Her older sister Friederike (IX,22) had also been married to a notary, Karl Kreeb. It became tradition that the young girls of the Weinsberg Haeberlen were sent to the family Remppis or to Rose Laiblin (X,57), born Kreeb, to learn house holding. Of the three sons of Remppis Max and Hans were killed in World War I, also a cousin of theirs, Eugen Siegmann, the son of Karoline Haeberlen. The oldest son of our ancestor, Johann Friedrich (VIII,1) was a farmer. He got married in Willsbach near Weinsberg, where he died young. His descendants are mostly farmers or wine growers. He has numerous descendants who are spread all over the country, for example the Seebold-line in Cleversulzbach, the Belser-line in Kleinbottwar and Steinheim, relatives in Stuttgart, Esslingen, Tuttlingen, Swabisch Hall and Kupferzell.

August Haeberlen
court-notary Gaildof

Some relatives even live in the Netherlands: two daughters got married in Haarlem. Two of the great-grandsons of Johann, the brothers Ferdinand (XI,28) and Hermann (XI,29) Belser from Kleinbottwar were killed in the World war (I). The above mentioned daughter Auguste (VIII,7) married the turner-master+ Karl Laborenz from Gaildorf. Their descendants are mostly craftsmen. One son became turner, the grandsons became gardener and plumber.

The other three sons of our ancestor Johann Georg took professions which were not in the family tradition. August (VIII,3) and

+ I believe that "turner" refers to a lathe operator. The other meaning for "turner" is acrobat and there is no indication in the history that there were any acrobats in the family history. (CFH)