Frederick Christian Borth

b. 2 March 1839, d. 13 March 1919

Frederick Christian Borth. 1938-1919
  • Frederick Christian Borth was born on 2 March 1839 in Württemberg.
  • Frederick Christian Borth arrived circa 1852, according to the 1900 census.
  • Johann Christian Borth and Susanna Kathrina Vogt appeared in the 14 January 1861 provincial census of "Canada" in Woolwich, Waterloo, Canada West (later Ontario), Canada, enumerated with the surname "Bert.". Other members of the household included Frederick Christian Borth, Christian Jacob Borth, John Martin Borth, John Gottfried Borth, Wilhelm Borth, Regina Elizabeth Borth and Maria Borth.
  • He was a wagonmaker, according to the 1861 census.
  • He married Margaretha Kammerer, daughter of Johannes Kämmerer and Anna Elisabetha Dexheimer, on 1 November 1867 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at Zion Lutheran Church.
  • Frederick Borth and a brother posed for a tintype portrait likely during the 1860s.
    Tingype of Frederick Borth (seated) and a brother, ca 1860s
  • Frederick Christian Borth appeared in the 1869 Buffalo, New York, City Directory at 107 Goodell listed as a carpenter..
  • He appeared in the 1870 census on 1 June 1870 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York, and Susanna Elizabeth Borth and Elizabeth Rosli Borth were in the household..
  • He was a "wagner," according to the 1870 census.
  • He filed a declaration of intent to become a US citizen on 16 June 1873 at Erie County Court, Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
  • He was naturalized on 18 October 1875 at Buffalo, New York.
  • Frederick Christian Borth and Margaretha Kammerer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 213 Grape Street. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Rosli Borth, John Christian Frederick Borth, Adelaide E. Borth, Marie Christina Elizabeth Borth and Martha Maria Louise Borth.
  • He was a waggon maker, according to the 1880 census.
  • A photographic portrait was made of Frederick and Maggie Borth and family, about 1895.
  • Frederick Christian Borth and Margaretha Kammerer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, New York, at 213 Grape Street. Other members of the household included Adelaide E. Borth, Marie Christina Elizabeth Borth, William George Borth, Anna Maria Christina Borth, Anna Margaret Helena Borth and Robert Edmund Borth.
  • He was a carpenter, according to the 1900 census.
  • Maggie and Frederick Borth had a photographic portrait made sometime after the turn of the century.
    Maggie and Frederick Borth
  • Frederick Christian Borth and Margaretha Kammerer appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, New York, at 213 Grape Street. Other members of the household included Anna Margaret Helena Borth and Robert Edmund Borth.
  • He was house carpenter acording to the 1910 census.
  • The following appeared on 1 May 1911 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Borth, Mr. and Mrs. Schalcraft [sic], Mr. and Mrs. Louis Boehner, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. George Barnett and Mr. Charles Werler [sic] of Buffalo attended the funeral of Adam Kammerer yesterday afternoon. . . . J. A. Kammerer of Toronto, Ont., was in town yesterday attending the funeral of his brother, Adam Kammerer.
  • Frederick Christian Borth and Margaretha Kammerer appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Buffalo, New York, at 213 Grape Street. Other members of the household included Anna Margaret Helena Borth and Robert Edmund Borth.
  • Robert Edmund Borth registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Erie County, New York, while living at 213 Grape Street in Buffalo, employed there repairing automobiles at the Ford plant on Main Street, and with his father, mother and wife solely dependent upon him.
  • Frederick Christian Borth died on 13 March 1919 at age 80 in Buffalo, New York, at 213 Grape Street at his residence.
  • Margaretha Kammerer became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Saint John Cemetery, Pine Ridge & Sugar Roads, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York.
  • The following appeared in the Buffalo Courier: [Died] March 13, at his residence, No. 213 Grape street, Frederick Christian Borth, husband of Margaret A. Borth (nee Kammerer), aged 80 years, 11 days; father of Mrs. Ludwig Boehner, Frederick J., Mrs. Charles D. Gaise, Mrs. Frederick L. Chalcraft, George W., Mrs. Christian Hoffman, Mrs. Fred Knaisch and Robert E. Borth, brother of Mrs. John Knoller and William Borth. Funeral from his late residence, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and from Concordia Evangelical Lutheran church on Northampton street, at 2:30 o'clock. Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend. Deceased was a member of St. John's Men's Society and Wurtemberger Schwabia Unterstutzungs Verein No. 1.
  • The following appeared on 14 March 1919 in the Buffalo Evening News: The death of Frederick C. Borth occurred yesterday at his home, 213 Grape street. He came to Buffalo from Canada 60 years ago. he was one of the first trustees of the Concordia Lutheran church, from which he will be buried Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. He is survived by his widow, Margaret C. Borth, and these children: Mrs. L. Boehner, Mrs. Charles Gaise, Mrs. F. L. Chalcraft, Mrs. Christian Hoffman, Mrs. Fred Knaisch and Robert E. Borth.
  • Research Note: Some evidence suggests that the Borth family resided, for some period prior to emigration, in Fürfeld, Württemberg.
  • Last Edited: 7 Mar 2017

Family: Margaretha Kammerer b. 21 February 1848, d. 23 May 1936