Margaret Anna Muench1
F, #6663, b. 14 December 1842, d. 5 February 1913
Last Edited=3 Jan 2022
Margaret Anna Muench is also referred to as Rebecca Minnig, as well as Annie M., and Marguerite' Maiden name also given as "Minnich" in sme sources in some sources.2,3,4,5 She was born on 13 December 1842.2,6,7 Some sources record that Margaret Anna Muench was born on 14 December 1842, Dauphin County, PA. She was the daughter of Jacob DeWald Muench and Salome Meyer. As of 1860,her married name was Klinger. Some sources suggest that Margaret Anna Muench and Peter Klinger were married in 1860, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA. Margaret Anna Muench married Peter Klinger on 7 March 1861, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.4,1 Margaret Anna Muench died on 5 February 1913, at age 70.
Newspaper obituary:
Mrs. Peter Klinger, dietd on Wednesday night after an illness of dropsy accompanied with other complications, She was a consistent and faithful member of the Reformed church of Pillow and leaves to survive: her husband, Peter Klinger, an invalid, but a great army record; the following children: Mrs. Louis Hoffman, Gratz; Mrs. Daniel Keboch, Mrs. John Snyder, Lykens Twp; Mrs. Bohner, Sinking Springs Reading; Mrs. Milton Buffington, Loyalton, George and Charles at home. Funeral services were held at Pillow, Rev. Brown, officiating and William Bowman in charge.
Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 13 Feb 1913, Thu, Page 4.8
She was buried at Grandview Cemetery, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.2
Newspaper obituary:
Mrs. Peter Klinger, dietd on Wednesday night after an illness of dropsy accompanied with other complications, She was a consistent and faithful member of the Reformed church of Pillow and leaves to survive: her husband, Peter Klinger, an invalid, but a great army record; the following children: Mrs. Louis Hoffman, Gratz; Mrs. Daniel Keboch, Mrs. John Snyder, Lykens Twp; Mrs. Bohner, Sinking Springs Reading; Mrs. Milton Buffington, Loyalton, George and Charles at home. Funeral services were held at Pillow, Rev. Brown, officiating and William Bowman in charge.
Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 13 Feb 1913, Thu, Page 4.8
She was buried at Grandview Cemetery, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.2
| Father* | Jacob DeWald Muench |
| Mother* | Salome Meyer |
Children of Margaret Anna Muench and Peter Klinger
- Maude E. Klinger+ b. Nov 1877, d. 3 May 1952
- Charles Monroe Klinger+ b. 9 Jul 1878, d. 26 Mar 1956
Citations
- [S1203] Gratz Historical Society History of Lykens Township, II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Sunbury Press, 2017), p. 165. Hereinafter cited as Lykens Township History II.
- [S60] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Schuylkill County (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 3rd edition 1998), p. 130. Hereinafter cited as Schuylkill County Burials.
- [S190] 1870 US Census, Lykens Twp., Dauphin County, PA; Roll: M593_1335; Page: 532; Image: 181.
- [S285] 1900 U.S. Census, Lykens Twp., Dauphin County, PA: T623 1401; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 40.
- [S1140] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online www.ancestry.com, , SSN: 201182603; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…
- [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
- [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 288. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Mrs. Peter Kinger, Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 13 Feb 1913, Thu, Page 4.