Francis Xavier Eberhart (called Xavier or Frank) immigrated from Germany about 1855. The 1860 federal census finds him in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois with wife Josephine (Gebhardt) and first child, son Josef, age 1. He works as a foundry moulder, an occupation he continued in later years. The couple were both born in Germany and their son in Illinois. By 1865, they had moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where they remained, and Xavier was naturalized there in October 1867. The 1865 Dubuque City Directory shows them living on White street between 15th and 16th. He is "Savier, moulder."
A widow of "Franz X. Eberhart" named Maria J. Eberhart filed for a widow's pension on July 25, 1890 in Iowa; her husband had been in "Band 9, Iowa Infantry" during the Civil War, and this is likely Francis Xavier Eberhart (though the identity has not been verified). One evidence is the sequence of their seven known children, born in 1859, 1861, 1863 - then a gap to 1866, 1868, 1870, and 1871. Their children (in birth order) were: Josef, Cecilia, Francis X. (Frank), Ludwig (Louis), Otto Samuel (Sam), Herman, and Mary. Josef, Otto, and Mary are also buried in this cemetery. The census of 1900 indicates that Josephine had given birth to eight children; one of the children remains unknown and must have died in infancy.
Josephine survived her husband by 42 years, dying in 1914. According to cemetery records, Xavier is buried at Mt. Calvary, Section 2, as are his wife and some of his children. The cemetery was established in 1861 for German-speaking Catholics who were members of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. It operated under various names until being designated Mt. Calvary in 1902.
A widow of "Franz X. Eberhart" named Maria J. Eberhart filed for a widow's pension on July 25, 1890 in Iowa; her husband had been in "Band 9, Iowa Infantry" during the Civil War, and this is likely Francis Xavier Eberhart (though the identity has not been verified). One evidence is the sequence of their seven known children, born in 1859, 1861, 1863 - then a gap to 1866, 1868, 1870, and 1871. Their children (in birth order) were: Josef, Cecilia, Francis X. (Frank), Ludwig (Louis), Otto Samuel (Sam), Herman, and Mary. Josef, Otto, and Mary are also buried in this cemetery. The census of 1900 indicates that Josephine had given birth to eight children; one of the children remains unknown and must have died in infancy.
Josephine survived her husband by 42 years, dying in 1914. According to cemetery records, Xavier is buried at Mt. Calvary, Section 2, as are his wife and some of his children. The cemetery was established in 1861 for German-speaking Catholics who were members of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. It operated under various names until being designated Mt. Calvary in 1902.
Francis Xavier Eberhart (called Xavier or Frank) immigrated from Germany about 1855. The 1860 federal census finds him in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois with wife Josephine (Gebhardt) and first child, son Josef, age 1. He works as a foundry moulder, an occupation he continued in later years. The couple were both born in Germany and their son in Illinois. By 1865, they had moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where they remained, and Xavier was naturalized there in October 1867. The 1865 Dubuque City Directory shows them living on White street between 15th and 16th. He is "Savier, moulder."
A widow of "Franz X. Eberhart" named Maria J. Eberhart filed for a widow's pension on July 25, 1890 in Iowa; her husband had been in "Band 9, Iowa Infantry" during the Civil War, and this is likely Francis Xavier Eberhart (though the identity has not been verified). One evidence is the sequence of their seven known children, born in 1859, 1861, 1863 - then a gap to 1866, 1868, 1870, and 1871. Their children (in birth order) were: Josef, Cecilia, Francis X. (Frank), Ludwig (Louis), Otto Samuel (Sam), Herman, and Mary. Josef, Otto, and Mary are also buried in this cemetery. The census of 1900 indicates that Josephine had given birth to eight children; one of the children remains unknown and must have died in infancy.
Josephine survived her husband by 42 years, dying in 1914. According to cemetery records, Xavier is buried at Mt. Calvary, Section 2, as are his wife and some of his children. The cemetery was established in 1861 for German-speaking Catholics who were members of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. It operated under various names until being designated Mt. Calvary in 1902.
A widow of "Franz X. Eberhart" named Maria J. Eberhart filed for a widow's pension on July 25, 1890 in Iowa; her husband had been in "Band 9, Iowa Infantry" during the Civil War, and this is likely Francis Xavier Eberhart (though the identity has not been verified). One evidence is the sequence of their seven known children, born in 1859, 1861, 1863 - then a gap to 1866, 1868, 1870, and 1871. Their children (in birth order) were: Josef, Cecilia, Francis X. (Frank), Ludwig (Louis), Otto Samuel (Sam), Herman, and Mary. Josef, Otto, and Mary are also buried in this cemetery. The census of 1900 indicates that Josephine had given birth to eight children; one of the children remains unknown and must have died in infancy.
Josephine survived her husband by 42 years, dying in 1914. According to cemetery records, Xavier is buried at Mt. Calvary, Section 2, as are his wife and some of his children. The cemetery was established in 1861 for German-speaking Catholics who were members of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. It operated under various names until being designated Mt. Calvary in 1902.
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
