Charles F. Gunther/John Martin Gunther-bros William and Christian
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In reply to:
Re: Charles Gunther, NY City, b.1843
J Torre 9/30/01
I am looking for the parents of Charles F. Gunther and a possible relation to John Martin Gunter. Here's what I know so far:
This Charles F. Gunther migrated to the U.S. in 1842.
Name: Charles F. GUNTHER
Census: 1880 Chicago, Cook, IL
Birth: 06 MAR 1837 in Wildberg, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Death: 10 FEB 1920 3
Burial: ABT 13 FEB 1920 Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
C.F. Genthies - occupation Confections, age 43 born Germany
Jennie B. - wife, keeping house age 31 born IN
Burnell - son age 8 born IL
Whitman - son age 6 born IL
Drusas Nickaels - occ. clerk , nephew, age 19 born IN
Allis Johnson - other (prob servant) age 25 born Denmark
Kate Cameron - cook age 39 born Scotland
Note: Charles Gunther Founder of Cracker Jacks.
John Martin Gunther
Birth:06 OCT 1872 Peru, La Salle, Illinois
Father: John Martin Gunther Family
Mother: Christena Woechle
1880 census records indicate that he was born in Illinois on October 2, 1872 to Christena Woechle (born around 1846) and that she was at this time married to Heinrich Meier (a "laborer" born in Hannover, Germany around 1836). These records list two additional brothers, stepsons to Heinrich Meier, named William (born around 1870) and Christian (born around 1874). All three boys are listed as being born in Illinois. Heinrich and Christena (my mother recalls her referred to as "Christiana") then had two girls together, Anna (born 1877) and Christina (born 1878). A further search indicated that John Gunther was fathered by a John Martin Gunther. The census record I found shows both parents of John, William and Christian being from Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany.
It appears that between 1874 and 1877 John Martin Gunther died (my mother was actually told that both parents died and the 3 boys came immigrated to the U.S. on their own) and Christena Woechle Gunther married Heinrich Meier.
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Re: Charles F. Gunther/John Martin Gunther-bros William and Christian
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