Magdalena Arth (1816)

Born 1816 in Selz, Kutschurgan, Kherson, Russian Empire

Wife of Valentin Bertsch — married 3 Nov 1836 in Selz, Kutschurgan, Kherson, Russian Empire

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Selz, Kutschurgan, Kherson, Russian Empire

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Magdalena Arth was a Black Sea German.

Selz

Selz is a village located in the Kutschurgan district of Odessa, Russia now Ukraine.

Selz / Limanskoye, Kutschurgan, Odessa, Russia (Lat: 46.6802N, Long: 29.9744E) is now called Lymans'ke, Odes'ka, Ukraine. D. G. Bender. ^[1]

Biography

Marriage

Valentin Bertsch, a widower, 22, son of Franz Bertsch and Anna Maria Hari, and Magdalena Arth, 20, daughter of Johannes Arth and Anna Maria Schweitzer, were married in the parish church of Selz on the 3rd of November 1836. Benedikt Zarenba officiated and Georg Arth and Andreas Reiss were witnesses of the union^[2].

Mentioned in daughter's birth record: Michael Jakob, son of Michael Jakob and Magdalena Halter, and Eva Bertsch, daughter of Valentin Bertsch and Magdalena Arth, were married on 13th of May 1863 in the colony of Selz. ^[3]

Census

1852 Kutschurgan Census- Selz^[4]

HH# 86

• Laurentius (m) 44
• Franziska (f) 41
• Katharina (f) 14
• Maria (f) 4
• Margareta (f) 2
• Valentin (m) 37
• Magdalena (f) 36
• Josef (m) 14
• Georg (m) 7
• Franz (m) 2
• Marianna (f) 11
• Eva (f) 10

Sources

1. ↑ See the PDF list in the bottom right corner. D. G. Bender. Germans from Russia and Eastern Europe Settlement Locations
2. ↑ Church archives from Germans from Russia Heritage Society. https://www.grhs.org/pages/home
3. ↑ Church archives from Germans from Russia Heritage Society. https://www.grhs.org/pages/home
4. ↑ 1852 Kutschurgan Census from Germans from Russia Heritage Society; https://www.grhs.org/pages/kut-census-p