Barbara Josepha (Rumpel) Huefner (1848 - 1915)

Born 18 Nov 1848 in Oberriedenberg, Brückenau, Bayern, Deutscher Bund [uncertain]

Wife of Karl (Hüfner) Huefner — married May 1874 in Huefner, Knox Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1915 at age 67 in Knox Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Florian Straub [send private message]

Biography

Barbara Josepha Rumpel was born on 19 November 1848 in Oberriedenberg, Brückenau, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, as daughter and first child of farmer ("Bauer") Peter Rumpel and his wife Ursula Büchner. She was baptized on the same day. Her godmother was Barbara Josepha Dorn.^[1]

In 1853 she came to the US.^[2]

In May 1874 she married Karl Hüfner in Huefner, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. They had five own children and an adopted son named James Lutz.^[2]

Her husband passed away in 1903.^[3]

She passed away in 1915 in Know Township, Clarion County, and was interred on Saint Cemetery in Lucinda.^[4][5]

Research notes

• todo: check number of children and origins from census records

Maiden / previous name

Her FindAGrave profile states her name as "Barbara Josephine Tritsch Huefner",^[5] but unfortunately without any sources. Her husband's obituary, however, mentions that he married Barbara Tritsch.^[3]

Her death record states her father as J. Brumbaugh, which was probably written by an English native speaker hearing a German name. It might be "Brombach".^[4]

• todo: take a closer look at Frederick D. Brumbaugh (1824-1913) and his family

G Eakin says, that she doesn't know the correct last name for Barbara. She has seen it as Tritsch and also Rumple. If her last name was Rumple, G. has her parents listed as J Brumbaugh and Ursula Rumple and her birth place as "Obereir, Wurtenberg, Germany". In the family group sheet by Janet E. Staab OSB (1937-2017) below those typed words, there's a handwritten note, that says "Oberriedenberg", which matches the baptism record and Unterriedenberg, the birth place of Ursula's husband Karl Hüfner.

There is a Barbara Rummel, who was born about 1848, immigrating to the US in 1853 with her family.^[6] This at least matches the year of immigration from the 1900 census.^[2]

The 1860 census has a Barbra Trich, being daughter of Peter Trich and his wife Ursula (sic!) from Bavaria, living in Washington County.^[7] This is the neighboring county of Knox County, where Barbara married Charles Huefner.

The 1870 census (one year before this Barbara married Charles Huefner) has a Barbara Rumple, 20 years old, working/living in a hotel in the same county.^[8] She is stated as being a Pennsylvania native, but given the even age, that might be slightly off, both might have been estimates with her being absent.

Sources

1. ↑ Diözesanarchiv Würzburg, Amtsbücher aus Pfarreien 4066, Fiche 4, Riedenberg, Band 2, Bild 6
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 30; FHL microfilm: 1241395; Record number: 5096;
   FamilySearch Record: M39L-HXS (accessed 3 November 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DBL9-W8N Image number 00107
   Barbara Huefner (51), wife, in household of Charles Huefner (50) in Knox Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Germany.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Obituary Chas. Huefner. The Clarion Democrat, 9 April 1903 (scan at newspapers.com, also available at Find A Grave: Memorial #239825901)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Certificate of death, County of Clarion, Township of Knox, Registration District #375, File #116000, Registered #39 (included in Find A Grave: Memorial #239604715)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239604715/barbara-josephine-huefner: accessed 02 November 2022), memorial page for Barbara J. Huefner (18 Nov 1848–17 Dec 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #239604715, citing Saint Joseph Cemetery, Lucinda, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Kim (contributor 46999453) .
6. ↑ Passenger List: "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891"
   citing Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897; Affiliate Publication Number: M237; Affiliate Film Number: 125; FHL microfilm: 000175481;
   FamilySearch Record: 275X-9LD (accessed 3 November 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 939V-5K9N-Q3 Image number 00165
   Name: Barbara Rummel; Immigration Date: 1853; Immigration Place: New York County, New York, United States; Nationality: Germany; Birth Date: 1848; Birth Place: Germany; Age: 5; Ship Name: Maria Theresia.
7. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 24; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 1095; FHL microfilm: 805095; Record number: 24685;
   FamilySearch Record: MXP2-SFH (accessed 3 November 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSZ-9G2S Image number 00696
   Barbra Trich (11) in Washington Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Bavaria Germany.
8. ↑ 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
   citing Page: 21; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 25; FHL microfilm: 000552825; Record number: 27303;
   FamilySearch Record: MZGH-C7M (accessed 3 November 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6WKF-9H Image number 00709
   Barbara Rumple (20) in Washington Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.

Acknowledgements

• Vanessa Hecker for organizing the baptism record