GRATIA Jean

Jean GRATIA was a Schreinermeister, born in Pétange in 1885. He was the son of Dominique GRATIA (1855-1923) (Taglöhner) and Catherine LECHES (1862-1899).
In 1905 he married Anne ASSELBORN (b. 1880 in Niederwiltz). Her occupation was Handschuhnäherin.
The couple resided in Differdange where Jean offered his services as menuisier-ébéniste. In 1911, however, his business was declared “en état de faillite”.
In 1918 Jean GRATIA associated with Jakob SCHENTEN and created the company “GRATIA & SCHENTEN”:

wischen den Unterzeichneten:
Hrn. Johann Gratia, Schreinermeister in Esch a. d. Alz.,
2. Hrn. Jakob Schenten, Schreinermeister in Ansemburg, ist folgender Gesellschaftsvertrag abgeschlossen worden.
Art. 1. Zwischen den Obengenannten ist eine Kollektiv-Gesellschaft gegründet worden unter dem Rechtstitel « Gratia & Schenten ». Zweck der Gesellschaft ist die Fabrikation und der Vertrieb von Holzschuhen laut Patent des Gesellschafters Gratia vom 15. Februar 1918.

GRATIA became an Unternehmer.
In 1925 GRATIA sold his house in Esch sur Alzette and became a building entrepreneur.
By 1939 he resided in Beles.
It is not known when and where he died (after 1946).

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