Anna Christina Kärcher

1823 - 1863  (39 years)

• Name	Anna Christina Kärcher
  Nickname	Christina
  Born	13 Sep 1823	Birkenhördt, Pfalz, Bayern   [1]
  Christened	14 Sep 1823	Birkenhördt, Pfalz, Bayern
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 Feb 1863	Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Buried	Green Mount Cemetery, Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I2333	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Johannes Kärcher,   b. 16 Mar 1794, Birkenhördt, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 14 Jan 1841, Birkenhördt, Pfalz, Bayern  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Maria Eva Ehrstein,   b. 15 Sep 1794, Birkenhördt, Pfalz ,   d. Birkenhördt, Pfalz, Bayern
  Married	19 Jan 1818
  Family ID	F1512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anton Ehrstein,   b. 25 Oct 1818, Birkenhördt, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 31 Mar 1887, Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	5 Feb 1848	Birkenhördt, Pfalz, Bayern   [1]
  Notes	Die Familien von Birkenhördt, Böllenborn, Blankenborn und Reisdorf 1800-1875 von Andreas Drieß Band 2, Seite 45 3. Grades verwandt
  Children	1. Christina Ehrstein,   b. 17 Jun 1848, Birkenhördt, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 15 May 1951, Spring Valley, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 102 years)   2. Michael Ehrstein,   b. 6 Jan 1852, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ,   d. 5 Nov 1920, Grand Chain, Pulaski County, Illinois, USA  (Age 68 years)   3. Jacob Ehrstein,   b. 8 Jun 1854, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1863, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA  (Age 8 years)   4. Joseph Ehrstein,   b. 13 Aug 1856, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1932, Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA  (Age 75 years)   5. Friederick Ehrstein,   b. 5 Feb 1860, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 23 Sep 1950, Stookey Township, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA  (Age 90 years)   6. Anton Ehrstein,   b. 1 Jan 1863, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 11 Feb 1863, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F1328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Die Familien von Birkenhördt, Böllenborn, Blankenborn und Reisdorf 1800-1875 von Andreas Drieß Band 2, Seite 45, 46, 100 New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891 Name: Christina Ehrstein Arrival Date: 01 Aug 1851 Age: 26 Gender: Female Port of Departure: Le Havre, France Destination: United States of America Place of Origin: Germany Ship Name: Carrioca Port of Arrival: New York Line: 36 Microfilm Roll: 102 List Number: 1049 see http://www.itcs.uiuc.edu/users/beaumont/HTMfiles/EHRSTEIN.HTM The following information was copied from http://www.itcs.uiuc.edu/users/beaumont/HTMfiles/EHRSTEIN.HTM Died in childbirth at 40 buried on farm in St. Clair County, USA Christina Karcher was born on September 14, 1823 in Birkenhordt to Johannes Karcher who died January 14, 1841 and Marie Eva Ehrstein. Johannes and Marie were married January 19, 1818. Marie, 53 years old at the time, attended Christina's wedding. Christina died on February 1, 1863. There is no death certificate available from St. Clair County or the Catholic Church. She was buried on the family farm and died due to complications of childbirth. A smallpox epidemic occurred around this time and may have been the cause of her complications, but child birth was an extremely risky proposition all by itself in those days. The son born to her at this time was named Anton. He was born on January 1, 1863 and died February 11, 1863. Also buried in the Ehrstein family cemetery is Jakob Ehrstein who was born June 8, 1854 and died January 27, 1863, within three days of Christina. Other Ehrsteins lived in St. Clair County. Rosa Ehrstein married Jacob Gaubatz on August 10, 1856, Certificate No. 4943. And Balthazar Ehrstein married Eva Ehret on October 26, 1865, Certificate No. 1641. There is no reference to these individuals in our direct line of relatives, but it's possible they were from Birkenhordt and followed Anton to the United States. Anton and Christina had several children: Christina -- Born June 17, 1848 at 6 a.m. in Birkenhordt. I have this birth certificate. This birth took place just 5 months after the civil marriage of Anton and Christina, and it could have been the motivation for their immigration and their civil marriage ceremony. Christina married Henry Schrant and moved to Spring Valley, Minnesota. Christina died May 15, 1951. Michael -- Born January 6, 1852. He died November 5, 1920 and is buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Grand Chain, Illinois with no birth or death date inscribed on his grave stone. Jakob -- Born June 8, 1854 and died January 27, 1863. Joseph -- Born August 13, 1856 in St. Clair County, Illinois. His birth Record exists. He died February 27, 1932. Frederich -- Born February 5, 1860 and he died September 23, 1950. The following article appeared in the Belleville Weekly Advocate -- On February 4, 1920 a vein of coal 8 feet thick was discovered on the Fred Ehrstein farm in Stookey Township near Belleville. Frank and Fred, sons of the owner, discovered the coal 4 feet under the surface. Fischer Coal Co. of Millstadt wants to strip-mine the coal. Anton remarried six months after the death of his first wife, Christina. He married Magdelena Fuchs on July 28, 1863 (Record No. 723). An obituary for Magdelena says that she was born June 14, 1831 to Conrad Fuchs and that she died January 15, 1917 -- the oldest woman in Stookey Township and survived by 28 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. She had two sisters Elizabeth Holdner of St. Louis and Catherine Frisch of Red Bud and was buried from St. Mary's Parish into Greenmount Cemetery in Belleville, Illinois.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Familienregister Birkenhördt, Böllenborn, Blankenborn und Reisdorf, 1800 - 1875, Andreas Drieß, (Pirmasenser Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Familienforschung, November 2004), 45.