Bertha (Steinhauer) Pennington (1862 - 1936)

Born 5 Apr 1862 in Germany

Wife of Little Berry Pennington — married about 24 May 1888 in Moniteau, Missouri, United States

Died 25 Apr 1936 at age 74 in California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Bertha was born in Germany and immigrated to the US in 1867.

She married Little Berry Pennington on May 24, 1888 in Moniteau Co MO. They had 5 known children, my great-grandmother, Virgie Minnie Pennington, being the only one to survive childhood.

Early Life

Family

Occupation

Death & Legacy

Flag Spring Cemetery, California, Moniteau Co., MO

Note: Headstone gives death year as 1935, but death certificate says 1936. ^[1]

Timeline

1870 census Moniteau Co MO

Steinhauer B 44 male b.Germany (age discrepancy)

" H 30 female b.Germany

" B 8 female b.Germany

" I 6 female b.Germany

1900 census Moniteau Co MO

Pennington Little B head Sept 1865 34 MO KY KY farmer

" Bertha wife Apr 1862 38 Germany Germany Germany imm.1867

" Virgie dau Jun 1891 8 MO MO Germany

" Levi father Jun 1830 69 KY NC SC

1910 census Moniteau Co MO

Pennington Little B 44 MO KY KY carpenter

" Bertha wife 48 Germany Germany Germany

Research Notes

Would dearly love to have a picture of Bertha. Any pictures my grandmother and great grandmother may have had were destroyed in house fires.

Disputed Origins

Sources

1. ↑ Source; Deb Claussen

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.