Johann Christian Schochenmaier aka Family Guy

About Johann Christian there is a lot of info, so one post was not enough)

In the 1st part we got to know that he

- was born between 1724 and 1725;
- married in 1750 to Anna Margaretha Wolf (midwife from Weiler, daughter of the silk weaver);
- worked as Master of Cloth Manufactory within Workhouse in Ludwigsburg;
- died in 1799 because of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Let's puzzle out what kind of family man he had been.

First generation of descendents

1. Johann Christian Schochenmaier (1751-1751) 

First baby was boy who had been baptized as his father with the name of Johann Christian. At that time he was 27 years old.

 
By the way, you may read off that among the godfathers there is David Leonhard Vogt who was working as cloth-maker as well in the same Workhouse.

Johann Christian was born in March 16 but died in March 23 1751. He had lived for one week only.

2. Johann Friedrich Schochenmaier (1752-1752)

It seems to be that Johann Friedrich was still-born child for he was buried in June 17, 1752, so one day after his birth (16. June 1752). His father was 28 years old.

3. Johann Ernst Peter Schochenmaier (1753-1753)

On the 24th April 1753 Johann Ernst Peter was born. His father was 29 years old.

In two months on 21st June 1753 he died: 

4. Johann Christian Peter Schochenmaier (1754-1754)

On the 3rd May 1754 Johann Christian Peter was born. 

In 15 days he died on the 18th May 1754. His father was 30 years old. Amon the godfathers the first name is Johann Peter Rast - mint-master at Stuttgart who worked from 1746 to 1762 in the same manufactory. 

5. Johanna Juliana Barbara Schochenmaier (1755-1756)

First daughter was born on the 9th November 1755. Her father was 31 years old.

She died in three months on the 22nd February 1756: 

6. Immanuel Gottlieb Schochenmaier (1759-1834)

It seems to be that Immanuel Gottlieb could be the only baby boy who had survived and had a long life. His father was 35 years old when he had been born. There is a lot of information about him (once I've already posted about him - he is that Schochenmaier the Hatter who I wrote about two years ago). 

7. Wilhelmina Charlotta Schochenmaier (1762-????)

On the 19th August 1762 Wilhelmina Charlotta was born. Her father was 38 years old at that moment. 

It's pretty strange but no info when she died... 

8. Heinrica Carolina Schochenmaier (1765 - ????)

The last child and the last baby girl was born on the 18th March 1765. Her father was 41 years old.

No info about her death either, but it is for sure that she didn't die being baby because there are records concerning her marriage with the cooper and cellarman Christoph Ludwig Höllwarth from Ludwigsburg in 1785: 

They got two daughters: Catharina Gottliebin Höllwarth (1785-????): 

and Carolina Heinrica Höllwarth (1789-????) 

The first girl got married to the cooper Christian Friedrich Mauerer (1786-????) from Botenheim (by Heilbronn) in August 1810: 

As you can see lots of children but just a few survived. 

Between three last babies of Johann Christian there are gaps of 3 years respectively, so it's probable that we may find other babies))) 

So far for today, love your children!!!

Johann Christian Schochenmeyer the Cloth-maker

Today I'd like to introduce a very interesting figure in our family history: Johann Christian Schochenmeyer.

First of all, turn your attention to the writing and spelling manner: SchochenmEYer. It was probably one of the oldest spelling type (as I will demonstrate in the post on the oldest Schochenmaiers ever))))). In the today's world, you won't find such Schochenmeyers, except Delmer H. Schochenmeyer, married in Pennsylvania to Verna Helen McCoughey in 1945 (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nelancas/marriages/1939-1940s/s.htm). I have never heard about any Delmer Schochenmeyer. There is no context, no parents, no other documents. So, I suggest it's just a spelling mistake. Maybe you can help us to find that Delmer SchochenmAIer or whatever his name was.

Secondly, Johann Christian is to be found in Ludwigsburg as well, where we met Schochenmaier the Hatter last time (from the 1810).

But this Schochenmeyer lived anywhen between 1710s and 1770s. In the Archives of Stuttgart, I have found his request for the building of a private house. Here it is (in German):

It says that in the paper version the front view and groundplan of the house projected by Johann Christian Schochenmeyer in a ration of 1:77 are to be found (150 steps = 18,5 cm). One day I will order it to check how it looked like and to find out if it survived till today))) Amazingly enough is what is noticed as the content of the planning application in the bottom of the scan: "Front view of the house being opposite to "Stadtkirche" and to "eagle" (???), layout of the ground level, first floor and roofs scumbled in pink". This Evangelical Church is pretty known in Ludwigsburg, if so, Johann Christian Schochenmeyer plans to build his house in front of the Stadtkirche. What does it mean? Is he so rich? Is he a man of the high society? I can't imagine it, but everything is possible.

Here's the Stadtkirche and some houses near to it:

and that's written on it:

 

 The dedication of the church took place in 1726.

In front of the Stadtkirche (on your left) you can see what follows:

I don't know if any of those houses were private at that time and belonged to any Schochenmeyers.

The last point is that Johann Christian Schochenmeyer was a cloth-maker. I have found the information that some of them during the 18 century could organize their business in well-developed textil manufactories which in the begining of the 19 century were brought to ruin by the monopolistic textil factories. In 1807 there were only 5 cloth-makers in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg! They produced mostly for the court of the Duke Ludwig von Württemberg.

The job of cloth-maker looked like that:

and

or maybe

Thank you!!!