Bertha (Begerow) Ambelang was born in the Province of Pomerania, Prussia
Henriette Wilhelmine Bertha Begerow was born 24 July1850. She was Baptized in Bublitz, Pomerania, Prussia in the Lutheran Church on 18 Aug 1850.[1]
She emigrated to the United States in her early years, and met her lifelong husband Carl Frederick Franz Ambelang They married on 7 Nov 1869 in Chariton, Lucas, Iowa.. The couple would be the parents of 12 children, the last two daughters dying near the times of birth.
She died on 01 January 1892, in Lucas, Iowa, United States. [2], and was buried in the family plot of Chariton Cemetery, Chariton, Lucas, Iowa, United States.[3]
Published Death Notice
Wife of Carl Franz "Frank" Ambelang
DEATH NOTICE
:THE CHARITON HERALD
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, January 7, 1892
Mr. Frank Ambelang, of Benton township, has borne a double portion of sorrow during the past week. On last Wednesday he lost his mother after a siege of Lagrippe, and on Friday his beloved wife bade adieu to this world, ushered out by the same disease. Several other members of the family are bedfast and in critical condition. [3]
↑ "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMF-TFLJ : 12 March 2018), Bertha Ambelang, 01 Jan 1892; citing Death, Lucas, Iowa, United_States, page 10, offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,009,245.
↑ 3.03.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43744893/bertha-ambelang : accessed 04 January 2022), memorial page for Bertha Bergerow Ambelang (23 Jul 1850–1 Jan 1892), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43744893, citing Chariton Cemetery, Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Skip (contributor 46976613) .
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD21-B4Z : 11 August 2017), Bertha Ambelang in household of Frank Ambelang, Benton and Warren, Lucas, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 106, sheet 527D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,352.
"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR8M-4PJ : 1 April 2020), Bertha Ambelang in entry for Ambelang, 9 Sep 1880; citing Lucas, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,009,244.
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