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     Robert M. Broderick was born on 3 January 1922. He was the son of Patrick J. Broderick and Catherine Sullivan. He married Helen E. Fairchild. He died on 4 April 2004 in Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York, at age 82.

     Dorothy Broderick was born in June 1925. She was the daughter of Patrick J. Broderick and Catherine Sullivan. She married Paul Lavin. She died on 4 September 1960 at age 35.

     Helen E. Fairchild married Robert M. Broderick, son of Patrick J. Broderick and Catherine Sullivan. She died circa 2002 in Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York.

     Paul Lavin married Dorothy Broderick, daughter of Patrick J. Broderick and Catherine Sullivan.

     Mary Phelan was the daughter of William Phelan and Bridget Walsh.

     Maggie Phelan was born before 1879 in Ireland. She was the daughter of William Phelan and Bridget Walsh. She died before 1880 in Ireland.

     Pattie Phelan was born circa 1888 in Ireland. She was the daughter of William Phelan and Bridget Walsh. She died in 1915 in Ireland.

     John Phelan was the son of William Phelan and Bridget Walsh.

     Eddie Phelan was the son of William Phelan and Bridget Walsh.

     Lizzie Phelan was the daughter of William Phelan and Bridget Walsh.

     Willie Phelan was the son of William Phelan and Bridget Walsh.

     Hannah Phelan was the daughter of William Phelan and Bridget Walsh.

     Jimmy Phelan was the son of Ned Phelan and Eliza (__?__).

     Willie Bergin was born in Ireland. He was the son of Tim Bergin and Julia Phelan. He died in Ireland.

     Maggie Bergin was born in Ireland. She was the daughter of Tim Bergin and Julia Phelan. She married (__?__) Guidera. She died in Ireland.

     James Bergin was born in Ireland. He was the son of Tim Bergin and Julia Phelan. He died in Ireland.

     Mary Bergin was born in Ireland. She was the daughter of Tim Bergin and Julia Phelan. She died in Ireland.

     (__?__) Guidera married Maggie Bergin, daughter of Tim Bergin and Julia Phelan.

     George J. Hamberger was born on 11 May 1873 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York.¹ He was the son of Sebastian F. Hamberger and Mary Meaney. He married Emma Lutz, daughter of Frank Lutz and Catherine Kopp, in 1910. He died in 1928.¹ He was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery, Utica, New York.
     
Residence: in 1905 Columbus, Ohio.²
Residence: in March 1912 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio.

     Frank R. Hamberger was born on 14 February 1881 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York. He was the son of Sebastian F. Hamberger and Mary Meaney. He married Gertrude E. (__?__) in 1905. He died on 20 February 1925 in Elgin State Hospital, Kane Co., Illinois, at age 44. He was buried on 28 February 1925, Utica, New York.
     
Residence: in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois.¹

     John Baptiste Hamberger was born in 1849 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York.¹ He was the son of Bartholomew Hamberger and Gertrude Betzler. He married Magdalena Nolder, age 22, daughter of Francis Nolder and Margaret Sophia Weibert, on 2 February 1875 in St. Mary of Sorrow Church, Buffalo, New York. He died on 21 September 1917 in Buffalo, New York, at age 68 years.²

     Gustave A. Hamberger was born in 1844 in Landau, Bavaria.¹ He was the son of Bartholomew Hamberger and Gertrude Betzler. He married Louise Elizabeth Groff (of Somerset, Ohio), daughter of Anthony Groff and Anna Maria Kunkler, in 1870 possibly in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio.² He died on 1 December 1924 in Franklin Co., Ohio, (of Lancaster, Ohio at the death of his brother, Sebastian in 1905).^3,4
     
Residence: in 1901 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio.³
Military Service: between 1864 and 1865 Gustave A Homberger
Civil War, Co. A. 5'th Heavy Art. Regt. NY

Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 26 August 1864 in Whitestown, NY at the age of 20
Enlisted in Company A, 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 26 August 1864
Mustered out on 22 June 1865 in Harper's Ferry, WV
Sources:
New York: Report of the Adjutant-General. (NYRoster) Published in 1894-1906.

     Mary Eva Meaney was born on 28 April 1824 in Baden, Germany.^1,2 She married (1) (__?__) Meaney before 1844 in Germany. She married (2) Joseph Schreiber, son of Matthew Schreiber and Marianna (__?__), before 1855; Joseph's will, probated in Oneida county, NY on Oct. 30, 1889 leaves $500 to his "step" daughter, Mary Hamberger, and states that he leaves no descendants.

In Joseph's D.I. naturalization papers in 1856 he denounces his allegiance to the King of Weurtenburg.

Death notice in Observer dispatch and Daily Press on Sat, July 6, 1889
States his age as 66 years, 5 months and 10 days and that the funeral will be held from his late residence at 4 Parker St on Sunday at 2:30.

Cemetery record states interred 7/7/1889;b. Germany;DOB Jan 25, 1823; d. July 5, 1889 of Apoplexy; undertaker; Nelbach, lot t.20 grave-36; parents Matthew and Marianna. She died on 30 November 1894 in New Hartford, New York, at age 70.³ She was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery.
     
Immigration: circa 1852, Arrived in US from Germany.³
Religion/Church: in St. Joseph's RC Church, Utica, New York.
Cemetery: St. Joseph's cemetery; Stone, N43°06.189', W75°16.168.'

     In 1855 we find Mary Eva and her husband, Joseph Schreiber, living in the town of Trenton, NY, with the family of Richard Jones. They claim to have been living in Trenton for one year (c. 1854). According to the obituary of Mary's daughter, Mary Hamberger, Mary Eva and her daughter arrived in America about 1852 and came to Utica about 1862. In 1856, Joseph, who emigrated from Wuerttemberg, makes his Declaration of Intent for citizenship, indicating that he had been in this country for at least two years (c. 1854). With this information we might surmise that Joseph and Mary arrived together and may have married in Germany prior to their immigration. I have not located the family of Joseph Schreiber in the 1860 census but it does appear that they came to Utica about 1862 and spent the remainder of their life in Utica.
     The daughter, Mary, who would marry Sebastian Hamberger, was clearly not a daughter of Joseph Schreiber, for Joseph calls her his "step-daughter" in his will. Church records also refer to her maiden name as Mene' (and it's variations). Civil records refer to her as the daughter of Joseph Schreiber. Whether Meaney is her mother's maiden name or that of a first marriage is unclear.
     The will of Joseph Schreiber leaves $500 to two brothers, Anton and Alois, both of Dischingen, Ober-amt, Neresheim, Wuerttemberg; $500 to his "Stepdaughter" Mary Hamberger; $200 to the daughter of his deceased sister, Mary Ann Schreiber, Anna Hurzer (called Ann Gross in the newspaper notice), of Bamberg, Bavaria; $200 to Catharina Scherzenmeir, the daughter of his deceased sister Veronica Schreiber; $100 for the placing of a gravestone on his grave, and the remainder to his wife, Mary Eva Schreiber.
     The town of Dischingen is about 160 miles west of the town of Landau, European home of the Hamberger's. Mary Eva and her daughter are of "Baden" (1870 census), and possibly of the Dischingen vicinity. These towns are located North of Munich and West of the German border with Czechoslovakia and Austria.

     Joseph Schreiber was born on 25 January 1823 in Germany.¹ He was the son of Matthew Schreiber and Marianna (__?__). He married Mary Eva Meaney before 1855; Joseph's will, probated in Oneida county, NY on Oct. 30, 1889 leaves $500 to his "step" daughter, Mary Hamberger, and states that he leaves no descendants.

In Joseph's D.I. naturalization papers in 1856 he denounces his allegiance to the King of Weurtenburg.

Death notice in Observer dispatch and Daily Press on Sat, July 6, 1889
States his age as 66 years, 5 months and 10 days and that the funeral will be held from his late residence at 4 Parker St on Sunday at 2:30.

Cemetery record states interred 7/7/1889;b. Germany;DOB Jan 25, 1823; d. July 5, 1889 of Apoplexy; undertaker; Nelbach, lot t.20 grave-36; parents Matthew and Marianna. He died on 5 July 1889 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 66.² He was buried in Forest Hill cemetery, Utica, New York.
     
Immigration: before 1856, Arrived in US from Germany. Possibly the Joseph Schreiber of Bavaria who embarked at Le Havre, France and arrived in New York on 19 October 1854 on the "Isaac Bell" , apparently unmarried.³
Religion/Church: Lutheran.
Occupation: Blacksmith.⁴

     Peter Bankert , of Friedrichsberg, was born on 17 September 1829 in Germany.¹ He was the son of (__?__) Bankert. He married Gertrude Czarkowski, daughter of (__?__) Czarkowski, in 1858 in Germany.² He died on 29 December 1909 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 80.¹ He was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery (stone).
     
Immigration: on 27 September 1880, Arrived in New York from Hamburg on the "Vandalia."
Religion/Church: in St. Joseph's RC Church, Utica, New York.
Occupation: Tailor.
Cemetery: St. Joseph's cemetery; Stone, N43°06.194', W75°16.173.'

     Peter Bankert is the origin of our Bankert surname in America. Born in 1829, Peter, a tailor, was approaching 51 years of age when he left *Friedrichsberg, Prussia to come to the United States with his wife and three of his four sons. The ship departure list from Hamburg Germany lists Peter, his wife Marie [Gertrude], and their three youngest sons, John, Anton and Frank. The eldest son, Albert, was already in America and living with the family of Valentine Dux. Valentine Dux, of West Prussia, had married Wilhelmina Bankert in Germany prior to their immigration to the U.S. five years earlier in 1875. Wilhelmina was born in 1855 but was not a daughter of Peter of Gertrude Bankert. The fact that Peter's son was living with the family prior to the Bankert's immigration shows a close relationship and I'm guessing that Wilhelmina was a niece of Peter Bankert.
     On September 12, 1880, Peter and his family boarded the ship "Vandalia" in Hamburg Germany and sailed for America. The Vandalia was a 2,810 gross ton ship with a length of 330' and a beam of 39'. The nine year old vessel was of iron construction with a single screw capable of making 11 knots. It also had two masts rigged for sail. Sailing under Capt. Fischbein, Peter and his family traveled in steerage along with the vast majority of passengers and arrived in New York 15 days later on the 27'th of September.
     By the following July the Bankerts are in Utica NY and they probably moved to Utica immediately upon their arrival in America. Their first residence in 1881 was at 182 Court St., next door to Valentine and Wilhelmina (Bankert) Dux. By 1882 they are located on Parker St. in West Utica where Peter and his wife would reside until their death. It's possible that Gertrude's brother may also have influenced the families decision to come to America and Utica. Charles Cheskey, named as a brother at the death of Peter's wife in 1906, had emigrated to America about 1872 (1900 census), eight years prior to the Bankerts. In 1900 Charles is living at 51 Parker St. a few doors from Peter and his wife who are then residing in the home of their son, Albert, at 33 Parker St.
     Over the next decade Peter and his family settled into their new neighborhood in West Utica living among neighbors who were almost exclusively of German origin and language. They were deeply involved with St. Joseph's Church which was also almost exclusively German. All four sons became naturalized citizens and by 1891 only Frank, the youngest, had yet to marry a local German girl.
     Albert, John, and Anton had followed their fathers trade as a tailor. Albert owned a tailor shop on Parker St. employing up to 14 workers making overcoats and suits for H. H. Cooper & Co. and other clothing firms, Peter, his father, also worked with him for many years. John was a cooper in 1882, but thereafter is listed as a tailor. Anton worked as a tailor for H. H. Cooper & Co. from where he retired in 1924. Frank had taken a different path and, after working as a cigar maker, in 1892 was in partners with Andrew Alsheimer, brother of Anna Alsheimer who had married Frank's brother, John, in "Alsheimer and Bankert", supplying coal and wood from their office at 70 Varick St. In 1899, Frank was running a successful coal and wood business for himself with an office below his home at 164 Colombia St. and another office on Canal ST. In August or September of 1899, Frank married Anna Heidel of Waterville. Two months later, on November 28, 1899, Frank died after being ill for about 3 weeks, leaving his new bride a widow. Frank willed his estate to his wife with the exception of $500 which he left to his parents, Peter and Gertrude, and a stipend to St. Joseph's Church.
     Albert married Sophia Haak in 1884 and they had five children. Their sons Frank and Albert would marry and have children. Willie would die at age 4 in 1892 and another son Philip died in 1925, unmarried, at age 35. Their daughter Amelia died unmarried in 1945. Albert resided at 1129 Parker St. when he died in 1939 at 79 years of age, His wife Sophia had died in 1927.
     John married Anna Alsheimer about 1899 and had two daughters. Emma M. who married William E. Evans and had at least two children, and Hilda who died unmarried in 1967. John resided at 1001 Brayton Park Pl. when he died in 1936 at the age of 75. John's wife, Anna had died previously in 1918.
     Anton married Helen Hamberger in 1891 and had four sons. Norbert, Raymond, Anthony and Albert. All four would marry and, with the exception of Anthony who remained childless, have children. Anton had resided with his family at 1108 Orchard St. but had moved to 23 Parkside Court before he died in 1944 at the age of 80, his wife, Helen, had died in a car accident in 1939 at the age of 72.
     Peter's wife is called "Marie" in official records, and her last name is Czarkowski in church records, but seems Americanized to Cheskey or Cheska in civil records. During their lifetime, Peter and Gertrude would bury 7 of their 10 children. It appears that they had lost 6 children by the time they left for America. Throughout their life in their new home-land they stayed close to their German friends and relatives. 20 Years after their arrival they still spoke exclusively in their native tongue and could not read, write, or speak English (1900 census). Peter died in 1909 at the age of 80. Gertrude died in 1916 just short of her 85'th birthday.

*Friedrichsberg
     In the 1800's Prussia encompassed an area extending from the North Sea along the entire southern coast of the Baltic Sea. This would include areas now recognized as parts of today's' Poland and Russia. There are at least three Friedrichsbergs in today's' Germany which would have fit in the Prussia of the 1800's. One is located very near Berlin, another is more central and south of the town of Hanover, and another is north of Hamburg near the town of Kiel a little south of Denmark. Valentine Dux, who married Peter's niece, was of "West Prussia" which might narrow down the possibilities.
     A possibility for further research is to find obituaries of the immigrants and hope that they specify a town other than Friedrichsberg to help narrow the search. Charles Cheskey (1844-abt.1928) is the brother of Marie/Gertrude Czarkowski/Cheska, the wife of Peter Bankert, and his obit might be able to give us an indication of their family origin. Johanna (1848-aft.1900), the wife of Charles Cheskey married Charles in Germany which could make her obituary informative.
     The records of St. Joseph's Church in Utica could help answer many of these question. Unfortunately, their records are not available for public examination.