 These conversions resulted in a complete break with Heinrich's family - his father was the rabbi of Trier - although Henriette continued to maintain close contact with her family in the Netherlands, her fourth child Hermann being born during a return visit to Nijmegen in August 1819.Heinrich contracted tuberculosis and died in May 1838, when Henriette still had six of their children living at home.Although quite wealthy due to her inheritance, the family lived quite frugally.