Anthony Willis family tree » Dorathea Berning (1885-????)

Données personnelles Dorathea Berning 

• Elle est née le 6 mars 1885 dans Bethnal Green, London, London, England, United Kingdom.Les sources 4, 5, 6
• Alternative: Elle est née le 6 mars 1885 dans Bethnal Green, London, England.
• Elle a été baptisée le 19 avril 1885 dans England.Source 7
• Confirmation de l'adhésion à l'église le 20 mai 1901 dans Bethnal Green, St Matthew, Middlesex, England.Source 8
• Résidant:
• en l'an 1891: Bethnal Green, London, England.Source 4
• le 2 avril 1911: Bethnal Green, London, England.Source 5
• en l'an 1952: Twickenham West, England.Source 9
• (Arrival) le 28 juin 1930 dans Liverpool, England.Source 10
• (Departure) dans Montréal, Québec, Canada.Source 10
• Un enfant de Heinrich Cord Berning et Anna Katharina Gundlach

Famille de Dorathea Berning

(1) Elle est mariée avec Samuel Austar Gosling.

Ils se sont mariés le 3 février 1912 à Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, elle avait 26 ans.

Enfant(s):

1. Henry S Gosling  1915-2007
2. Frederick Arthur Gosling  1916-1927

(2) Elle est mariée avec Arthur R Whittle.

Ils se sont mariés le 20 novembre 1926 à St. James, Manitoba, Canada, elle avait 41 ans.

Notes par Dorathea Berning

Baptism of the Children of Justus and Caroline Gundlach
A Mother’s Dying Wish?
Justus and Caroline Gundlach had four living children. Their oldest, Anna Katharina, was born in Elmannshausen, Germany, on 23 October 1858, prior to their emigration to the United States. Their other three were born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they settled. Christina was born on 31 March 1860, followed by Edward Justus on 9 July 1862, and Peter on 26 January 1865. There may have been another birth, or at least another pregnancy, that led to Caroline’s death at age 37 on 25 April 1870. Her death certificate says she died of complications resulting from “annatural and severe” childbirth. Another document lists the cause of death as “confinement,” a term used to refer to pregnancy or childbirth.
The records of St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church in Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, reveal that on Tuesday morning, 31 May 1870, Justus Gundlach brought his three younger children to the church to be baptized by Reverend Edward Webster Appleton. A notation in the record indicates that Caroline, their mother, is deceased. (If their sister, Anna Katharina, was present at the baptism she is not mentioned. We can assume that she was baptized in Eltmannshausen, Germany, in late 1858 or early 1859, before her family emigrated to the United States.)
The baptism must have been a very sad occasion for everyone. The children had recently lost their mother. Justus had now lost his second wife. (According to church records in Eltmannshausen, Germany, Justus’ first wife, Anna Martha Schlarbaum, died on 22 May 1857; and their infant son Heinrich died at the age of five months on 15 August 1857. Those same church records state that his marriage to Caroline Friedrich took place on 7 February 1858.)
Was it Caroline Gundlach’s dying wish that Justus have their children baptized? If so, Justus did what she asked of him. There was little else he would, or possibly could do for his children after that. Soon after the baptism, Christine was placed as a servant in the home of a widowed doctor named Brinton. And by July 1870, Edward and Peter were placed in the custody of the Northern Home for Friendless Children, where they were subsequently “farmed out” as bound boys to earn their keep.
The dissolution of their family must have been devastating to the children. Surely their mother’s death and their father’s abandonment had a profound impact on their lives. It is unknown whether Justus Gundlach ever reestablished contact with his children in Pennsylvania. The children did maintain contact with each other, and with their aunt and uncle, John and Catherine Fredericks. (John Fredericks, or Johann Friedrich, was Caroline Gundlach’s brother. He and his family also lived in Philadelphia.)
What happened to Justus and Anna Katharina Gundlach from May 1870 to 1880 is unknown. No record of Justus has been found after the 1870 federal census. He and Anna Katharina may have returned to Germany. He reappears in England for Anna Katharina’s (now Anna Catherine) wedding to Heinrich C. Berning in 1880. His whereabouts after that remains a mystery.

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