Appolonia GerberichAge: 43 years1736–1780
- Name
- Appolonia Gerberich
- Given names
- Appolonia
- Surname
- Gerberich
| Birth | June 10, 1736 35 33 |
| Death of a father | Johannes Hans Gerberich November 16, 1755 (Age 19 years) |
| Marriage | Johann Michael Kleinfelter — View this family about 1758 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Anna Barbara Kleinfelter May 31, 1761 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Elisabeth Christina Kleinfelter February 17, 1763 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Christina Kleinfelter April 19, 1764 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Jacob Kleinfelter July 6, 1771 (Age 35 years) |
| Death | after 1780 (Age 43 years) |
| Burial |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Johannes Hans Gerberich Birth: June 9, 1701 42 42 — Altfeld bei Marktheidenfeld, Bavaria, Germany Death: November 16, 1755 |
| mother |
Christina Schuh Birth: May 19, 1703 — Remlingen, Bavaria, Germany Death: April 4, 1786 — Altfeld bei Marktheidenfeld, Bavaria, Germany |
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Marriage: February 25, 1727 — Altfeld bei Marktheidenfeld, Bavaria, Germany |
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9 years herself |
Appolonia Gerberich Birth: June 10, 1736 35 33 — Altfeld bei Marktheidenfeld, Bavaria, Germany Death: after 1780 — Shrewsbury Twp, York City, PA |
| Family with Johann Michael Kleinfelter |
| husband |
Johann Michael Kleinfelter Birth: June 10, 1736 34 32 — Florsbach, Germany Death: July 17, 1807 — Shrewsbury Twp, York City, PA |
| herself |
Appolonia Gerberich Birth: June 10, 1736 35 33 — Altfeld bei Marktheidenfeld, Bavaria, Germany Death: after 1780 — Shrewsbury Twp, York City, PA |
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Marriage: about 1758 — |
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5 years daughter |
Elisabeth Christina Kleinfelter Birth: February 17, 1763 26 26 — York, PA Death: March 28, 1815 |
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14 months daughter |
Christina Kleinfelter Birth: April 19, 1764 27 27 Death: July 11, 1825 |
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-3 years daughter |
Anna Barbara Kleinfelter Birth: May 31, 1761 24 24 — Shrewsbury Twp, York City, PA Death: |
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10 years son |
Jacob Kleinfelter Birth: July 6, 1771 35 35 — York Co, Pennsylvania Death: March 1, 1840 — Marion County, OH |
| Shared note | According to Kiesecker's declaration, one Gerberich of Altfeld turned back [from the journey to Rotterdam]. Boatman Selig asserts having heard from him that in Bingen, every boatman is paying fifty kreuzer the head. Perhaps he returned to fetch his daughter Apollonia, of whom it is reported in the Fruedenberg Govermental Protocols of 16 May 1754: Apollonia Gerberich, who already two years ago was bought off by her father and through an unfortunate event was brought into misery, asks for freedom from vassalage. Her property still amounts to 123 florins. [Pennsylvania German Pioneers/Fruedenberg Governmental Protocols] The date of this notation shows she was still in Altfeld when her father and half-siblings arrived in Philadelphia two years earlier when he first bought out her servitude for the journey. Conjuncture can be made she was sold back again by her father to have additional finances for the voyage. The Gerberich who turned back in 1754 could have been her brother Andreas who saw a way to help finance his trip. It could not have been her father as noted. She in all probably came here with her brother Andreas, arriving aboard the Phoenix on 1 Oct 1754. Also on this voyage was Johannes Michael Kleinfelter, her future spouse. There are some lineages purporting Apollonia to have been an "Indian princess". This is untrue. How the tale came into being is unknown. Her date of death is unknown but was by 1780. The marker has been too worn to read for over a century and church records do not reflect her death. (contribued by GerbLady - FindaGrave.com) |