Elisabeth was my husband’s maternal second Great Grandmother. She was born and baptized 20 February 1964 in Friesenheim now part of Ludgwigshafen am Rhein in Germany. Elisabeth was the illegitimate daughter of Wilhelmine Katharina Bauswein. Below is the baptismal entry from the catholic church, Sankt Gallus.
Elisabeth’s Mother, Wilhelmine Katharina Bauswein, married her Father, Johannes Höcker The Fifth, 1 June 1865 in the same church. On the marriage certificate Johannes stated that Elisabeth and two of her other siblings were his children.
Elisabeth married the butcher, Franz Beiersdörfer, 11 Octbober 1884 in Friesenheim. Front and back page of the marriage certificate is below.
On the first page there is a side note that says that Elisabeth got divorced from Franz in 1900. From one of his children’s military records I know that Franz lived in America. As far as I know Elisabeth and Franz had only three children, one of them, Karl Beiersdörfer, my husband’s Great Grandfather, was born in 1881 in Friesenheim. The two other children were Susanna and Adam. Susanna died in infancy and I have no more information about Adam.
Elisabeth got married to her second husband, the bricklayer, Peter Steiner, 23 September 1901 in Ludwigshafen. The marriage certificate is below.
As far as I know the couple did not have any children together. Peter Steiner died 1914 in France during WW1. His death certificate from Ludwigshafen is below.
Elisabeth died 3 November 1928 in Ludwigshafen. It was reported and signed by her Granddaughter, Erna Beiersdörfer, who was also my husband’s Grandmother. The death certificate is below.
Elisabeth had a hard life. She was born out of wedlock, her first husband seemed to have left her and she had to get a divorce. Her second husband died in WW1. She seemed to only have one son that survived her.
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