Today I'd like to introduce a very interesting figure in our family history: Johann Christian Schochenmeyer.
First of all, turn your attention to the writing and spelling manner: SchochenmEYer. It was probably one of the oldest spelling type (as I will demonstrate in the post on the oldest Schochenmaiers ever))))). In the today's world, you won't find such Schochenmeyers, except Delmer H. Schochenmeyer, married in Pennsylvania to Verna Helen McCoughey in 1945 (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nelancas/marriages/1939-1940s/s.htm). I have never heard about any Delmer Schochenmeyer. There is no context, no parents, no other documents. So, I suggest it's just a spelling mistake. Maybe you can help us to find that Delmer SchochenmAIer or whatever his name was.
Secondly, Johann Christian is to be found in Ludwigsburg as well, where we met Schochenmaier the Hatter last time (from the 1810).
But this Schochenmeyer lived anywhen between 1710s and 1770s. In the Archives of Stuttgart, I have found his request for the building of a private house. Here it is (in German):
It says that in the paper version the front view and groundplan of the house projected by Johann Christian Schochenmeyer in a ration of 1:77 are to be found (150 steps = 18,5 cm). One day I will order it to check how it looked like and to find out if it survived till today))) Amazingly enough is what is noticed as the content of the planning application in the bottom of the scan: "Front view of the house being opposite to "Stadtkirche" and to "eagle" (???), layout of the ground level, first floor and roofs scumbled in pink". This Evangelical Church is pretty known in Ludwigsburg, if so, Johann Christian Schochenmeyer plans to build his house in front of the Stadtkirche. What does it mean? Is he so rich? Is he a man of the high society? I can't imagine it, but everything is possible.
Here's the Stadtkirche and some houses near to it:
and that's written on it:
The dedication of the church took place in 1726.
In front of the Stadtkirche (on your left) you can see what follows:
I don't know if any of those houses were private at that time and belonged to any Schochenmeyers.
The last point is that Johann Christian Schochenmeyer was a cloth-maker. I have found the information that some of them during the 18 century could organize their business in well-developed textil manufactories which in the begining of the 19 century were brought to ruin by the monopolistic textil factories. In 1807 there were only 5 cloth-makers in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg! They produced mostly for the court of the Duke Ludwig von Württemberg.
The job of cloth-maker looked like that:
and
Thank you!!!
First of all, turn your attention to the writing and spelling manner: SchochenmEYer. It was probably one of the oldest spelling type (as I will demonstrate in the post on the oldest Schochenmaiers ever))))). In the today's world, you won't find such Schochenmeyers, except Delmer H. Schochenmeyer, married in Pennsylvania to Verna Helen McCoughey in 1945 (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nelancas/marriages/1939-1940s/s.htm). I have never heard about any Delmer Schochenmeyer. There is no context, no parents, no other documents. So, I suggest it's just a spelling mistake. Maybe you can help us to find that Delmer SchochenmAIer or whatever his name was.
Secondly, Johann Christian is to be found in Ludwigsburg as well, where we met Schochenmaier the Hatter last time (from the 1810).
But this Schochenmeyer lived anywhen between 1710s and 1770s. In the Archives of Stuttgart, I have found his request for the building of a private house. Here it is (in German):
Here's the Stadtkirche and some houses near to it:
and that's written on it:
The dedication of the church took place in 1726.
In front of the Stadtkirche (on your left) you can see what follows:
I don't know if any of those houses were private at that time and belonged to any Schochenmeyers.
The last point is that Johann Christian Schochenmeyer was a cloth-maker. I have found the information that some of them during the 18 century could organize their business in well-developed textil manufactories which in the begining of the 19 century were brought to ruin by the monopolistic textil factories. In 1807 there were only 5 cloth-makers in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg! They produced mostly for the court of the Duke Ludwig von Württemberg.
The job of cloth-maker looked like that:
and
or maybe
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