Birth date is based on age at death from Ontario death record and gravestone inscription. Translation of French marriage document (Family Search) indicates a birth date of January 28, 1801.
Elisabethe was the daughter of Philippe Volmer, a farmer, and Marguerithe Schweyer. She married Jacob Forler in Bischholtz, Alsace, France, on December 14, 1824 at the age of 23. Jacob and Elisabethe emigrated from France with their first 3 children in 1832. The family then spent some time in Philidelphia, where their 4th child was born, before settling in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
At the end of her life, Elisabethe was a widow for almost ten years before dying of "old age". At the time of the 1881 census, she was living with her son Philip and his wife Catherine Lanz.
Elisabethe was the daughter of Philippe Volmer, a farmer, and Marguerithe Schweyer. She married Jacob Forler in Bischholtz, Alsace, France, on December 14, 1824 at the age of 23. Jacob and Elisabethe emigrated from France with their first 3 children in 1832. The family then spent some time in Philidelphia, where their 4th child was born, before settling in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
At the end of her life, Elisabethe was a widow for almost ten years before dying of "old age". At the time of the 1881 census, she was living with her son Philip and his wife Catherine Lanz.
Birth date is based on age at death from Ontario death record and gravestone inscription. Translation of French marriage document (Family Search) indicates a birth date of January 28, 1801.
Elisabethe was the daughter of Philippe Volmer, a farmer, and Marguerithe Schweyer. She married Jacob Forler in Bischholtz, Alsace, France, on December 14, 1824 at the age of 23. Jacob and Elisabethe emigrated from France with their first 3 children in 1832. The family then spent some time in Philidelphia, where their 4th child was born, before settling in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
At the end of her life, Elisabethe was a widow for almost ten years before dying of "old age". At the time of the 1881 census, she was living with her son Philip and his wife Catherine Lanz.
Elisabethe was the daughter of Philippe Volmer, a farmer, and Marguerithe Schweyer. She married Jacob Forler in Bischholtz, Alsace, France, on December 14, 1824 at the age of 23. Jacob and Elisabethe emigrated from France with their first 3 children in 1832. The family then spent some time in Philidelphia, where their 4th child was born, before settling in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
At the end of her life, Elisabethe was a widow for almost ten years before dying of "old age". At the time of the 1881 census, she was living with her son Philip and his wife Catherine Lanz.
Inscription
Hier ruht/ Elisabeth FORLER/ geborne FOHNER/ geb. d. 6 Mai 1801/ in Bischholz, Elsass/ gest d. 19 Januar 1886/ in Philipsburg, Co. Waterloo/ Alter 84 Jahre/ 8 Monate u. 13 Tage/
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