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David Eckart and his wife Jeanette, née Wich, (1801 to 1874) had twelve children. Between 1850 and 1870, all descendants of the Eckart family left their hometown Emskirchen and four of them even left Germany. Babette Eckart moved to Russia as a governess, Christian and Maximilian moved to Hawaii. Benjamin joined the French Foreign Legion in 1859, having initially spent two years in Algiers and then moved on to Mexico. Johannes (1840 to 1899) and Friedrich (1827 to 1907) tried their luck in Munich.