NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE RUTH FAMILY. COULD IT ALSO BE ROOT. I beliueve one of Philip (unidentified) WERST's children married into this family. Have his Will. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgette Ochs" <grlo@hotmail.com> To: <palehigh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH] ochs/wurst > This Catharine Wurst came from Germany to U.S. as a married woman. She has > no other known Wurst relatives in U.S. > Allentown Morning Call, Saturday, August 5, 1905 - Obituaries > Mrs. Catherine Openlander, widow of Gottlieb Openlander, died yesterday at > the residence of her son-in-law, Herman W. Kline, no. 315 North Ninth > Street, of diabetes and dropsy of the heart. She was 80 years of age and > was born in Wurtemburg, Germany. She lived for many years at Passer, Bucks > County. > The deceased is survived by 49 descendants, eight children, 52 > grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. The children are : Mrs. > M.T.J. > Ochs, Mrs. Frank Heimbach and Mrs. Herman Kline of Allentown; Mrs. > Benjamin > Crager of Philadelphia; Mrs. Jacob Nonnemacher, Perkasie; Mrs. Henry > Stadinger, Shelly, Berks County; Wm. Openlander, Palmyra, N. J. and > Emanuel > Openlander of Passer. She also leaves two sisters and one brother, who > live > in Germany. The funeral will take place on Monday afternoon at 12:30 > o'clock > from No. 316 North Ninth Street. The remains will be held in the Mennonite > Church, with interment in the adjoining cemetery. > > > Georgette Ochs > >>From: "geri brennan" <gerifelker@webtv.net> >>milton tilghman jacob ochs was married to louisa oppenlander, d/o gottlieb >>and catharine (wurst) oppenlender, of bucks co., and they had 15 children; >>milton t. j. jr., died in an accident, kate, susan, harry, tilghman, anna >>florence, mattie, matilda, erie jacob, robert emanuel, alfred long, millie >>louisa, helen gertrude, susie, olive, esther ruth, nan ruth, frances >>miriam >>and richard paul. >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALEHIGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >