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• Birth	30 Apr 1765	Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France   [1, 6, 7]
  	http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01341c.htm http://feefhs.org/maps/gerw/gw-alsac.html http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Provinces/Alsace-Lorraine.shtml http://www.frenchwayoflife.net/int/alsace-lorraine.asp http://www.answers.com/topic/alsace-lorraine
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Jan 1853	St. Mary's Ground (Potter's Field); Buffalo, Erie County, New York   [8, 9]
  	http://members.tripod.com/rootserie/index1-chkg-united-cem.html http://members.tripod.com/~wnyroots/index-chkg-cem-map.html http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/erie/cemeteries/united.txt United German & French RC Cemetery register 1859-1921; 1984 microfilm of original records at Mt. Calvary Cemetery - Film 1411807http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/erie/cemrecs.htm United German and French Catholic Cemetery United German-French Cemetery 716-892-6660 800 Pine Ridge Rd Cheektowaga, NY -This cemetery originally contained fourteen acres, which were purchased in 1858, and opened for burials the following year; this original tract is now entirely filled with graves, and in 1870 twenty-eight acres additional were purchased. This cemetery, as its name indicates, is used for the German and French Catholics, it is a corporation under the control of trustees, and into it have been merged all the Roman Catholic cemeteries in the city, except the one at Limestone Hill, referred to above. It is laid out with excellent taste and the grounds have been beautified until it is a very attractive spot. http://www.buffalonian.com/history/industry/cemeteries/BUFFALOCEMETERIES.html
  Died	22 Jan 1853	Buffalo, Erie County, New York   [10]
  	Church record, death; George Martin Berst 1853 Received from Brendon Hansen
  Person ID	I297	RiedseltzFamilies
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2008
  Father	BERSCH Jean Georges,   b. Abt 1733/34, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 4 Mar 1813, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
  Mother	IFFRIG Marie Anne,   d. Bef 1794
  Married	Bef 1794
  Family ID	F837	Group Sheet
  Family 1	HIMMELSPACH Jacobee,   b. Abt 1775, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
  Married	22 Apr 1797	Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France   [1, 8, 11]
  	Translation of Marriage Record
  	Marriage Record
  Children	> 1. BERST Joseph,   b. 29 Jan 1798, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 4 Jan 1875
  Family ID	F790	Group Sheet
  Family 2	STREICHER Marie Eve,   b. 14 Apr 1772, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 21 Jan 1811, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
  Married	Abt 1800	Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France   [1, 12]
  Children	1. BERST Jacques,   b. 29 May 1801, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 18 Jul 1801, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France   2. BERST Madeleine \ Magdalena,   b. 14 Oct 1802, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown > 3. BERST Jacques,   b. 19 Aug 1805, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. BERST Jean,   b. 29 May 1808, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. BERST Barbe,   b. 6 Jan 1811, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 7 Jan 1811, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France   6. BERST Elisabeth,   b. 6 Jan 1811, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 7 Jan 1811, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
  Photos	1804 record Berst-Streicher.jpg
  Family ID	F858	Group Sheet
  Family 3	STARK Eva Marianna,   b. 1791, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 11 May 1861, Buffalo, Erie County, New York
  Married	20 Feb 1811  [13]
  	Mary has date: February 10, 1811 ?
  	Translation of Marriage Certificate
  	Certificate of Marriage - Bersch/Stark
  Notes	In 1862 Martin, Peter, Michael and Charles A. Berst bout Lot 9, Section A of the United German and French RC cemetery. Buried there are: Margaret Voudenberg February 24, 1848; George M. Berst January 22, 1853; Mary E. Berst May 11, 1861 (George M's wife; George and Mary are buried in the same plot); Martin Berst October 8, 1864; Martin Berst June 5, 1865; Charles M. Berst October 24 1876; Amelia E. Loveday June 1, 1873; Peter Berst August 11, 1891 Mary A. Berst May 13, 1887 (Peter's wife). All dates are dates of death. http://www.city-data.com/city/Buffalo-New-York.html Emigration Records; Records of the Catholic Church in Riedseltz; Wissembourg Canton, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France 1830-1846. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gartner/Riedseltz%20emigration%20records%20from%20catholic%20church.htm Baptismal Records of children of George Martin and Eva Marianna http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gartner/GeorgeMartinBerst&EveMarieStark.htm [2, 14]
  Children	1. BERST Mary Ann,   b. 9 Apr 1812, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown > 2. BERST Peter,   b. 29 Jan 1815, Riedseltz, diociesis Argentinensis, France ,   d. 11 Aug 1891, 693 Washington; Buffalo, Erie County, New York   3. BERST Margaret H.,   b. 3 Apr 1817, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 24 Feb 1848   4. BERST Anthony,   b. 19 Jun 1819, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown > 5. BERST x,   b. 6 Oct 1820, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 19 Oct 1865, Buffalo, Erie County, New York   6. BERST Eve Anastasia,   b. 28 Mar 1822, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 21 Mar 1823, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France   7. BERST Eva Agatha,   b. 13 Mar 1824, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown > 8. BERST Martin,   b. 15 Jan 1826, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. 21 Feb 1906, Buffalo, Erie County, New York   9. BERST John,   b. 22 Feb 1830, Riedseltz, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France ,   d. May 1830, died during trip to America on board Brig Ceres   10. BERST Charles August,   b. 17 Feb 1832, Buffalo, Erie County, New York ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Photos	Cemetery Plot
  	Cemetery Lot
  Documents	Travel Document of Bersch Family Copy of original document, written on parchment in Latin
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet

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  Event Buried - Jan 1853 - St. Mary's Ground (Potter's Field); Buffalo, Erie County, New York  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth




• Photos	George Martin Bersch Signature
  	1850 US Census
  	Record of re-interment

• Sources

  [S206] Mary Somogyi. [S219] Lyndel Biby. [S229] Jonas, Pat - Extended Jonas Family. [S231] Lisa Murdock. [S469] Marriage Record - Jacques Berst and Anne Catherine Dreber. [S311] Riedseltz Census c 1803. [S348] 1804 Church Record. [S198] Brendon Hansen. [S312] Cemetery Record - United German and French RC. [S238] Church record, death; George Martin Berst 1853. [S473] Marriage Record - George Bersch and Jacobee Himmelspach. [S304] GeneaNet; renevigne; Descendants of Jacobus Grimm. [S240] Marriage Certificate - George Martin Bersch and Eva Marie Stark. [S224] Emigration Records Bas-Rhin.

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