Sophia A. Karl

b. 7 August 1853, d. 16 February 1939
  • Sophia A. Karl was born on 7 August 1853.
  • She was baptized/christened on 14 August 1853 in Freimersheim, Rheinhessen, in der katholischen Kirche.
  • Sophia A. Karl arrived circa 1868, according to the 1910 and 1920 censuses.
  • Sophia A. Karl arrived in the Port of New York on 13 May 1870, accompanied by Eleonora Ringwald aboard the Anchor Line Steamer Dorian from Bremen. It is an educated guess that Sophia was the daughter of Georg Anton Karl and Sophia Dexheimer, traveling with Eleonora Karl her children, Philippina, Anna and Mathias, whose relationship to Sophia is not yet known.
  • She married Max Hartmann, son of Edward Hartmann and Auguste Bredow, on 14 July 1874 in Manhattan, New York.
  • Max Hartmann and Sophia A. Karl appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in New York City, New York, at Concord Avenue and one female domestic servant.. Other members of the household included Edward M. Hartmann, Albert F. Hartmann and Edward Hartmann.
  • Max Hartmann and Sophia A. Karl appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Bronx, New York, at 1391 Washington Avenue. Other members of the household included Edward M. Hartmann, Albert F. Hartmann, Ingo F. Hartmann, Grover Cleveland Hartmann and Adeline Selma Hartmann.
  • Max Hartmann and Sophia A. Karl appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Bronx, New York, at 1391 Washington Avenue. Other members of the household included Edward M. Hartmann, Grover Cleveland Hartmann, Robert G. Gibson and Adeline Selma Hartmann.
  • Max Hartmann and Sophia A. Karl appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Bronx, New York, at 2151 Morris Avenue. Other members of the household included Grover Cleveland Hartmann.
  • Sophia A. Karl became a widow at the 23 July 1929 death of her husband Max Hartmann.
  • Sophia A. Karl appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Bronx, New York, at 2011 Morris Avenue.
  • Sophia A. Karl died on 16 February 1939 at age 85 in Kings County, New York.
  • Last Edited: 15 Nov 2010

Family: Max Hartmann b. circa April 1848, d. 23 July 1929