August Wilhelm
(Wilhelm)
Maybach
Born in Heilbronn, Württemberg, Deutscher Bund
Ancestors 
Brother of
Carl Gottlob Dannwolf, Carl Friedrich Maybach, Christian Heinrich Maybach, Jakob Ferdinand Maybach, Franz Adolf Maybach and Paul Hermann Maybach
Husband of
Bertha Wilhelmine (Habermaas) Maybach
— married
5 Sep 1878 in Maulbronn, Württemberg, Deutsches Reich
Died
at age 83
in Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Württemberg, Deutsches Reich
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Biography
Wilhelm Maybach is Notable.
Wilhelm Maybach was an engine designer and industrialist who, together with Gottlieb Daimler, invented the first gasoline-powered motorcycle named the Reitwagen (1885), power-engine boat named the Neckar (1887) and later the Mercedes car model (1902). He was considered the "King of Designers" in 1890s France.
August Wilhelm Maybach was born on 9 February 1846 in Heilbronn, Württemberg, Deutscher Bund, son of cabinet maker Christian Karl Maybach (1813–1856) from Löwenstein and Luise Barbara Dannwolf (1814–1854) from Böblingen.[1]
His siblings were:
- Carl Gottlob Dannwolf (1842-1842)
- Carl Friedrich Maybach (1844–1897 )
- Christian Heinrich Maybach (1848– )
- Jakob Ferdinand Maybach (1849– )
- Franz Adolf Maybach (1851-1895)
- Paul Hermann Maybach (1853-1854)
Wilhelm died on 29 December 1929 in Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Württemberg, Deutsches Reich, aged 83. He was buried in Uff-Kirchhof, Bad Cannstatt, Stadtkreis Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.[2]
Wilhelm (32) married Bertha Wilhelmine Habermaas (27) (born on 8 August 1851 in Maulbronn, Württemberg; daughter of Karl Gottfried Habermaas and Rosine Gottliebin (Weegmer) Habermaas) on 5 September 1878 in Maulbronn, Württemberg. Their known children were:
- Karl Maybach (1879–1960)
- Adolf Maybach (1884–1940)
- Emma Maybach (~1892–~1974)
Sources
- ↑ Baptism: Church book Heilbronn, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Heilbronn > Heilbronn > Taufregister 1846-1850 Band 15, 1846 #36 Archion image 9
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28248872/august-wilhelm-maybach: accessed), memorial page for August Wilhelm Maybach (9 Feb 1846–29 Dec 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28248872, citing Uff-Kirchhof, Bad Cannstatt, Stadtkreis Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Maintained by Find a Grave.
See also:
- Kirchenbücher der ev. Kirchengemeinde Heilbronn, Familienregister Bd. 22 (Nichtbürger), p. 55, Archion Image 33
- Ahnenliste Wilhelm Maybach #1
- Wilhelm Maybach on Wikipedia
- Wikidata: Item Q77125, en:Wikipedia
- Seherr-Thoß, Hans Christoph Graf von, "Maybach, Wilhelm" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 16 (1990), S. 523-525 [Online-Version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118579517.html#ndbcontent
- https://wissensstadt.hn/very-impressive-people-wilhelm-maybach-ein-pionier-der-automobilgeschichte-vom-schreinerssohn-zum-konstrukteurskoenig/
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