Notes for Catherine Burger: ANTON KIEFFER and CATHERINE BURGER Marriage contract 13 September 1811 Roeschwoog 7E44/42 Marriage contract between ANTON KIEFFER aged 34 years, son of PHILIPP KIEFFER, farmer in Soufflenheim and of ANNE MARIE HUMMEL, deceased and CATHERINE BURGER, aged 22, daughter of JOSEPH BURGER son of Sebastien, farmer in Soufflenheim, and of BRIGITTE GLEITZ his wife The usual condition : separation of brought property, and community of the acquired by the couple during the union. Half a house is brought into the union by Antoine Kieffer, the second half belongs to Joseph Kieffer who keeps a right of passage and a community of the well ; the father, Philipp Kieffer, reserves his right to stay in the house and brings also fields into the union as total of : 1800 francs. The taxes will be paid by the couple. Furniture (bed etc..) are also received by the bride from her parents.
Catherine had a relative named Andrew Burger. The following is a biographical sketch of him, page 681, probably from the "History of Winona County". Andew Burger, farmer, a native of Alsace, now a part of Germany, was born June 23, 1821. At seventeen years old he came to America, and worked at farm labor in Oneida, Erie, and Orleans counties, New York, for several years. When twenty-three years old he went to Canada, and thence to Hillsdale county, Michigan, where he worked on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad. In 1851 he went to Indiana and then to Louisiana, working at farm and plantation Labor. In 1852 he went to California, and after losing his all two or three times in the mines, engaged in farming and threshing. Having secured a small capital, he left California in the spring of 1855, and arrived in Elba, where he had friends, on the 15th of May; he immediately entered a claim to 160 acres of government land on Sec. 11 and has ever since dwelt thereon. He now has 400 acres on Sec. 6, 7, 10, and 11, of which over 200 acres are under the plow. On July 5, 1877, his large barn was burned by lighting, and has not been rebuilt. He lives in a fine large house, and has every comfort a farmer may crave, the product of his own industry. He is a member of the Roman Catholic society of Elba, which held its meetings in his house for many years. He was town supervisor in 1865; was formerly democrat, now independent.
JOSEPH BURGER 29 November 1828 Roeschwoog 7E44/70 Inventory Inventory of property left by Joseph Burger, son of SEBASTIEN, roof maker. MARIE ANNE KIEFFER, widow of JOSEPH BURGER in Soufflenheim, Children of his first marriage to BRIGITTE KLEITZ: JOSEPH, in this place, a farmer MARIE ANNE, wife of ANTOINE MESSNER CATHERINE, wife of ANTOINE KIEFFER son of Philippe, farmer IGNACE, carpenter in Walterschweyer near Offenbourg, Baden MADELEINE widow of MICHEL MOSER, baker MARGUERITE, wife of IGNACE BURGER, miller
Children of his second marriage to Marie Anne Kieffer: ANTOINE weaver BRIGITTE, major of years DENIS, major of years.
A marriage contract has been passed in Roppenheim on the 4th of Fructidor in year 4 of the Republic, and refers to property brought by BRIGITTE KLEITZ, first wife of the deceased (800 francs). The house of the couple in Soufflenheim is valued : 1600 francs.
More About Catherine Burger: Burial: Unknown, The Kieffer-Klein Family Cemetery, Elba Township, Section 11, Winona County, Minnesota.144
More About Catherine Burger and Anthony Kieffer: Marriage: 04 Sep 1811, Soufflenheim.145
Marriage Notes for Catherine Burger and Anthony Kieffer: Witnesses at Wedding:
Joseph Kieffer, cooper (tonnelier, 28, brother of Groome Anthony Daul Tailor (tailleur D Habits), 40, brother-in-law or stepbrother of Groome
Sebastian Burger - Sergant of Police Joseph Burger, farmer, brother of bride
Children of Catherine Burger and Anthony Kieffer are:
Catherine Burger (b. 01 Jan 1790, d. 1865)
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