Individual Details
Joseph Wolfinger
(10 Jan 1822 - 17 Nov 1884)
mar. Barbara Fuchs or Fox (b. March 27, 1819, d. Oct. 10, 1880) in Reading at
Trinity Lutheran Church on March 4, 1850, both then of Reading [Marriages
Reported in the Reading Adler]. He worked as a shoemaker and cordwainer.
Barbara was the daughter of David Fuchs and his wife Catherine. Joseph’s death
recorded at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Reading. They are both buried in
Aulenbachs Cemetery, Mt. Penn Twsp., PA. Confusingly, in the 1884-1891
Reading City Directories, the name of Joseph’s wife is given as “Mary, widow of Joseph”, so that Barbara Fuchs was apparently preferred to be called Mary.
Their children:
Son: William Henry Wolfinger (b. c1848 PA)
Son: John Wolfinger (b. 1848 PA). May have died as an infant.
Dau: Barbara Wolfinger (b. c1858 PA)
Dau: Ella C. Wolfinger (b. Feb., 1869 PA) mar. William Sink (b. Aug., 1873) by
Dec., 1897.
Their children:
Dau: Grace Sink (b. Dec., 1898 PA)
Dau: Marion Sink (b. Feb., 1900 PA)
Events
| Birth | 10 Jan 1822 | Berks, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Residence | 1850 | Penn, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 4 Mar 1850 | Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States - Barbara Fuchs | |||
| Residence | 1860 | Spruce Ward City of Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Residence | 1 Jul 1863 | Reading, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1870 | Reading Ward 7, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1880 | Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Burial | 1884 | Mount Penn, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Death | 17 Nov 1884 | Cumru Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| FIND-A-GRAVE | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88575186/joseph-wolfinger |
Families
| Spouse | Barbara Fuchs (1819 - 1880) |
| Child | William Henry Wolfinger (1847 - ) |
| Child | John Wolfinger (1848 - ) |
| Child | Ella C Wolfinger (1869 - 1966) |
| Father | George Wolfinger (1795 - 1838) |
| Mother | Catharine Susanna Fitterling (1795 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Johnannes "John" Wolfinger (1820 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Barbara Christina Wolfinger (1826 - 1887) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Penn, Berks, Pennsylvania; Roll: 752; Page: 55b.
2. Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsh.
3. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Reading Ward 7, Berks, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1307; Page: 94A.
4. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLD-9P9R : 24 February 2022), Joseph Wolfinger, ; Burial, Mount Penn, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Aulenbach's Cemetery; citing record ID 88575186, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..