Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Doctor of Jurisprudence

Notes:

Johann Caspar Goethe, lived with his family in a large house (today the Goethe House) in Frankfurt, then an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire. Though he had studied law in Leipzig and had been appointed Imperial Councillor, Johann Caspar Goethe was not involved in the city's official affairs.[6] Johann Caspar married Goethe's mother, Catharina Elizabeth Textor, at Frankfurt on 20 August 1748, when he was 38 and she was 17.[7] All their children, with the exception of Johann Wolfgang and his sister Cornelia Friederica Christiana (born in 1750), died at early ages.

Goethe's birthplace in Frankfurt (Großer Hirschgraben)
His father and private tutors gave the young Goethe lessons in all the common subjects of their time, especially languages (Latin, Greek, French, Italian, English and Hebrew). Goethe also received lessons in dancing, riding and fencing. Johann Caspar, feeling frustrated in his own ambitions, was determined that his children should have all those advantages that he had not.[6]

Johann married Textor, Catharina Elisabeth on 20 Aug 1748 in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. Catharina (daughter of Textor, Johann Wolfgang and Lindheimer, Anna Margaretha) was born on 19 Feb 1731 in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany; died on 15 Sep 1808 in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany; was buried after 15 Sep 1808 in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang was born on 28 Aug 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany; died on 22 Mar 1832 in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.