Magdalena Garber (Gerber)

Notes:

From her children's death records and other information, her maiden name is probably Garber and her parents are Peter & Magdalena (Gingrich) Garber (married 1846) who settled in Metamora, Woodford County, IL.

Magdalena and her husband, Peter, had at least three daughters and two sons. The sons were Rudolph (who died at age 17) and Henry, and both are buried in Springdale. The daughters were Anna born in 1851, Louisa born in 1852 and Emma born in 1862.

Louisa married John Detweiller in Peoria County on November 15, 1874. Louisa and John had at least two daughters; Anna, born about 1876, and Emma, born about 1879. Anna married Benjamin D. Brewster.

Emma Schertz b.1862 married Bernhard Jobst and Anna Schertz b. 1851 married Christian Klingel.

Peoria County clerk death record: book seven, page 52, Magdalena Schertz, 85 years, 5 mos., 18 days, female, white, a widow, born in Alsace-Lorraine, died Sept. 11, 1910 in Peoria.

Death record provided by Stephen Cantrell.

Buried:
Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum

Magdalena married Peter Schertz on 8 Jun 1846. Peter (son of Christian Schertz and Catherine Schertz) was born on 28 Feb 1825; died on 15 Oct 1886; was buried in Peoria, Peoria Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry Schertz was born in Jul 1847 in IL; died in 1906; was buried in Peoria, Peoria Co., IL.
2. Anna Magdalena Schertz was born in 1851; died in 1931.
3. Louisa Schertz was born in 1852; died in 1928.
4. Emma Elizabeth Schertz was born in 1862; died in 1953.
5. Rudolph Charles Schertz was born on 17 Jun 1867; died on 8 Feb 1884 in Limestone Twp., Peoria Co., IL.
6. Charles Schertz

Peter + Magdalena Gingerich. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]