Branch Kappel-Grafenhausen
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The innkeepers from the right side of the Rhine

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Offshoot of the Lorber migrated to the right side of the Rhine Ebersheim.

Progenitor

Johann Jacob Lorber (1729-1798) was born in Kogenheim, where his father Martin, a native of Ebersheim, had married. In 1750 he married Anna Catharina Wieber (1728-after 1770) from Kappel am Rhein and became a host at the Gasthaus zur Linde.

Werdegang

An above-average number of landlords came from this branch. A tradition that continues in part to this day.

From this branch emerged:

Outstanding biographies

  • (Franz) Anton Lorber (1757-1806), first innkeeper to the ox in Grafenhausen, later innkeeper in Neuried near Munich and direct ancestor of the New low branch;
  • Ignaz Lorber (1759-after 1805), moved to Schutterzell in Baden, founder of the Schutter cell secondary branch;
  • Jakob Lorber the Elder (1764-1819) probably owned three taverns in Kappel, the Lindenwirt, the innkeeper for the Green Tree and the Stubenwirt, some of which he passed on to his sons;
  • Jakob Lorber the Younger (1795-1846), lion host in Kappel;
  • Joseph Lorber (1800-1865), parlor owner in Kappel;
  • Jakob Lorber III. (1827-1896), brewer and host to the sun in Kappel;
  • Franz Joseph Lorber (1830-1892), lion host in Kappel;
  • Wendelin Lorber (1848-1902), bricklayer, went back to Alsace on the other side of the Rhine;
  • Josef Lorber (1902-?), Host to the sun and master blacksmith in Kappel;
  • Emil Lorber (1925-1999), innkeeper at the Gasthaus zum Schiff in Kappel, which is still run by his daughter Ruth;
  • Max Lorber (* around 1929), innkeeper in the Kartäuserstube in Freiburg

Spread today

To this day descendants can be found in the double town of Kappel-Grafenhausen and probably also in other areas of Baden, probably also in the Strasbourg region.

Descendants also live in via the branches Upper Bavaria and in Argentina.

The article in the family magazine Laurus

This branch was also covered in the family magazine "Laurus" in 2014. The corresponding article can be downloaded here (PDF in German).

Do not be surprised about deviations from the above text. The article reflects the state of research from 2014. In contrast, the text on the homepage is up to date with family research.
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Sources:

  • Albert Köbele: Dorfsippenbuch Kappel am Rhein
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