Notes for Anton J. Woerner:
General Notes:
Name given in Familienregister for Werbach as Joseph Anton Woerner
Came to United States around 1864 (1910 Census indicates 1865)
Possibly:
Name: Jos Anton (no other name/surname stated)
Arrival Date: 13 Aug 1864
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: Baden
Ship Name: Favorita
Port of Arrival: New York
Clearly not same individual but possibly related since Anton Woerner's in-laws settled in Nashville in the 1870's it could be that this Anton was an early settler who encouraged others to come later.
Personal Information
Name: Anton Woerner
Year: 1838
Place: Nashville, Tennessee
Source Publication Code: 8752.10
Primary Immigrant: Woerner, Anton
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of declaration of intention. Extracted from various original documents located at the Metro/Davidson County Archives in Nashville, Tennessee. Place of origin and book number of original record are also provided. Number of years residing in the U.S., date of citizenship, and other genealogical information may also be provided.
Source Bibliography: SMITH, MARY SUE. Davidson County, Tennessee Naturalization Records, 1803-1906. Nashville, TN: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1997. 346p.
Page: 187
Line: 37
Microfilm Roll: 244
List Number: 823
Lived in Philadelphia for several years before moving to Delaware around 1874
Was butcher by trade; Wilmington City Directories indicate that he also engaged in carpet weaving.
Per 1880 US Census for Delaware resided at 1 Carpenter St., Wilmington
Appears in 1890 Wilmington City Directory (LDS FHL 1000736) as Anton G Woerner, butcher living at 1912 W. 8th Street
Per 1900 US Census for Delaware immigrated to the United States in 1864, married for 35 years (+/- 1865), residing at 236 Madison St., Wilmington, naturalized in PA.
Address when wife Margaretha died was 1326 W. 5th Street.
Living in Brandywine Hundred (Grubb Road - RD #4 farm held by son Charles? ) at time of death a year later.
Per Sandy Nolan:
"Another thing that my grandmother told me was that her grandfather(i.e., Anton) would get up early and start the furnace at Scared Heart School before she and the other children came to school and that she would get out of class sometimes to help her grandmother clean the church. I always thought that she meant the Antweilers, but if Anton and Margaret also attended Sacred Heart Church, I could be wrong.
....
Something else that I remembered was that my grandmother talked about was that there were lots of activities at Sacred Heart to raise money before the mortgage was paid off. Grandpop called Quadrilles which she described as a sort of square dance that they used as a fund raiser. She said the children were sometimes allowed to go and watch. Every other thing that I have heard about Grandpop, usually include something about how quiet and reserved he was."
Per Jenean Hall: "my mother, Thelma, has told me that Grammy and Grandpop were very good dancers. They used to dance some at the pavilion at Buckroe Beach and people used to love to watch them. They were such a sweet little couple. Mama remembers them sitting on
the sofa holding hands. Grandpop always called Grammy, 'Girl'."