John B. Yotty (Joder)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• USR1: Stomach/colon Cancer
• Immigration: 1830 or 1832
• Residence: until 1895, Woodford Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: on August 29, 1916 in the Peoria Journal
The death of John Yotty, one of Eureka’s respected German residents, occurred at his home in this city Saturday evening, after a short illness with something like blood poison. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 2, 1834, but since he was 4 years of age Woodford county has been his home. Mrs. Yotty died many years ago, but he is survived by four sons and two daughters: Mrs. Kate Phelps of Dixon; Joseph of East Peoria; Frank of Peoria; Mrs. Ed Everetts, Albert and Mrs. John Kyle of Eureka and Chris Yotty. One Sister and two brothers also are left--Mrs. Mary Klopfenstein and Joseph Yotty of Eureka and Jacob Yotty of Iowa.

Funeral services will be held from the residence at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning and from the Mennonite church, near Roanoke, at 10 o’clock.

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Obit: WOODFORD COUNTY JOURNAL-THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916
DEATH OF AGED GERMAN RESIDENT

At the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Kyle, last Saturday, August 26, 1916, occurred the death of John B. Yotty, one of Eureka's highly respected German citizens. Mr. Yotty had been in fairly good health for one of his years and only two weeks ago took down with what proved to be his last and fatal illness. The funeral was held at the German Mennonite church about four miles northeast of Eureka, of which he was a member, on Tuesday morning, Aug. 29, and the burial was at the church cemetery nearby. The funeral was conducted by the pastor, Rev. Andrew Schrock, and was largely attended, attesting to the high esteem in which the deceased was held.

John B. Yotty was born in the Province of Bavaria, Germany, May 2, 1834, and came with his parents to the United States when he was six years of age. The family settled in Woodford county near Metamora, which county has been his home ever since. He lived on the farm near there and also in the Roanoke neighborhood until 1895, when he came to Eureka to make his home. On Nov. 21, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Phillips, and to this union were born eight children, seven of whom are still living. Their home was saddened by the death of the mother in 1894 and Mr. Yotty kept up the home for the children for some years, but as his children grew older and age began to tell on him, he made his home with them for the past few years. At the age of 17 years he united with the German Mennonite Church of which he remained a faithful member until death claimed him.

The children living to mourn their father's death are Mrs. Katie Phelps, of Dixon, Joseph Yotty of East Peoria, Mrs. Annie Everett and A. J. Yotty of Eureka, Frank Yotty of Peoria, Mrs. Phoebe Kyle of Eureka and Chris Yotty of Iowa. One daughter, Mrs. Edith Strickland, also of Dixon, preceded her father to the other land. He is also survived by nine grandchildren, two brothers, and one sister.

Immigration:
With his parents when he was 4 (6?) years old.

Residence:
Near Metamora, then Roanoke

Died:
At the home of his daughter Mrs. John Kyle

Buried:
Roanoke Mennonite Church cemetery, by pastor Andrew Schrock

John married Josephine Phillips on 28 Nov 1871 in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL. Josephine was born in 1846 in FR; died in 1894 in Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
St. John Lutheran Church. Obituary gives the date as 21 Nov 1871.

1. Katherine Susan Yotty was born on 16 Dec 1869 in Woodford Co., IL; died on 3 Oct 1942 in Dixon, Lee County, IL.
2. Joseph H. Yotty was born on 29 Jul 1872 in Woodford Co., IL; died on 29 Dec 1938 in Salina, KS.
3. Anna Mary Yotty was born on 19 Apr 1874 in Woodford Co., IL; died on 26 Oct 1941 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL.
4. Edith J. Yotty was born on 20 May 1875 in Woodford Co., IL; died on 15 Sep 1900 in Dixon, Lee County, IL.
5. Albert John Yotty was born on 21 Jan 1877 in Woodford Co., IL; died on 1 Nov 1958 in Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL.
6. Frank Yotty was born in Dec 1878; died on 19 Oct 1933; was buried in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL.
7. Phoebe Yotty was born on 23 Jan 1881 in Gridley, McLean Co., IL; died on 29 Oct 1953 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL.
8. Christopher Daniel Yotty was born on 30 Dec 1883 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL; died on 29 Oct 1952 in Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• Immigration: 26 Dec 1839, New Orleans, LA
• Census: 1850, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1860, Woodford Co., IL
• PURC: 1853-1860, Olio Twp., Woodford Co., IL

Notes:

From Elsaß, Canton Niederrhein (No doubt Niederbronn-les-Bains).
There is enough circumstantial evidence to be fairly sure Christian was a brother to Peter.

Immigration:
Left Le Havre, France, on the Granville autumn of 1839, but arrived New Orleans on the Alexandré Toussin Dec 26. Via Havana.
Gary L. Yordy: "The passengers on the Granville are also listed as passengers on the ship Alexandre Toussin,
which arrived in New Orleans two days earlier. In order to clear up the mystery, I went to the Maritime Museum at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The following information was obtained from varied documents found there. Both the Granville and Toussin embarked from Le Havre, heading for New Orleans in the fall of 1839. The Granville (primarily a passenger ship) was to sail directly to New Orleans. The Toussin (carrying a few passengers and cargo) was scheduled to stop in Havana on its way to New Orleans. For unknown reasons, the Granville made an unscheduled stop at Havana on or about December 19, 1839. The steerage passengers on the Granville were then transferred to the Toussin to make the crossing of the Gulf of Mexico, arriving in New Orleans on Dec. 26. The Granville did not arrive until Dec. 28. The passenger manifest from the Granville had been copied in Havana and given to the captain of the Toussin. Thus both ship's lists show the same steerage passengers."

Census:
With wife, five children, and Henry Stalder

Census:
With wife, five children and Christian Christner and Augustus Smith, farm laborers.

PURC:
163 acres in Section 3, near Eureka

Buried:
Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery, next to his son, Jacob and his wife Anna, in unmarked graves.

Christian married Katharina Stalter in late 1839 in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR. Katharina (daughter of Heinrich Stalter and Jakobine Stalter) was born on 6 Apr 1809 in Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR; died on 4 Oct 1894 in Olio Twp., Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Mennonite
• Immigration: 1839, New Orleans, LA

Notes:

Birth:
Another source gives date 4 Jan 1809

Immigration:
Aboard the Alexander Toussin. At age 30 with two children, Johann (5) and Maria (3). They were accompanied by Katharina’s sister, Magdalena Stalter (24), their brother, Jakob Stalter (34) and Christ Jady (Christian Yotty - 28). The group had started their journey from Le Havre on the ship “Granville”. The Granville, however, ran into problems and was forced to make port in Havana. After several weeks layover, the parties were placed aboard the Alexandre Toussin for the remainder of the trip to New Orleans. Two days after landing in New Orleans, Katharina gave birth to a son, Henry Stalter (b. 12/18/1839). Y-DNA studies performed on descendants of Johann and Henry revealed they had different biologic fathers.

Buried:
Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cultivator. He was described as “a plowman on the Raderhoff.”
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Lived on the Raderfoff at Dambach, Lower Alsace for the birth of their child, Christian, in 1809. They settled at Jaegerthal, adjacent to Windstein, Lower Alsace circa 1814. While they were there, two more children were registered at Windstein in 1815 and 1818.


“With the exception of the years 1814-1818, little is known of the lives of Jakob Jordi, son of Johannes Jordy and Barbara Esch. Birth records of his children tell us that he was married to Catherina Schantz. Her ancestry is uncertain, but she may have been a daughter of Christian Schantz and Anna Rubi of the Heiligenbrunerhof near Lembach. To date, no historic record of the marriage of Jakob and Catherina has been located. We also know that through this period, the couple lived at Jaegerthal, France. Jaegerthal is the site of an iron foundry (first built in 1602) and an adjacent estate. It could not even be called a “village”. It would more appropriately be referred to as a commune located approximately one mile south of the village of Windstein, France. It appears that Jakob Jordi began as a day laborer on the estate at Jaegerthal. He apparently worked in the agricultural endeavors at Jaegerthal (rather than the foundry) as he was described as a “cultivator” or farmer on Jacobina’s birth registry.

“From the historic records thus far identified, it appears that Jakob and Catharina resided somewhere other than the Jaegerthal/Windstein region prior to 1814. During this time, their son, Christian, and possibly a son, Jakob (father of Barbara Yordy Eigsti), were born. The historic record suggests they left Jaegerthal shortly after the birth of daughter, Jacobina, in 1818. According to their son, Peter Yordy, they moved to a location “about 20 miles south of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Though the sight has not yet been located, Peter’s immigration record suggests it may have been near Starnberger See (Lake Starnberg). “ [probably Socking or Hanfeld]


Grünthal on August 18, 1874: With the return of the received letter from the royal District Office Hemau from the 4th of the month with the subject is reported as follows on the basis of the declaration of the farm owner Jakob Jordy from the Pentlhof:  1) From 1841 to 1853, the intended Jordy was 12 (?) years old as an economic tenant with Mr. Neuffert in Eichhofen. 2) His children born in Eichhofen are: a Maria Jordy b. on January 8, 1842 b) Elisabetha Jordy on September 15, 1844 c) Magdalena Jordy on September 25, 1847 d) Anna Jordy on February 16, 1849 e) Jakob Jordy on October 5th, 1852 f) Barbara Jordy on December 14, 1853 drawn to the most gracious awe Stadtamhof on August 20, 1874 Lehnert There is still to be researched when Jakob married Jordy and where he lives.

Birth:
Birth document of Peter says Jacob was 37.

Jakob married Catharina Schantz on 31 Jan 1803. Catharina (daughter of Johannes Schantz and Magdalena Stutz) was born before 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Schoenenbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR

Notes:

Shantz, a Swiss Mennonite family name, is mentioned among the Anabaptists as early as 1541 in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. In 1567 a Hans Tschantz of Kiesen, canton of Bern, was imprisoned for his faith. In the first part of the 18th century members of the family moved to the Bernese Jura district, as well as to Montbéliard and Alsace. In 1824 a Johannes Tschantz and his son Abraham left their Jura home and settled in the Sonnenberg district in Wayne County, Ohio, where some of their descendants still live.
As of 1959, the family name Shantz had only a few representatives left among Mennonites in Europe. The name was represented in Pennsylvania as early as 1737 when Jacob Schantz immigrated to Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Hans Tschantz was the third bishop in the colonial Mennonite settlement in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is known that he was active ca. 1742; a cemetery plot donated by him remained named "Hans Tschantz cemetery." Since 1800 Shantz has also been a prominent family in the Mennonite Church (MC) in Ontario. The following is a small list of ordained men bearing the name Shantz who have served as bishops in the church: Henry Shantz (1864-77), who served the Detweiler congregation from 1842; Israel R. Shantz (1863-1910), who moved from Waterloo to Carstairs, Alberta ca. 1903; Moses H. Shantz (1884-1938) at Blenheim, Ontario, who for many years was also the moderator of the Ontario Conference (MC) and was for some time the president of the Mennonite Publication Board; Benjamin B. Shantz (b. 1880), who served at the Hagey congregation; Stanley D. Schantz (b. 1914), who served in Guernsey, Saskatchewan. Preachers included Merle Shantz, who served at the Wanner congregation, Ontario and Irwin Schantz, who served in Loman, Minnesota. Jacob Y. Shantz was a prominent layman (MC) in Kitchener, Ontario, joining the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church ca. 1875 when it was started. John Schantz (1774-1855) and his son Joseph (1814-81) were ministers in the Upper Milford, Pennsylvania congregation which joined the Oberholtzer group (the forerunner of the General Conference Mennonite Church [GCM]) in 1847. J. W. Schantz (1878-1916) was a GCM minister at Schwenksville, Pennsylvania and Zion at Souderton, Pennsylvania, 1907-1916.

An Amish branch of the family came to North America ca. 1768. Joseph Schantz (1749-1810), who changed his name to Johns, was in Somerset County, Pennsylvania by 1793, and in 1810 founded the city of Johnstown on his land. Some of his descendants moved to Elkhart County, Indiana, where Daniel J. Johns (1850-1942) was an outstanding leader, as were two of his sons, Ira and Otis. Ira S. Johns (1879-1956) was a preacher at the Clinton Frame congregation near Goshen and served for a long time as secretary of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (MC). Otis N. Johns was bishop of the Beech congregation near Louisville, Ohio, and long serving secretary of the Mennonite Publication Board. Joseph Schantz (1856-1934), a preacher at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, where his father and grandfather had been bishops in the Amish congregation, immigrated to the Midwest United States, finally locating in Wisner, Nebraska and serving the MC congregation there. Two brothers, Daniel and Andrew Schantz, also came with Joseph to the Midwest. Descendents of these three men scattered through Nebraska, Oklahoma and other Midwestern states. Other Amish Schantzes emigrated from Europe to Central Illinois, including Christian Schantz who settled in Tiskilwa ca. 1840, and Jacob Schantz who moved from Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany to Congerville, Illinois in 1847. Peter Schantz (1853-1924), a son of Jacob, was an outstanding leader in the Central Mennonite Conference.

Bibliography
Kauffman, Daniel. Mennonite Cyclopedic Dictionary. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1937.

Bender, Harold S. "Shantz (Schantz, Shanz, Tschantz, Johns) family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 14 Sep 2017. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Shantz_(Schantz,_Shanz,_Tschantz,_Johns)_family&oldid=119606.

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Notes:

Married:
11 Pluviose XI

Jacob Jordi, 24,
Resident of Lauterbacher Hof
Parents Johannes Jordi and Barbara Eschin
 
Catharina Schantz
Parents Johannes Schantz and Magdalena Stutz
 
Witnesses Christian Hochstettler, 64, Isaac Hochstettler, 30, and Peter Hochstettler, 30, all of the Lauterbacher Hof..

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Hofbesitzer In Germany (Estate/farm Possesser/owner)
• Religion: Mennonite
• PURC: 1802-1803, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• PURC: 6 Aug 1830, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR
• Immigration: 1842, New Orleans, LA - Then Tazewell Co. IL.

Notes:

Went to Bavaria in 1802. Owner of the grounds of the St. Theresa Cloister at Gern near Munich. Went to the USA with 8 children in 1842. One son, Jakob, stayed in Germany (page 248.) However, he probably only traveled with seven children, since Jakob stayed in Europe and Elizabeth immigrated with Christian Birki in 1851.

“At age 26, Heinrich Stalter II accompanied his widowed mother and two younger siblings, Johannes and Maria, to Upper Bavaria. From 1803 until 1806 it is unclear where they lived specifically, but it is thought that they initially went to an area near Donauworth, some 35 miles north of Munich. By 1807, Heinrich II was married to a woman named Jakobine Stalter. It is unclear whether her surname Stalter was only her married name or if Heinrich married a girl with the maiden name of Stalter. Heinrich II became owner of two estates of a former Catholic cloister located at Gern near Munich. (This area is 1.4 miles east of the center of downtown Munich today. The abbey that was subsequently returned to the Catholic church is now the Kloster St. Theresa). The estates became central habitation points for Heinrich's siblings. His brothers, Johannes, Jacob, and Josef all lived at the estates at one time. Heinrich and Jacobina had a son, Jakob, born July 22, 1807. Over the next 35 years, Heinrich and Jacobina raised a family (nine children) and successfully operated their estates. In operating their lands, they employed a number of Amish workers. Among these were Valentine Birkey and Nicholas Augstein (Eigsti) although their involvement in the operations is vague. There were a number of marriages among the families of the Stalters, Birkeys and Augsteins. By 1842, Jacobina had died. Several of Heinrich's children had already left Bavaria for America. Heinrich disposed of his assets in Germany and, with several of his children, emigrated to America. Although the passenger list with Heinrich's emigration data has not been located, Guth reports his emigration occurred in 1842. What is known is that he after he arrived in Illinois, he lived with various family members, including his daughter, Catherina Stalter Yotty in Tazewell County in 1850. There is no historic evidence that he purchased any real property in America, not unexpected given his advanced age at the time he immigrated. He died sometime between 1852 and 1860 in Tazewell County, Illinois and is buried in the Birki Cemetery, just north of Groveland. His daughter, Elizabeth, was the second wife of Christian Birki on whose farm the Birki Cemetery is located. “

While in Bavaria, Heinrich was one of the signatories to a letter sent March 18, 1811, to King Maximilian I. Joseph (ruler from 1806-1825). In it the “Elders of the Menonists” of the dairy farm Oberndorf, appealed to the King for permission to hire their own private instructors to educate their children in their own catechism, since he had allowed them freedom of religion. But “some of the community have received legal orders to send their children to school a good half hour away.”

The answer came to them on Sept. 11, 1811, that “attendance of the local school remained compulsory, but the Mennonite children were not compelled to participate in religious instruction.”

Others signing the letter were: Christian Güngerich, Christian Bürcky, Johannes Bächler.

Birth:
Kirschbacherhof

PURC:
Awarded “outright” ownership of the cloister of St. Theresa at Gern by Max Joseph of Bavaria.
Elector Max IV Joseph signed a lease in July 1803 for the “Ditzschen Hof” in Gern at Nymphenburg to the ”Mennonite Stalter the older.”

PURC:
Heinrich buys from the Bavarian Queen Friederike Wilhelmine Caroline von Bayern, widow of the late King of Bavaria, the Holzbauer property: house No. 2 with 155 daily work of 2.720 guilders. In the emigration documents Heinrich has sold his property in 1841 for 10,766 guilders. (A Bavarian daily work has 3407 sqm = 36,672.64 sqft)?

Immigration:
According to Herbert Holly research, Heinrich Stalter had considered the idea of emigrating, but his wife was against it even though three children were already living in the USA. It was only after the death of his wife that Heinrich made the decision to emigrate with his family. He applied to emigrate on August 28, 1841, which was approved.




Buried:
Birki Cemetery, Groveland Twp., Section 22: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2596053/birki-cemetery/map#share_email

Heinrich married Jakobine Stalter about 1806. Jakobine was born about 1790; died on 11 Oct 1834 in Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 50
• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Died:
at 44 years of age

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: Trippstadt, Palatinate, GR
• Residence: Bef 1803, Windstein, Wissembourg, Alsace, FR

Notes:

“The family moved from the Trippstadt, Germany area, to Windstein, Alsace, France, some 50 miles to the south. The timing of this move is uncertain. It is clear that their children were born on the Wilensteinerhof hear Trippstadt, and that the family was in Winstein, France before Johannes died in 1803.”

Birth:
Probably on Lichtenbrunnerhof near Kaiserslautern

Johannes + Barbara Esch (Oesch, Eschem). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ancestry unknown.

Johannes + Magdalena Stutz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer at Tenscherhof in 1750
• Reference Number: 61
• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: 1750, Sarralbe, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1770, Homburg, Saarland, GR
• Residence: Abt 1776, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, GR
• Residence: 1777, Sarralbe, Moselle, FR
• Residence: Abt 1802-1803, Gern, Munich, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Heinrich was leaseholder on Kirschbacherhof (near Zweibrrücken, GR), a very old and sizable ducal estate which is known from documentary sources as early as 1295. The original buildings were destroyed during the Revolution and the present ones were rebuilt in the early 1800s.
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“ Henry Stalter, born in 1725 in Zweibrücken, was a farmer there since at least 1750 when his wife gave birth to a child named Christian, and that first wife died before 1776. Since that year, his second wife, Catherine Imhoff gave birth to two son to Homburg Saar, Henry named the youth, and Jacques (quoted above at Haras). The family is back at Tenscherhof in 1777, year of birth of a daughter. Two daughters died in 1794 aged 23 years, and Henry Stalter, father, dies Tenscherhof, February 23, 1800.“


A Brief History of The Kirschbacher Hof and the Ducal Family That Owned It

“The Kirschbacher Hof estate was the birthplace of our ancestor, Heinrich Stalter. This estate is located on the western edge of present-day Germany, near the city of Zweibrücken, close to Luxembourg and Lorraine, France.

“This estate is very old and is documented back to 1295. Duke Johann I purchased it at the end of the 1500s and gave it to his hunting master Christian von Bernstein. It was he, too, who built the Kirschbach mill.

“In 1737, the widowed Countess Palatine Caroline, née Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken, as ruling sovereign and guardian over her minor son Christian, bought the estate for 12600 guilders and leased it to the Mennonite Heinrich Stalter. Historians consider her an especially prudent and active sovereign.

“The members of the ducal family preferred to stay at this estate during hunting. The grandsons of the Duke’s mother, the Counts Palatine Karl and Max, and the Counts of Forbach, Christian and Willhelm, were frequent hunting guests and, in this way became acquainted with the tenant Heinrich Stalter, which later proved to be advantageous for the Stalter family.

“In 1762, Duke Christian IV took over the estate from his mother and granted it to his sons. Then Duke Karl II August seized the estate again and donated it as perviously mentioned, to his wife Amilie.

“During the French Revolution (started in 1789 and lasting about a quarter of a century), French troops moved across the border into German territory and set fire to the estate. (The French Revolution was about eliminating the ruling class so estates such as this became targets.) Heinrich Stalter and his family were forced to leave the estate and find temporary shelter on another estate, the Bickenaschbacher Hof, where Heinrich’s eldest son, Christian Stalter, was living.”

At the beginning of 1800 the family moved to Bavaria, near Munich, living on property in Gern near the Nymphenburg palace.

Heinrich was a friend of King Maximillian I Joseph of Bavaria. He is known to have at least six children, but probably had four more. Hermann Guth read documents in the archives in Neuburg telling how Heinrich complained to neighbors and acquaintances that a monestary at Thierhaupten (near Hemerten) was sold for too low a price. The story reached King Max, who insisted that the price be increased. He trusted Heinrich's judgement enough to act upon it.

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Birth:
(an hour away from Grostenquin/Linstroff)

Residence:
Tencherhof estate--son Christian born there

Residence:
Lingenhof estate--son Josef born there

Residence:
Kirschbacherhof: Three children born there: Heinrich, Johannes and Maria

Residence:
Tenscherhof

Died:
Tenscherhof

Heinrich married Katharina Imhoff before 1770. Katharina was born in 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 62
• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: 1802, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Katherina was Heinrich's second wife. The first is not known.

Residence:
Left with her children for Bavaria after Heinrich’s death