Adam Gabel 1833-1898, d. in PA
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Adam Gabel 1833-1898, d. in PA
| Cynthia Zimmerman (View posts) | Posted: 2 Mar 2001 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: GABEL, GOEBEL, RITTERSBACHER, GREENFIELD, KLEIN, SCHULER, ZOELLER
From the Wilkes-Barre Record (Luzerne County, PA), Thursday, January 13, 1898:
"Yesterday morning occurred the death of Adam Gabel, one of the best known residents of this city after an illness of a week of pneumonia.
Mr. Gabel was 64 years of age and was born in Bavaria, Germany. He came to this country in 1850 and settled in Wilkes-Barre, since which time he has continuously , with the exception of three years' residence in New York City, lived here. In 1856 he married Kathrina Rittersbacher, in Wilkes-Barre, and twelve children were born to them, eight of whom survive: Mrs. Edward Greenfield, George, Mrs. Nicholas Klein, Mrs. John Schuler, Mrs. Jacob Zeller, William and Adam, all of Wilkes-Barre, and Louis, of New York City. Mrs. Gabel, also survives, together with one brother, Jacob, of Jackson Township, and one sister, Mrs. John Henry of Lehman. Charles Gabel, who recently died, was a son.
Mr. Gabel was an enterprising citizen and took a deep interest in the town in which he lived for so many years. He lived at 34 Lehigh St.
The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock on Saturday. Requiem high mass will be celebrated in St. Nicholas Church and interment will be in the Darling St. cemetery."
Note: surname was also spelled Goebel.
"Yesterday morning occurred the death of Adam Gabel, one of the best known residents of this city after an illness of a week of pneumonia.
Mr. Gabel was 64 years of age and was born in Bavaria, Germany. He came to this country in 1850 and settled in Wilkes-Barre, since which time he has continuously , with the exception of three years' residence in New York City, lived here. In 1856 he married Kathrina Rittersbacher, in Wilkes-Barre, and twelve children were born to them, eight of whom survive: Mrs. Edward Greenfield, George, Mrs. Nicholas Klein, Mrs. John Schuler, Mrs. Jacob Zeller, William and Adam, all of Wilkes-Barre, and Louis, of New York City. Mrs. Gabel, also survives, together with one brother, Jacob, of Jackson Township, and one sister, Mrs. John Henry of Lehman. Charles Gabel, who recently died, was a son.
Mr. Gabel was an enterprising citizen and took a deep interest in the town in which he lived for so many years. He lived at 34 Lehigh St.
The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock on Saturday. Requiem high mass will be celebrated in St. Nicholas Church and interment will be in the Darling St. cemetery."
Note: surname was also spelled Goebel.