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Margaretha Kaul^1,2

Facts and Notes

• Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic^1,3
• Birth: About 1827^1,3
• Marriage: About 1850; Johann Albert¹
• Occupation: Before 1874; Ermreus, Forchheim, Bavaria, GermanyBGO; She was a day laborer, meaning that she hired herself out to work jobs on a day to day basis.^1,3
• Anecdote: Before 1874; See notes section^4,5,6
• Death: 1 April 1874; Ermreus, Forchheim, Bavaria, GermanyBGO. Cause of Death: Spinal meningitis³
• Burial: 3 April 1874; Gaiganz, Forchheim, Bavaria, GermanyBGO³

• Note: Margaretha Kaul (born c. 1827 in Ermreus, died 1874) endured a life marked by poverty, hardship, and personal loss. She was the daughter of day laborer Adam Kaul and Barbara Zeisler, who married only after the birth of Margaretha and her siblings—reflecting 19th-century economic realities that delayed legal unions among the rural poor. After her father’s early death, Margaretha followed her mother into day labor. In her early 20s, she had a daughter, Anna Margaretha Kaul, with Johann Albert of Hetzles, who provided financial support by court order but took no role in raising the child. Unable to care for Anna herself, Margaretha placed the infant under the guardianship of a retired border guard.
  
  Margaretha later entered a long-term relationship with Joseph Gareis of Gössweinstein, with whom she had six children over 15 years—though five had to be placed into guardianship due to poverty. After Joseph’s premature death in 1868, she had one final child with Johann Gareis, likely a relative of Joseph’s. Tragically, this child died in infancy, and Margaretha herself passed away two years later from spinal meningitis at the age of 47.

• Related Pages: Ancestors of Marianne Bauer

Citations

1. [S791] Church Records, Archiv des Erzbistums Bamberg (Archives of the Archdiocese of Bamberg) (Archives of the Archdiocese of Bamberg): Rep. 60, Pfarrarchiv (Parrish Archive) Kersbach St. Ottilie & St. Johannes der Täufer, Kirchenbuch (Church Book) (Church Book), Volume 3, Trauungen (Weddings) 1845-1913, p. 62, Record for Johann Albert and Anna Margaretha Kaul., This information resulted from research completed by Edgar Hubrich, a professional genealogist based in Forchheim, Germany, for Robert Reyes in June 2023.
2. [S806] Professional Research, Edgar Hubrick (Genealogist, Forchheim, Germany), November 2021.
3. [S791] Church Records, Archiv des Erzbistums Bamberg (Archives of the Archdiocese of Bamberg), Rep. 60, Pfarrarchiv (Parish Archive) Kersbach St. Ottilie & St. John the Baptist, Kirchenbuch (Church Book), Volume 9, Bestattungen (Burials) 1865-1968, p. 35. Record for Margaretha Kaul., This information resulted from research completed by Edgar Hubrich, a professional genealogist based in Forchheim, Germany, for Robert Reyes in June 2023.
4. [S791] Church Records, Archiv des Erzbistums Bamberg (Archives of the Archdiocese of Bamberg) (Archives of the Archdiocese of Bamberg): Rep. 60, Pfarrarchiv (Parrish Archive) Kersbach St. Ottilie & St. Johannes der Täufer, Kirchenbuch (Church Book), Volume 3, Taufen (Baptisms) 1827-1851, p. 136, Record for Anna Margaretha Kaul., This information resulted from research completed by Edgar Hubrich, a professional genealogist based in Forchheim, Germany, for Robert Reyes in June 2023.
5. [S771] Official Records, Bamberg State Archives, Holdings for the District Court of Forchheim, Inventory K 114, Guardianship Files before 1863, No. 55-1850., This information resulted from research completed by Edgar Hubrich, a professional genealogist based in Forchheim, Germany, for Robert Reyes in February 2024.
6. [S884] Robert R. Reyes, Our German Heritage