Friedrich Arrheidt (deceased)
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Biographische Skizzen
Friedrich Arheidt
geboren am 17. März 1801 in Grätzingen, Amt Durlach, Baden, erlernte nach vollendeter Schulzeit das Schneiderhandwerk und betrieb dasselbe in seiner Heimath. Im Jahre 1830 verheirathete er sich mit seiner Gattin Magdalena, geborene Heidt. 1846 wanderte er mit seiner Familie nach Amerika aus und kam am 10. November desselben Jahres nach Syracuse. Hier war er eine Zeitlang als Kolporteur der Amerikanischen Traktat Gesellschaft thätig und betrieb später ein Ellen- und Galanterie-Waarengeschäft mit gutem Erfolg. Freundlich und zuvorkommend, gewissenhaft in allen seinen Geschäftsbeziehungen, konnte es ihm nicht an Erfolg fehlen. Hochbetagt starb er am 6. März 1884, und hinterliess 7 Kinder: Magdalena Kappesser, Katharina Friedrich, Karolina Walch, Johanna Wiegand, Louise Hensel, Friedrich Arheidt, Elisabeth Soldan. Eine Tochter, Wilhelmina, starb vor 25 Jahren. Am 5. Dez. 1894 folgte ihm auch sein hochbetagte Gattin im Tode nach. Den beiden Ehegatten war im hohen Alter noch das seltene Glück beschieden, (1880) ihre goldene Hochzeit zu feiern. [page 253]
Friedrich Arheidt, born on the 17th of March 1801 in Grätzingen, District of Durlach, Baden, learned, after completing his schooling, the craft of tailoring and worked at the same in his homeland. In the year 1830 he married his wife, Magdalena, whose maiden name was Heidt. In 1846 he emigrated with his family to America and came on the 10th of November of the same year to Syracuse. Here he was for a while active as a book peddler for the American Tract Society, and later operated a [Ellen and Galanterie ?] business with good success. Friendly and obliging, conscientious in all of his business dealings, it was impossible for him not to find success. He died on the 6th of March 1884, leaving behind 7 children: Magdalena Kappesser, Katharina Friedrich, Karolina Walch, Johanna Wiegand, Louise Hensel, Friedrich Arheidt, Elisabeth Soldan. One daughter, Wilhelmina, died 25 years before. On the 5th of December 1894 his aged wife followed him in death. Both of them had the rare good fortune to have celebrated in their old age (1880) their Golden Wedding Anniversary.
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