Kunigunde (or Kunigunda) Maria Kern Heinlein was the eldest of twelve children born to Friedrich Wilhelm Kern (ca. 1803-1860) and his wife Anna Maria Winkler (1809-1887) of Roßtal, a small farming village in Mittelfranken, Bavaria. Her father was a spice trader (spezereihändler). The girl was born three years before her parents were allowed to marry. (Bavarian law harshly discouraged marriage among the poor and many couples were united "informally" before they were allowed to marry.) Kunigunde herself had a child out-of-wedlock by an unknown father. Her daughter Anna Maria was born in Roßtal in 1857.
After the death of Friedrich Wilhelm Kern in March 1861, his widow and her daughters--including Kunigunde and her daughter--left Bavaria and joined the wave of German emigrants bound for America. They sailed on the ship "Clara," arriving in New York in mid-July 1861, and made straightway for the recently established Lutheran settlements in Michigan. Two of the older Kern sons had preceded the women by several years. Since an unmarried woman on the frontier was unthinkable (and unsafe), Kunigunda was quickly matched with a husband. On September 15, 1861 in Frankenhilf (now Richville), Tuscola Co., she married Johann Lorenz Heinlein (1826-1885), who had arrived from Bavaria in 1852. The couple and child Anna Maria settled on a farm in Frankenhilf. There Kunigunde gave birth to seven more children: Anna (b. 1862), Anna Barbara (b. 1863), Anna Margaretha (b. 1864), Anna Elizabeth (b. ca. 1866), John Friedrich (b. 1868), Barbara Maria (b. 1871), and Maria Margaretha (b. ca. 1876).
After the death of Friedrich Wilhelm Kern in March 1861, his widow and her daughters--including Kunigunde and her daughter--left Bavaria and joined the wave of German emigrants bound for America. They sailed on the ship "Clara," arriving in New York in mid-July 1861, and made straightway for the recently established Lutheran settlements in Michigan. Two of the older Kern sons had preceded the women by several years. Since an unmarried woman on the frontier was unthinkable (and unsafe), Kunigunda was quickly matched with a husband. On September 15, 1861 in Frankenhilf (now Richville), Tuscola Co., she married Johann Lorenz Heinlein (1826-1885), who had arrived from Bavaria in 1852. The couple and child Anna Maria settled on a farm in Frankenhilf. There Kunigunde gave birth to seven more children: Anna (b. 1862), Anna Barbara (b. 1863), Anna Margaretha (b. 1864), Anna Elizabeth (b. ca. 1866), John Friedrich (b. 1868), Barbara Maria (b. 1871), and Maria Margaretha (b. ca. 1876).
Kunigunde (or Kunigunda) Maria Kern Heinlein was the eldest of twelve children born to Friedrich Wilhelm Kern (ca. 1803-1860) and his wife Anna Maria Winkler (1809-1887) of Roßtal, a small farming village in Mittelfranken, Bavaria. Her father was a spice trader (spezereihändler). The girl was born three years before her parents were allowed to marry. (Bavarian law harshly discouraged marriage among the poor and many couples were united "informally" before they were allowed to marry.) Kunigunde herself had a child out-of-wedlock by an unknown father. Her daughter Anna Maria was born in Roßtal in 1857.
After the death of Friedrich Wilhelm Kern in March 1861, his widow and her daughters--including Kunigunde and her daughter--left Bavaria and joined the wave of German emigrants bound for America. They sailed on the ship "Clara," arriving in New York in mid-July 1861, and made straightway for the recently established Lutheran settlements in Michigan. Two of the older Kern sons had preceded the women by several years. Since an unmarried woman on the frontier was unthinkable (and unsafe), Kunigunda was quickly matched with a husband. On September 15, 1861 in Frankenhilf (now Richville), Tuscola Co., she married Johann Lorenz Heinlein (1826-1885), who had arrived from Bavaria in 1852. The couple and child Anna Maria settled on a farm in Frankenhilf. There Kunigunde gave birth to seven more children: Anna (b. 1862), Anna Barbara (b. 1863), Anna Margaretha (b. 1864), Anna Elizabeth (b. ca. 1866), John Friedrich (b. 1868), Barbara Maria (b. 1871), and Maria Margaretha (b. ca. 1876).
After the death of Friedrich Wilhelm Kern in March 1861, his widow and her daughters--including Kunigunde and her daughter--left Bavaria and joined the wave of German emigrants bound for America. They sailed on the ship "Clara," arriving in New York in mid-July 1861, and made straightway for the recently established Lutheran settlements in Michigan. Two of the older Kern sons had preceded the women by several years. Since an unmarried woman on the frontier was unthinkable (and unsafe), Kunigunda was quickly matched with a husband. On September 15, 1861 in Frankenhilf (now Richville), Tuscola Co., she married Johann Lorenz Heinlein (1826-1885), who had arrived from Bavaria in 1852. The couple and child Anna Maria settled on a farm in Frankenhilf. There Kunigunde gave birth to seven more children: Anna (b. 1862), Anna Barbara (b. 1863), Anna Margaretha (b. 1864), Anna Elizabeth (b. ca. 1866), John Friedrich (b. 1868), Barbara Maria (b. 1871), and Maria Margaretha (b. ca. 1876).
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