Magdalene Koenig and her husband, Christian, arrived in New York aboard the 'Barcelone' on 10 May 1856. With them were their ten children, Nicholas, Christian, Anna, Rudolph, Fred, Anna Maria, John, Rosa, Godfrey, and Adolph. Also traveling with them was Nicholas Koenig (Christian's brother?), his wife and five children.
Magdalena
Surprisingly little is known about Magdalena Iseli Koenig. Adolph, despite his being 13 at the time of her death, could recall her faintly as a gentle loving mother with an un-aggressive disposition, satisfied to accept Christian’s leadership in all matters.
Magdalena was born August 31, 1812 in Jegenstorf, Switzerland. “She was a very different type physically from her husband, being small in stature, compact in build, and while not a pronounced brunette, was nevertheless rather dark in complexion. She was of gentle, non-aggressive disposition with possibly hereditary tendencies to melancholia. She came from a good family in Jegnstorf, probably fairly well-to-do.: (Ed. An Iseli family still lives in Jegenstorf, across the street from our Koenig relatives in that town.) Adolph believed that the “tendency to melancholia” was passed along to those of her children who most resembled her in physical appearance, namely Christ, Nicholas, Mary and Godfrey.
Magdalena was married at the age of 20, had 13 children, and died May 8, 1868 at the age of 55 of unknown causes on the farm near Tarentum. She was buried in Prospect Cemetery at Tarentum. Unfortunately, a part of the cemetery was moved in later years, and both her grave and Jacob’s are now unmarked. [THE FIRST PART OF THIS STATEMENT IS UNTRUE. NO GRAVES WERE MOVED FOR THIS FAMILY, although there were stones for she and her husband at one time, and they have now disappeared]
~ excerpt from family history "The Koenig Family in Switzerland and America" edited by Warren Koenig 2008
Magdalena
Surprisingly little is known about Magdalena Iseli Koenig. Adolph, despite his being 13 at the time of her death, could recall her faintly as a gentle loving mother with an un-aggressive disposition, satisfied to accept Christian’s leadership in all matters.
Magdalena was born August 31, 1812 in Jegenstorf, Switzerland. “She was a very different type physically from her husband, being small in stature, compact in build, and while not a pronounced brunette, was nevertheless rather dark in complexion. She was of gentle, non-aggressive disposition with possibly hereditary tendencies to melancholia. She came from a good family in Jegnstorf, probably fairly well-to-do.: (Ed. An Iseli family still lives in Jegenstorf, across the street from our Koenig relatives in that town.) Adolph believed that the “tendency to melancholia” was passed along to those of her children who most resembled her in physical appearance, namely Christ, Nicholas, Mary and Godfrey.
Magdalena was married at the age of 20, had 13 children, and died May 8, 1868 at the age of 55 of unknown causes on the farm near Tarentum. She was buried in Prospect Cemetery at Tarentum. Unfortunately, a part of the cemetery was moved in later years, and both her grave and Jacob’s are now unmarked. [THE FIRST PART OF THIS STATEMENT IS UNTRUE. NO GRAVES WERE MOVED FOR THIS FAMILY, although there were stones for she and her husband at one time, and they have now disappeared]
~ excerpt from family history "The Koenig Family in Switzerland and America" edited by Warren Koenig 2008
Magdalene Koenig and her husband, Christian, arrived in New York aboard the 'Barcelone' on 10 May 1856. With them were their ten children, Nicholas, Christian, Anna, Rudolph, Fred, Anna Maria, John, Rosa, Godfrey, and Adolph. Also traveling with them was Nicholas Koenig (Christian's brother?), his wife and five children.
Magdalena
Surprisingly little is known about Magdalena Iseli Koenig. Adolph, despite his being 13 at the time of her death, could recall her faintly as a gentle loving mother with an un-aggressive disposition, satisfied to accept Christian’s leadership in all matters.
Magdalena was born August 31, 1812 in Jegenstorf, Switzerland. “She was a very different type physically from her husband, being small in stature, compact in build, and while not a pronounced brunette, was nevertheless rather dark in complexion. She was of gentle, non-aggressive disposition with possibly hereditary tendencies to melancholia. She came from a good family in Jegnstorf, probably fairly well-to-do.: (Ed. An Iseli family still lives in Jegenstorf, across the street from our Koenig relatives in that town.) Adolph believed that the “tendency to melancholia” was passed along to those of her children who most resembled her in physical appearance, namely Christ, Nicholas, Mary and Godfrey.
Magdalena was married at the age of 20, had 13 children, and died May 8, 1868 at the age of 55 of unknown causes on the farm near Tarentum. She was buried in Prospect Cemetery at Tarentum. Unfortunately, a part of the cemetery was moved in later years, and both her grave and Jacob’s are now unmarked. [THE FIRST PART OF THIS STATEMENT IS UNTRUE. NO GRAVES WERE MOVED FOR THIS FAMILY, although there were stones for she and her husband at one time, and they have now disappeared]
~ excerpt from family history "The Koenig Family in Switzerland and America" edited by Warren Koenig 2008
Magdalena
Surprisingly little is known about Magdalena Iseli Koenig. Adolph, despite his being 13 at the time of her death, could recall her faintly as a gentle loving mother with an un-aggressive disposition, satisfied to accept Christian’s leadership in all matters.
Magdalena was born August 31, 1812 in Jegenstorf, Switzerland. “She was a very different type physically from her husband, being small in stature, compact in build, and while not a pronounced brunette, was nevertheless rather dark in complexion. She was of gentle, non-aggressive disposition with possibly hereditary tendencies to melancholia. She came from a good family in Jegnstorf, probably fairly well-to-do.: (Ed. An Iseli family still lives in Jegenstorf, across the street from our Koenig relatives in that town.) Adolph believed that the “tendency to melancholia” was passed along to those of her children who most resembled her in physical appearance, namely Christ, Nicholas, Mary and Godfrey.
Magdalena was married at the age of 20, had 13 children, and died May 8, 1868 at the age of 55 of unknown causes on the farm near Tarentum. She was buried in Prospect Cemetery at Tarentum. Unfortunately, a part of the cemetery was moved in later years, and both her grave and Jacob’s are now unmarked. [THE FIRST PART OF THIS STATEMENT IS UNTRUE. NO GRAVES WERE MOVED FOR THIS FAMILY, although there were stones for she and her husband at one time, and they have now disappeared]
~ excerpt from family history "The Koenig Family in Switzerland and America" edited by Warren Koenig 2008
Inscription
Magdalena, wife of Christian KING, born Aug 31, 1812 died May 8, 1868
(this grave stone is no longer in the cemetery)
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