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• Name: Magdelaine Weidert
• Census: 11 Jun 1880, Jones Township, Elk, PA
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, Jones Township, Elk, PA
• Census: 15 Apr 1910, Jones Township, Elk, PA

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Census:
1880 census at Jones Township, Elk, PA shows: Magdalena Pistner, 41, keeping house and farm, born HOLLAND, parents b. HOLLAND/HOLLAND; children all b. PA: Mary, 19; George, 12; Peter, 9; William, 7; Charles, 2.

Census:
1900 census at Jones Township, Elk, PA lists: Maggie Pistner, b. Jun 1838, age 61, b. HOLLAND, parents b. HOLLAND, farmer, immigrated 1848, in country 52 years; children b. PA: Peter, b. Dec 1871, age 28, farm laborer; Char., b. Jun 1877, age 22, telegraph operator.

Census:
1910 census at Jones Township, Elk, PA shows: Magdalena Pistner, 72, widow, 7 children/6 living, b. GERMANY,parents b. GERMANY/GERMANY; Peter J., 38, married 8 years, b. PA, parents b. GER/GER; Mary, 28, b. PA, parents b. PA/PA, married 8 years, 3 children/3 living, children all b. PA: Herbert 6; Francis, 4,female; Michael, 2.

The 1910 census lists, Francis, age 4 as a grandaughter to the head of household and Michael, 2 as a grandson to the head of household. The 1920 census clearly lists, Francis, 14 as a son to Peter and Monxxxx(illegible), 12 as a daughter to Peter.

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Magdelaine married Joseph PISTNER on 5 Sep 1859. Joseph (son of George Adam PISTNER and Elizabeth UNKNOWN) was born on 25 Feb 1835 in Bavaria, GERMANY; died on 26 Oct 1878 in Elk Co., PA; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Rasselas, Elk, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Barbara PISTNER was born on 16 Nov 1860 in PA; died on 22 Aug 1950 in Buffalo, Erie, NY; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Rasselas, Elk, PA.
2. Veronica PISTNER was born on 30 Mar 1863; died on 17 Aug 1866; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Rasselas, Elk, PA.
3. George John PISTNER was born on 22 Jun 1867 in PA; died on 13 Jan 1927 in Bennezette Township, Elk, PA; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Rasselas, Elk, PA.
4. Peter Joseph PISTNER was born on 10 Dec 1870 in PA; died on 22 Apr 1954; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Rasselas, Elk, PA.
5. William Frederick PISTNER was born on 6 Apr 1873 in PA; died on 9 Jan 1933 in PA; was buried on 11 Jan 1933 in St. Catherine's Cemetery, DuBois, Clearfield, PA.
6. Charles Andrew PISTNER was born on 23 Jun 1877 in PA; died on 9 Dec 1958; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Rasselas, Elk, PA.

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• Birth: 12 May 1793, Tuntange, Mersch, LUXEMBOURG
• Immigratn: 30 May 1847
• Immigratn: 2 Aug 1847
• Census: 6 Aug 1850, Jones Township, Elk, PA

Notes:

Note:
The locality of Tuntange (French suffix for village is -ange, while German is -ingen) is also recorded Tuntingen and Tintingen. Their oldest daughter was married to a Johann Metz on February 11, 1846. They preceded the rest of the family over to the US. Bill does not know if they were scouting things out, but probably so. The family left Luxembourg in 1847. They travelled to the French port of Le Harve and boarded the S.S. Monterey. They arrived in New York City on August 1, 1847. Bill writes: Bernard was a carpenter by trade, which is revealing. Aside from Luxembourg being a poor country at the time, the family land over the generations had been divided up into smaller and smaller plots. Assuming that Bernard was not the first born male, he may have had no land, which would have put him a notch down on the economic ladder. Makes you wonder how he managed to feed that crowd. He and his wife probably moved to provide opportunity for their children. I see that Bernard only lived a few years after arriving here. He obviously had some money, though, or they could not have made the trip. Amazing that no one died on the journey. I do not recall the name of the church in Tuntange. It is a very small village with no commercial area. All farming from what I could see on a 2 hour visit. Patton's 3rd Army steamrollered through there on the way north to stop the last German offensive in the Battle of the Bulge. I visited the American cemetery in Hamm where Patton is buried. He is where he would want to be - at the head of his troops. The Weidert family is mentioned in the note for George Markert 2nd, in connection with the location of the school in Rasselas, PA. The settlers built Holy Cross Catholic Church in Rasselas, but this project was undertaken shortly after the death of Bernard Weidert in 1855. Dennis Brown 1/21/02

Immigratn:
When Bernard was born Luxembourg had been incorporated into France as the Department of Forests. In 1813 he was conscripted into the French Army. After Napoleon's defeat he was discharged in the spring of 1814 by the Allies. He and wife Marie decided to emigrate to the US with their 12 children in 1847. They sailed from Le Havre, France on the S.S. Monterey, landing in New York in August of 1847. With anti-Catholic sentiment on the East Coast they moved inland and settled in Elk County, PA with other emigrants, primarily from Germany. He worked as a tanner in Smithport, PA where thousands of buffalo hides were processed from the Great Plains for decades until the herds were destroyed finally in the 1880's. He died at age 61 of unknown causes.

Immigratn:
Bernard and Marie arrived at the Port of New York on August 2, 1847 having set sail from Le Havre, France. The passenger list includes: Bernard, 52 and Marie, 49 and their 11 children: Mary, 24; Barbara, 23; Catherine, 21; Michael, 19; Peter, 17; John, 14; Elizabeth, 11; Magdelaine, 9; Marie, 6; William, 3; Madelaine, 1.

Census:
1850 census at Jones Township, Elk, PA shows: Bernard Weidert (indexed as Wedart) 56, farmer, b. GERMANY; Mary, 52, b. GERMANY; children b. GERMANY: Peter 18, laborer; John 15, laborer; Lucy, 14; Lena, 12; Mary, 10; William, 8; Lany, 4. Also enumerated is , John Myers, 34, teamster, b. GERMANY; Mary, 27, b. GERMANY; children b. PA: Peter, 2, Barbara 1.

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Bernard married Maria BODEVIN on 19 Feb 1821. Maria (daughter of Johann BODEVIN and Magdalena HOFFMAN) was born on 1 Nov 1798 in Tuntange, Mersch, LUXEMBOURG; died on 12 Oct 1884 in Rasselas, Elk, PA; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Rasselas, Elk, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigratn: 2 Aug 1847

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Immigratn:
Bernard and Marie arrived at the Port of New York on August 2, 1847 having set sail from Le Havre, France. The passenger list includes: Bernard, 52 and Marie, 49 and their 11 children: Mary, 24; Barbara, 23; Catherine, 21; Michael, 19; Peter, 17; John, 14; Elizabeth, 11; Magdelaine, 9; Marie, 6; William, 3; Madelaine, 1.

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Theodore Weidert

Theodore married Anna Maria BROSIUS. Anna was born in 1755 in Garnich, Capellen, LUXEMBOURG; died on 21 May 1840 in Tuntange, Mersch, LUXEMBOURG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Magdalena HOFFMAN. Magdalena was born (WFT est 1756-1779); died on 10 Nov 1843 in Tuntange, Mersch, LUXEMBOURG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]