"Filling the Woods," so to speak, with Barthles

Andrew Sr had just died in February 1891. The children in the front are Josephine 6, Maria Magdalena 10, Mary Elizabeth 3, Charles Joseph 12, Ben 8, and on the horse is Matt 16. The adults in back are Bernard Barthle 61, Agnes Weible Barthle 54, Elizabeth Hombert Barthle 36 holding Casper, Andrew Peter Barthle 42, and the 4 men to the right are unknown. Photo courtesy of Dan Barthle.

The Barthles were German Catholic immigrants who came to the United States from Waldstetten, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany which is in the Black Forest Area. They settled first in Ohio before moving to Minnesota and finally Florida.

Andrew Barthle, the second of six children, was born 16 NOV 1802 to Joseph and Katharina (Trinkle) Barthle. Andrew had a total of 4 wives and 13 children. From his 5 living children he had 51 grandchildren. He died in 1891 at the age of 88.

Andrew Peter Barthle 1848, the founder of St. Joseph, Pasco Co., Fla., arrived in March, 1883, and, after three months, returned to Minnesota to tell his friends the wonderful things of “The Land of Flowers.” His brother, Bernard A. Barthle, settled in what is now St. Joseph with his family in June, 1883, and Andrew and his family in January, 1885. Others soon followed, and the place became known as “Barthle Settlement.”

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