Anton Beck

Born [date unknown] in Prussia, Germany [uncertain]

Husband of Karolina Johanna (Lux) Schindler — married 5 May 1843 in Baumgarten, Silesia Pr, Prussia, Germany

Died 15 Nov 1846 in Silesia, Prussia, Germany [uncertain]

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Biography

Anton Beck married Caroline Johanna Lux (1821-1875), dtr of Joseph Lux and Theresia Hample from Grochau, Silesia on 05/08/1843.^[1]

Anton was referred to as a "Gärtner".^[2] The term "Gärtner" is as much about Anton's social class (which determined his legal rights within the community) as his profession. "Gärtner today means only gardener, but until the early 20th century the main meaning was "farmer with a very little land". A gardener did not have his share of the common land, the Allmende [a shared pasture where he might graze cattle]; he owned only a little land, often fenced, on which he cultivated vegetables and fruits, but normally no grain." Likely, he worked somewhere else to earn his living.

He and Caroline had 1 child. Anton passed away on 11/15/1846.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Marriage was in the Baumgarten marriage register. The Parish served the towns/villages of Baumgarten, Grochau, Grochwitz & Paulwitz.
2. ↑ Occupation was listed in his wife's 2nd marriage record, when she remarried after Anton died. See Caroline's bio.

Sources

"European Origins of Joseph Schindler and Carolina Lux of Carver County, Minnesota" by Ann C. Gilchrest. Summer 2013 issue, Minnesota Genealogist magazine, published by Minnesota Genealogical Society.

List of Old German Professions found at European-Roots,com.[1]