Maria Elisabetha Reck, Catharina Stocke and Johann Wilhelm Ehrhardt

Maria Elisabetha Reck and Johann Wilhelm Ehrhardt

Johann Wilhelm Ehrhardt was born in Freinsheim 15 Nov 1745, the youngest son of Anna Maria Rausch and Johann Moritz Ehrhardt. He was christened 17 Nov 1745.

He married Maria Elisabetha Reck in Freinsheim in June 1775. The marriage record gives neither party's parents' names. However, it seems fairly certain that Maria Elisabetha was the daughter of Anna Maria Seltzer and Johann Jacob Reck born in Freinsheim 27 Dec 1744.

What's a bit odd, however, is that there's a birth record for a Johann Wilhelm Ehrhardt, son of Johann Wilhelm Ehrhardt and "Elisabetha," born in Freinsheim 13 Aug 1772 and christened 15 Aug 1772. This is almost three years before Johann Wilhelm and Maria Elisabetha's marriage. I don't know if Elisabetha and Maria Elisabetha are the same person.

On 16 Oct 1777, Maria Elisabetha and Johann Wilhelm became the parents of twins. Maria Magdalena and Johann David were christened the next day.

I don't have any more information on Maria Elisabetha, who seems to have died by November 1779.

Catharina Stocke and Johann Wilhelm Ehrhardt

On 23 Nov 1779 Wilhelm Ehrhardt, father's name not given, married a daughter of Johannes Stocke. I believe this to be Johann Wilhelm Ehrhardt's second marriage and, on the basis of the birth records, I believe the bride to be Catharina Stocke.

The couple had six children that I can find records for. Keep in mind that Protestant christening records in Freinsheim end after September 1798 and don't resume until January 1816:

• Johann Heinrich born 15 Mar 1781, christened 16 Mar 1781;
• Catharina born 04 Jul 1782, christened 05 Jul 1782;
• Christina Elisabetha born 02 Jul 1786, christened 03 Jul 1786;
• Catharina Elisabetha born 28 Jan 1789, christened 29 Jan 1789;
• Susanna born 08 Nov 1793, christened 10 Nov 1793; and
• Phillipina born 01 Jan 1796, christened 03 Jan 1796.

I don't have any further information on Catharina Stocke. It's possible that her husband Johann Wilhelm Ehrhardt is the Johann Wilhelm Ehrhardt buried in Freinsheim 02 Apr 1823.

I believe their daughter Susanna born 1793 to be the best candidate for the mother of Johannes II Ehrhardt. However it's also possible that Johannes II's mother was one of Susanna's cousins, the daughters of Johann Wilhelm's brother Johann Heinrich.

Catharina Elisabetha Ehrhardt and Carl Simon Löckel

Catharina and Wilhelm's daughter Catharina Elisabetha born 1789 is quite possibly the Catharina Elisabetha Ehrhardt who married Carl Simon Löckel during the records gap. My best guess on Carl Simon is that he's the son of Maria Magdalena and Georg Jacob Löckel born 21 Dec 1790 and christened in Freinsheim 22 Dec 1790.

Catharina Elisabetha and Carl Simon had at least six children christened in Freinsheim that I know of:

• Michael christened 30 Aug 1818. Married Magdalena Kirchner, daughter of Barbara Kirchner and Georg Peter Gass, in Freinsheim 12 Sep 1847. (The bride's parents' names are as given in the transcription of the marriage record.);
• Heinrich christened 04 Sep 1820. Died and was buried in Freinsheim 06 Dec 1840;
• Franz christened 11 May 1823;
• Philippina christened 30 Mar 1825. Married Jacob II Diehl, son of Agnesia Hisgen and Valentin Diehl, in Freinsheim 21 Sep 1865. At 40, Philippina was still much younger than her groom, who was 54;
• Leonhardt christened 07 May 1828; and
• Jacob christened 03 Nov 1830. Married Christina Margaretha Kohl, daughter of Charlotta Reck and Conrad I Kohl, in Freinsheim 30 Aug 1860. She died and was buried in Freinshem 29 Dec 1862. Jacob then married Charlotte Reibold, daughter of Charlotta Wanner and Veit Ludwig Reibold, in Freinsheim 07 Jan 1864.