Ernest A. Helmbold and Christine Nagler

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Husband Ernest A. Helmbold ^{1 2}

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           Born: 18 Jun 1819 - Sunthausen, near Langensalza, Prussia 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 May 1885 - ? Butler Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: John G. Helmbold (Abt 1796-1887) 1 2 4 5
         Mother: Amelia F. Specht (Abt 1800-1876) 2

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       Marriage: 28 Mar 1845 2

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• Residence: : Butler Co, PA. View of the residence of E. A. Helmbold from The History of Butler County, PA, 1883; pg. 284x

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Wife Christine Nagler ²

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           Born: 31 Aug 1826 - Saxony, Germany 2
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           Died: Aft 1895
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         Father: John F. Nagler (Abt 1794-1856) 2
         Mother: Christina D. Meyer (Abt 1803-1878) 2

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Children

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1 F Hetwig Helmbold ¹

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            AKA: Hedwig Helmbold 2
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           Died: Aft 1895
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2 F Mina Helmbold ²

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            AKA: Minna Helmbold,6 Minnie C. Helmbold 7
           Born: 5 Jul 1853 7
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           Died: Aft 1895
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         Spouse: Thielo Krause (1848-      ) 6 7
           Marr: 13 May 1873 7

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3 F Anna Helmbold ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1895
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         Spouse: E. H. Haeppel (      -      ) 2

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4 F Othelia Helmbold ⁸

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1895
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         Spouse: Christian J. Raabe (1867-      ) 2
           Marr: 20 Jun 1889 9

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5 F Amelia Helmbold ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bet 1883 and 1895
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General Notes: Husband - Ernest A. Helmbold

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He was a college student preparing himself for the ministry at the time his father decided to immi­grate to the United States. This changed the course of his life, as he was com­pelled to abandon his studies and give up his intention of becoming a minister. After locating in Butler County, Pennsylvania, he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and subse­quently in merchandising, which became his life vocation. He and his wife were the parents of six sons and six daughters, only four of whom were still living in 1895.

He was a very successful farmer for several years, being the owner of six hundred acres of land. In 1847 he engaged in merchandising at Saxonburg, and was one of the successful merchants of the county for a long period. He was an ardent Democrat, and the Democratic candidate for member of the legislature at one time, and though he carried Butler County by a hand­some majority, was defeated by the heavy Republican vote of Lawrence County. He was a prominent member of the Evangelical Protestant church of Saxonburg, and a very generous contributor towards that organization.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 294.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 886.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 887.

4 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 118.

5 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1060.

6 Jeff McBride, Thomas Armstrong in Path Valley (Laurel, Md: Web-published, 2012).

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 856.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 886, 892.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 892.