MARIA ANNA CASPARI, daughter of Matthias Caspari and Anna Maria Kayser, was born 4 Oct 1756 and baptized at Zell, Rheinland, 5 Oct 1756. She died at her home in Ediger, Rheinland, 23 July 1811.
She married at Marienburg in the parish of Zell, 19 Oct 1776, JOHANN CHRISTOPH LAUXEN, who was baptized at Ediger, 23 ___ 1753, son of Philipp Jacob Lauxen and Anna Catharina Serve. He died at Ediger 7 Oct 1789. The marriage was witnessed by Gisbert Geller and Matthias Joseph Caspari, brother-in-law and brother of the bride, respectively.
At the time of their son Friderich's marriage (when the Rheinland was under French rule), Johann Christoph Lauxen's occupation was given as "particulier," or private individual (perhaps meaning self-employed or of independent means), as is the occupation of Friderich. In 1808, at the second marriage of their daughter Maria Anna, the daughter is referred to as "la Dame Marie Anne n�e Lauxen." Her uncle is referred to as "le Sieur Nicolas Gaspari." Although it is difficult to assess the significance of the use of these honorifics after the period of the Republic, not everyone is referred to by these titles at this time (not even in this document), and it would appear that these two are considered to have high status in the community.
Maria Anna (Caspari) Lauxen's death occurred while Ediger was part of France, and her death record, in French, is sufficiently informative to be worth translating here in full:
July 23, 1811, before us, the official mayor of the Civil State of the Commune of Ediger, canton of Cochem, Departement of Rhin et Moselle, appeared Frideric Lauxen, age 27 years, proprietor, residing at Ediger, son of the deceased, and Gaspard Friderichs, age 27 years, proprietor, of Eller. They have declared that Marie Anne n�e Casparii, widow and relict of the late Christoph Lauxen of Ediger, and daughter of Mathias Caspari and of Anne Marie Kaysers, during their lifetime married at Zell, died today in her home at Ediger, aged 55 years; (these witnesses) have signed the present act after it was read to them. -- Friderichs, Friderich Lauxen, Friderichs.
At this time, the mayor of Ediger was also named Gaspard Friderichs (possibly the father of the witness). Evidently the Friderichs family did not consider it necessary to use their Christian names when signing a document.
Childred of Johann Christoph Lauxen and Maria Anna Caspari:
1. MARIA ANNA LAUXEN, bapt. at Ediger, 14 Oct 1777; d. at Ediger, 13 Sep 1842; m. first, at Ediger, 23 Brumaire 7th year of the French Republic (13 Nov 1798), PETER JOSEPH WEYDENER of Cochem, city councilman of Ediger, who was b. in 1767, and d. at Ediger, 30 Dec 1807. She married second, at Ediger, 15 Nov 1808, JOHANN SCHUSTER of Nehren, who was bapt. at Nehren 22 Sep 1772, son of Johann Matthias Schuster and Maria Agatha Gritz. This second marriage was witnessed by Nicholas Caspari and Friderich Caspari, uncles of the bride.
2. ANNA EVA LAUXEN, bapt. at Ediger, 6 Aug 1780; godfather, Johann Peter Maas of Ediger; godmother, Anna Eva Geller of Zell; m. at Ediger, 9 May 1806, THOMAS CARBACH of Koblenz, who was b. at Koblenz 12 Dec 1769, son of Andreas Carbach and Elisabetha Gertrud Mai� of Koblenz. He was, at the time of their marriage, a "cabaretier," or tavern keeper.
3. FRIDERICH LAUXEN, bapt. at Ediger, 14 July 1784; godfather, Friderich Caspari of Zell; godmother, Anna Margaretha Lowen; m. at Ediger 6 Frimaire 14th year of the French Republic (27 Nov 1805), MARIA MARGARETHA MERTENS, who was bapt. at Ediger, 12 Sep 1778, daughter of Johann Anton Mertens and Maria Endres. At marriage, his occupation is listed as "particuli�re," or private individual. At the time of the death of his mother, he is referred to as "propri�taire," or landowner.Child of Maria Anna Caspari, father unknown:
4. PETER JOSEPH CASPARI, b. at Ediger, 26 Dec 1801; d. at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in Aug 1850; m. at Ediger, 3 Apr 1826, ANNA CLARA BARTEN, who was b. at Lehmenhof in the parish of Ediger, 10 Mar 1807, daughter of Johann Peter Barten and Anna Margaretha Kauffman. She m. second, in Wisconsin, about 1851, GEORGE WILCOX, who was born in New York state in 1825. She d. in Grant County Wisconsin between 1857 and 1860.
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