NameMargaret KLIPFEL
Birth19 Nov 1806, Hausen near Schonungen, Bavaria2067
Christening19 Nov 1806, Hausen near Schonungen, Bavaria2067 Age: <1
Death19 Nov 1883, Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio29,149 Age: 77
Burial21 Nov 1883, Rupert Cemetery, Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio808
FatherJoseph KLIPFEL (1778-~1845)
MotherMargaret SCHLEMBACH (1780-1857)
Spouses
Birthabt 1812, Euerbach, Bavaria29,412
Death1864, Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio24, p. 9. Age: 52
Burialprobably Rupert Cemetery, Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio171, v. 1, bk. 1, p. 170.
OccupationFarmer
FatherFranz WEHNER (-1841)
Marriage8 Jun 1835, Allen County, Ohio29
ChildrenJoseph (~1836-1879)
 Francis (1838-1877)
 Michael (1842-1925)
 Catherine (1844-)
 John (Died as Infant) (1846-1846)
 John (Died as Youth) (1847-<1850)
 Augustine (Died as Child) (1849-<1860)
 Barbara (1850-1918)
Notes for Margaret KLIPFEL

1806 Birth:2067,1985 Transcribed and translated from the Hausen Parish records: Margaretha, legitim, (father) Joseph Kluepfel, cooper, Catholic, (house) Hausen 21, (mother) Margaretha Schlembach, birth Nov. 19, 1806 at 12 o'clock on midday, baptised Nov. 19, (godmother) Margaretha Wilhelmin, farmer daughter from Hausen.

1834 Immigration:172,5, p. 345.
Boarded ship Averick Heineken at Bremen, arrived in Baltimore 30 July 1834.
Name •• Age/Occupation
Klupfel, A •• 24 M Farmer << Augustin
Klupfel, F •• 22 M Farmer << Franz
Klupfel, J •• 56 M Cooper << Joseph
Klupfel, M •• 53 F << Margaret (wife)
Klupfel, M •• 27 F Spinster << Margaret (daughter)

1834 Immigration:21 Averick Heineken was an American ship, 603 tons, built in 1832, draft of 17', 2 decks, 3 masts, made of fir, owned by Heineken & Schoemaecker, 1834 port was Baltimore, 1834 master was F. Thatcher.

1846 Baptism Sponsor:24, p. 13. Margaret Knupfel, along with Francis Werner, sponsored the infant Francis Brunner, in the Congregation of St. Peter and Paul. [Note: Assume Francis Werner was Margaret's son at age 8.]

1850 U.S. Census:413 Margaret enumerated in the household of her husband Joseph Wehner in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a female, age 40, born in Germany.

1860 U.S. Census:412 Margaret enumerated in the household of her husband Joseph Wehner in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a female, age 50, born in Bavaria, Germany. Adjacent census listing is for John Brunn.

1862 Baptism Sponsor of granddaughter Margaret:24, p. 29. Margaret Klüpfel, along with Joseph Hemmert, sponsored the infant Margaret Wehner, (parents: Francis Wehner, Maria Hemmert) in the Congregation of St. Peter and Paul.

1867 Church Member:24, p. 1. Margaret Wehner listed as member of the Petersburg Congregation in the year of Christ 1867.

1870 U.S. Census:424 Margaret enumerated in the household of her son Michael Wehner in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a female, 60 year old widow, born in Bavaria.

1879 Death of son Joseph:1959 In his will written 27 March 1879, son Joseph provided that his "Mother is to have one fourth of about fifteen or sixteen acres until her death, afterwards my Wife shall have the full one third of all of my farm."

1880 U.S. Census:426
Ohio, Auglaize County, Pusheta Township
Enumerated 17 June 1880
Margaret Wehner •• white, female, 73, widowed, at home, born in Bavaria, father born in Bavaria, mother born in Bavaria
Elizabeth •• white, female, 6, grandchild, in school within the year, born in Ohio, father born in Ohio, mother born in Bavaria [Note: Elizabeth is the orphaned daughter of Joseph Wehner and Elizabeth Gerstner. Siblings John, George, and Joseph were also listed as living with relatives in 1880 U.S. census]
Listing is adjacent to that of Michael Wehner425 and family.

1883 Death Record:808 Margaret Wehner; death date: 19 Nov 1883; burial date: 21 Nov 1883; about 77 years old, wife of Joseph Wehner, buried in Petersburg. Burial at Rupert Cemetery, Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, which is also known as St. Peter Catholic Cemetery and Petersburg Cemetery.

Rupert Cemetery:18, p. 283. Large monument at east side of cemetery reads as follows: "This monument is in memory of the St. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic congregation of Pusheta Township, Auglaize Co., Ohio. The first Roman Catholics of this congregation settled in the vicinity in 1833. Purchased this land for church and grave yard purposes 1835. And erected a church of logs the same year. This church was destroyed by fire the 2nd of Sept. 1884. This monument marks the site of the Alter in that church. The first priest stationed here was Rev. Martin Bobst, who died Nov. 28, 1848 and is interred here. ‘Reauescat in Pace.’ This monument was erected during the administration of the most Reverend William Henry Elder, Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio on Jan. 27, 1892. Michael Warmuth, Lorenz Diegelmann, John H. Koenig, Trustees Sts. Peter & Paul Congregation. There are only a few stones left in this cemetery."
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