children of JOHANN ANTON WOHLFELDER and BARBARA RAPP (1) JOHN A. WOHLFELDER
b. 7/21/1846 Harburg(?), Swabia, Bavaria
d. 8/28/1928 Cincinnati, OH (myocarditis)married abt. 1871 to MARGRETTA VOGT
(Sect. 5U, Lot/Grave 719, Row 12)
John A. Wohlfelder was born, probably, in Harburg, a small town about 7 miles north of the junction of the Woernitz and the Danube Rivers. The name "Wohlfelder" means, more or less, "good fields;" the singular would be "wohlfeld," a much more common surname in Germany and possibly the Wohlfelders' original surname. John's father, Johann, was a brushmaker. John married Margretta Vogt around 1871, and preceded Margretta and daughter Rose in his emigration by probably only a few months in 1892. (Nineteen-year-old Anna came over separately the same year.)
The Wohlfelders settled in Wheeling, West Virginia, where they ran a boarding house for many years.
John taught music and worked as a church janitor. By 1920, they moved to Cincinnati to be closer to Anna and her husband, Fred Scheuerle; John worked in brass manufacturing for a while. They lived at 2467 W. McMicken Ave, where they were still living when he died in 1928.
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| John Wohlfelder's death certificate (click to enlarge). |
b. 1843
d. 12/3/1884 Augsburg, Bavaria?
According to Betty Eisenbeis, John had a brother named Karl. This may have been the same individual; the birthdate is about right, and the surname is rare. (The LDS German Death and Burials Index doesn't indicate the location, but all the other citations in the same batch are in the Augsburg region.)
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