Maria Magdalena Elisabetha Gast

1863 - 1939  (75 years)

• Name	Maria Magdalena Elisabetha Gast
  Born	9 Apr 1863	Ingwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Mar 1939	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA
  Buried	8 Mar 1939	Saint Bernard's Cemetery, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I130674	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Family	J. Leonhard Klein,   b. 20 Dec 1858, Morlenbach, Starkenburg, Hessen ,   d. 11 Aug 1904, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA  (Age 45 years)
  Married	9 Aug 1881	Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Theresa Marie Klein,   b. 19 Jul 1887, Coventry, Summit County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 16 Nov 1978, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F55641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Buried - 8 Mar 1939 - Saint Bernard's Cemetery, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  BIOGRAPHY: The Newman/Bowser Family History Entries: 5209 Updated: 2010-10-03 23:17:02 UTC (Sun) Contact: Dave swede_newman@yahoo.com This from Margaret Welch:" She told of waiting in a shelter as bombs burst nearby duringthe Franco-Prussian war. Th e people (rich & poor) were blamingeach other for causing the trouble. The rich accused the poorsaying that they caused it by not working hard enough; the poorsaid that the rich caused by their greed. Her comment was 'whywere they doing this when they were both in danger of dying?'"."She was to have sung in the cathedral in Strasburg but didn'tbecause that was when her family came to America in 1878. Shewas 15 years old. Her native language was French, she learnedGerman when she started school in 1871. She was 6 years oldwhen the Germans took Alsace- Lorraine back from France. Herstep-mother Dorothea Wathley sold her hair to pay the passage toAmerica."Marie Gast is buried at Saint Bernard Cemetary on Maple Streetin Akron, Ohio.This is from Lawrence Klein:She got lost in New York, separated from her family. She wascrying on a street corner and talking in French. A Frenchsailor heard her and helped her find her family.

  
  

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  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Mary M. Gast Klein Birth: 1863 Death: 1939 Wife of Leonard Klein. Burial: Saint Bernards Cemetery Akron Summit County Ohio, USA Plot: Sec 5, row 3 Created by: Kathie Weigel Record added: Sep 09, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 29689787