GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





BARBARA GENTIL

(1826-1918)



Variant name Barbara Schiesser
9 September 1826 Barbara is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Father: Johann Gentil (1804-****), smith
Mother: Elisabeth Flügel (1802-1860)

Godmother: Barbara Bauer, daughter of Joseph Bauer
28 August 1834 Barbara is godmother to her cousin Barbara Gentil, daughter of her father's brother Heinrich.
4 Juli 1851Barbara's daughter Elisabeth Gentil is born in Stockstadt am Main.
22 December 1854Barbara's son Michael is born, he dies on 22 June 1856.
abt 1861Barbara's brother Georg Gentil emigrates to the U.S.
abt 1868 Barbara and her daughter Elisabeth Gentil emigrate to the US. They live in Queens, New York.

No source yet
Barbara marries Mr Schiesser.
June 1883Barbara's nephew Michael Anton Depp (1857-1935), son of her sister Elisabeth, emigrates to the US and lives in New York.
CENSUS

1910
Residence:
Montana Avenue, Ward 4, Queens, New York

Schiesser Barbara, 82, widow

Census notes tell us that she had 3 children and that 1 child is living. Compared to Census 1915 we know that this is her daughter Elizabeth. In her neighbourhood we find John Hauck and his wife Anna. Compared to Census 1915 this could be Elizabeth's son.

Source: United States Census 1910
CENSUS

1915
Residence:
Woodhaven, Queens, New York

Family members:

Hauck Elizabeth, head, 65 (= Gentil Elisabeth)
Hauck John, son, 43, machinist
Brauer Fred, son-in-law, 43
Brauer Rosa, daughter, 36, silk weaver
Brauer Fred, grandson, 9
Schiesser Barbara, mother, 88 (= Gentil Barbara)

Source: United States Census 1915 (Ancestry)
4 April 1918 Barbara dies in Queens, New York, and is buried at Holy Trinity Cemetery on 6 April 1918.

Please note that the birth date is not correct in the certificate!

Source: New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949

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