Gertrude Kline

F, (circa 1781 - )
     Gertrude Kline was born circa 1781 at Alsace Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Henry Kline and Catharina [—?—]. Gertrude Kline married John Henry Hafer, age 22, son of Matthias Haëffer and Julia Schmid, on Tuesday, 4 June 1799 at Berks County, Pennsylvania. Gertrude Kline was buried in the Schwartzwald Church Cemetery, located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.1
     GERTRUDE KLINE. First wife of John Hafer. Buried at Schwartzwald Cemetary next to her husband. (Information source: Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Morton L. Montgomery, 1909, pp. 581.)

From Pamela Shenk, archive director - TCHS, 7/4/97. 'Johann Hafer m. (6/54/1799) to Gertraut Klein, of Berks County. Record is found in the Schwartzwald records, Berks, Co. There are numerous mention of other Hafers in these records as sponsrs for non-Hafer baptisms, viz. Haefers/Haeffer - Frederick, Catherina, Elizabeth, Issac, George, Magdelena, Anton...'

Children of Gertrude Kline and John Henry Hafer

  • George M. Hafer (14 Jun 1800 - 2 Mar 1879)
  • Daniel M. Hafer (1803 - 1853)
  • William Hafer2 (16 Oct 1804 - 24 Jun 1872)
  • Sarah Hafer (24 May 1807 - )
  • Anna Hafer (c 1810 - )
  • John Klein Hafer Hafer2 (11 Oct 1812 - 18 Aug 1895)
  • Matthias Klein Hafer2 (10 Sep 1816 - 31 Oct 1898)
  • Henry Hafer+ (4 Sep 1819 - 27 Nov 1903)
  • Levi Hafer (1823 - 19 Jul 1896)
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Citations

  1. [S120] Morton L. Montgomery, Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, Ill.: J. H. Beers & Co., 1909), p. 581.
  2. [S2109] Joan Hafer, Hafer / O'Lone Family Tree, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4165795/ ( page last updated 2010) viewed on 10 May 2011.