Bertha J. (Sulsbaugh) Sultzbach (1869 - 1870)

Born 18 Feb 1869 in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Jun 1870 at age 1 in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Bertha J. (Sulsbaugh) Sultzbach died young.

This profile is part of the Sulzbach Name Study.

Bertha J. Sulsbaugh was the daughter of Jacob F. Sulsbaugh (Sultzbach) and his wife Rebecca. She was born 18 February 1869 in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Bertha J. Sulsbaugh died in Millersburg on 4 June 1870, age 1 year, 3 months, and 16 days old. She is buried in St. Davids Reformed Church Cemetery, Killinger, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Her gravestone is marked with the name Bertha J. Sulsbaugh, her death date, and her age at death.^[2]

She is enumerated in the 1870 U.S. Census as Bertha J. Sultzbach, age 1, residing in the Millersburg, Pennsylvania, household of Jacob Sultzbach and Rebecca E. Sultzbach, both age 31. Bertha was the only child in the household. She had died before the enumerator visited in August 1870, but the census was supposed to record everyone who had been living in each household as of 1 June 1870. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth date appears to be calculated from her age at death.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75704150/bertha-j-sulsbaugh: accessed 02 January 2024), memorial page for Bertha J. Sulsbaugh (18 Feb 1869–4 Jun 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75704150, citing Saint Davids Reformed Church Cemetery, Killinger, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Rich Lebo (contributor 47118453).
3. ↑ United States Census, 1870. Enumeration sheet for Millersburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1335; Page: 669A. Accessed on FamilySearch.org at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGV-RJQ and on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4278555_00462