Theresia Berger, 1882

BERGER

Posted By: David Reineke (email)
Date: 7/21/2004 at 01:30:35

I translated the following obituary from Der Carroll Demokrat, a German-language newspaper published in Carroll, Iowa, between about 1874 and 1920. The obituary was originally published on Friday, 29 December 1882. I have not changed the name or place spellings, and have added some notes at the end. It reads as follows:

On Tuesday morning, Mrs. Theresia Berger, wife of Franz Berger, died in Kniest Township at the age of 77 years. The deceased was born in 1805 at Hercksheim near Landau, in the Bavarian Palatinate. In 1855, she and her husband immigrated to Illinois, and they came to Black Hawk County, Iowa in 1856, where they lived until 1870. In 1870, they moved to Kniest Township. She leaves behind a grieving husband and a large number of children and grandchildren. She leaves this life loved and respected by all, and she will be deeply missed by everyone who knew her. The funeral was Thursday.

NOTES: The town where she was born is probably “Herxheim bei Landau,” about 10 to 15 miles northwest of Karlsruhe. It is in the area of Germany called Rheinpfalz, or in English, the Palatinate. After 1815, the area was ruled by the King of Bavaria, so it is sometimes called the Bavarian Palatinate.