Charles A Klingler

Brief Life History of Charles A

When Charles A Klingler was born in June 1889, in Union, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John A Klingler, was 23 and his mother, Emma J Straub, was 23. He married Bertha May Bilger in 1906, in Union, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salem, Penn Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940 and Penn Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. He died in 1972, at the age of 83, and was buried in New Berlin, Union, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles A Klingler
1889–1972
Bertha May Bilger
1890–1978
Marriage: 1906
Charles Ammon Klingler Jr
1907–2004
Albert Henry Klingler
1911–2006
Donald Arthur Klingler
1913–2014
Eleanor Edith Klingler
1918–2000
Robert M Klingler Sr
1930–2017

Sources (10)

  • Charles A Klingler, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Charles Ammon Klingler, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Charles A Klingler, "Find A Grave Index"

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1912 · The Girl Scouts

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Name Meaning

German:

nickname for a gossip, from Middle High German klingelen ‘to chat’.

in southwestern Germany and Switzerland, an occupational name for a town crier or a town or church alms collector, from an agent derivative of klingeln ‘to ring a bell’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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