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Family: Jacob Schirf, Sr / Gertrude Heiler (F321)

• Male Jacob Schirf, Sr

  
  

  Birth	2 Jul 1831	Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  Death	1 Feb 1915	Nicktown, Cambria, Pennsylvania
  Burial	1915	Nicktown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
  Marriage	1854  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
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  Female Gertrude Heiler

  
  

  Birth	16 Mar 1826	Germany
  Death	25 Apr 1905	Nicktown, Cambria, Pennsylvania
  Burial	1904	Nicktown, Cambria, Pennsylvania
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  Female Catherine Schirf

  
  

  Birth	5 Jul 1855	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Death	1870
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  Male + Peter Schirf

  
  

  Birth	16 Aug 1856	Sharpsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Death	13 May 1934	Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
  Burial	1934	Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania
  Spouse	Theresa Barbara Stoltz | F14
  Marriage	26 Nov 1878	Barr, Cambria, Pennsylvania

  
  

  Female + Sabina A Schirf

  
  

  Birth	7 Jul 1859	Sharpsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
  Death	3 Jul 1945	Sublimity, Marion, Oregon, USA
  Burial		Sublimity, Marion, Oregon, USA
  Spouse	Adam L Lulay | F1268
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  Male Conrad Schirf

  
  

  Birth	8 Oct 1860	Butler, Pennsylvania
  Death	19 Sep 1916	Pennsylvania
  Burial	1916	Nicktown, Cambria, Pennsylvania
  Spouse	Margaret | F1184
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  Spouse	Katharine Wassam | F1188
  Marriage	1913	Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA

  
  

  Male Giles Schirf

  
  

  Birth	1 Mar 1862	Sharpsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Death	24 Sep 1944
  Burial		Latrobe, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
  Spouse	Mary Elizabeth Kirsch | F1185
  Marriage	1908	Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA

  
  

  Male John Schirf

  
  

  Birth	14 Aug 1863	Martinsburg, Blair, Pennsylvania
  Death	14 Jan 1949
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  Spouse	Catharine Mary Nissel | F1186
  Marriage	1897	Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA

  
  

  Male Jacob Schirf, Jr.

  
  

  Birth	24 Mar 1865	Sharpsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Death	14 Jun 1881	Pennsylvania
  Burial		Nicktown, Cambria, Pennsylvania

  
  

  Male Nicholas Schirf

  
  

  Birth	27 May 1869	Martinsburg, Blair, Pennsylvania
  Death	3 Jul 1881
  Burial		Nicktown, Cambria, Pennsylvania

  
  

• Notes

  Married: The marriage records of Jacob and Gertrude have yet to be found, and may never be found. We know that they came over to the U.S. in 1854. The reason for this is that they were definitely not married where so many people list them as being married. I have a paper from St. Philomenas that states there is no record of their marriage at that church. There is a baptismal record. I plan on posting both as soon as I scan the pile of things I have to scan. This should help everyone with sourcing some. We know they lived in Sharpsburg, and since they were German they probably attended St. Mary's which was dedicated in June of 1854, but had had services held in the basement since 1852. The inability to find records of a marriage is probably the result of a fire that destroyed St. Mary's church and it's records. In 1866, several months later the cornerstone for a new church was laid, and the church was rebuilt. On deducing a date this is how I came upon a timeframe. In the Federal Census of 1900 taken 5 June 1900 Jacob and Gertrude list 45 years as being the length of their marriage . That puts the marriage date between 6 June 1854 and 5 June 1855. We can probably assume they were married prior to October 1854 because of the date of the baptism of their daughter Catherine. The 1900 census goes on to state that they have been in the US 46 years and both migrated in 1854, yet have been married 45 years. This shows that the wedding would have probably occurred in the U.S. Taking all of this into account the wedding range would be between June and October of 1854. In Sharpsburg because that was where they were living at the time, and being german one can assume they went to the Catholic Church locally that was primarily German, St. Mary's, it was a split off of St. Josephs. The Church also often used priest s from St. Philomena's in Pittsburgh where their daughter was later baptized, and where there is no marriage record for them. St. Mary's burned down in 1866, and all records were lost in the fire. Thus there is little chance of finding a record of the marriage. (This information from schirf.net) St.Philomena,

  
  

• Sources

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