Christa Winsloe's maternal aunts: middle names

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Also (accidentally): Happy 205th birthday, Ernst Wilhelm Hermann Scherz (Chris' grandfather) 29.12.1818—6.6.1888 (69 years old)

 

Chris (Christa Kate Winsloe, 23.12.1888) was born in the same year when her grandfather died, but the two relatives hadn't lived at the same time at all.

 

Continuation of THIS entry\post.

 

Both of youngest sisters had middle name from their Mother (her first), and the first sister had first name that was girl version of the second name of father's (Wilhelm —> Wilhelmine.) Also, Rosalie the good Aunt was named after her aunt (Mum's sister.)

 

Actually, there are more relative with middle name Wilhelm or Wilhelmine (2 Wilhelmine.)

 

Bad aunt Wilhelmine Hedwig could be named after the following relatives: a. her father Ernst Wilhelm Hermann, b. her paternal grandmother Johanna Wilhelmine Emile Scherz (née Koeppen (Köppen?)), c. her father's sister Wilhelmine Marie Luise (b. 1816) AND she's also. . .

 

. . . most likely, a namesake of bad aunt Luise (Tante Luise) as she's named in the book.

 

Crazy coincidence (or whatever it is): parents of Chris' maternal grandfather had varistions of the same name, Johann Wilhelm (1792–1853) & Johanna Wilhelmine (unknown dates of life.)

 

 

DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO CHILDREN. The Information above has some mistakes (not all 5 children, Catharine instead of Katharina, etc. maybe.)

Katharina Elisabeth (Chris' Mum) & Rosalie Elisabeth (good aunt). Their middle name is their Mum's (b. ca. 1829) first name (she had one name only?) AND ALSO, the sisters' grandmother was Elisabeth Nernst (née Baath) (exactly the same name as her daughter, the sisters' Mum.)

 

Here's the proof of why Rosalie was named so (most likely.) Her maternal aunt Rosalie Scherz (1828–1952) She had been living for 23 or 24 years only. Hopefully, the good aunt Rosalie K. had been living at least three times longer.

 

Grandparents. Elisabeth (circa 1829) & Ernst Wilhelm Hermann (1888) had 10 or 11 years difference. So, their daughter Katharina Elisabeth's (6 of May, 1859) (Käte in the book) difference with Arthur Winsloe (1849, sometime mid-summer, most likely) (no name in the book, but really, Alfred like the first son) is nearly 10 years doesn't seem a lot for a straight marriage. (Arthur's parents i.e. Chris' paternal grandparents had about 15 years in-between, so it's no wonder why little Tina? had interest in older girls and women too as a child, plus attachment to the one and only Mum. (? = hopefully, correct shortening of the name that Chris gave to self after being able to speak.)

 

 

 

A lot more to come in more than one post. (Paternal side of relatives has looong & a little unfinished research as father's family had 13 children in total (10 is correct when it comes to children born in Scotland.)