His parents died when Siemens was young, and he grew up with an uncle.
The couple had six children: Walter (21 December 1864 - 19 January 1883), Lisbet (4 March 1866 - 24 April 1947 in Dresden), Marie (29 October 1868 - 16 March 1875), Friedrich Carl Siemens (6 January 1877 - 25 June 1952), Werner Ferdinand Siemens (29 September 1880 - 25 September 1915), and Wilhelm (Willi) Otto (7 August 1882 - 21 December 1945 in Dresden).
There he worked for the company of his brother Werner von Siemens.
The grave figure was created by the sculptor Johannes Schilling.
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