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.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Gertrude Stoltz in household of Peter Stoltz, "United States Census, 1940"
- Gertrude Hopfer, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Gertrude Stoltz in household of Peter C Stoltz, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1867–1955 Male
1878–1954 Female
Children (8)
1910–1989 Male
1911–1987 Male
1914–2005 Female
1916–2010 Male
1917–2000 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1848–1901 Male
1845–1922 Female
Siblings (6)
1870–1939 Female
1871– Male
1875–1967 Male
1878–1954 Female
1883–1935 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 3
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 4
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 20
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.
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