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Elisabeth <I>Gaukel</I> Ahrens

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Elisabeth Gaukel Ahrens

Birth
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
24 Oct 1879 (aged 60)
Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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Elisabeth came frrom Pennsylvania Dutch blood. She travelled from Pennsylvania to Kitchner by covered wagon.

In the late 1860s and early 1870s Elizabeth lived at the Ahrens farm with her grown children, Nancy, Alfred and Caroline and Caroline's husband, Samuel Hughes. Caroline and Samuel had a two year oild daughter named Elizabeth.

Her grandson, Carl Henry Ahrens (1862-1936) was a prominent landscape painter. Carl grew up with his grandmother, whom he adored. After his father died, his mother remarried and he didn't want to live with her, so he remained with his grandmother.

She died at 60 years, 9 months and 7 days old.

Elizabeth is buried beside her husband in Mount Hope Cemetery in Berlin.
Elisabeth came frrom Pennsylvania Dutch blood. She travelled from Pennsylvania to Kitchner by covered wagon.

In the late 1860s and early 1870s Elizabeth lived at the Ahrens farm with her grown children, Nancy, Alfred and Caroline and Caroline's husband, Samuel Hughes. Caroline and Samuel had a two year oild daughter named Elizabeth.

Her grandson, Carl Henry Ahrens (1862-1936) was a prominent landscape painter. Carl grew up with his grandmother, whom he adored. After his father died, his mother remarried and he didn't want to live with her, so he remained with his grandmother.

She died at 60 years, 9 months and 7 days old.

Elizabeth is buried beside her husband in Mount Hope Cemetery in Berlin.

Inscription

Elizabeth shares a marker with her husband. After his information it says this about Elisabeth:

Elisabeth, wife of the above
Died October 24, 1879
Aged 60 years, 9 months and 7 days



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  • Created by: Kim Bullock
  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32541059/elisabeth-ahrens: accessed ), memorial page for Elisabeth Gaukel Ahrens (31 Jan 1819–24 Oct 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32541059, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Kim Bullock (contributor 47081351).