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She was Margarete’s mother, from Hettstedt.

Jenny Liebenthal née Schottländer

Engaged at Pentecost 1887

This family photograph shows Jenny Liebenthal née Schottländer beside Philipp Liebenthal. Descendants kept the double portrait, and comparison with separate identified images supports both names. The couple is established, but the date, studio and photographer remain unknown.RB-SCAN-038

Jenny Schottländer grew up in Hettstedt, the only daughter of L. Schottländer and his wife née Salzmann. At Pentecost 1887 the family printed her engagement to Philipp Liebenthal, a merchant of Halle. She became Margarete’s mother.

At Pentecost 1887, a printed family announcement issued at Hettstedt recorded Jenny Schottländer’s engagement to Philipp Liebenthal, a merchant of Halle. The announcement names her as the only daughter of L. Schottländer and his wife née Salzmann.

Jenny and Philipp later became the parents of Margarete Liebenthal, who married Paul Reichenbach in 1908. Through Margarete they were the maternal grandparents of Ruth and Dolf Reichenbach.

The family identifies Jenny as the woman beside Philipp in the double portrait. The 1887 engagement announcement independently records their names, relationship and places.

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  • Printed Schottländer–Liebenthal engagement announcement, Hettstedt, Pentecost 1887 (RB-SCAN-018)
  • Family portrait RB-PHO-0164 and flatbed-scan derivative RB-SCAN-038
  • Reichenbach family genealogy
Reichenbach Family Archive — Jenny and Philipp’s engagement announcement Reichenbach Family Archive — portrait of Jenny and Philipp Reichenbach Family Archive — Jenny’s W. Höffert cabinet card

What remains uncertain

Jenny’s exact birth, marriage and death dates have not yet been established from civil records.

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