These are the tombstones of Johann Christopher Bernhold and his wife, Maria Angela Mehring, who are buried in St. Augustine Cemetery in Minster, Ohio. They are my husband's 4x great-grandparents through his paternal grandfather's (Schroeder) line.
 Gravestone of Johann Christopher Bernhold |  Gravestone of Maria Angela Bernhold |
Johann Christopher (who usually went by just Christopher) and Maria Angela were from Hunteberg, Niedersachsen, Germany; according to immigration information found at AidaOnline, more specifically the district of Welplage. In 1846, they immigrated to the U.S. with their four children, Karl ("Charles"), Ernst Friederich Heinrich ('Fritz", "Frank", "Fred"), Anna Maria Sophia Engel, and Herman Heinrich. Two daughters, Anna Maria Elizabeth and Margaretha Engel, passed away in Hunteberg in the 1840s, prior to the family's emigration. (The location of Hunteburg is shown below:)
The Bernhold family settled in the German immigrant community around Minster, Ohio, where they ran an average-sized family farm. By the 1870 Census, Christopher and Angela were living with their son, Herman, and his wife. Maria Angela passes away in 1874, but Christopher is listed in the 1880 Census, still living with Herman. That census form is difficult to read, but it states that Christopher, at about the age of 80, still "works some on farm."
Photo source: FindAGrave.com; photographed by Crashlan.
©2014, copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
Photo source: FindAGrave.com; photographed by Crashlan.
©2014, copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
