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Engelbert Erbach May 30, 1916- Jan 3, 1991 parents: Jakob Erbach Anna Erbach nee Geis siblings: sister: Magdalena Decker nee Erbach (Dec 26, 1906/7/8 - ca. 1985) brother: Walther Erbach (passed away on Jan 7, 1976?) brother: Hermann Erbach (June 21, 1912- Feb 11, 1987 profession: postal worker Engelbert was born and raised in Diez an der Lahn, the youngest of 4 siblings. As a kid he was often sick and missed many days in school. His mother had a general store seeling household goods and he wanted to follow in her footsteps. Unfortunately she died of cancer while he was still apprenticing in a grocery store and so her shop was closed and he worked at various other places instead until the war broke out and he was sent to Russia to fight. At least he was lucky and could already return home in 1946. His eldest brother had meanwhile married his second wife and moved to a small village called Londorf, close to Giessen and Engelbert moved in with him. |
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Marie Erbach nee Wißner Sept 23, 1924- July 6, 2017 parents: Karl Wißner Wilhelmine Wißner nee Pfeiff siblings: sister: Elisabeth Körbächer nee Wißner (Feb 18, 1916- July 2, 2001) brother: Karl Wißner (born May 28, 1920, missing near Stalingrad since Dec 31, 1942) twin sister: Margarete Wißner (Sept 23, 1924 - Dec 20, 1946) Marie was born and raised in Londorf, a small village near Giessen. She was also the youngest of 4 siblings. She was a twin but looked very different from her twin sister Margarete. As her father was a part time farmer she helped with the animals as well as the planting and harvesting. When Engelbert came to Londorf he needed to register and while waiting for his turn he met Marie who was waiting for her turn to bake some bread in the public oven. They went collecting beechnuts together and fell in love. They got married on April 5,1947. |
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They lived in the house together with Marie's parents. Engelbert went back to school and finally became a postal worker. Together they had 3 children, among them my mother. Engelbert worked at the post office, they raised their kids and they worked in their garden which was around a 10min walk from their house. Marie planted many apple and other fruit trees there. When they finally had no longer any animals Engelbert installed an above ground pool. They spent many happy hours together barbecuing in their garden having fun. Engelbert loved to buy sweets for my aunt and later for me. And Marie baked the best green jello cream cake in the world! |
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