OBITUARY: Waukesha Freemand May 6, 1909 "MRS. EVA GESSERT. Last Thurrsday morning at Menomonee Falls, George Gessert becoming anxious because his mother failed to arise at the usual hour, went to her room where he found she was dead. Her death resulted from heart failure or apoplexy, and was a shock to her family and friends.
The deceased's maiden name was Eva Genrich, a daughter of Valentine and Sybilla Heldt Genrich of Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany. She was born March 28, 1936, and was the last surviving of that family. When she was eight (?) Years old her father died and she was adopted by William Ripple, with whom she came to America. They sailed from Harve, France, and ____forty-two days on the ocean, arriving at Germantown on October __, 1850(?). She was married to Philip Gessert April 2, 1851, and of this union eleven children were born, seven of them survive here: Mrs. Julia Debus, George, Philip, William, Henry, Mrs. Mary Dippold of Chicago, and Mrs. Annie Bahler of Milwaukee.
For a number of years the family lived on a farm just north of Menomonee Falls. Mrs. Gessert died in 1901 since which time she made her home in the village.
She was highly esteemed by all who knew her for her cheerful disposition and for her sympathy and kindness to those whom she met in times of trouble. She had lived a good lief and her children and friends will long remember her."
The deceased's maiden name was Eva Genrich, a daughter of Valentine and Sybilla Heldt Genrich of Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany. She was born March 28, 1936, and was the last surviving of that family. When she was eight (?) Years old her father died and she was adopted by William Ripple, with whom she came to America. They sailed from Harve, France, and ____forty-two days on the ocean, arriving at Germantown on October __, 1850(?). She was married to Philip Gessert April 2, 1851, and of this union eleven children were born, seven of them survive here: Mrs. Julia Debus, George, Philip, William, Henry, Mrs. Mary Dippold of Chicago, and Mrs. Annie Bahler of Milwaukee.
For a number of years the family lived on a farm just north of Menomonee Falls. Mrs. Gessert died in 1901 since which time she made her home in the village.
She was highly esteemed by all who knew her for her cheerful disposition and for her sympathy and kindness to those whom she met in times of trouble. She had lived a good lief and her children and friends will long remember her."
OBITUARY: Waukesha Freemand May 6, 1909 "MRS. EVA GESSERT. Last Thurrsday morning at Menomonee Falls, George Gessert becoming anxious because his mother failed to arise at the usual hour, went to her room where he found she was dead. Her death resulted from heart failure or apoplexy, and was a shock to her family and friends.
The deceased's maiden name was Eva Genrich, a daughter of Valentine and Sybilla Heldt Genrich of Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany. She was born March 28, 1936, and was the last surviving of that family. When she was eight (?) Years old her father died and she was adopted by William Ripple, with whom she came to America. They sailed from Harve, France, and ____forty-two days on the ocean, arriving at Germantown on October __, 1850(?). She was married to Philip Gessert April 2, 1851, and of this union eleven children were born, seven of them survive here: Mrs. Julia Debus, George, Philip, William, Henry, Mrs. Mary Dippold of Chicago, and Mrs. Annie Bahler of Milwaukee.
For a number of years the family lived on a farm just north of Menomonee Falls. Mrs. Gessert died in 1901 since which time she made her home in the village.
She was highly esteemed by all who knew her for her cheerful disposition and for her sympathy and kindness to those whom she met in times of trouble. She had lived a good lief and her children and friends will long remember her."
The deceased's maiden name was Eva Genrich, a daughter of Valentine and Sybilla Heldt Genrich of Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany. She was born March 28, 1936, and was the last surviving of that family. When she was eight (?) Years old her father died and she was adopted by William Ripple, with whom she came to America. They sailed from Harve, France, and ____forty-two days on the ocean, arriving at Germantown on October __, 1850(?). She was married to Philip Gessert April 2, 1851, and of this union eleven children were born, seven of them survive here: Mrs. Julia Debus, George, Philip, William, Henry, Mrs. Mary Dippold of Chicago, and Mrs. Annie Bahler of Milwaukee.
For a number of years the family lived on a farm just north of Menomonee Falls. Mrs. Gessert died in 1901 since which time she made her home in the village.
She was highly esteemed by all who knew her for her cheerful disposition and for her sympathy and kindness to those whom she met in times of trouble. She had lived a good lief and her children and friends will long remember her."
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