Anna was the oldest daughter of Johann and Kunigunde Brendel Fiedler. She was born on February 28, 1861 - just ten years after the Kingdom of Bavaria had become part of the German Confederation also known as the Second Reich or German Empire. Her father was a farmer and she was born in the Fiedler family ancestral house #8 in the village of Hannberg, just outside of the town of Waischenfeld in the region known as the Franconian Switzerland in northern Bavaria.
Anna grew up to be a tall, thin young woman with light brown hair that she pulled back into a knot. In her twenties she married Johann Adelhardt, son of Andreas (1834 – 1886) and Margaretha (1832 – 1869) Adelhardt of House #24 in the nearby village of Kugelau. No record has ever been found of their wedding at the Waischenfeld parish church records at the archives of the Archdiocese of Bamberg. They probably were married (in 1886 according to 1900 US Census) at the church in the older parish in the town of Nankendorf. After his father died, the house in Kugelau was left to Catharina Schmitt, the second wife of Andreas. So Johann and Anna decided to immigrate to the United States. In 1887, they immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in America. They traveled through the port of Hamburg and crossed the Atlantic on an ocean vessel called the Donau. The ship arrived at Baltimore Harbor on May 24th. On the passenger list of the Donau, Johann is listed as being a 29-year-old farmer and is accompanied by his 26-year-old wife, Anna. They soon began a family in Baltimore but Anna kept in touch with her brother Johann back in Hannberg. They emmigrated through the port of Hamburg and traveled by an ocean vessel called the Donau (which means Danube in German). They arrived at Sparrows Point port of entry in Baltimore Harbor on May 24, 1887, just one year after the Statue of Liberty had been erected in New York. On the passenger list of the Donau, Johann is listed as being a 29-year-old farmer and his accompanied by his 26-year-old wife, Anna. Family legend has it that Johann had a sister who also immigrated to Buffalo, New York. She and her husband did visit the Adelhardts in Baltimore once. Johann quickly began to use the English form of his name - John. John was a strong man with dark brown hair and a mustache. Anna was a tall, thin Franconian woman with light brown hair that she pulled back into a bun.
Life changed dramatically for them from the slow-paced agrarian existence of the rural village to the rapid competitiveness of the industrialized urban immigrant neighborhood of East Baltimore.
On October 9, 1889, Anna gave birth to their first child, which they named Mary Pauline. Almost three years later on June 16, 1892, John and Anna had their second child, a boy who they named John, Jr. Anna and John had a third child they named George on January 6, 1895. John and Anna welcomed their fourth child – a daughter named Barbara Elizabeth on December 9, 1898.
Anna and John Adelhardt lived at 1614 St. Joseph Street in East Baltimore with their four children according to the 1900 Census. At Christmastime, the Adelhardt family would decorate an "old-fashioned" cedar tree common among the poor and commonly used to decorate churches at Christmas. Other traditions passed down in the family included serving sauerkraut frequently even at very American holiday meals such as Thanksgiving and also serving beer with their Sunday dinner. They even offered the children a small cup of beer with the dinner. Anna learned a little English but most of the time spoke German. She would say all of her daily prayers in German. She went to church almost daily and to the Mother of Perpetual Help Service every Wednesday between 3 and 4 pm at St. James. Both she and John would read the weekly German language newspaper in Baltimore called the Katholische Volkszeitung until it ceased publication in October 1914. As with most first generation Americans, the Adelhardt children were discouraged from learning the German language or culture and these things were only still shared between husband and wife.
During this time (around 1910) Anna and John Adelhardt moved their family from St. Joseph's Street to a rowhome at 1007 N. Washington Street. They lived here for decades to come as is confirmed in the 1920 Census records. They still continued to walk many more blocks further to attend Mass at the St. James Church, which still performed Masses in the German language until they were discontinued during World War I.
1913 was a very sad year for the Adelhardt family. Not only did they lose their daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter but also lost their son from a tuberculosis epidemic.
Anna survived her husband John (who died in 1928) for another fourteen years. She sold the house on Washington Street and lived with her daughter Barbara and the Smith family in a rowhome at 2561 Robb Street. She lived long enough to see her nephew Hans Fiedler, a Catholic priest visit Baltimore in 1937 from her homeland in Germany. Yet once again the United States went to war against the German Reich when Adolph Hitler came to power. She was unable to see that conflict resolved. She was found dead of a heart attack at age 82 on May 7, 1943. Her funeral Mass was held at St. James Church and she was buried next to her husband and children at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery.
Baltimore Sun - May 9, 1943
ADELHARDT - On May 7, 1943, ANNA D. (nee Fiedler) beloved wife of the late John J. Adelhardt. Funeral from her late residence 2561 Robb Street on Tuesday at 8:15 AM, Requiem Mass at St. James Church at 9 AM. Internment in Holy Redeemer Cemetery.
Anna grew up to be a tall, thin young woman with light brown hair that she pulled back into a knot. In her twenties she married Johann Adelhardt, son of Andreas (1834 – 1886) and Margaretha (1832 – 1869) Adelhardt of House #24 in the nearby village of Kugelau. No record has ever been found of their wedding at the Waischenfeld parish church records at the archives of the Archdiocese of Bamberg. They probably were married (in 1886 according to 1900 US Census) at the church in the older parish in the town of Nankendorf. After his father died, the house in Kugelau was left to Catharina Schmitt, the second wife of Andreas. So Johann and Anna decided to immigrate to the United States. In 1887, they immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in America. They traveled through the port of Hamburg and crossed the Atlantic on an ocean vessel called the Donau. The ship arrived at Baltimore Harbor on May 24th. On the passenger list of the Donau, Johann is listed as being a 29-year-old farmer and is accompanied by his 26-year-old wife, Anna. They soon began a family in Baltimore but Anna kept in touch with her brother Johann back in Hannberg. They emmigrated through the port of Hamburg and traveled by an ocean vessel called the Donau (which means Danube in German). They arrived at Sparrows Point port of entry in Baltimore Harbor on May 24, 1887, just one year after the Statue of Liberty had been erected in New York. On the passenger list of the Donau, Johann is listed as being a 29-year-old farmer and his accompanied by his 26-year-old wife, Anna. Family legend has it that Johann had a sister who also immigrated to Buffalo, New York. She and her husband did visit the Adelhardts in Baltimore once. Johann quickly began to use the English form of his name - John. John was a strong man with dark brown hair and a mustache. Anna was a tall, thin Franconian woman with light brown hair that she pulled back into a bun.
Life changed dramatically for them from the slow-paced agrarian existence of the rural village to the rapid competitiveness of the industrialized urban immigrant neighborhood of East Baltimore.
On October 9, 1889, Anna gave birth to their first child, which they named Mary Pauline. Almost three years later on June 16, 1892, John and Anna had their second child, a boy who they named John, Jr. Anna and John had a third child they named George on January 6, 1895. John and Anna welcomed their fourth child – a daughter named Barbara Elizabeth on December 9, 1898.
Anna and John Adelhardt lived at 1614 St. Joseph Street in East Baltimore with their four children according to the 1900 Census. At Christmastime, the Adelhardt family would decorate an "old-fashioned" cedar tree common among the poor and commonly used to decorate churches at Christmas. Other traditions passed down in the family included serving sauerkraut frequently even at very American holiday meals such as Thanksgiving and also serving beer with their Sunday dinner. They even offered the children a small cup of beer with the dinner. Anna learned a little English but most of the time spoke German. She would say all of her daily prayers in German. She went to church almost daily and to the Mother of Perpetual Help Service every Wednesday between 3 and 4 pm at St. James. Both she and John would read the weekly German language newspaper in Baltimore called the Katholische Volkszeitung until it ceased publication in October 1914. As with most first generation Americans, the Adelhardt children were discouraged from learning the German language or culture and these things were only still shared between husband and wife.
During this time (around 1910) Anna and John Adelhardt moved their family from St. Joseph's Street to a rowhome at 1007 N. Washington Street. They lived here for decades to come as is confirmed in the 1920 Census records. They still continued to walk many more blocks further to attend Mass at the St. James Church, which still performed Masses in the German language until they were discontinued during World War I.
1913 was a very sad year for the Adelhardt family. Not only did they lose their daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter but also lost their son from a tuberculosis epidemic.
Anna survived her husband John (who died in 1928) for another fourteen years. She sold the house on Washington Street and lived with her daughter Barbara and the Smith family in a rowhome at 2561 Robb Street. She lived long enough to see her nephew Hans Fiedler, a Catholic priest visit Baltimore in 1937 from her homeland in Germany. Yet once again the United States went to war against the German Reich when Adolph Hitler came to power. She was unable to see that conflict resolved. She was found dead of a heart attack at age 82 on May 7, 1943. Her funeral Mass was held at St. James Church and she was buried next to her husband and children at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery.
Baltimore Sun - May 9, 1943
ADELHARDT - On May 7, 1943, ANNA D. (nee Fiedler) beloved wife of the late John J. Adelhardt. Funeral from her late residence 2561 Robb Street on Tuesday at 8:15 AM, Requiem Mass at St. James Church at 9 AM. Internment in Holy Redeemer Cemetery.
Anna was the oldest daughter of Johann and Kunigunde Brendel Fiedler. She was born on February 28, 1861 - just ten years after the Kingdom of Bavaria had become part of the German Confederation also known as the Second Reich or German Empire. Her father was a farmer and she was born in the Fiedler family ancestral house #8 in the village of Hannberg, just outside of the town of Waischenfeld in the region known as the Franconian Switzerland in northern Bavaria.
Anna grew up to be a tall, thin young woman with light brown hair that she pulled back into a knot. In her twenties she married Johann Adelhardt, son of Andreas (1834 – 1886) and Margaretha (1832 – 1869) Adelhardt of House #24 in the nearby village of Kugelau. No record has ever been found of their wedding at the Waischenfeld parish church records at the archives of the Archdiocese of Bamberg. They probably were married (in 1886 according to 1900 US Census) at the church in the older parish in the town of Nankendorf. After his father died, the house in Kugelau was left to Catharina Schmitt, the second wife of Andreas. So Johann and Anna decided to immigrate to the United States. In 1887, they immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in America. They traveled through the port of Hamburg and crossed the Atlantic on an ocean vessel called the Donau. The ship arrived at Baltimore Harbor on May 24th. On the passenger list of the Donau, Johann is listed as being a 29-year-old farmer and is accompanied by his 26-year-old wife, Anna. They soon began a family in Baltimore but Anna kept in touch with her brother Johann back in Hannberg. They emmigrated through the port of Hamburg and traveled by an ocean vessel called the Donau (which means Danube in German). They arrived at Sparrows Point port of entry in Baltimore Harbor on May 24, 1887, just one year after the Statue of Liberty had been erected in New York. On the passenger list of the Donau, Johann is listed as being a 29-year-old farmer and his accompanied by his 26-year-old wife, Anna. Family legend has it that Johann had a sister who also immigrated to Buffalo, New York. She and her husband did visit the Adelhardts in Baltimore once. Johann quickly began to use the English form of his name - John. John was a strong man with dark brown hair and a mustache. Anna was a tall, thin Franconian woman with light brown hair that she pulled back into a bun.
Life changed dramatically for them from the slow-paced agrarian existence of the rural village to the rapid competitiveness of the industrialized urban immigrant neighborhood of East Baltimore.
On October 9, 1889, Anna gave birth to their first child, which they named Mary Pauline. Almost three years later on June 16, 1892, John and Anna had their second child, a boy who they named John, Jr. Anna and John had a third child they named George on January 6, 1895. John and Anna welcomed their fourth child – a daughter named Barbara Elizabeth on December 9, 1898.
Anna and John Adelhardt lived at 1614 St. Joseph Street in East Baltimore with their four children according to the 1900 Census. At Christmastime, the Adelhardt family would decorate an "old-fashioned" cedar tree common among the poor and commonly used to decorate churches at Christmas. Other traditions passed down in the family included serving sauerkraut frequently even at very American holiday meals such as Thanksgiving and also serving beer with their Sunday dinner. They even offered the children a small cup of beer with the dinner. Anna learned a little English but most of the time spoke German. She would say all of her daily prayers in German. She went to church almost daily and to the Mother of Perpetual Help Service every Wednesday between 3 and 4 pm at St. James. Both she and John would read the weekly German language newspaper in Baltimore called the Katholische Volkszeitung until it ceased publication in October 1914. As with most first generation Americans, the Adelhardt children were discouraged from learning the German language or culture and these things were only still shared between husband and wife.
During this time (around 1910) Anna and John Adelhardt moved their family from St. Joseph's Street to a rowhome at 1007 N. Washington Street. They lived here for decades to come as is confirmed in the 1920 Census records. They still continued to walk many more blocks further to attend Mass at the St. James Church, which still performed Masses in the German language until they were discontinued during World War I.
1913 was a very sad year for the Adelhardt family. Not only did they lose their daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter but also lost their son from a tuberculosis epidemic.
Anna survived her husband John (who died in 1928) for another fourteen years. She sold the house on Washington Street and lived with her daughter Barbara and the Smith family in a rowhome at 2561 Robb Street. She lived long enough to see her nephew Hans Fiedler, a Catholic priest visit Baltimore in 1937 from her homeland in Germany. Yet once again the United States went to war against the German Reich when Adolph Hitler came to power. She was unable to see that conflict resolved. She was found dead of a heart attack at age 82 on May 7, 1943. Her funeral Mass was held at St. James Church and she was buried next to her husband and children at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery.
Baltimore Sun - May 9, 1943
ADELHARDT - On May 7, 1943, ANNA D. (nee Fiedler) beloved wife of the late John J. Adelhardt. Funeral from her late residence 2561 Robb Street on Tuesday at 8:15 AM, Requiem Mass at St. James Church at 9 AM. Internment in Holy Redeemer Cemetery.
Anna grew up to be a tall, thin young woman with light brown hair that she pulled back into a knot. In her twenties she married Johann Adelhardt, son of Andreas (1834 – 1886) and Margaretha (1832 – 1869) Adelhardt of House #24 in the nearby village of Kugelau. No record has ever been found of their wedding at the Waischenfeld parish church records at the archives of the Archdiocese of Bamberg. They probably were married (in 1886 according to 1900 US Census) at the church in the older parish in the town of Nankendorf. After his father died, the house in Kugelau was left to Catharina Schmitt, the second wife of Andreas. So Johann and Anna decided to immigrate to the United States. In 1887, they immigrated to Baltimore, Maryland in America. They traveled through the port of Hamburg and crossed the Atlantic on an ocean vessel called the Donau. The ship arrived at Baltimore Harbor on May 24th. On the passenger list of the Donau, Johann is listed as being a 29-year-old farmer and is accompanied by his 26-year-old wife, Anna. They soon began a family in Baltimore but Anna kept in touch with her brother Johann back in Hannberg. They emmigrated through the port of Hamburg and traveled by an ocean vessel called the Donau (which means Danube in German). They arrived at Sparrows Point port of entry in Baltimore Harbor on May 24, 1887, just one year after the Statue of Liberty had been erected in New York. On the passenger list of the Donau, Johann is listed as being a 29-year-old farmer and his accompanied by his 26-year-old wife, Anna. Family legend has it that Johann had a sister who also immigrated to Buffalo, New York. She and her husband did visit the Adelhardts in Baltimore once. Johann quickly began to use the English form of his name - John. John was a strong man with dark brown hair and a mustache. Anna was a tall, thin Franconian woman with light brown hair that she pulled back into a bun.
Life changed dramatically for them from the slow-paced agrarian existence of the rural village to the rapid competitiveness of the industrialized urban immigrant neighborhood of East Baltimore.
On October 9, 1889, Anna gave birth to their first child, which they named Mary Pauline. Almost three years later on June 16, 1892, John and Anna had their second child, a boy who they named John, Jr. Anna and John had a third child they named George on January 6, 1895. John and Anna welcomed their fourth child – a daughter named Barbara Elizabeth on December 9, 1898.
Anna and John Adelhardt lived at 1614 St. Joseph Street in East Baltimore with their four children according to the 1900 Census. At Christmastime, the Adelhardt family would decorate an "old-fashioned" cedar tree common among the poor and commonly used to decorate churches at Christmas. Other traditions passed down in the family included serving sauerkraut frequently even at very American holiday meals such as Thanksgiving and also serving beer with their Sunday dinner. They even offered the children a small cup of beer with the dinner. Anna learned a little English but most of the time spoke German. She would say all of her daily prayers in German. She went to church almost daily and to the Mother of Perpetual Help Service every Wednesday between 3 and 4 pm at St. James. Both she and John would read the weekly German language newspaper in Baltimore called the Katholische Volkszeitung until it ceased publication in October 1914. As with most first generation Americans, the Adelhardt children were discouraged from learning the German language or culture and these things were only still shared between husband and wife.
During this time (around 1910) Anna and John Adelhardt moved their family from St. Joseph's Street to a rowhome at 1007 N. Washington Street. They lived here for decades to come as is confirmed in the 1920 Census records. They still continued to walk many more blocks further to attend Mass at the St. James Church, which still performed Masses in the German language until they were discontinued during World War I.
1913 was a very sad year for the Adelhardt family. Not only did they lose their daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter but also lost their son from a tuberculosis epidemic.
Anna survived her husband John (who died in 1928) for another fourteen years. She sold the house on Washington Street and lived with her daughter Barbara and the Smith family in a rowhome at 2561 Robb Street. She lived long enough to see her nephew Hans Fiedler, a Catholic priest visit Baltimore in 1937 from her homeland in Germany. Yet once again the United States went to war against the German Reich when Adolph Hitler came to power. She was unable to see that conflict resolved. She was found dead of a heart attack at age 82 on May 7, 1943. Her funeral Mass was held at St. James Church and she was buried next to her husband and children at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery.
Baltimore Sun - May 9, 1943
ADELHARDT - On May 7, 1943, ANNA D. (nee Fiedler) beloved wife of the late John J. Adelhardt. Funeral from her late residence 2561 Robb Street on Tuesday at 8:15 AM, Requiem Mass at St. James Church at 9 AM. Internment in Holy Redeemer Cemetery.
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