Tom, based on the author's own father, dies following a fall on a snowy street.  
Among the third generation of this family, Christian eventually marries his mistress, who then commits him to a mental institution.  Tom, based on the author's own father, dies following a fall on a snowy street.  Their father Johann is a hard-working and deeply religious man.  His father, also named Johann, manages the family's successful grain-trading firm, although its fortunes decline in later years.  FTP, name this German industrial family, the subject of a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann.
Among the third generation of this family, Christian eventually marries his mistress, who then commits him to a mental institution.  
the Buddenbrooks