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Matelina <I>Albrecht</I> Faust

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Matelina Albrecht Faust

Birth
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
5 Apr 1789 (aged 73)
Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.5170111, Longitude: -76.0509556
Plot
Old Cemetery #1, Row 4 #13
Memorial ID
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Also known as Magadelena. Daughter of Johannes Albrecht and Anna Gossauer. Wife of Philip Faust m. abt. 1736 Berks Co, PA.

Her tombstone reads, "This is the resting place of Magdalena Faust b. 1716, d. 1789. Age 73 years, 6 months, and three days. She lived in marriage 48 years. Produced 10 children, of which 8 are yet living namely, 4 sons and 4 daughters."

Magdalen's (Mary) name was written as Matelina in the ship's list of Johannes Albrecht's children found in Strassburger's Volume I. Mrs. F.N. Peters, a family historian of Arlington, Virginia, found among her notes that the name Matelina means Magdalene just as Johannes and Hans mean John, and that the name Matelina appears quite often amongst the Clapps, Fousts and Albrights.When Magdalena Albrecht was born on 10 February 1716, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, her father,
Johannes Jacob Albrecht, was 17 and her mother, Anna Barbara Gossauer, was 18. She married Philip Lebs Faust Sr in 1736, in Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in
1737. She died on 5 April 1789, in Berne, Tilden Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Saint Michael's Union Cemetery, Tilden Township, Berks, Pennsylvania,
Also known as Magadelena. Daughter of Johannes Albrecht and Anna Gossauer. Wife of Philip Faust m. abt. 1736 Berks Co, PA.

Her tombstone reads, "This is the resting place of Magdalena Faust b. 1716, d. 1789. Age 73 years, 6 months, and three days. She lived in marriage 48 years. Produced 10 children, of which 8 are yet living namely, 4 sons and 4 daughters."

Magdalen's (Mary) name was written as Matelina in the ship's list of Johannes Albrecht's children found in Strassburger's Volume I. Mrs. F.N. Peters, a family historian of Arlington, Virginia, found among her notes that the name Matelina means Magdalene just as Johannes and Hans mean John, and that the name Matelina appears quite often amongst the Clapps, Fousts and Albrights.When Magdalena Albrecht was born on 10 February 1716, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, her father,
Johannes Jacob Albrecht, was 17 and her mother, Anna Barbara Gossauer, was 18. She married Philip Lebs Faust Sr in 1736, in Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in
1737. She died on 5 April 1789, in Berne, Tilden Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Saint Michael's Union Cemetery, Tilden Township, Berks, Pennsylvania,

Inscription

Lived in marriage with Philip Faust for 48 years. Mother of 10 children, 8 living, 4 sons and 4 daughters.



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  • Created by: Brenda Horton
  • Added: Nov 23, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23052349/matelina-faust: accessed ), memorial page for Matelina Albrecht Faust (10 Feb 1716–5 Apr 1789), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23052349, citing Saint Michael's Union Cemetery, Tilden Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Brenda Horton (contributor 46944877).