Gertrude HUERTER

Gertrude married Anton SCHNEIDER, son of Nickolaus SCHNEIDER and Anna Catharina MARTINI, on 4 Jul 1826 in Kehrig, Prussia. (Anton SCHNEIDER was born on 23 Feb 1799 in Kehrig, Prussia and died on 24 Dec 1875 in New Trier Township, IL.)

  Marriage Notes:

He married Gertrude Huerter in Germany, 7/4/1826. Gertrude was born in Germany/Prussia 10/10/1798. She was the daughter of Peter Joseph Huerter and Maria Elizabeth Ackerman. Gertrude died 2/7/1863 in Gross Point, IL, at 64 years of age.
The marriage of Anton Schneider and Gertrude Huerter was recorded at the civil level on June 30, 1826, and with the church on July 4th. Above are copies of both manuscripts. The civil record is difficult to read and translate because of the old style of the handwriting itself, and the fact that it is in Old German script. Read the translation <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~schneiderjj/d0/astranslation.html"> here</a> (many thanks to Gerda Hansen and Josefine Anderson!).
The civil record is an important document because it identifies who the parents of Anton and Gertrude were.
Loosely translated, it does provide the following information:
1. Anton Schneider was born in Kehrig on February 23, 1799. He is the son of Nickolaus Schneider, a farrier (blacksmith), who died November 5, 1822, and Anna Catharina Martini, who was still living and present.
2. Gertrude Huerter was born in Kehrig October 10, 1798. She is the daughter of Peter Joseph Huerter, a farmer, who died March 14, 1807, and Elizabeth Ackermann, who was still living and present.
3. The witnesses were: a) Johannes Bermal, 52 year old brother-in-law of the bride; b) Martin Huerter, 32 year old brother of the bride; c) Martin Ackermann, 59 year old uncle (brother of the mother of the bride); d) Anton Porsch, not related to the couple.
4. The two mothers could not sign the document because they were not capable of writing.
Note: There is a point of interest that among the children of Peter Joseph Huerter and Elizabeth they had a son Adam, and a daughter by the name of Gertrude. Adam Huerter married Maria Catharina Diewald and they had a son named Paul. Gertrude Huerter married Anton Schneider and had a daughter named Dorothea. Paul Huerter married Dorothea Schneider having been granted a dispensation by the church for being second cousins.