Anna Magdalena Dexheimer

b. 21 September 1826, d. 19 December 1910

Anna Magdalena Dexheimer Scheck, 1826-1910
  • Anna Magdalena Dexheimer was born on 21 September 1826 in Biebelnheim, Rheinhessen.
  • The 27 September 1826 baptism of Anna Magdalena Dexheimer was recorded in the Reformed churchbooks of Biebelnheim, Rheinhessen. Sponsor was Anna Magdalena Dexheimer.
  • Anna Magdalena Dexheimer arrived circa 1850, according to the 1900 census.
  • She married Georg Heinrich Scheck, son of Johann Jakob Scheck and Anna Katharina Bubigöfer, on 6 June 1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with Rev. William Julius Mann, of St. Michael's and Zion Lutheran Church, officiating.
  • Georg Heinrich Scheck and Anna Magdalena Dexheimer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Spring Garden, Ward 5, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Their household actually was enumerated on 12 August 1850.
  • A "gem" tintype photograph of Anna Magdalena Dexheimer Scheck is treasured by her great great grandson Albert Geiser.
  • Georg Heinrich Scheck and Anna Magdalena Dexheimer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included George H. Scheck, Louisa Scheck, Amelia Scheck, Pauline Scheck, Matilda Scheck and Adeline Scheck.
  • In 25 February 1865, Anna Magdalena Dexheimer and Georg Heinrich Scheck were living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 815 North 4th Street when their daughter Christine died.
  • Georg Heinrich Scheck and Anna Magdalena Dexheimer, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included George H. Scheck, Louisa Scheck, Pauline Scheck, Matilda Scheck, Adeline Scheck, William Scheck and Wilhelmina Scheck.
  • Georg Heinrich Scheck and Anna Magdalena Dexheimer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 1316 Ogden Street. Other members of the household included Matilda Scheck, Adeline Scheck, William Scheck, Wilhelmina Scheck, Joseph R. Turner, Louisa Scheck, William Henry Turner and Joseph Constant Turner.
  • Sisters Elisabeth Dexheimer Kammerer and Magdalena Dexheimer Scheck posed for a photographic portrait sometime during the 1880s.
  • In 1893, Anna Magdalena Dexheimer and Georg Heinrich Scheck were living in Hurffville, Gloucester County, New Jersey, at 829 Geary Street when their daughter Louisa Turner died on 20 March 1893.
  • The following appeared on 23 March 1893 in The Philadelphia Inquirer: [Died] Suddenly, on the 20th instant, at Hurtville, N. J., Louisa, wife of Joseph R. Turner, and daughter of George H. and L. Scheck. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Thursday, 23d, at 2 o'clock, from her parents' residence, 829 Geary street.
  • Anna Magdalena Dexheimer became a widow at the between 1893 and 1900 death of her husband Georg Heinrich Scheck.
  • John Dehler and Pauline Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 2041 Turner Street. Other members of the household included Anna Magdalena Dexheimer, Horace John Dehler and Louisa Turner.
  • John Morgan and Wilhelmina Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 3330 West 15th Street. Other members of the household included Anna Magdalena Dexheimer, Edith M. Morgan, Myrtle M. Morgan and Wilhelmina M. Morgan.
  • Anna Magdalena Dexheimer died on 19 December 1910 at age 84 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 3330 West 15th Street . Hier death was officially witnessed by John Morgan.
  • She was interred at Fernwood Cemetery, Fernwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  • The following appeared on 21 December 1910 in The Philadelphia Inquirer: [Died] On Dec. 19, 1910, Magdalena D. Scheck, aged 86 years. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend funeral service, at her late residence, 330 N. 15th st. Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment private.
  • Photographs of present-day Biebelnheim.
  • Ruth Hoffman treasured a small collection of greeting cards and postcards received during her childhood from distant family in Philadelphia, whom she supposed to be Dexheimer descendants: Louisa and Katie Heldt were daughters of Philippina Dexheimer Heldt, and Wilhelmina, Myrtle and Edith Morgan, and Horace Dehler were grandchildren of Philippina's elder sister Magdalena Dexheimer Scheck. Edna Rogers was a niece of Eugene Rogers, husband of Magdalena's daughter Adeline.
  • Last Edited: 30 Apr 2015

Family: Georg Heinrich Scheck b. 5 November 1819, d. between 1893 and 1900