Aemilia Margaretha Nenstiel

Female26 November 1857–28 December 1944

Brief Life History of Aemilia Margaretha

When Aemilia Margaretha Nenstiel was born on 26 November 1857, in Hesse, Germany, her father, Andreas Nenstiel, was 31 and her mother, Katherina Elisabetha Hattenbach Steinmetz, was 31. She married Adam William Dropp about 1876, in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 28 December 1944, in Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Southmont, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adam William Dropp
1847–1909
Aemilia Margaretha Nenstiel
1857–1944
Marriage: about 1876
Andrew Dropp
1875–1911
Dollie Dropp
1877–1902
George William Dropp
1879–1930
Elizabeth Anna Dropp
1882–1910
Margaret Emma Dropp
1886–
Anna Berniece Dropp
1889–1979
Ida Florence Dropp
1891–1944
Kathryn May Dropp
1894–1973

Sources (13)

  • Annie Drop in household of Adam Drop, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Death Certificate of Anna Dropp
  • Annie Dropp in entry for Emma Margaret Dropp, "Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Delayed Birth Records, 1800-1935"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1876Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Children (8)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 6

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1864

    Age 7

    War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 24

    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.

    Name Meaning

    Variant of Amelia , first recorded in the medieval period.

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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