Catharine Emminger (23 April 1834 – 29 January 1910)

Born:

23 April 1835 inWürttemberg^2,3

Married:

3 October 1853 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Nicholas Conrad¹

Died:

29 January 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States³

Parents:

Unknown

Spouse:

Nicholas Conrad (abt 1824 -4 Dec 1874)

Children:

Lena Conrad, John Conrad, Charles Philipp Conrad, Frederick Conrad, Nicholas Conrad, William Conrad, George Conrad, Kate Conrad

Ancestors
Catharine is the Emminger brick wall.

Biography
Catharine Emminger was born on 23 Apr 1834 inWürttemberg.^2,3,8 According to the 1900 census, she immigrated in 1852 and may have arrived on 31 May 1852 on the Charles Crooker from Le Havre.^4,8
Catharine Emminger and Nicholas Conrad were married on 3 Oct 1853 at Saint Michael’s and Zion Church in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.¹ She lived in Philadelphia for the rest of her life.^5,6 On 1 Jun 1880 and 1 Jun 1900 she was living at 1729 N. 4th Street.^7,8
She died on 29 Jan 1910 at the age of 75 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.^2,3 She was buried on 1 Feb 1910 in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.^2,3

Last updated: 14 December 2014

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Citations

1. Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Philadelphia, Denomination Not Stated, St. Michaels and Zion Church, marriages, image 140, Nicolaus Conrad and Catharine Emminger, 1853; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 29 November 2014).
2. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia “Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1320976 : accessed 17 October 2014), Catherine Conrad, 1910, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKSY-MX8.
3. Pennsylvania, Department of Health, death certificate 10671 (1910), Catharine Conrad; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.
4. “New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” index and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7488&enc=1 : accessed 13 December 2014), Cath Eminger, age 18, 31 May 1852, ship: Charles Crooker, depart: Le Havre, arrive: New York.
5. 1860 US Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 11 Philadelphia, p240/1066, dwelling 2281, family 2444, Nickolas Conner; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 3 July 2014).
6. 1870 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 19, Philadelphia, p. 76, dwelling 1007, family 1260, Nicholas Conrad; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024 : accessed 19 December 2013).
7. 1880 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Philadelphia, enumeration district (ED) 356, p.12, dwelling 105, family 125, Catharine Conrad; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 19 December 2013).
8. 1900 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 19, Philadelphia, enumeration district (ED) 371, sheet 11B, dwelling 204, family 219, Catharine Conrad; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 19 December 2013).

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
File No. 10671

1. Place of Death: Phila
No. 1729 No 4th St; 19 Ward
2. Full Name: Catharine Conrad
3. Sex: F
4. Color or Race: W
5. Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced: W
6. Date of Birth: 4 23 1835
7. Age: 75 yrs 9 mos 5 ds
8. Occupation: [indecipherable possibly abbrev for  Housewife?]
9. Birthplace: Ger
10-13. Information on parents not reported
14. Informant: Geo Conrad, 1729 No 4th St. (son)
…
16. Date of Death: 1 29 1910
…
19. Place of burial: Glenwood; Date of burial: 2/1 1910
20: Undertaker: Emma L. Shelly

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Original Citation:
Pennsylvania, Department of Health, death certificate 10671 (1910), Catharine Conrad; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.

I was so excited to find the marriage record of my second great-grandparents Nicholas Conrad and Catharine Emminger in Ancestry’s Pennsylvania and New Jersey Church and Town Records database. Progress has been slow in the Conrad line, and I was happy to discover that they were married 3 Oct 1853 at the Saint Michael’s and Zion Church in Philadelphia.

They were indexed as Nicolaus Konrad and Catharine Emminger and however much Ancestry is paying people to index old German records it is not enough. I don’t even know how the indexer recognized Emminger.

When I opened the image I realized there was more information than what had been indexed, seemingly interesting and important information, but I could not read it. For those unfamiliar, letters are very different in old German handwriting and I have not yet mastered them.

Below are the pertinent sections for Nicholas and Catharine. Click on the images to see them full size. Click here to see the whole page for reference.

Nicolaus Conrad
from ?
in ?
(click to see full size)

Catharine Emminger
from ?
in Württemberg?
(click to see full size)

Below their names appears to be perhaps the town/region where Nicholas and Catharine were from, which would be a huge help to me. In the census, it was reported that Nicholas was from Bavaria and Catharine was from Württemberg.

For Nicholas, I see “aus” or from (a bunch of indecipherable German) and “in” (not looking like Bavaria/Bayern to me.) The first letter of the word after “in” looks the same as the first letter of the last name of the person below Nicholas and the indexer recorded that name as Rins.

For Catharine, the last line does look like it could be Württemberg.

I could be completely wrong in my interpretation of this being their hometowns, but whatever it is I think it would help my research. I found a German Script Tutorial to complete and will continue to study this record but I am hoping someone out there may offer some insight.

One hundred thirty-seven years ago this week, on 25 September 1875, Lena Conrad and John Bowers were wed at the St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. Lena Conrad was the eldest child of Nicholas Conrad and Catherine Emminger and my great grandaunt.

I found their marriage record in the Pennsylvania Church and Town Records collection on Ancestry.com. This is a collection from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and includes church, town, and funeral home records from Pennsylvania and surrounding states. I have also found some of my New Jersey ancestors in there.

Like the other St. James Church records I found for my Conrads, this record is in German. At the top of the full image, it says Verheirathet.  In the online german dictionaries, I have found verheiratet for married, without the ‘h’.  I don’t know if this was an older spelling or a mistake.  Notice also in the partial image below it says ‘mit’ before Lena’s name, which means ‘with’.

Lena Conrad and John Bowers Marriage, 1875. Click to see full page image.

John and Lena stayed at this church and I have also found baptismal records for some of their children in this collection.

The following people were added or updated in my genealogy database in February 2012.

Phebe Clark ( – BET 1860 AND 1870)

Catherine Emmering (Apr 1834 – 29 Jan 1910)

Irving Garrison (29 Jul 1865 – aft 1930)

John Hann Sr. (1808 – )

Oscar Burgess Irelan (8 May 1873 – 11 Feb 1915)