LINCKELS Joseph

Henri Joseph LINCKELS was born in Weiswampach in 1868. His father Jean Pierre LINCKELS was an Eigentümer. The latter died in 1870 at the age of 34. Joseph was the youngest of the three sons and was only two years old. The family must have abandoned Weiswampach in the1880s and moved to Wiltz. Joseph studied to became a lawyer.
His name was mentioned in the local press for the first time in 1890 when he (“Joseph LINCKELS de Wiltz”) was called as récipendiaire pour la candidature en droit to appear before the relevant examining board.
In 1891 he obtained the title of Doktor der Rechtswissenschaften and practised as a lawyer in Diekirch. He was named 2ter Ergänzungsrichter beim Friedensgericht des Kantons Diekirch in 1895.
In 1896 LINCKELS married Anna EVEN of Beaufort. She lived with her parents in the Castle of Beaufort which her father Henry EVEN had bought in 1893.
The LINCKELS-EVEN couple moved to the Beaufort castle around 1898, at the latest.
Henry EVEN had founded with his brother Jean Pierre a factory for conserves (tinned food) in Beaufort Castle. Jean Pierre died in 1900 and Henry in 1909.
Joseph LINCKELS took over the management of the family enterprise.
He became mayor of Beaufort in 1909, his occupation being Industrieller und Agronom. The couple LINCKELS-EVEN had three children. The youngest, by the name of Edmond, born in 1903, became his father’s business partner as shown by his commercial activities in connection with the CASSERO ® (cassis) production in Beaufort in 1930 (see also “Trademarks” in Addendum).
Joseph LINCKELS died in 1941 in Beaufort. The local press reported:

Große Begräbnisfeier für Gutsbesitzer Josef Linckels.
Unter zahlreicher Beteiligung fand am Mittwoch in Befort die Beisetzung des verstorbenen Gutsbesitzers Josef Linckels statt. Am offenen Grabe hielt Bürgermeister Conter einen tiefempfundenen Nachruf, in dem er die Verdienste des Verstorbenen hervorstrich, die dieser sich besonders während seiner 21jährigen Amtszeit als Bürgermeister der Gemeinde Befort erworben hatte. Das Andenken des Verstorbenen bleibt lebendig im Herzen all derer, die ihn gekannt haben.

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