathilda Klaiber (born Dec 9 1822).

Well, so far for today... I have no idea how I can find out what was the reason of the family name change, but everything is possible)))

Immanuel, Carl and Friedrich Schochenmaier

Let's continue getting to know the family of Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier (1759-1834).

We've already met three oldest children: 

Christian Joseph (1787-1808) and 

Juliana Christiana (1788-1813), who hadn't got married and both died of typhus. The girl had worked as chambermaid. 

Friederika Wilhelmina Barbara Schochenmaier (1790-1834) which died only 5 days (4 Oct 1834) after her father Immanuel Gottlieb had passed away (29 Sep 1834). In that way, we found out that our ancestors died because of dysentery and, for instance, in Ludwigsburg among 9.606 inhabitants 1.674 git sick and 118 died. 

Today, I am going to present to you three boys, about whom there is not much info(((

The fourth child was a boy. His name is Immanuel Cornelius Simon Schochenmaier (1791-1792). 

He was born on October 31, 1791 and died on April 7, 1792. It means he has lived only for 5 months and 1 week. It is sad to notice that the infant mortality was pretty high at that time. 

As usually, you can spot his name, then father's name, mother's name and on the right side the names of his godfathers, amon which the name of his grand father Johann Christian Schochenmaier (1724-1799), the Master of the Manufactory within the Ludwigsburg Workhouse. 

The death year is to be found only in the Family Table. 

The eighth boy (I skip the fifth boy, who will be the hero of the separate post!, and couple of girls, who I will dedicate the next post to) is Carl Heinrich Cornelius Schochenmaier (1798 -????). 

It's very strange but everything I stumbled upon is the birth registration. 

That's all. On the Family Table, you can see that he was confirmed at the age of 14 in 1812:

  
and then there is a note about him but it's an aweful handwriting and I cannot decipher it. 

So, we don't know how he ended up. I have no idea if he was too young to take part in the Napoleonic Wars, but we are aware that from the Russian campaign 1812-1815 only a few hundred returned safely from the original contingent of 15,800 Württemberg soldiers. Maybe among those 15.000 soldiers there was our Cornelius? Who knows...

The ninth child and the last baby boy was Friedrich Gottlob Felix Schochenmaier (1800-1801). 

He was born on May 23, 1800 and died on January 21, 1801. He has lived for eight months. 

 So far today, three boys, two of which died in their early childhood and one of which remained unknown to us. 

Next time, I will post about three girls, who married and got children.