NameEsther Kunigunda Ferner
Birth26 Jun 1848, Germany9,7
Death16 Sep 1916, Sheffield (Village), Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
Burial1916, St. Teresa of Avila Cemetery, Sheffield (Village), Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
FatherJohn Ferner (~1816-<1880)
MotherEva (~1811-~1893)
Spouses
Birth22 Mar 1829, Landkern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany9,7,1,2,3
Baptismabt Mar 1829, St. Servatius Church, Landkern, Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death12 Jun 1910, Sheffield (Village), Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
BurialSt. Teresa of Avila Cemetery, Sheffield (Village), Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
OccupationFarmer--1850; carpenter and joiner; farmer, postmaster.
FatherJohann Kelling (~1803-1845)
MotherKatharine Schuber-Schuster (1808-1885)
Marriage1876
ChildrenAndrew J. (1877-1943)
 Peter J. (1878-1951)
 John Henry (1880-1956)
 Conrad C. (1882-1956)
 John Nicholas (1883-)
 UNNAMED (1886-)
 Bernard (Barney) (1888-1956)
Notes for Esther Kunigunda Ferner
Source: Barbara Schichtel on Ancestry.com; Ancestry.com—State of Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate of Death; and www.findagrave.com.
Although the 1850 census indicates that she and her twin sister were born in Ohio, they were born in Germany. They arrived in the United States in 1850.
Notes for Nikolaus S. (Spouse 1)
Source: Ancestry.com—Barbara Nan Schichtel Family Tree; Allen Huelskamp; and www.findagrave.com.
He immigrated with his parents in about 1844.
In 1860 he lived with his mother and six of his siblings in Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio. In 1870 he and his wife Anna M. and children—Kate, Maggie, Mary, Theresa and John—lived in Sheffield. Maggie Schmitt, age 75, lived with them. In 1880 he and his family lived in Sheffield; his mother lived with his family. His brother Michael and his family lived next door. In 1900 he and his family lived in Sheffield. HIs brother Michael’s son Nicholas lived nearby.
Nikolaus and Anna Maria Diederich had six children die in infancy and six survive their mother.
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