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Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt
(1644–1694)
BIRTH
baptized February 26, 1644
PLACE
Erfurt, Thuringia
DEATH
before May 3, 1694 (burial date)
PLACE
Eisenach, Thuringia
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Johann Ambrosius Bach
(1645–1695)
CHILDREN
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
LUTHERAN
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt was Johann Sebastian Bach’s mother. Her death in 1694 was followed by his father’s death in February 1695.
EARLY LIFE
She was the daughter of Valentin Lämmerhirt, a furrier and town councillor in Erfurt.
CAREER
DEATH
Elisabeth died at Eisenach in May 1694; the recorded burial date is May 3. Her husband Johann Ambrosius Bach died the following February, leaving their son Johann Sebastian orphaned. The cited Bach Archive chronology does not establish her cause of death.
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