georgette, this was great. thank you. Best Wishes, Geri -----Original Message----- From: Georgette Ochs Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 1:42 PM To: palehigh@rootsweb.com 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