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EBERHARDT, Elizabeth

EBERHARDT, Elizabeth

Female 1831 - 1898  (67 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name EBERHARDT, Elizabeth  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 25 Mar 1831  Grafenried, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 108832762 
    Immigration 1845  Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    from Switzerland with 7 of their childfren (John II, Jacob and his wife Elizabeth, Nicholas, Annie, Elizabeth, Benedict and Frederick) 
    • Role: Participant
      It is unknown if Jacob and Elizabeth's first child, Ann Mary, born in 1844 in Switzerland, died before or after they immigrated.

      Tuscarawas County, located in northeast Ohio, already had many immigrants from Switzerland and Germany, with several churches and newspapers using the German language. On 24 July 1845, John I purchased a 50 acre farm (part of the SW quarter of the NW quarter of Sec 12, TS 7, RG 2) near the town of New Philadelphia in Warwick Township, that was worth $700 in 1850. On 6 December 1845, he sold 21 acres of this farm to two of his sons, John II and Nicholas, who then, 5 years later, sold it back to their father on 20 December 1850.
    Death 27 Apr 1898  Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 8
    Age 67 years 
    Burial Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Address:
    Crown Hill (City) Cemetery
    830 N. Engineer St.
    Sedalia, Missouri
    USA 
    Person ID I3790  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2025 

    Father EBERHARDT, John Sr.,   b. 1795, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1875, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother STOLL, Barbara Anna,   b. 1794, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1870, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F1520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MESSERLY, Louis Francis,   b. 20 Jan 1824, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1912, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jan 1851  New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
    Age at Marriage She : 19 years and 10 months - He : 27 years. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death 
    Marital Event 14 Jan 1851  Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    were married by the Reverend John Gotlieb ABLE, Minister of the Gospel in the Luthern Church, 
    • It is unknown as to which church Reverend ABLE was associated with at the time of the marriage, which could be the church Louis and Elizabeth attended and where the Baptism of their children probably took place. Later, from 1854 to 1856, Reverend ABLE was Pastor of St. John's Congreation (Germen Evangelical) in Dover, Tuscarawas County, OH.
    Residence 1863  California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
    >  1. Male MESSERLY, Charles Edward,   b. 24 Nov 1851, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1938, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
       2. Female MESSERLY, Clara M.,   b. 1853, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >  3. Female MESSERLY, Louise Wilhelmina,   b. 28 May 1853, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1932, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
       4. Male MESSERLY, William H.,   b. 1856, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >  5. Female MESSERLY, Emma Elizabeth,   b. 21 Mar 1859, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1943, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    >  6. Female MESSERLY, Anna Caroline,   b. 27 Jan 1861, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1921, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    >  7. Female MESSERLY, Mary Ellen,   b. 3 Aug 1865, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1943, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F1522  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Mar 1831 - Grafenried, Bern, Switzerland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - from Switzerland with 7 of their childfren (John II, Jacob and his wife Elizabeth, Nicholas, Annie, Elizabeth, Benedict and Frederick) - 1845 - Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Jan 1851 - New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarital Event - were married by the Reverend John Gotlieb ABLE, Minister of the Gospel in the Luthern Church, - 14 Jan 1851 - Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1863 - California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Apr 1898 - Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Crown Hill (City) Cemetery
    830 N. Engineer St.
    Sedalia, Missouri
    USA - - Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA
    Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S631] Ella E., Clara E. and Lawrence B. Hert, Research Report - Messerly, Eberhardt and Hert Families, 9 Jun 2015, p. Tree, p 2.

    2. [S1092] Birth Records - Switzerland - 1491-1940 (Family Search), ((https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1520585 : 2016)), 1 May 2018, accessed 1 May 2018), Elisabeth Eberhardt, 17 Mar 1831; citing Grafenried, Bern, Switzerland, reference; FHL microfilm 2,005,423.
      Birth Record - Elizabeth Eberhardt
      Birth Record - Elizabeth Eberhardt


    3. [S1113] Ohio. Tuscarawas., Marriage Records - OH - Tuscarawas County - 1789-2013 (FamilySearch), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1614804 : 2017.), 18 May 2018, vol 4: p 234, #5941, Messerly-Eberhardt, 14 January 1850, accessed 18 May 2018.
      Marriage Record - Tuscarawas Co., OH - F. L. Messerly & Elizabeth Eberhardt
      Marriage Record - Tuscarawas Co., OH - F. L. Messerly & Elizabeth Eberhardt


    4. [S1203] J. E. Ford, Book - Moniteau County, MO History (Ancestry), (California, Missouri: Marvin H. Crawford, 1936.), 15 Jul 2019, p 420-424.

    5. [S631] Ella E., Clara E. and Lawrence B. Hert, Research Report - Messerly, Eberhardt and Hert Families, 9 Jun 2015, p. Family, p 10.

    6. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 24 May 2018, accessed 24 May 2018<, Elizabeth Eberhardt Messerly, Memorial #108832762.

    7. [S1094] Missouri, Moniteau County, Census - US - 1870 - MO - Moniteau County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7163&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 14 Jul 2019, M593, roll 793, Walker Township, p. 12, dwelling 83, family 87, L. F. Messerly, accessed 14 Jul 2019.
      Census - Moniteau County, MO - L. F. Messerly
      Census - Moniteau County, MO - L. F. Messerly


    8. [S1088] Kenneth E. Weant, Death Records - MO - Moniteau County - Death Index - 1858-1931 (Ancestry), ((https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7564 : 2004)), 6 May 2018, accessed 6 May 2018), Mrs. Elizabeth Eberhardt Messerly; Citing a Moniteau County, MO newspaper issued 8 February 1912.
      Death Record - Elizabeth Eberhardt Messerly
      Death Record - Elizabeth Eberhardt Messerly



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