Alois Faller

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Alois Faller (born January 8, 1812 in Höllsteig , † August 14, 1882 in New York City ) was a German-American lawyer, revolutionary and parliamentarian.

Life

Zum Sternen , Alois Faller's parents' house

Alois Faller was the son of the owner of what is now known as Hofgut Sternen, the Zum Sternen inn in Höllental . He attended grammar school in Freiburg im Breisgau and studied law at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg as well as in Gießen, Göttingen and Heidelberg . In 1832 he became a member of the Corps Suevia Freiburg . On 23 November 1837 he was in Heidelberg summa cum laude to the Dr. jur. PhD; in the same year he had already passed his law exam and had been admitted as a legal intern. In 1840 he initially worked in Tauberbischofsheim . In 1845 he was court attorney in Freiburg im Breisgau. He was a member of the Freiburg People's Association , election commissioner and then a member of the electoral district VII (Freiburg City Office, Freiburg Land Office, Breisach) to the Baden Constituent Assembly of 1849 .

After the revolution was put down, he was one of 18 of 68 Baden MPs who emigrated to the USA. He was initially a Latin Farmer in St. Clair County (Illinois) . From 1860 until his death he was an attorney for the German Legal Aid Society in New York City.

He was married to Clara Margarethe, b. Weigel, a niece of Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier . The couple had a daughter, Ida.

Alois Faller was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx in the family grave of German-American entrepreneur Carl Hauselt .

literature

  • Obituary, in Der Deutsche Correspondent. August 18, 1882, p. 1 ( digitized version , Library of Congress )
  • Sonja-Maria Bauer: The Constituent Assembly in the Baden Revolution of 1849. 1991, ISBN 3-7700-5164-5 , pp. 57, 336.
  • 135. Faller I, Alois. In: Hans Fischer, Gerhard Becker: List of members of the Corps Suevia in Freiburg im Breisgau 1815–1955. P. 21.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary (lit.)
  2. ↑ Obituary (lit.)
  3. ^ Grand Ducal Baden State and Government Gazette. 1837, p. 17.
  4. ^ Eike Wolgast: Democratic counter-elites in American emigration. In: Manfred Berg , Philipp Gassert (eds.): Germany and the USA in the international history of the 20th century , Festschrift for Detlef Junker , Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart 2004, p. 211 (online on google.books)
  5. ↑ Obituary (lit.)
  6. ↑ Day 1 - A midday visit to Alois Faller at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY.
personal data
SURNAME Faller, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American lawyer, revolutionary and parliamentarian
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Höllsteig
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1882
Place of death New York City