Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:44:16 -0700From: eflad@comcast.netTo: marilynkwash@aim.com; PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com; lefulton@hotmail.comSubject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Reffner/Mulraney/Fox Is this Crescentia Gehringer, dau. of Aloysius Gehringer and Maria Schuster? Who was her first husband? Obviously, John was previously married as it mentions her step-children. Who was his first wife? Beth I got this information from Mary McLeod: The mother of Agnes Reffner Feighner was Crescentia Gehringer, the daughter of Aloysius Gehringer and Maria Schuster. The Schuster family came to Cambria Co. about 1853 from Wuerttemburg. They all settled in Barr Twp. and the family group consisted of brother Anthony, sister Crescentia who was married to Anthony Hefele, sister Maria who was married to Aloysius Gehringer, and sister Magdalene who married widower George Fresh after arriving in PA. Maria and Crescentia Schuster both had children born in Germany. The Gehringers had one more daughter afterthey arrived in PA. A daughter of Crescentia Schuster and Anthony Hefele, Crescentia Hefele, married Peter Bell. Their daughter Maria Crescentia Bell married Andrew Smith. Anthony Schuster, the Gehringers, the Hefeles and George and Magdalene Fresh are all buried at St. Nicks. (Mary McLeod) -------Original Message------- From: Linda Fulton Date: 10/23/2006 5:07:39 PM To: marilynkwash@aim.com; PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Reffner/Mulraney/Fox Johnstown, PA "Tribune" issue of 29 May 1924, p. 15, col. 6 Mrs. Crescentia Reffner. SPANGLER, May 29.--Funeral services for Mrs. Crescentia Reffner, aged 83 years, widow of James Reffner, who died Monday night at the home of her son, John Reffner, will be held tomorrow morning. Following short services at the house, the funeral cortege will go to St. Patrick's Catholic Church, where a solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated by the Rev. Father F.P. Corcoran. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The deceased was born in Spangler and was a lifelong resident of this community. She was the mother of 15 children, of whom 12 survive. Mrs. Reffner was married twice. The surviving children are: Joseph A. Fox, of St. Benedict, of the first union; and the following of the second marriage: John Reffner, of Spangler; Henry Reffner, of Akron, O; P.M. Reffner, of Boswell; Mrs. Agnes Feightner, of Spangler; A.A. Reffner and James Reffner, both of Ralphton, and Mrs. L.L. Leish and Mrs. Rose Mulraney, of Spangler; also two step-children, Thomas and William Reffner, both of Spangler. Ninety-six grandchildren and 64 great-grandchildren also survive. ___________________________________________ A note about Crescentia: My Mom says she was born in Germany. _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacambri/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009
Crescentia Gehringer, dau of Aloysius Gehringer and Maria Schuster, was first married to Francis Xavier Fuchs/Fox on 2 Jan 1861 at St. Benedict's in Carrolltown. They had three children: Francis Aloysius b. 29 Apr 1861, Maria Victoria b. 3 Feb 1863, and Joseph Francis, b. 16 Jan 1865. These are the names that appear in their baptismal records. Their first son appears as Aloysius in census records, Joseph Francis is listed as Joseph A. in Crescentia's obit. I have not found a death record for Francis X. Fox, but apparently he died before 1866 and Crescentia married James Reffner on 15 Jan 1866. James had been previously married to Lydia Farrell, dau of James Farrell and Jane Henrietta Kirkpatrick, on 23 Jan 1855. James and Lydia had three sons: William A. b. 31 Dec. 1855, Thomas P. b. 5 Feb 1860 and Henry C. b. 17 May 1863. I have not found a death record for Lydia (Farrell) Reffner either, but she likely died between 1863 and 1865. I have not ever found any records related to Henry C. so it may be that Lydia and Henry both died at the time of his birth or shortly after. I've never been able to find James and Crescentia in the 1870 federal census, have you? from 1880 Census PA Cambria Co., Susquehanna Twp., Microfilm Roll T9-1110/T9-1111, page 446B, lines 1-11: REFFNER, James, age 47, farmer, PA, MD MD Thereszia [sic], age 37, wife, Keeping House, Wittemberg, Wittemberg, Wittemberg [sic spelling] Margaret A., age 13, dau John J., age 11, son Henry, age 9, son Peter, age 8, son Francis, age 6, son Agnes, age 5, dau Albert, age 3, son FOX, Aloysius, age 19, stepson, Laborer Mary, age 17, stepdaughter [mtm note: Joseph Fox was living in Carroll Twp. in the household of Samuel Weakland, age 75, wd., Farmer, and working as a farm laborer.] I found the Gehringers, Hefeles, and Schusters all on the same passenger list several months ago. Date of Arrival: 28 May 1853 Departure: Bremen Destination: Pennsylvania Place of Origin: **********, Dalkingen Ship:Figaro Port of Arrival: New York Microfilm M237-126, list #435 Let me know if you'd like more detail. The passenger list is interesting in that Maria is listed as "Maria Schuster" in sequence with her brother Anthony and sister Magdalena and the two children Crescentia and Victoria "Geringer" while "Alois Geringer" is listed farther down the page. The image can be viewed on ancestry.com if you have access. Mary MacLeod Linda Fulton wrote: > > Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:44:16 -0700From: eflad@comcast.netTo: marilynkwash@aim.com; PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com; lefulton@hotmail.comSubject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Reffner/Mulraney/Fox > > > > > > > > > Is this Crescentia Gehringer, dau. of Aloysius Gehringer and Maria Schuster? > > Who was her first husband? > > Obviously, John was previously married as it mentions her step-children. Who was his first wife? > > Beth > > I got this information from Mary McLeod: > > The mother of Agnes Reffner Feighner was Crescentia Gehringer, the daughter of Aloysius Gehringer and Maria Schuster. The Schuster family came to Cambria Co. about 1853 from Wuerttemburg. They all settled in Barr Twp. and the family group consisted of brother Anthony, sister Crescentia who was married to Anthony Hefele, sister Maria who was married to Aloysius Gehringer, and sister Magdalene who married widower George Fresh after arriving in PA. Maria and Crescentia Schuster both had children born in Germany. The Gehringers had one more daughter afterthey arrived in PA. A daughter of Crescentia Schuster and Anthony Hefele, Crescentia Hefele, married Peter Bell. Their daughter Maria Crescentia Bell married Andrew Smith. Anthony Schuster, the Gehringers, the Hefeles and George and Magdalene Fresh are all buried at St. Nicks. (Mary McLeod) > > -------Original Message------- > > > From: Linda Fulton > Date: 10/23/2006 5:07:39 PM > To: marilynkwash@aim.com; PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Reffner/Mulraney/Fox > > Johnstown, PA "Tribune" issue of 29 May 1924, p. 15, col. 6 > > Mrs. Crescentia Reffner. > > SPANGLER, May 29.--Funeral services for Mrs. Crescentia Reffner, aged 83 > years, widow of James Reffner, who died Monday night at the home of her son, > John Reffner, will be held tomorrow morning. Following short services at the > house, the funeral cortege will go to St. Patrick's Catholic Church, where a > solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated by the Rev. Father F.P. > Corcoran. Burial will be in the church cemetery. > > The deceased was born in Spangler and was a lifelong resident of this > community. She was the mother of 15 children, of whom 12 survive. Mrs. > Reffner was married twice. The surviving children are: Joseph A. Fox, of St. > Benedict, of the first union; and the following of the second marriage: John > Reffner, of Spangler; Henry Reffner, of Akron, O; P.M. Reffner, of Boswell; > Mrs. Agnes Feightner, of Spangler; A.A. Reffner and James Reffner, both of > Ralphton, and Mrs. L.L. Leish and Mrs. Rose Mulraney, of Spangler; also two > step-children, Thomas and William Reffner, both of Spangler. 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