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)))

Earl's chambermaid Juliana Christiana Schochenmaier (1788-1813)

Today we become acquainted with first two children in the family of Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier (1759-1834) who had lived in Ludwigsburg and had worked as a hatter.

Do you remember ? He married Christine Schelling (1761-1823) in 1786. Here are their children as follows:

1. In February 12, 1787 the first baby boy was born - Christian Joseph Schochenmaier (1787-1808).

Among the godfathers (last entry), you can spot Johann Chritian Schochenmaier, his grandfather! According to the family tablet, he has had his confirmation in 1801 (14 years old).

Christian Joseph died in August 1808:

His age is noticed as 21 years and 6 months. The "led." means "ledig" - unmarried. The reason of death is "Nervenfieber" that can be literally translated as "nerves fever" what at that time corresponded to "typhus".

2. Juliana Christiana Schochenmaier (1788-1813) - was the first daughter, who was born on the 15th February 1788.

More info can be found in her death certificate:

She was 25 years and 10 months old when she passed away. The reason of death is the same - typhus (not in the picture).

Typhus again!!! I open the medical encyclopedy and it says: "During Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812, more French soldiers died of typhus than were killed by the Russians." Did you get it? It's about 1812, it's the beginning of the 19th centry when typhus epidemies were spread all over the Europe.

Juliana Christiana was single (forelast entry "ledig").

But the most interesting is the entry between her name and names of the parents, it's so to say "status". It's written "Kammerjungfer" that stands for Kammerjungfrau. It's an old occupational term which can be translated as chambermaid or maidservant but it indicates someone whose primary role is to serve or assist a lady of a higher society.



Where? Thre are two possibilities.

 The place of death is Unterschwandorf (60 km from Ludwigsburg).
There is a castle there but I couldn't find out who the owner was:

But as for the place of work I can decipher only "Graf Nor-man von Haus in Mötzingen" and I do realize that it could be only one possible person!!!



Well, she worked for the Count Philipp Christian von Normann-Ehrenfels (1756-1817), or precisely to say for his wife Franziska von Harling (1766–1819). The Count was the royal jurist, who served as the Kingdom of Württemberg's chief minister in 1806–1812. During 10 years (last years for the Count) they had lived in the Castle of Mötzingen. The latter has been destroyed in the WWII but the ruins can be still seen in the building built upon the old castle.

  

It's in  Mötzingen (8 km from Unterschwandorf):

 

So, 8 children are left for the next post. Have a nice day, my dear relatives!!!

Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier (1759-1834)

We are moving on, we are moving up our family tree.

Please, welcome Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier.

He is grandson of the Staff Sergeant Johann Christian (1690s-1750s) from the Stuttgart Infantery Regiment "Alt-Württemberg" and son of the Cloth Manufactory's Master (within the royal Workhouse) from Ludwigsburg Johann Christian (1724-1799). The orphans of the regiment were educated in the Workhouse that also produced military clothes for soldiers and horses. So, it's the turn of the 3rd generation of the Württemberg family.


1. Years of life

Immanuel Gottlieb was born in 1759, February 6. We can spot his parents Johann Christian and Anna Margaretha.

 

He had lived for 74 years and died in 1834, September 29. Besides that, it's noticed that he was widow (Wtwr) and died from dysentery ("Ruhr"). Mistakenly, he is named "Gottlob" instead of "Gottlieb".

On first reading, he had been given a pretty strange name - Immanuel Gottlieb. As for Gottlieb, I must precise that he had the uncle named Christoph Gottlieb (born 1722, Oct.), elder brother of Johann Christian (1724-1799). So, it's probably the second traditional or inherited name. What about Immanuel? Well, there are two explantions. Firstly, he could be baptized in March or around this month. The name day of Saint Emanuel in Germany is (and was) on the 26th March and he was born in the beginning of February. Secondly, this name became fashioned at that time. Who is the most popular German philosopher? Immanuel Kant who had lived in Königsberg. When was he born? In 1724.

Immanuel spent all his life in Ludwigsburg. It looked like that at that times:

2. Wedding  

The next document demonstrates who he had married to:

On the 31st January 1786 he married in Ludwigsburg to Christina Schelling.  I was astonished by fact that her father Joseph Schelling had been mayor of "Bißingen an der Enz" (today's Bietigheim-Bissingen -  the second-largest town in the district of Ludwigsburg, with 42,515 inhabitants in 2007. It is situated on the river Enz and the river Metter, close to its confluence with the Neckar, about 19 km north of Stuttgart, and 20 km south of Heilbronn.) To the end of the 18th century, it had been a small town with about 2,000 inhabitants:

Christina was born in July 1761 and died in December 1823. That is why, in 1824 when Immanuel died, he was marked as widow.


3. Job

Actually, we have already met this person, but we weren't aware of his name. Immanuel Gottlieb is the Hatter from Ludwigsburg about who I posted two years ago (May 2014).

In the 18th century, nearly everyone wore some kind of head covering, making the hat industry very important. A man’s hat advertised his social status. Hats that were more elaborate represented greater wealth or status. The hats were made of beaver skin, wool, cotton, or straw. The hatters knew how to make many different kinds of hats such as a knitted caps, broad-brimmed hats (which was the most popular), or upturned brim-tricorne hats (three-cornered hats).

Interestingly, part of the process of making hats involved “carroting” or washing the furs with a type of steaming hot, orange liquid. The liquid was full of mercury, which would attack the central nervous systems of the workers when it became airborne. Such workers would experience blurring of vision, loss of balance, delusions, and uncontrolled twitching of the muscles. This phenomenon would give rise to the statement “mad as a hatter.”

I hope he didn't suffer from it although i have no idea if such an occupation could cause the dysentery. Dysentery is a type of gastroenteritis that results in diarrhea with blood. Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, and a feeling of incomplete defecation. It is caused by several types of infections such as bacteria, viruses, parasitic worms, or protozoa. The mechanism is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon.

Net time, we'll talk about his family.

Life of F. W. Schochenmaier throughout archives

Those of you who got access to "my" our Family trees (on Ancestry or FamilySearch) have definitely noticed that our "very first" common ancestor Gottlieb Schochenmaier (about 1800) is brother of Friederike Wilhelmine Schochenmaier (1802). Their parents are Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier and Christina Schelling.

I would like to stress one more time that this kinship between Gottlieb and Friederike is presumble. We can't prove it on the base of documents! I suggested their connection because of names "Gottlieb" shared by "our" Schochenmaier and Imanuel. There had been an old tradition to inherit forenames and, besides that, no other Gottlieb had been found among Schochenmaiers by the end of the 18th century.

Searching for the Schochenmaiers in various archives I collected some documents on the above-mentioned Friederike Wilhelmine. I should we must take a closer look at her if we think that she is our remote in time relative.

Let's start with notice from the church book of 1802:

First column: date of birth - 11th September 1802 (year from the top) + date of baptism either 17th September or 14th, or even the same 11th September. I can't read clearly.

Second column: Name of the child Friderica Wilhelmina

Third column: Parents - Imanuel Gotlib Schochenmaier, his occupation Hutmacher (hatter!!!) and Christina geb. (nee) Schellingin.

Fourth column: "Patrini"- here I should explain this word. By that sponsors at baptism are meant. So called from the Medieval Latin term, which means those taking the place of parents. They undertake the office of spiritual patents toward those whom they bring to the baptismal font. It's difficult to recognize the names, but the first name is Heinrich Röler or Höler.

Did you find anything interesting? Firstly, there is no place Name. Secondly, yes! Immanuel Gottlieb's profession was Hutmacher, what means the Hatter!!! We have already met one before. Do you remember? Here is he: Schochenmaier the Hatter from Ludwigsburg. In that post we got to know a Schochenmaier the Hatter from a building application (1810), but he was without first name. I think we have found this missing name - Immanuel Gottlieb. It would be good to prove that he had lived in Ludwigsburg (area).

Please, admire the old town of Ludwigsburg:

Let's go on! In 1813, when Friederika Wilhelmina was about 11 years old, her sister died. She was 25 years 10 months and 1 day old. The information is from here:

Her Name had been Juliana Christiana Schochenmeier. Her father had been Gottlieb Immanuel Schochenmeier, HUTMACHER in Ludwigsburg! It's already impressive) And her mum had been Kristina geb. Schelling. That fits perfectly Friederika's parents. The order in personal names was not fixed: Gottlieb Immanuel or Immanuel Gottlieb, both were possible. If she died in 1813 and she was 25 years old, then she might be born in 1788.

Here is the whole record, but I can't decipher all of it:

 This church book is from Nagold. Maybe that's why it's noticed that her father was a hatter in Ludwigsburg (about 60 km between them). Read from Wiki:

Nagold is a town in southwestern Germany, bordering the Northern Black Forest. It is located in the Landkreis (district) of Calw (Germany/Baden-Württemberg). Nagold is known for its ruined castle, Hohennagold Castle, and for its road viaduct. It takes its name from the river Nagold, which flows through the town.
Nagold has a beautiful city centre where half-timbered houses and modern architecture meet each other. The following small villages belong to the district of Nagold: Emmingen, Gündringen, Hochdorf, Iselshausen, Mindersbach, Pfrondorf, Schietingen and Vollmaringen.

It looks like that:

The next step of every girl at that time was to get married. It was done in April 1826 when she had become wife of Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Heinrich (where Heinrich is last name!). He had been born in 1799.

Their children as follows:

Carl August (1826-1851)

Friederike Luise (1827-....)

Christiane Wilhelmine (1829-1830)

Pauline (1831-....)

Caroline Sophie (1833- ....) 

Johanne (1842-1842)

Here is their marriage record:

It's almost unredable but you may recongnize their names: Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Heinrich (last тame is underlined) + Friederika Wilhelmina Schochenmaier (last name is underlined). Then religion - for Friederika "evang" - it means "evangelical". Then parents: for Friederika - Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier (underlined), Hutmacher, Lburg (for Ludwigsburg), Christina n. Schelling (underlined).

Name	Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Heinrich
Geburtsdatum	01 Apr 1799
Geburtsort	Oberalfelderbach
Name des Ehepartners	Friederike Wilhelmina Schoehenmaier
Geburtsdatum des Ehepartners	11 Sep 1802
Geburtsort des Ehepartners	Lburg.
Ereignisdatum	09 Apr 1826
Name des Vaters	Georg Friedrich Heinrich
Name der Mutter	Eva Barbara Burger
Name des Vaters des Ehepartners	Immanuel Gottlieb Schoehenmaier
Name der Mutter des Ehepartners	Christiana Schelling
Familienstand	Single
Familienstand des Ehepartners	Single

Every human life is to be ended by death. Our relative had died in 1834 at age of 32 only! Here is the document:

As usually you may read her Name of Friederika Wilhelmine Schochenmaier and the names of parents: Iman. Gottl. Schochenmaier (Hutmacher) and Christina geb. Schelling.

Hér husband died 3 years later in 1837:

In the last column you can read Friederika Wilhelmina, geb. Schochenmaier.

The whole life in records... It was a rare case when we can follow the most important miles of the life of one of the Schochenmaiers in the beginning of the 19th century. I hope she was happy during such a short life...