Francis Joseph Burkhart

1860 - 1940  (80 years)

• Name	Francis Joseph Burkhart
  Nickname	Frank
  Born	20 Jan 1860	Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Mar 1940	Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I100856	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Johannes Wendelin Burkhart,   b. 21 Jun 1797, Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Pfalz ,   d. 14 Jan 1875, Burkhart, Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Katharina Sternagel,   b. 1836, Bayern ,   d. 15 Jan 1885, Ohio, USA  (Age 49 years)
  Married	1856
  Family ID	F12066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Singer,   b. 22 Jan 1864, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 11 Oct 1907, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 43 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1883	Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Herman Eugene Burkhart,   b. 0Nov 1884, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA   2. Henry John Burkhart,   b. 30 Dec 1885, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 3 May 1921, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 35 years)   3. Ida Margaret Burkhart,   b. 23 Oct 1888, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 6 Sep 1946, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 57 years)   4. Bernetta Margaret Burkhart,   b. 25 Jul 1891, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 0Jul 1978, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 86 years)   5. Joseph Anthony Burkhart,   b. 26 Feb 1893, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 17 Sep 1951, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 58 years)   6. Marie Cathryn Burkhart,   b. 1 Oct 1895, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 25 Oct 1968, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 73 years)   7. Edward Valentine Burkhart,   b. 11 Jun 1897, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 25 Aug 1965, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 68 years)   8. Helen Burkhart,   b. 1902, West Virginia, USA
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F39230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Wheeling WV city directory entries for Joseph F Burkhart and Joseph Burkhart, which him at 189 14th St, 2nd floor, in 1890-91, which is the same address listed for Charles W Wertzberger (1st floor) and for Louis J Wertzberger (2nd floor); Joseph is listed at 189 14th St in 1892-93 directories. In 1900, Joseph Burkhart (40) owned a home at 150 Alley 16 in the Union District of Wheeling, West Virginia. Living in the household were his wife, Maggie (36) and children Herman (15), Henry (14), Ida (11), Bernetta (8), Joseph (6), Mana (4) and Edward (2). Only Ida and Bernetta attended school. Joseph and Maggie had been married for 16 years. He worked as an annealer in a rolling mill, but he had been unemployed for three months during the previous year. Joseph was born in Ohio to German parents. According to the census, Maggie was a native of Ohio. Her father was German, and her mother was born in Pennsylvania. All of the children were born in West Virginia. The house next door belong to the family of William Flading. Willaim's son Edward later married Bernetta Burkhart. In 1910, widower Frank Burkhart (50) owned a home at 1717 Wood St., Wheeling, WV. He lived with his children Henry (24), Nettie (19), Joseph (16), Maria (14), Edward (12) and Helen (7). Only Helen attended school. Frank was a "healer" (?) at an iron mill. According to the census, everyone in the household was born in West Virginia, as were their the children's parents. Frank's parents were German. Charles Rauscher and his wife rented a portion of the home from the Burkharts. At the time of the 1920 census, Joseph Burkhart Sr. (60) still lived at 1717 Wood St., Wheeling, WV. Living in the home were his daughter Helen (23), son Joseph Jr. (26) and daughter-in-law Ella (23). Joseph Sr. was a laborer in a tin mill. Daughter Nettie Singer Flading lived in the same house. His sister-in-law, Mary Singer Bauer lived nearby. Several other families with ties to Monroe and Noble Counties in Ohio were listed on the same page of the census in 1910 and 1920 (Witsberger and Cornett). In 1930, Joseph (70) still lived at 1717 Wood St. The head of household was his son-in-law, Edward Flading, who was married to Joseph's daughter Nettie. Joseph worked as a laborer at a corragating company. The Fladings rented the house for $10 a month. Accordign to the census, Frank Burkhart was born in Ohio to German parents. In the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census records, the Burkharts were recorded near or next to the family of John A. Witzberger. John Witzberger was married to Frank Burkhart's sister Margaret.