Brief Life History of Gertrude Sarah
When Gertrude Sarah Hopfer was born on 17 December 1878, in Portage, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Phillip Edward Hopfer, was 30 and her mother, Barbara Ellen Lingenfelter, was 33. She married Peter Celestine Stoltz on 10 May 1910, in Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Portage Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. She died on 23 May 1954, in Portage, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Wilmore, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States.
Photos and Memories (0)
Do you know Gertrude Sarah? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Gertrude S Stoltz, "United States 1950 Census"
- Gertrude Hopfer, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Gertrude Sarah Hopfer Stoltz, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
Children (8)
+3 More Children
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Arno, Kurt, Lorenz, Ulrich.
German (Bavaria; also Höpfer) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a grower of hops or dealer in hops, from Middle High German hopfe ‘hops’, German Hopfen + the agent suffix -er.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.