Sister Christina Singer

1846 - 1915  (68 years)

• Name	Christina Singer
  Prefix	Sister
  Born	23 Nov 1846	Ohio, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	7 Jul 1915	Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
  Buried	Our Lady of the Woods Convent Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I234289	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Franz Joseph Jakob Singer,   b. 14 Nov 1804, Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Pfalz ,   d. 22 Apr 1887, Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Maria Magdalena Zwick,   b. 9 Jun 1815, Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Pfalz ,   d. 2 Jan 1896, Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	2 Oct 1834	Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Pfalz, Bayern   [1]
  Family ID	F22756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Christina Singer was the first child of Jacob and Magdelena Zwick Singer born in the United States. Tradition has it that Christina made a promise that if her mother would recover from a serious illness that she would devote her life to the service of God; she then reportedly left her family farm home near Fulda, OH at age 15 and went to join the convent. Christina Singer was the first young woman from St. Mary's parish at Fulda to ever join the convent. (Source: Muth & Fox) According to family tradition, Sister Mary of the Victories was involved in the care of orphan children. (source: Muth & Fox) "Christina Singer, daughter of Jacob Singer and Magdalen Swick, born in Ohio, received the habit on November 21, 1866 at age 21 and took the name of Sister Mary of the Victories. This dear Sister died at the age of 70 years on July 7, 1915, in Cincinnati and was interred in our convent cemetery here at Our Lady of the Woods. No other information relative to this Sister is available in our archives." (source: Provincial Convent of the Good Shepard, Our Lady of the Woods, Cincinnati, OH) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Newspaper Story, July 1915 (source unknown) Mr. George Singer and Mrs. Fox of Noble County passed through Marietta for Cincinnati Thursday afternoon to attend the funeral of their sister, Sister Mary Victory of the Good Shepard Convent. She was a daughter of Jacob Singer of Noble County. The deceased at the time of her death was seventy years old and leaves three brothers and three sisters, George of Noble County, Sebass, of Braddock, PA, Adam of this city, Mrs. Anthony Muth of this city, Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Kathryn Heil, both of Noble County. She had been fifty-three years in the convent. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Friday morning at Cincinnati, Ohio.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Familienregister Bundenthal mit der Filialkirche Bruchweiler 1800 - 1875, Alfons Helfrich; Andreas Drieß, (Pirmasenser Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Familienforschung, September 2007), 240.