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my 2.greatgrandparents: Gottfried Erbach and Helene Friedericke Becker



Gottfried Erbach
March 11, 1830 - Jan 29,1874
parents:
father: Georg Erbach
mother: Maria Erbach nee Urban

children from his first marriage with Katharina Gernand:
daughter Auguste Henriette Erbach, born July 2,1857
daughter Elisabeth Erbach, Nov 2, 1859 - Jan 30, 1878
daughter Friedericke Magdalena Erbach Sept 1, 1861
After Katharina's death he married Helene.



ring Oct 19, 1869



Helene Friedericke Erbach nee Becker
Oct 21, 1838- July 12, 1914
parents:
father: Friedrich Becker
mother: Anna Katharina Becker nee Müller

child:
son: Jakob Erbach (Sept 11,1872 - Dec 8, ?)

Gottfried grew up in Diez. His father Georg was a shoemaker but already died when he was only 6 years old. His mother Maria earned money as a seamstress but also already died when Gottfried was 11. He had at least 3 brothers. Wilhelm was 5 years older, Johann Georg 3 years younger and Carl 5 years younger than him. I don't know who looked after them after the early death of their parents. But probably inspired by his mom, Gottfried became a taylor. He was so successful that he could hire other taylors who worked for him.

He first married Katharina Garland and had three daughters with her. But she already died in November 1868 leaving him with 3 little girls. So a year later he married again.

Helene Friedericke had grown up in Herborn, a place not far from Diez. Her father was a shoemaker like Gottfried's father. She and Gottfried only had one son, my greatgrandfather Jakob. Gottfried passed away when Jakob was only 2 years old.

I have no idea what happened to the taylor shop or what Helene did afterwards. But Gottfried's brother Carl seems to have helped her with the kids as he was a painter like later my greatgrandfather Jakob. Helene died in 1914 so she didn't get to know my grandfather but she lived long enough to see his three siblings.



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