The Kazmaiers in Grabenstetten

1. Clemens Katzmaier, was born on the 1st of May 1682 in Honau and he died on the 10th of April 1756 in Grabenstetten where he was buried the following day.

Clemens Kazmaier came from Honau to Grabenstetten and married Johannes Blankenhorn’s, the mayor of Grabenstetten, daughter Anna. Clemens and Anna married on the 23rd of April 1704 in Grabenstetten. Anna Blankenhorn, the daughter of daughter of Johannes Blankenhorn and Waldburga Burckhardt, was born 17 Nov 1682 in Grabenstetten and died at the same place 29 May 1751.

Clemens and Anna had twelve children and their descendants build the huge Kazmaier population in today’s Grabenstetten. From their marriage record (Evangelische Kirche Grabenstetten, 1558-1946) we take it that a committee had to approve Anna’s and Clemens’ marriage [1]. “On April 23rd commission approved and joined Clemens Katzenmayer, Andreas Katzenmayer’s, former mayor of Honau, posthumous legitimate son, and Anna, Johann Blankenhorn’s, the local mayor’s legitimate daughter.”

Most people may not know that there was a minimum age of 25 for marriage in Württemberg at that time. The couple both were only 22, however, both were the children of Honau’s, respectively Grabenstetten’s mayors and therefore the committee was probably not afraid that the young couple would become a burden for the local township and approved the marriage generously. On the other hand Anna was already heavily pregnant and both the couple and their parents wanted to avoid little Johannes, who was about to be born five weeks later, being an illegitimate child.

The twelve children of Clemens Katzmaier and Anna Blankenhorn were as follows:

2. I Johannes Kazmaier was born on the 30th of May 1704 in Grabenstetten and died there on the 14th of January 1744 and was buried on the next day in Grabenstetten. His wife was Anna.

3. II Andreas Kazmaier was born 29 Jul 1705 in Grabenstetten, died 14 Dec 1796 and was buried 16 Dec 1796 in Grabenstetten. He married Barbara Griesinger.

4. III Clemens Katzmayer, born 1707 in Grabenstetten; died 11 Jan 1708 in Grabenstetten.

5. IV Anna Waldburga Katzmayer, born 15 Mar 1709 in Grabenstetten, died 27 Mar 1764 in Grabenstetten, buried 29 Mar 1764 in Grabenstetten. In Grabenstetten she married on 29 Nov 1730 Andreas Schrade from Grabenstetten, born Nov 1708, died 2 Apr 1786.

6. V Clemens Kazmaier, born 26 Jun 1711 in Grabenstetten, died 8 Jan 1780 in Grabenstetten, buried 10 Jan 1780 in Grabenstetten. Clemens was married five times: (1) Maria Barbara Staiger; (2) Anna Katharina Waldburga Kechelen; (3) Margarethe Steudle; (4) Maria Katharina Lamparter; (5) Anna Maria Stoz.

7. VI Maria Agnes Katzmayer, born 21 Feb 1713 in Grabenstetten, died 1 Feb 1779 in Grabenstetten. She married on 8 Oct 1737 in Grabenstetten Adam Viehl, born 10 Jul 1718 in Grabenstetten, died 16 May 1785 in Grabenstetten.

8. VII Rosina Anna Katzmayer, born 22 Jun 1715 in Grabenstetten, died 30 Mar 1759 in Grabenstetten. She married on 13 Feb 1741 in Grabenstetten Johann Georg Broeckel, born 1719 in Grabenstetten, died 26 Apr 1797 in Grabenstetten.

9. VIII Paul Kazmaier, born 15 Jan 1717 in Grabenstetten, died 22 Feb 1747 in Grabenstetten, buried 24 Feb 1747 in Grabenstetten. He married on 23 Jun 1739 in Grabenstetten Regina Reiner, born 10 Mar 1722 in Grabenstetten, died 3 Apr 1761 in Grabenstetten.

10. IX Anna Barbara Katzmayer, born 14 Apr 1718 in Grabenstetten, died 3 May 1794 in Grabenstetten. She married on 13 Nov 1742 in Grabenstetten Gottlieb Ludwig Mohn, born 1719 in Pappelau, died 10 Dec 1787 in Grabenstetten.

11. X Johann Adam Kazmaier, born 15 Feb 1721 in Grabenstetten, died 16 Feb 1759 in Grabenstetten, buried 18 Feb 1759 in Grabenstetten. He married Anna Maria Staiger.

12. XI Johann Georg Katzmayer, born 30 Apr 1723 in Grabenstetten, died 24 Jan 1725 in Grabenstetten.

13. XII Johann Georg Kazmaier, born 14 Dec 1725 in Grabenstetten, died 24 Apr 1803 in Grabenstetten. He married Barbara Kaechele.

[1] Original text: “Den 23. April sind [durch] Commission […] copulirt und eingesegnet worden Clemens Katzenmayer, Andreas Katzenmayers gewesenen Schultheissen zu Honau Uracher Ampts, nachgelassener ehelicher Sohn, und Anna, Johann Blankenhorns, allhiesigen Schultheyssen eheliche Tochter.“