Historical manuscript of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by Charles Funck, begun in 1913
MANUSCRIT. Charles FUNCK: Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Historique et Pittoresque (begun 1913).
2 volumes, In-4, small-ruled leaves, entirely handwritten, table of contents.
Page numbering.
Percaline binding by Eugène Hoffmann.
Gilt title on first boards.
The table of contents indicates that the remarks are drawn from 7 sources by Luxembourg authors. 5 maps are mounted on tabs at the end of volume 2.
He may have been Charles Funck, son of Jean-Baptiste Henri-Melchior Funck, who in turn was the son of Jacques Funck [notary in Niederanven, born November 4, 1785 in Luxembourg and died December 30, 1869 in Clausen, where he occupied large plots of land with several houses in today's Rue Wiltheim. Around 1815, he ran the Niederanven paper mill, which was sold to J. Lamort in the 1830s. He married Marguerite Reuter of Arlon on November 28, 1811. His wife died at the age of 44. He then married M. A. Weydert on September 2, 1829. His first son, Jean-Baptiste Funck, was born on December 15, 1812. He too was a notary, but in Grevenmacher.]
Charles Funck was born on September 1, 1854 in Cap as the fifth child of Jean-Baptiste Funck and Philippine-Henriette Vannerus. He died in Mamer on May 14, 1928. He was a merchant in Ettelbruck, where his seven children were born to Mathilde Hemes (1868-1935), whom he married in Grosbous in 1891. He is buried in the Mamer cemetery, together with his wife.
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