My wife and my named children resp. I hereby appoint grandchildren to the heirs of my estate under the following more detailed conditions:

§ 1. After my death, as long as she does not want to maintain the basic division herself, my wife remains in the unlimited possession and enjoyment of all my movable and immovable property, about which she is can dispose of the following further provisions at will, subject to the following restrictions,

§ 2. After her one‐time demise, my youngest son Marum Tuchmann, who is resident there as a merchant, is to receive the price of 500 florins to five hundred guilders as long as he wants to buy something like that, against which nobody is allowed to remind anything against it.

§ 3. My two married daughters, Gella Hopf, here and Elisa Winkler from Schnaidach, which I later gave to my other children with regard to the marriage goods they received from me (note that they each received 2500 florins, the other daughters each 3200 florins dowry) equal resp. I have made back payments to them, which is precisely recorded and proven in my business books, have therefore no more on my or my wife's estate than my other children or Grandchildren to take advantage of and I want to see my heirs kept the same.

§ 4. I wish that my wife could sell my 13 acres of woodland, namely 4 acres in Guthenthal and 3 acres in Kessel, then 6 acres in Eppelsbach, and lend the money raised for this to secure a mortgage. But if one of my local children would like to take over part of these forests or the whole thing for sale, it should be left to them for the tax to be determined by 2 experts. The children therefore have the privilege to do this.

§ 5. I still own one acre in the quarry near Ühlfeld. However, this forest belongs to my son Feist T., who lives in Dessau, so he can have the forest in the quarry attributed to him in court. However, he does not have to pay any remuneration in my estate for this asset.

§ 6. I release my wife from the obligation to account for the administration of my estate and I also forbid the sealing and the inventory of my estate. ‐ Otherwise I have nothing else to determine. Read and signed myself. Marx Tuchmann.

Kgl. Landg. Commission S. S. Kellein, Protf. Regulator

Moritz Tuchmann continues: "As already mentioned, my mother from Floß followed my father as a woman to her new destination in Ühlfeld, which at the time shows that I had great confidence in my father because of the great distance. This beautiful, tall, young woman with her Bohemian costume and Upper Palatinate language caused a tremendous sensation in the Ühlfeld community. In her cleverness alone she was soon familiar with the new circumstances, and used her innate commercial spirit to support her husband, which did not a little to improve his business and fortune. She also set up a small shop with dyes, glue, threads, etc. and was not a little happy when some Kreutz (cash) benefits came in during the day. In doing so, she took care of the upbringing of her 8 children, as the father cared little about it and devoted himself more to the hop trade and cultivation of the fields ‐ Despite the difficult chores of housekeeping, she still sat, if time allowed, at the distaff and everything until nightfall the canvas for decorating her children mostly came from her industrious hands. In the rest of her way of life she was extremely undemanding, ate at a table with the servant and maid, was on her feet early in the morning to arrange work, and nothing escaped her keen eye ‐ if one or the other of us had a headache, it was said : "Just not a doctor", because he would have expected something for it. In her boundless frugality and diligence, she made cheese for sale from the milk obtained in the barn. Only after my father realized how little farming was and when he sold most of the fields and meadows did this woman calm down. It was she who caused all of her sons and sons‐in‐law to devote themselves to the hop trade. However, she lost an eye while walking in the cool milk press. So she was finally forced to spend her old days in peace. I do not lie by claiming that she consumed only a bottle of wine and some gingerbread for 3-4 months, and in the process she shared some of them with the visitors. Despite this frugality, she did not forget the poor and many a needy person was supported by her in silence. In 1856 ⁄ 7 the otherwise very robust woman became weaker and weaker and when in 1858 the news of her near end arrived, I traveled to Ühlfeld in the company of my sister Gella Hopf. Thus this woman, unforgettable to me, passed away in my arms on January 2, 1858. Peace to her ashes!" ‐ ‐

The inscription on the graves of Marx and Marianne Tuchmann reads:

(in German) Here rests the earthly shell of the noble	(in German) Here rests Mrs.
Marx Josef Tuchmann from here	Mariana Tuchmann from here
born 16 Jan. 1774, died 24 Feb. 1850	born 1780, died 2 Jan. 1858