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Barbara <I>Huesner</I> Spiegelberg

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Barbara Huesner Spiegelberg

Birth
Germany
Death
21 Dec 1878 (aged 71)
Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Biography, G. Frederick Wright, 1916, "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Vol. I", (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York), pp. 955-956

WILLIAM H. SPIEGELBERG ................

Born in Amherst Township January 23, 1863, William H. Spiegelberg is of sterling German ancestry, and his family has been identified with Lorain County more than eighty years. His grandparents were John and Barbara (Heiser) Spiegelberg, who were married in Germany. In 1833 as young people they came to the United States, and during the first winter, spent at Norwich, Connecticut, twin children were born to them, George W. and Olive, the latter being later Mrs. Adam Stang of Elyria Township. In 1834 the family started West, intending to locate at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The vessel on which they were coming up the lake encountered a severe storm and was taken into Lorain harbor, where all the passengers were landed. John Spiegelberg hunted up an old friend from Germany at Lorain, secured his assistance in tetting employment, and thus became a permanent resident. He was a man of industry, a money maker, and for many years lived on a good farm in Amherst Township...................
Biography, G. Frederick Wright, 1916, "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Vol. I", (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York), pp. 955-956

WILLIAM H. SPIEGELBERG ................

Born in Amherst Township January 23, 1863, William H. Spiegelberg is of sterling German ancestry, and his family has been identified with Lorain County more than eighty years. His grandparents were John and Barbara (Heiser) Spiegelberg, who were married in Germany. In 1833 as young people they came to the United States, and during the first winter, spent at Norwich, Connecticut, twin children were born to them, George W. and Olive, the latter being later Mrs. Adam Stang of Elyria Township. In 1834 the family started West, intending to locate at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The vessel on which they were coming up the lake encountered a severe storm and was taken into Lorain harbor, where all the passengers were landed. John Spiegelberg hunted up an old friend from Germany at Lorain, secured his assistance in tetting employment, and thus became a permanent resident. He was a man of industry, a money maker, and for many years lived on a good farm in Amherst Township...................

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