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Conrad Gebhard

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Birth	:	27 Apr 1820 Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Death	:	5 Mar 1877 Spencer County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, Evanston, Spencer County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.0583649, -86.8228149
Description	:	Spelling of given name was anglicized from Konrad to Conrad (spelling is Konrad on the immigration papers and the family immigration trunk). St. John Lutheran Church record indicates that Conrad is buried in the church cemetery, but specific gravesite is no longer known. The following information was compiled from the original immigration travel document, church and public records, and family records: Conrad Gebhard, born 27 April, 1820, in the village of Mergners in Bavaria, Germany, became a farmer. In the mid-19th Century, he and his wife Margaretha lived in Betzenstein, Germany (Betzensteinerhüll on original travel document;... Read More	Spelling of given name was anglicized from Konrad to Conrad (spelling is Konrad on the immigration papers and the family immigration trunk). St. John Lutheran Church record indicates that Conrad is buried in the church cemetery, but specific gravesite is no longer known. The following information was compiled from the original immigration travel document, church and public records, and family records: Conrad Gebhard, born 27 April, 1820, in the village of Mergners in Bavaria, Germany, became a farmer. In the mid-19th Century, he and his wife Margaretha lived in Betzenstein, Germany (Betzensteinerhüll on original travel document; in 20th century, Hüll is a separate small village near Betzenstein). They wanted relief from oppressive conditions and hoped for new opportunities, so they joined with three other families (Braun, Heberlein, and Lambeck) in a plan to move to America. With their five children and 59 year-old widow Barbara Gebhard, the Conrad Gebhard family initiated travel papers 19 April 1854, in Pegnitz, Germany. They embarked from the port of Bremen on a ship named George, and arrived in New York on 1 August 1854. The three older children (Georg 12 yrs., Leonhardt 9 yrs., and Kunigunde 5 yrs.) survived the voyage, but the two younger children (Johann 2 yrs., and Margaretha 3/4 yr.) are sadly recorded on the ship's passenger list as "died." Conrad's mother (likely the 59 year-old widow Barbara on the 1854 travel document) was known from family records to have been born 4 May 1794 and died 11 Sept. 1854. No official record has yet been found of her death or burial. The only information known about Conrad's father is that his name was Leonhardt; he is presumed to have died in Germany prior to the family immigration. The surviving family settled in Huff Township, Spencer County, IN, and took on farming in their new country. On 24 March 1856, Conrad filed his Citizen Naturalization Intention. On 19 September 1856, Margaretha gave birth to a sixth child Andreas Gottlieb. Yet a seventh child was born January 1859 (no record of day), and died 15 January 1859; a short three days after this baby's death, the mother Margaretha died. Burials were in Evanston, IN, St. John Lutheran Cemetery. Grave markers are assumed to have deteriorated, as there is no identification of their graves there today (they are among 147 death records kept by the church without corresponding grave markers). On the 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Conrad and the surviving four children were in the same household. Conrad was granted U.S. Citizenship on 12 October 1860. During this time, the U.S. was preparing for the Civil War (1861-1865). From these associated four families who had resolved to leave the tensions of Europe, some fought in this country's Union Army - the eldest Gebhard son Georg lost a leg from battle. On the 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Conrad and his children were still living together. Kunigunde married John Albrecht in 1871, and Leonhardt married Margaret Reese/Ries in 1875. Conrad died 5 March 1877, and was buried in Evanston, IN, St. John Lutheran Cemetery. In 1880 Andreas married Anna Braun, and in 1881 Georg married the widowed Catharine Ölberter Müller. All raised families, and many generations of descendants honor their memory.

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Conrad Gebhard's memorial is located at: Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, Evanston, Spencer County, USA.
When did Conrad Gebhard death?
Conrad Gebhard death on 5 Mar 1877 in Spencer County, Indiana, USA
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Latitude: 38.0583649
Longitude: -86.8228149

Family Members:

Spouse

Margaretha “Maggie” Gebhard

(1814 - 1859)

Children

Georg Gebhard

(1841 - 1910)

Leonhardt “Leonard/Leo” Gebhard

(1844 - 1913)

Kunigunde “Kunda” Gebhard Albrecht

(1849 - 1933)

Johann Gebhard

(1852 - 1854)

Margaretha Gebhard

(1853 - 1854)

Andreas Gottlieb “Andy” Gebhard

(1856 - 1931)

Infant Son Gebhard

(1859 - 1859)

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