Hi y'all,
While looking into my family tree, I have discovered that part of my family is German in origin. The name of the German part of the family is Kalthoeber. I am descended from a George John Kalthoeber and an Elizabeth Ann Nye. They married in London (St. Martin in the Fields) on 08-Jun-1806. George's youngest child, Jemima (b. 07-Jun-1824 in St Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England), married a James Goble in 1841. On the Marriage certificate, George is deceased. On the 1857 death certificate of Elizabeth Kalthoeber (nee Nye) she was listed as the widow of George Kalthoeber, a cook. Although They were married in London, Nye is a Sussex name, and it is quite possible that she came from Sussex, and moved upto london.
The most famous (and the earliest dated) Kalthoeber relative is Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, a famous bookbinder. Info can be found on the internet about him, but here is the gist of it:
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ID: I159
Name: Christian Samuel KALTHOEBER
Given Name: Christian
Surname: Kalthoeber
Sex: M
Birth: 1752 in Berlin
Note: Baptismal register for St Maria Kirche Berlin. Info. from Judy Marks
Death: 5 DEC 1819
MARR: 2 SEP 1782 Saint Martin in the Fields Westminster London to Elizabeth Slater.
Note: Westminster Archive library marriage record. Both of parish. Witnesses Henry Grumming and Mary Slay or May?
Father: Johan Caspar KALTHOEBER
Mother: Maria Elisabeth DEILICKE
KALTHOEBER, Christian Samuel, bookbinder, Duchy Lane, Strand 1782-92; Duke's Court, St. Martin's Lane 1795; 20, Duke's Court 1802H-1805H. B. Prussia. Learned with Baumgarten, prob. partner with him near Duchy Lane c1780. Baumgarten's executor 1781. Poss. worked as journeyman in later years. Still alive 1817 when mentioned by Dibdin. Succ. by Frederick Deschlein 1809H. Signed bindings in British Museum. Referred to by J. C. Huttner as 'incontrovertably the leading binder in the world'. See also Charles Kilthorker. Howe; Ramsden.
The surname of his wife (Slater) is also a Sussex name.
I don't know yet if George John and Christian Samuel are related. this is one of the things I would like to find out. Is there a town in Germany that bears the name kalthoeber or some such variant?
Thanks for your help,
James