the time when Jesus died. The youngest, Konrad, was wearing a dress-coat and a top-hat (stovepipe hat) for his confirmation. It is also typical for that time that at the age of four, Konrad watched the execution of a child murderess (child murder was a quite common crime then, because a lot of girls were afraid to have an illegitimate child because of social and financial reasons). He remembered the mass of people who watched the terrible spectacle. Children who were in school were accompanied by their teachers and were forced to watch the execution in order to intimidate them.

How times have changed since then! The enormous revolution which started with the industrialization in the second half of the 19th century and the fast development of technology and traffic is reflected in the life conditions of the following generations of our family.

Our ancestor had 6 sons and 1 daughter. Those 7 lines of the family all have living descendants today. But only two of the sons stayed in Weinsberg, Friedrich August, called Fritz, and Johann Georg.

Fritz did not take over his father's profession but became a town clerk, probably because he was a soldier entitled to civil employment and also his grandfather and great- grandfather on the mother's side had the same profession. In his free time he also did some farming and wine-growing. He lived in the house which mayor Bellon had built after the great fire in 1707. His coat of arms was in a stone above the entrance door and was used again after the fire of 1884.

Only one of Fritz's sons stays in Weinsberg in his father's house: the decoration painter Christian (IX,3). After the early death of his capable wife he married his sister-in-law, but two months after his marriage he died in an accident when he was painting a railroad bridge and did not hear a train coming. His son Georg took over his father's profession and house.