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Ancestry of Irene Wurster
Ancestry of Irene Wurster
Irene (Wurster) Hawes
This is the landing page for research of the ancestry of Irene (Wurster) Hawes. Links to Profiles and Posts are below.
This has been the hardest branch of the family tree to research. Robert Wurster, Irene's father, and his family were all born in Germany. And while German vital records are readily available via the internet, there are complications. Specifically, names!
In the timeframe of Robert's birth, there were a lot - and I mean a lot - of common names. Friederichs, Ernsts, Gottliebs, and many of them Wursters. In 1870 in Wuerttemberg alone, there were over 100 recorded births with the surname Wurster or Wurst. [Source: FamilySearch.org]
Robert's father Friederich first came to the U.S. with his oldest son Ernst. In 1883, when Robert was eight, his father returned to Germany and brought the rest of the family to the U.S. on the ship "Hapsburg". They settled in Indianapolis where Robert married Anna Poppe in 1903. She passed away in 1909. Then in 1910, he married Julia Holtmann, Irene's mother.
1883 Immigration, Hapsburg
The Holtmann family has been even harder to research than the Wursters. Julia's parents, John Holtmann and Caroline Buddenberg, were married in Indianapolis. However so far there has been no evidence of where either were born. Some sites on the internet have suggested he was born in Germany.
The search challenges are not limited to Germany either. For some reason, public records for the state of Indiana are also elusive. Census records are readily available, but death records seem much harder to obtain. Suffice it to say, this branch needs more time!
Wurster Profiles
Wurster Profiles
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Wurster Posts
Wurster Posts
Letter from Grandma Irene (Dec. 8, 2015)
Marriage of Emma Wurster (Dec. 8, 2015)
The Altenheim (Jul. 27, 2016)
Ahnentafel of Irene Wurster
Ahnentafel of Irene Wurster
Generation 11. Irene Loraine Wurster (b. 5 Apr 1922 Indianapolis IN, d. 16 May 2001 Greenwood IN, m. 19 Apr 1941 Harold Hawes)
Generation 22. Robert Wurster (b. 15 Sep 1876 Germany, d. 4 Feb 1961 Indianapolis IN, m. 7 Jun 1910 Julia Holtmann)Â 3. Julia Katheryn Marie Holtmann (b. 11 Sep 1886 Indianapolis IN, d. 2 Jul 1957 Indiana)
Generation 34. Friedrich Wurster (b. 25 May 1839 Germany, d. 4 Jan 1928 Indiana, m. 28 Aug 1864 Caroline Jung)5. Rosine Carolina Jung (b. 24 Aug 1843 Indianapolis IN, d. 13 Dec 1927 Indianapolis IN)6. John Henry Holtmann (b. 1854 Germany, d. 7 Jul 1926 Indiana, m. 3 Mar 1881 Caroline Buddenberg)7. Caroline Marie Buddenberg (b. 1859 Germany, d. 3 May 1925 Indianapolis IN)
Generation 48. Georg Christoff Wurster (b. 1810 Germany, d. Unknown, m. Justine Nesper)9. Justine Christine Nesper (b. 1810 Germany, d. Unknown)10. Christian Jung (b. 11 Mar 1820 Germany, d. 15 Apr 1904 Germany, m. 11 Jan 1842 Christine Widmann)11. Christine Catherine Widmann (b. 21 Dec 1819 Germany, d. 27 Feb 1863 Germany)
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