Jeanette Eckart (VI 17)

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This silhouette of Jeanette Eckart adorned a China mug from the time. This heirloom is in the Eckart Family Archive.

Jeanette Friderike Wilhelmine Eckart, née Wich, (VI 17), (*April 28, 1801, in Benk, Germany; †May 11, 1874, in Emskirchen, Germany), married David Eckart on May 1, 1825, in Emskirchen, Germany

Jeanette Wich was the daughter of Emskirchen’s priest Isaac Friedrich Wich. She married David Eckart in 1825.[1] Her father himself wed them and presented a touching marriage sermon. The sermon has been handed down and it states, among other things: "Even though I have already confirmed and consecrated so many marital unions, being in office for a long time, even though my conscience bears witness that I have never done so without sympathy of my heart, never without pious wishes for the wellbeing of the newlyweds, nonetheless, no such marriage ceremony has appealed so much to my feeling as this one."[2]

Jeanette Wich enjoyed "…respect and esteem everywhere. She was very well-read and familiar with classical literature."[3] In 1826, one year after the wedding, David’s daughter Henriette was born. His son Friedrich followed in 1827, then Jacobine, Minette, Christian, Julius, Louise, Babette, Benjamin, Johannes, Christine and Maximilian. David and Jeanette Eckart had a total of twelve children.

Jeanette outlived her husband by 21 years. Following David’s death in 1853, she had a hard time fending for the family. Between 1853 and 1855, she was forced to sell all the remaining agricultural assets, except a field, a garden and a cow.[4] In 1856, Jeanette Eckart reached out to Emskirchen’s municipal authorities and asked for aid. Her petition listed her children and aimed to clarify how difficult her financial situation was. Sources do not provide any information as to whether the municipal authorities complied with her request.[5]

Obwohl es die Kinder von David und Jeanette Eckart aufgrund ihrer wirtschaftlichen Not sicher nicht leicht hatten, erinnerten sie sich voller Liebe an ihre Eltern: „Haben uns die Eltern auch keine Reichtümer hinterlassen können, so haben wir doch einen ehrlichen, fleckenlosen Namen von ihnen. Mit Stolz und Liebe können wir auf sie zurückblicken und noch heute stehen dieselben in gutem Andenken bei allen, die sie gekannt, und bei der jetzigen Generation, die von ihnen gehört hat. Beide besaßen Bildung und Herzensgüte, nach denen sie gelebt und gehandelt haben.“[6]

Familie

Aus der Ehe mit David Eckart gingen zwölf Kinder hervor.

Einzelnachweise

  1. Eckart Family Archive, Da I 102, marriage certificate of David Eckart and Jeanette Wich, May 1, 1825.
  2. Eckart Family Archive, Isaac Friedrich Wich’s sermon, May 1, 1825.
  3. Eckart Family Archive, Da I 102, marriage certificate of David Eckart and Jeanette Wich, May 1, 1825.
  4. Eckart Family Archive, Da I 505a–c, sales of plots of land by the widow Jeanette Eckart, 1853 to 1855. Further plots were sold, but the documents are missing in the archive (Da I 508).
  5. Eckart Family Archive, Da I 507, petition for aid by the widow Jeanette Eckart, 1856.
  6. Familienarchiv Eckart, FG 0135, Chronik der Familie Eckart, 1. Teil, David Eckart, S. 70.