Peter Kirsch (abt. 1837 - 1877)

Born about 1837 in Oberkorn, Luxembourg

Husband of Catharine Schmidt — married 27 Apr 1862 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Husband of Gertrude Koelsch — married 29 Jun 1868 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died Sep 1877 at about age 40 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Peter Kirsch was born about 1837 in Luxembourg to Jacob Kirsch and Susanna Weber. Parents are named on his marriage record.

He came to the U.S. before 1862 and married Catharine Schmidt 27 Apr 1862. Witnesses to marriage were John Loser and Mathias Kirsch.^[1]

His wife, Catharine died in April 1868. They had one child, Mathias, born about 1866. Peter remarried Gertrude Koelsch 29 June 1868. Witnesses to marriage were John Loser and his daughter, Barbara Loser.^[2]

In 1873, Peter lived at 211 Orchard in Chicago (laborer). ^[3] He died in Sept. 1877.^[4]

Research Notes

For a long time, I thought that there may have been two Peter Kirsch's, born around the same time in the same place. This is because of the 1870 census. It shows Peter, with wife Catherine, son Mathias (b. 1865), and daughter Johanna (b. Jan. 1870). ^[5] I have a strong feeling that is wrong. First of all, I have never found any record for a Johanna Kirsch. Nothing. I never found another Mathias until the 1880 census, where he is living with widowed Gertrude, with a birth date of 1865.^[6] That was 3 years before Peter and Gertrude were married. There is also a son named Johan, born in 1870. I think that Johanna in the 1870 census was actually Johan (John). I am leaving this family alone for now, until sources come up that prove otherwise.

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925," "Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925,". https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12125-80986-28?cc=1452409&wc=M93W-HKR:1238418708
2. ↑ "Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925," St Michael Parish (Chicago: Cleveland Ave) > Marriages 1866-1915 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DT4S-NPF?i=43&cc=1452409
3. ↑ Ancestry.com U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011
4. ↑ "Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6273-GH7?cc=1452409&wc=M66G-KZ9%3A39908301%2C40083101 : 20 May 2014), St Francis of Assisi Parish (Chicago: Roosevelt Ave) > Deaths 1853-1877 > image 102 of 104; Catholic Church parishes, Chicago Diocese, Chicago.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67F-16X : 12 April 2016), Peter Kirsh, Illinois, United States; citing p. 199, family 1690, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,708.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXNK-YSP : 15 September 2017), Matthew Kirsch in household of Gertrude Kirsch, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 50, sheet 283A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0188; FHL microfilm 1,254,188.