Clara Steurenthaler (1882 - 1945)

Born 27 Feb 1882 in Hinterzarten, Neustadt, Baden, Deutsches Reich

Ancestors

Died 14 Oct 1945 at age 63 in Hinterzarten, Neustadt, Baden, Französische Besatzungszone

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Biography

This profile is part of the Steurenthaler Name Study.

Clara was born in 1882, the daughter of Joseph Steurenthaler and Maria Wunderle from Zipfelhof.^[1]

She remained single and lived in Zipfelmühle with her other unmarried siblings.

Research Notes

Luise (Steurenthaler) Mechau saw the reason for Clara not being married in her coarse speech. Apparently when she was at the dance events in Bärental, the men left her standing alone as soon as she starting talking.^[2]

On the other hand Clara must have been quite good-looking if she was the woman portrayed in traditional Black Forest garb on postcard.^[3] The back of one surviving card shows that it was addressed to her nephew Edwin Wehrle while he was in the field during World War II.

Skiing competition

With these two stories in mind, one could also imagine, that Clara might have been the "Frl. Steurenthaler aus Hinterzarten", who won the women's race during the skiing contest on Feldberg in February 1901. Said "Fräulein" was ahead of Alice de Beauclair and Alice Brassert, both from Freiburg.^[4]

Assuming the "Fräulein" was at least 15 years old at the event and not older than 40 years, a search with WikiTree+ yields eight profiles, out of which two or three remain.

1. Agatha Maria Agatha Steurenthaler (born 1 Jan 1857) => passed away in 1865
2. Maria Anna Wehrle (Steurenthaler) (born 4 Apr 1859) => got married in 1883
3. Maria Theresia Steurenthaler (born 16 Sep 1862) => passed away in 1865
4. Marie Agatha Stoffel (Steurenthaler) (born 8 Dec 1869) => got married in 1889
5. Maria Theresia Wehrle (Steurenthaler) (born 6 Oct 1872) => got married in 1892
6. Maria Steurenthaler (born 3 Apr 1880) => gave birth to Paulina Steurenthaler in Feb 1900
7. Clara Steurenthaler (born 27 Feb 1882)
8. Luise Steurenthaler (born 12 Apr 1885)

Assuming that Maria would have been too busy with her baby and Luise would have been a little too young with 15 years, so Clara remains the most likely one.

Death

Clara's death date was not noted on her baptism record, so the authors of the unpublished Hinterzarten family book probably got it from a side note on her civil birth record (they only evaluated records up to 1900).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1678-1930", citing Baptism, Hinterzarten, Neustadt, Baden, Deutschland, , Erzbischöfliches Archiv Freiburg (Archbishop's Archives), Germany, FamilySearch Record: QYBT-DQ6Z (accessed 16 July 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-892X-164H Image number 00190, Clara Steurenthaler baptism on 27 Feb 1882, daughter of Joseph Steurenthaler & Maria Wunderle, in Hinterzarten, Neustadt, Baden, Deutschland.
2. ↑ told by Luise (Steurenthaler) Mechau to Florian Straub in November 2014
3. ↑ told by Luise (Steurenthaler) Mechau to Florian Straub on 9 August 2018
4. ↑ Badische Landeszeitung, 71, 12 February 1901 Mittagsblatt (Badische Landesbibliothek : accessed 16 April 2024)
5. ↑ Death: Hillard von Thiessen, Rüdiger Hitz: Anhang zu Band 3 der Hinterzartener Schriften "Familie, Arbeit und Alltag in Hinterzarten 1600 bis 1900", p. 214, #1974 (unpublished manuscript)