Margaretha Dexheimer
b. 13 January 1820, d. 6 April 1904
- Father: Johann Jacob Dexheimer b. 27 October 1783, d. 4 June 1877
- Mother: Anna Margaretha Hofmann b. 12 October 1785, d. 26 July 1861
- Margaretha Dexheimer was born on 13 January 1820 in Biebelnheim, Rheinhessen.
- She was baptized/christened on 16 January 1820 in Biebelnheim, Rheinhessen, Sponsor was Margaretha, daughter of Johannes Brand.
- She married Georg Kaffenberger say 1840.
- Johann Jacob Dexheimer and Anna Margaretha Hofmann, accompanied by Margaretha Dexheimer, Philippina Dexheimer, Georg Kaffenberger, Philippine Kaffenberger, Maria Kaffenberger and Valentine Kämmerer, departed circa 30 September 1854 from the Port of Le Havre aboard the ship Westmoreland, a voyage of 27 days.
- Johann Jacob Dexheimer and Anna Margaretha Hofmann arrived in the Port of New York on 26 October 1854, accompanied by Margaretha Dexheimer, Philippina Dexheimer, Georg Kaffenberger, Philippine Kaffenberger, Maria Kaffenberger and Valentine Kämmerer.
- Georg Kaffenberger and Margaretha Dexheimer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included Philippine Kaffenberger, Maria Kaffenberger, George Kaffenberger and Louis Kaffenberger.
- In 5 March 1861, Margaretha Dexheimer and Georg Kaffenberger were living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 6 Pleasant Street at the time of death of their stillborn daughter in March 1861.
- Georg Kaffenberger and Margaretha Dexheimer, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included George Kaffenberger, Louis Kaffenberger and Henry Kaffenberger.
- Margaretha Dexheimer became a widow at the 5 December 1870 death of her husband Georg Kaffenberger.
- Maximillian Crees and Philippine Kaffenberger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 916 Ridge Avenue West Side and also Corinne Lillie, age 50, born in Vienna.. Other members of the household included Margaretha Dexheimer, Deborah L. Crees, Echetta crees, Louis Kaffenberger and Henry Kaffenberger.
- Margaretha Dexheimer appeared in the 1885 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, City Directory at 716 North 9th Street.
- Margaretha Dexheimer appeared in the 1890 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, City Directory at 716 North 9th Street.
- Maximillian Crees and Philippine Kaffenberger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 713 North 9th Street and also four boarders.. Other members of the household included Margaretha Dexheimer, Deborah L. Crees.
- Margaretha Dexheimer died on 6 April 1904 at age 84 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 713 North 9th Street.
- She was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1951, following acquisition of the cemetery by the City of Philadelphia, some of the graves were moved to the Memorial Park section of Lawnview Cemetery, in Rockledge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and some were removed to Philadelphia's Mount Peace Cemetery.
- Photographs of present-day Biebelnheim.
- Last Edited: 22 Mar 2015
Family: Georg Kaffenberger b. circa March 1822, d. 5 December 1870
- Philippine Kaffenberger+ b. 7 January 1850, d. between 1910 and 1920
- Maria Kaffenberger b. circa 1853, d. 1854
- George Kaffenberger+ b. circa 1856
- Louis Kaffenberger+ b. March 1859
- Daughter Kaffenberger b. circa 4 March 1861, d. circa 4 March 1861
- Henry Kaffenberger+ b. April 1863