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Born and baptized as Georg Heinrich Wingert in German and called Henry Wingert, Sr. and Henry G. Wingert, Sr. in English. As an adult, he continued to sign his name as Heinrich Wingert.
According to the church records of Pirmasens, Heinrich was born 1 Sep 1808 in Gersbach by Pirmasens, the Kingdom of Bavaria. This date conflicts ever so slightly with that on his tombstone, which was a common sort of discrepancy for German emigrants in the 19th century.
Heinrich was the son of Johann Georg and Elisabetha Louisa (Schweitzer) Wingert and brother to many siblings, most of whom arrived in the United States in 1840 and settled in Jefferson and Clearfield County in early 1841.
He was a brother to Georg Friedrich Wingert (of Clearfield Co.), Margaretha Wingert Keller (w/o Abraham Keller), and Charlotte Wingert Stehle/Staley, who is also buried at the St.Peters Reformed Cemetery.
He arrived in the United States via New York City in the year 1838, although previous accounts mistakenly stated that he arrived in 1833.
Upon arriving in Jefferson County, he married Louisa Schmitt Weber, a young widow and d/o of Wilhelm Schmitt of Battle Hollow.
He spent the remainder of his life working as a farmer in Young Township, Jefferson County on land formerly occupied by Louisa's husband Nikolaus Weber.
He Married Louisa Schmitt sometime around 1838 or 1839.
He was the Father of:
Louisa (Wingert) Conrad (by wife Katharina Elisabetha Kofer in Winzeln)
and by Louisa Schmitt:
Maria Elizabeth Wingert Martzloff,
Margaret Wingert,
Charlotta Margaretha (Wingert) Weber,
Henry George Wingert Jr.,
Anna (Wingert) Hartzfeld,
Samuel Wingert,
William Frederick Wingert,
and Christiana (Wingert) Korb.
He died at home in Young Township, Jefferson County on 26 May 1885 after some years of struggling with kidney problems.
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According to the church records,his age at his death was
76 yrs., 6 mo., 8 d.
His stone reads:
Henry Wingert,
died 26 May 1885
aged 76y 8m & 22d
Additional Source:
1. Gersbach/Pirmasens Evangelisch Kirche Baptismal Records.
2. "Henry Wingert." The Punxsutawney Spirit; Punxsutawney,Jefferson County, Pennsylvania;dated Wednesday,3 June 1885.
3. Smith, J.D. "The German Pioneers of Punxsutawney and the Zweibrücken-Pirmasens Emigration, 1820-1900." The Jeffersonian Journal 1.1 (2014). Print. 4-25.
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Born and baptized as Georg Heinrich Wingert in German and called Henry Wingert, Sr. and Henry G. Wingert, Sr. in English. As an adult, he continued to sign his name as Heinrich Wingert.
According to the church records of Pirmasens, Heinrich was born 1 Sep 1808 in Gersbach by Pirmasens, the Kingdom of Bavaria. This date conflicts ever so slightly with that on his tombstone, which was a common sort of discrepancy for German emigrants in the 19th century.
Heinrich was the son of Johann Georg and Elisabetha Louisa (Schweitzer) Wingert and brother to many siblings, most of whom arrived in the United States in 1840 and settled in Jefferson and Clearfield County in early 1841.
He was a brother to Georg Friedrich Wingert (of Clearfield Co.), Margaretha Wingert Keller (w/o Abraham Keller), and Charlotte Wingert Stehle/Staley, who is also buried at the St.Peters Reformed Cemetery.
He arrived in the United States via New York City in the year 1838, although previous accounts mistakenly stated that he arrived in 1833.
Upon arriving in Jefferson County, he married Louisa Schmitt Weber, a young widow and d/o of Wilhelm Schmitt of Battle Hollow.
He spent the remainder of his life working as a farmer in Young Township, Jefferson County on land formerly occupied by Louisa's husband Nikolaus Weber.
He Married Louisa Schmitt sometime around 1838 or 1839.
He was the Father of:
Louisa (Wingert) Conrad (by wife Katharina Elisabetha Kofer in Winzeln)
and by Louisa Schmitt:
Maria Elizabeth Wingert Martzloff,
Margaret Wingert,
Charlotta Margaretha (Wingert) Weber,
Henry George Wingert Jr.,
Anna (Wingert) Hartzfeld,
Samuel Wingert,
William Frederick Wingert,
and Christiana (Wingert) Korb.
He died at home in Young Township, Jefferson County on 26 May 1885 after some years of struggling with kidney problems.
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According to the church records,his age at his death was
76 yrs., 6 mo., 8 d.
His stone reads:
Henry Wingert,
died 26 May 1885
aged 76y 8m & 22d
Additional Source:
1. Gersbach/Pirmasens Evangelisch Kirche Baptismal Records.
2. "Henry Wingert." The Punxsutawney Spirit; Punxsutawney,Jefferson County, Pennsylvania;dated Wednesday,3 June 1885.
3. Smith, J.D. "The German Pioneers of Punxsutawney and the Zweibrücken-Pirmasens Emigration, 1820-1900." The Jeffersonian Journal 1.1 (2014). Print. 4-25.
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Born and baptized as Georg Heinrich Wingert in German and called Henry Wingert, Sr. and Henry G. Wingert, Sr. in English. As an adult, he continued to sign his name as Heinrich Wingert.
According to the church records of Pirmasens, Heinrich was born 1 Sep 1808 in Gersbach by Pirmasens, the Kingdom of Bavaria. This date conflicts ever so slightly with that on his tombstone, which was a common sort of discrepancy for German emigrants in the 19th century.
Heinrich was the son of Johann Georg and Elisabetha Louisa (Schweitzer) Wingert and brother to many siblings, most of whom arrived in the United States in 1840 and settled in Jefferson and Clearfield County in early 1841.
He was a brother to Georg Friedrich Wingert (of Clearfield Co.), Margaretha Wingert Keller (w/o Abraham Keller), and Charlotte Wingert Stehle/Staley, who is also buried at the St.Peters Reformed Cemetery.
He arrived in the United States via New York City in the year 1838, although previous accounts mistakenly stated that he arrived in 1833.
Upon arriving in Jefferson County, he married Louisa Schmitt Weber, a young widow and d/o of Wilhelm Schmitt of Battle Hollow.
He spent the remainder of his life working as a farmer in Young Township, Jefferson County on land formerly occupied by Louisa's husband Nikolaus Weber.
He Married Louisa Schmitt sometime around 1838 or 1839.
He was the Father of:
Louisa (Wingert) Conrad (by wife Katharina Elisabetha Kofer in Winzeln)
and by Louisa Schmitt:
Maria Elizabeth Wingert Martzloff,
Margaret Wingert,
Charlotta Margaretha (Wingert) Weber,
Henry George Wingert Jr.,
Anna (Wingert) Hartzfeld,
Samuel Wingert,
William Frederick Wingert,
and Christiana (Wingert) Korb.
He died at home in Young Township, Jefferson County on 26 May 1885 after some years of struggling with kidney problems.
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According to the church records,his age at his death was
76 yrs., 6 mo., 8 d.
His stone reads:
Henry Wingert,
died 26 May 1885
aged 76y 8m & 22d
Additional Source:
1. Gersbach/Pirmasens Evangelisch Kirche Baptismal Records.
2. "Henry Wingert." The Punxsutawney Spirit; Punxsutawney,Jefferson County, Pennsylvania;dated Wednesday,3 June 1885.
3. Smith, J.D. "The German Pioneers of Punxsutawney and the Zweibrücken-Pirmasens Emigration, 1820-1900." The Jeffersonian Journal 1.1 (2014). Print. 4-25.
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Born and baptized as Georg Heinrich Wingert in German and called Henry Wingert, Sr. and Henry G. Wingert, Sr. in English. As an adult, he continued to sign his name as Heinrich Wingert.
According to the church records of Pirmasens, Heinrich was born 1 Sep 1808 in Gersbach by Pirmasens, the Kingdom of Bavaria. This date conflicts ever so slightly with that on his tombstone, which was a common sort of discrepancy for German emigrants in the 19th century.
Heinrich was the son of Johann Georg and Elisabetha Louisa (Schweitzer) Wingert and brother to many siblings, most of whom arrived in the United States in 1840 and settled in Jefferson and Clearfield County in early 1841.
He was a brother to Georg Friedrich Wingert (of Clearfield Co.), Margaretha Wingert Keller (w/o Abraham Keller), and Charlotte Wingert Stehle/Staley, who is also buried at the St.Peters Reformed Cemetery.
He arrived in the United States via New York City in the year 1838, although previous accounts mistakenly stated that he arrived in 1833.
Upon arriving in Jefferson County, he married Louisa Schmitt Weber, a young widow and d/o of Wilhelm Schmitt of Battle Hollow.
He spent the remainder of his life working as a farmer in Young Township, Jefferson County on land formerly occupied by Louisa's husband Nikolaus Weber.
He Married Louisa Schmitt sometime around 1838 or 1839.
He was the Father of:
Louisa (Wingert) Conrad (by wife Katharina Elisabetha Kofer in Winzeln)
and by Louisa Schmitt:
Maria Elizabeth Wingert Martzloff,
Margaret Wingert,
Charlotta Margaretha (Wingert) Weber,
Henry George Wingert Jr.,
Anna (Wingert) Hartzfeld,
Samuel Wingert,
William Frederick Wingert,
and Christiana (Wingert) Korb.
He died at home in Young Township, Jefferson County on 26 May 1885 after some years of struggling with kidney problems.
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According to the church records,his age at his death was
76 yrs., 6 mo., 8 d.
His stone reads:
Henry Wingert,
died 26 May 1885
aged 76y 8m & 22d
Additional Source:
1. Gersbach/Pirmasens Evangelisch Kirche Baptismal Records.
2. "Henry Wingert." The Punxsutawney Spirit; Punxsutawney,Jefferson County, Pennsylvania;dated Wednesday,3 June 1885.
3. Smith, J.D. "The German Pioneers of Punxsutawney and the Zweibrücken-Pirmasens Emigration, 1820-1900." The Jeffersonian Journal 1.1 (2014). Print. 4-25.
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