Anna Magdalena Dexheimer

Anna Magdalena Dexheimer

Anna Magdalena Dexheimer Scheck, 1826-1910

• Father*: Johann Jacob Dexheimer b. 27 Oct 1783, d. 4 Jun 1877
• Mother*: Anna Margaretha Hofmann b. 12 Oct 1785, d. 26 Jul 1861

• Anna Magdalena Dexheimer was born on 21 September 1826 in Biebelnheim, Rheinhessen, Hessen, reported as 21 June 1824 on the death certificate of Magdalena Scheck; it is an educated guess that this is the same person.
• She was the daughter of Johann Jacob Dexheimer and Anna Margaretha Hofmann.
• The 27 September 1826 baptism of Anna Magdalena Dexheimer was recorded in the Reformed churchbooks of Biebelnheim , Rheinhessen , Hessen. Sponsor was Anna Magdalena Dexheimer.
• She arrived in the US circa 1850, according to the 1900 census.
• She married George Henry Scheck circa 1850.
• Anna Magdalena Dexheimer and George Henry Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Spring Garden, Ward 5, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
• Anna Magdalena Dexheimer and George Henry Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included George H. Scheck, Louisa Scheck, Amelia Scheck, Pauline Scheck, Matilda Scheck and Adaline Scheck.
• In 25 February 1865, Anna Magdalena Dexheimer and George Henry Scheck were living in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at 815 North 4th Street when their daughter Christine died.
• Anna Magdalena Dexheimer and George Henry Scheck, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included George H. Scheck, Louisa Scheck, Pauline Scheck, Matilda Scheck, Adaline Scheck, William Scheck and Wilhelmina Scheck.
• Anna Magdalena Dexheimer and George Henry Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at 1316 Ogden Street. Other members of the household included Matilda Scheck, Adaline Scheck, William Scheck, Wilhelmina Scheck, Joseph R. Turner, Louisa Scheck, William Turner and Joseph C. Turner.
• Sisters Elisabeth Dexheimer Kammerer and Magdalena Dexheimer Scheck posed for a photographic portrait sometime during the 1880s.
• Anna Magdalena Dexheimer became a widow at the between 1893 and 1900 death of her husband George Henry Scheck.
• She and Horace John Dehler and Louisa S? Turner were enumerated in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in the household of John Dehler and Pauline Scheck in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at 2041 Turner Street.
• She and Edith M. Morgan, Myrtle M. Morgan and Wilhelmina M. Morgan were enumerated in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in the household of John Morgan and Wilhelmina Scheck in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at 3330 West 15th Street.
• Anna Magdalena Dexheimer died on 19 December 1910 at age 84 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at 330 West 15th Street Her death was officially witnessed by John Morgan.
• She was buried on 22 December 1910 at Fernwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

• Last Edited: 4 Dec 2009