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As my mom & I have been researching our Bohemian ancestors, it seemed a little odd to us that my 5th great grandfather, Sebastianus Aloysius Breinl, is sometimes listed as a Bräuer (Brewer) and sometimes as a Weißgerber (White Tanner) on different records throughout his life. Sebastianus Aloysius Preinl/Breinl/Bräunl/Breunl, was born on 9 April 1780 in house number 210 in Graslitz, Böhmen, the son of Johann Anton Adam Preinl & Rosalia Korb. Although his name was listed as Sebastianus Aloysius Preinl in his baptism record, he apparently went by Aloys throughout his life, as evidenced by the fact that his name was listed as Aloys (or variations of this name, including Aloysis, Aloÿs, & Alois) on every other source recorded during his lifetime, and during the lives of his children & grandchildren, that we have found for him so far. Aloys was married to Eva Rosalia Stohwasser on 4 October 1804 in house number 201 in Graslitz when he was 24 years old. Eva Rosalia (who went by Rosalia) was the daughter of Ignaz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer. Aloys & Rosalia had 11 children, all born in Graslitz between 1805 and 1826. Their children were: Johann Anton, Johanna, Theresia, Friedrich [my 4th great grandfather], Aloys, Rosalia (1), Wenzl, Johannas Nepomuk, Elisabeth, Mathilda Rosalia, & Rosalia (2). And Aloys died on 29 June 1834 at the age of 54.
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Although changing occupations may not have been that uncommon for our ancestors in the United States, from what we’ve learned about our ancestors who lived in Germany and Bohemia and the guild requirements at that time, it would be very uncommon for this to have happened, especially for someone to have been a master in two different unrelated occupations.
So we decided to sort through all our sources that we had for Aloys to date and see what information they provided about his occupation. (We wanted to make sure that there wasn’t any possibility that we had accidentally collected information about two different Aloys Brienls living in Graslitz at the same time). So we also compared the information from each of the sources about his house number, his parents’ names & his father’s occupation, his wife’s name & his wife’s parents’ names, and any other relevant details. Here’s what we came up with so far:
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Aloys’ House Number
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Aloys’ Occupation
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Aloys’ Parents/Wife
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Aloys’ Father’s Occupation
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Other
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Birth of Sebastianus Aloysius Preinl, 1780 (self) source link
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210
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Parents: Adamus Preinl,
Rosalia Korb
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Socius
Braxatoris et inquilinus (Beer Brewer Partner & Citizen)
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Birth record note says he was married on 4 Oct 1804, died on 29 Jun 1834
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Marriage of Aloÿs Bräunl & Rosalia Stowasser, 1804 (self)
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210
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none listed
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Parents: Johann Anton Adam Bräunl, Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignatz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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Herrschaft Bräumeister (Manor Master Brewer)
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(Marriage date matches date in the birth record note).
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Birth of Johann Anton, 1805 (son)
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(son born in 488)
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Bürger u Weißgerbermeister (Bürger & Master White Tanner)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignaz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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Birth of Johanna, 1806 (daughter) source link
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(daughter born in 210)
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Bürger und Weißgerbermeister (Bürger & Master White Tanner)
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Wife: Roßalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignaz Stohwasser & Roßalia Dotzauer
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(Aloys’ daughter was born in the same house that Aloys was born in).
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Birth of Theresia, 1808 (daughter)
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(daughter born in 80)
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Bürger und Weißgerber (Bürger & White Tanner)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignaz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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[House No. 80 is the Breinl family house where we know Aloys lived & where a number of his children were born].
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Birth of Friedrich, 1810 (son)
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(son born in 80)
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Bürger und Weißgerber (Bürger & White Tanner)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignaz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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Birth of Aloys, 1813 (son)
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(son born in 80)
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Weißgärber (White Tanner)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignaz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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Birth of Rosalia, 1815 (daughter)
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(daughter born in 18)
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Weißgärbermeister (Master White Tanner)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignatz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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Birth of Wenzl, 1816 (son)
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(son born in 80)
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Weißgärbermeister (Master White Tanner)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignatz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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Birth of Johannes Nepomuk, 1819 (son)
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(son born in 80)
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Weißgärbermeister (Master White Tanner)
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Parents: Adam Bräunl & Rosalia Korp, Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignatz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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Herrschaft Bräumeister in No. 320 (Manor Master Brewer)
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Birth of Elisabeth, 1820 (daughter)
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Aloys born in 320
(daughter born in 80)
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Weißgärbermeister (Master White Tanner)
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Parents: Joh. Adam Bräunl & Rosalia Korber in No. 320, Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignatz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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Herrschaft Bräumeister in No. 320 (Manor Master Brewer)
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(We know that Aloys’ parents lived in house No. 320).
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Birth of Mathilda Rosalia, 1822 (daughter)
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80
(daughter born in 80)
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Bräuermeister in No. 80 (Master Brewer)
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Parents: Johann Adam Breinl & Rosalia Korb, Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignatz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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Bräuermeister in No. 320 (Master Brewer)
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Birth of Rosalia, 1826 (daughter)
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320 (daughter born in 80)
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Weißgärbermeister in No. 320 (Master White Tanner)
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Parents: Johann Adam Breinl & Roßalia Korb, Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser, daughter of Ignaz Stohwasser & Rosalia Dotzauer
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Bräuermeister (Master Brewer)
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Marriage of Anton (son) & Magdalena Weck, 1832
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(son married in 80)
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Herrschaft Bräuhauspächters
(Manor Brewhouse Renter)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser
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Anton is Bräuermeister born in No. 320 (Master Brewer)
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Death of Aloys, 1834 (self)
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320
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Herrschaft Bräumeister (Manor Master Brewer)
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Died at age 53 (matches with birth record).
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Marriage of Friedrich (son) & Amalia Dotzauer, 1836
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(son born in 80, son married in 522)
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Herrschaft Bräuhauspächters
(Manor Brewhouse Renter)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser
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Friedrich is a Bürgers sohn born in No. 80 (Bürger’s Son)
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Death of Rosalia, 1838 (wife)
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(wife died in 80)
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Bräumeister (Master Brewer)
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Wife: Rosalia Breunl
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Birth of Christian, 1839 (grandson)
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(grandson born in 320)
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Braumeister (Master Brewer)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser
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Anton, Christian’s father, was herschaft Braumeister born in No. 320 (Manor Master Brewer)
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Birth of Ludmilla, 1839 (granddaughter)
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(granddaughter born in 391)
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Herrschaft Bräumeister (Manor Master Brewer)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser
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Friedrich, Ludmilla’s father, was beirbrauer born in No. 80 (Beer Brewer)
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Birth of Joseph, 1841 (grandson)
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(grandson born in 391)
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Brauer (Brewer)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser
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Friedrich, Joseph’s father, was brauer born in No. 80 (Brewer)
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Marriage of Franz Hahn & Elisabetha, 1843 (daughter)
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(daughter born in 80, daughter married in 224)
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Herschaftlichen Bräuermeister (Manor Master Brewer)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser
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Birth of Anna, 1846 (granddaughter)
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80
(granddaughter born in Bleydstadt No. 99)
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Herschaftlichen Bräuers in No. 80 (Manor Brewer)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser
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Friedrich, Anna’s father, was brauer in Bleydstadt No. 99 (Brewer)
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Birth of Adolph Thomas, 1849 (grandson)
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80
(grandson born in Bleydstadt No. 99)
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Herschaftl. Bräuers (Manor Brewer)
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Wife: Rosalia Stohwasser
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Friedrich, Adolph’s father, was brauer in Bleydstadt No. 99 (Brewer), born in Graslitz No. 80
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From listing the information chronologically from all these different sources, it’s pretty clear that this is indeed one individual — there are so many details in each of the sources about relationships, house numbers, etc. that there doesn’t seem to be any possibility that we’ve accidentally found records for two different individuals with the same name. So, why would he have changed occupations? We contacted Fritz Juengling who is an expert on German guilds, to ask his opinion and he said, “This is a perplexing problem. I cannot see any connection between Brau- and Weißgerber- at all. That someone would become a -meister in two different fields such as these is highly improbable and this designation is really inexplicable. The only thing that I could say is that the term -meister might not have been a guild designation to the person who wrote the documents. Maybe it was simply a loose term suggesting a promotion in a company. But this is only a suggestion from the top of my mind and in no way the real explanation. That someone would leave a field for which he had trained for so long is also suspect.”
So we were still unsure of why this could have happened. Our next theory at this point is that maybe Aloys was the second or third son in his family. So the father would likely have had his oldest son(s) be apprentices to be brewers like himself, and any younger sons would have worked as apprentices for other masters to learn other occupations. But maybe later on in Aloys’ life, after he had already trained to be a Weißgerber, something happened — maybe his father and his older brother(s) died or were no longer able to work as brewers. But maybe since he had grown up in a brewing family, and knew something about the trade from his father, and had stayed and continued to live there in Graslitz, maybe he would have been the one to take over when there was a need for a brewer??? That’s a lot of maybes. And we don’t know if it was ever done that way or not. But we decided that the next step is to search for the siblings of Aloys so we could see if it was even a possible scenario (if he was a 2nd or 3rd son in his family). We’ve been going through the process of searching for his siblings, and I’ll write an update when we know more.
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