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Phillip Anthony Cler Sr.

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Phillip Anthony Cler Sr.

Birth
Vilsberg, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Death
25 Dec 1957 (aged 83)
Pesotum, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Pesotum, Champaign County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Philip Anthony Cler (Sr.) was born December 5, 1874, in Vilsberg, a small community which is today in the canton and arrondissement of Sarrebourg, located in the Moselle département, in the Lorraine région of France. Vilsburg was included with the part of Moselle (mostly German-speaking) that went to the new country of Germany in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, and became part of the province of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire. The area went back to being part of France 47 years later, after World War I.

Father: Martin L. Cler
Mother: Margaretha "Magdalena" (Madelaine) Cler

Married to Louise Mary (Lucy) Wilhelm January 26, 1905 in Pesotum, Champaign County, Illinois. Lucy's grandmother was from Alsace, France, although Lucy was born in Tolono, IL.

Philip Anthony Cler (Sr.) died in Pesotum on December 25, 1957, and was buried on December 28, 1957.
Philip Anthony Cler (Sr.) was born December 5, 1874, in Vilsberg, a small community which is today in the canton and arrondissement of Sarrebourg, located in the Moselle département, in the Lorraine région of France. Vilsburg was included with the part of Moselle (mostly German-speaking) that went to the new country of Germany in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, and became part of the province of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire. The area went back to being part of France 47 years later, after World War I.

Father: Martin L. Cler
Mother: Margaretha "Magdalena" (Madelaine) Cler

Married to Louise Mary (Lucy) Wilhelm January 26, 1905 in Pesotum, Champaign County, Illinois. Lucy's grandmother was from Alsace, France, although Lucy was born in Tolono, IL.

Philip Anthony Cler (Sr.) died in Pesotum on December 25, 1957, and was buried on December 28, 1957.


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