Joseph Anton Billet

Joseph Anton Billet (born March 21, 1759 in Ettenheim , † March 8, 1834 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a merchant in Offenburg and builder of the local Villa Billet, which today u. a. is used for weddings.

Origin and family

Joseph Anton's parents were Maria Barbara Richter (1719–1790) and the master butcher Philipp Billet (1732–1768). In 1790 he married Maria Johanna Lindt, daughter of the Frankfurt merchant and beer brewer Johannes Jacob Lindt.

Life

Billet had leased the salt monopoly in Offenburg and became rich through the salt trade, so that he was at the top of the Offenburg tax list for many years. In 1800 he was appointed city master of the “Young Council” of the guilds; In 1831 he was elected to the second chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly, from which, however, he resigned in the same year.

He had the Villa Billet, also known as Billet'sches Schlösschen, built in 1804/1805 as a classical pavilion. Today the villa is listed and has been renovated as part of the integration into the Offenburg public park.

literature

Otto Kähni: Offenburg merchants between 1700 and 1860 . In: The Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Central Baden . tape 54 . Publishing house of the historical association for Mittelbaden, Offenburg 1974 ( digitized version ).
Irmgard Schwanke: Foreigners in Offenburg: religious minorities and immigrants in the early modern period . UVK publishing company, 2005.

Individual evidence

↑ Offenburg: Billet'sches castle. Retrieved March 2, 2020 .
^ Family Search: Josephus Antonius Billet, Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898. Retrieved March 2, 2020 .
^ Family Search: Josephus Antonius Billet and Maria Johanna Regina Lind, Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg, Catholic church books, 1678-1930. Retrieved March 2, 2020 .
^ City of Offenburg: Villa Billet. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Billet, Joseph Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Merchant in Offenburg and builder of Villa Billet
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ettenheim
DATE OF DEATH	March 8, 1834
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[1] Offenburg: Billet'sches castle. Retrieved March 2, 2020 .

[2] Family Search: Josephus Antonius Billet, Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898. Retrieved March 2, 2020 .

[3] Family Search: Josephus Antonius Billet and Maria Johanna Regina Lind, Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg, Catholic church books, 1678-1930. Retrieved March 2, 2020 .

[4] City of Offenburg: Villa Billet. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .