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     John Bankert was born in February 1861 in Friedrichsberg, Prussia.¹ He was the son of Peter Bankert and Gertrude Czarkowski. He married Anna M. Alsheimer, daughter of John G. Alsheimer and Catherine Haberman, in 1888. He died on 12 February 1936 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 75 years.²
     
Immigration: on 27 September 1880, Arrived with his parents in New York from Hamburg, Germany on the ship "Vandalia."
Naturalized: on 24 September 1883 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, DI date 22 Sep 1882.
Occupation: Tailor.

     Albert Bankert was born on 24 November 1859 in Friedrichsberg, Prussia. He was the son of Peter Bankert and Gertrude Czarkowski. He married Sophia Haak in 1884.¹ He died on 23 June 1939 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 79.² He was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery.
     
Immigration: in 1880, Arrived in US from Germany.
Naturalized: on 10 February 1885 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, DI date 11 jul 1881.
Religion/Church: in St. Joseph's RC Church, Utica, New York.
Hobbies/Interests: Utica Mannerrchor - honorary life member.
Occupation: Tailor.

     Albert owned a tailor shop on Parker St. employing up to 14 people making suits and coats for H. H. Cooper Co. and other clothing companies. His father, Peter, worked with him.

     Gertrude Czarkowski was born on 10 February 1831 in Flatow, Prussia, (now Poland).^1,2 She was the daughter of (__?__) Czarkowski. She married Peter Bankert, son of (__?__) Bankert, in 1858 in Germany.³ She died on 27 January 1916 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 84.¹ She was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery (stone).
     
Immigration: on 27 September 1880, Arrived in New York from Hamburg, Germany on the "Vandalia."
Religion/Church: in St. Joseph's RC Church, Utica, New York.
Cemetery: St. Joseph's cemetery; Stone, N43°06.194', W75°16.173.'

     At her death, Gertrude Cheska (AKA Marie Czarkowski) leaves a brother Charles Cheskey, a neighbor on Parker St. Charles and his wife Johana have three children, a daughter Maria is the godmother to Gertrudes grandson Anthony (Anton2 Peter1) Bankert in 1895.

     Charles Cheskey was born on 11 February 1844 in Flatow, Prussia. He was the son of (__?__) Czarkowski. He married Johanna Rosenthal circa 1870; Prussia. He died on 4 January 1933 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 88.³ He was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery.
     

     Charles is called a brother of Gertrude (Cheskey) Bankert at her death. His death date is uncertain but may be about 1924. When his wife Joanna (Annie) dies in 1929 she dies at the home of her daughter "Mrs. James Lynch". I am not sure which daughter this is but it may be the Mary Lynch found in the SSDI who was born in 1884 and died in July of 1974.
Immigration: in 1881.

     Sophia Haak was born in August 1857 in Baden, Germany. She married Albert Bankert, son of Peter Bankert and Gertrude Czarkowski, in 1884.² She died in 1927 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York.

     Frank J. Bankert was born in July 1885 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York. He was the son of Albert Bankert and Sophia Haak. He married Ellen Marie Knapp in 1928. He died on 27 November 1973 in Kenmore, New York, at age 88. He was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery, Utica, New York.
     
Occupation: Police Desk Sergt. and retired from Revere Copper.²

     Albert M. Bankert was born on 19 September 1886 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York. He was the son of Albert Bankert and Sophia Haak. He married Catherine Loughlin in 1917. He died on 20 May 1973 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 86.

     Willie Bankert was born on 24 April 1888. He was the son of Albert Bankert and Sophia Haak. He died on 6 August 1892 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 4.

     Philip Bankert was born in July 1890 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York. He was the son of Albert Bankert and Sophia Haak. He died on 22 August 1925 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 35, unmarried, ill for one week.

     Amelia Bankert was born in September 1896 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York. She was the daughter of Albert Bankert and Sophia Haak. She died in 1945 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York.

     Ellen Marie Knapp was born on 14 July 1898. She married Frank J. Bankert, son of Albert Bankert and Sophia Haak, in 1928. She died in July 1968 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York.

     Catherine Loughlin was born in 1888. She married Albert M. Bankert, son of Albert Bankert and Sophia Haak, in 1917. She died in 1958.

     Matthew Schreiber married Marianna (__?__).

     Marianna (__?__) married Matthew Schreiber.

     Gertrude Betzler was born on 7 April 1813 in Wuerttemberg.^1,2,3 She married Bartholomew Hamberger in Bavaria.⁴ She died on 13 November 1876 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 63.² She was buried in 1876 in St. Joseph's cemetery (stone), Yorkville, in section "S."
     
Immigration: on 6 October 1848, arrived in New York on the "Bavaria."
Residence: 1869, 597 Swan St. Buffalo, with Son John (city directory).
Cemetery: St. Joseph's cemetery; Stone, N43°06.175', W75°16.184.'

     Bartholomew Hamberger was born on 20 January 1811 in Bavaria.^1,2 He married Gertrude Betzler in Bavaria.³ He died on 5 June 1858 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 47. He was buried in St. Joseph's cemetery (stone), Yorkville; , in section "S."
     
Immigration: on 6 October 1848, Arrived at the Port of New York with his family on the ship "Bavaria" sailing from Le Havre, France under Master G. Anthony Jr.⁴
Naturalized: on 22 October 1855 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, DI date 17 Jun 1852.
Religion/Church: in St. Joseph's RC Church, Utica, New York.
Occupation: a cooper.
Cemetery: St. Joseph's cemetery; Stone, N43°06.175', W75°16.184'.

     On October 6, 1848, Bartholomew, at age 37, his 35 year old wife Gertrude (also called Catharine), and their five children, Frances, 10, Sebastian, 7, Joseph, 6, Gustave, 4, and Josephine, 2 ½, arrived in New York aboard the ship "Bavaria" mastered by G. Anthony Jr. Their sea journey originated about three weeks earlier when they boarded the "Bavaria" at the port of Havre, France. Bart had been a farmer, probably in Landau, Bavaria, where it is known that his eldest daughter was born.
     Soon after their arrival, they took up residence in the vicinity of Utica, New York. In June of 1852, Bart filed a Declaration of Intent to become a citizen in the Oneida County Court. His witnesses were Martin and Enoch Siselmayer, of nearby Rome. In October of 1855, Bart's citizenship was granted when he took his oath and renounced any allegiance to the King of Bavaria.
     By 1855 Bart and Gertrude were well established. Josephine, their youngest when they arrived in America, had died sometime between 1848 and 1855. However, they had two more children, John in 1849, and Anna in 1851. Bart was working as a laborer and had managed to buy his own home on Whitesboro St. in West Utica. This area was dominated by Catholic, German speaking immigrants with strong ties to nearby St. Joseph's Church. The family had lived on Whitesboro St. since at least 1853 and their home, at 271 Whitesboro St., was valued at $400 in 1855.
     In June of 1858, Bartholomew Hamberger died at the age of 47. Gertrude was left with six children ranging in age from 7 to 20. Two years later, her eldest daughter, Frances, married Rochus Regensburger. In 1862, Gertrude's eldest son, Sebastian, enlisted and spent the next three years with the 146'th New York Volunteers. His unit engaged in nearly every major battle in the Civil War.
     In the Utica City Directory for 1861/2, Gertrude is shown still living at 271 Whitesboro St. The 1862/3 directory shows the family on adjoining Saratoga St. By 1865, when her son Sebastian returns from the Civil War, Gertrude and her remaining children were residing in Buffalo. Why she moved to Buffalo is unknown. Her remaining sons were now of working age and the move could have been made for employment, or she may have had family in the Buffalo area.
     Gertrude's eldest, Frances, remained in Utica where she raised her family. Her son, Fr. Albert Regensburger, became a priest and was, for a time, stationed at St. Joseph's Parish. Frances (Hamberger) Regensburger died in 1901 at the age of 64. Gertrude's eldest son, Sebastian, a painter, married Mary Meaney and would remain in Utica and raise his seven children. He died in Utica in 1905 at the age of 65. Joseph resided, at least for a while, in Buffalo. He may be the Joseph found on Madison St. between 1868 and 1871, a brewer, with a wife, Catharine, and a son William born in 1867. Joseph had probably died by 1901 as he is not mentioned in his sisters obituary. Gustave, is found in Lancaster, Ohio by 1875. He married Louise Groff, of nearby Somerset, and had five children. Gustave was alive in 1905, and may have lived until 1938. John remained in the Buffalo area where he married Magdalena Nolder and raised five children. He worked as a carpenter and millwright as a young man. He died in 1917 at the age of 68. Anna was living with her mother (called Catharine) at 597 Swan St. in 1870. Whether she married or not is unknown. Anna had died by 1901.
     Some interesting information is found in the "History of Fairfield County" (Lancaster, Ohio). The Temperance movement was strong in the Lancaster area and there were many local societies advocating it's benefits. One of the Lancaster orders was the Knights of St. George, organized in Lancaster, Nov. 2, 1875, under Rev. Father Schmidt, as Honorary President. Among the thirty-one constituent members named are Gustave A., Joseph, and John Hamberger. Gustave is undoubtedly the son of Bartholomew and Gertrude Hamberger. Could it be that his brothers, Joseph and John, also resided for a time in Lancaster?
     By 1875, and possibly about 1871, Gertrude returned to Utica where she resided with her daughter, Frances. She died in 1876 at the age of 64. Bart and Gertrude are buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, next to their son-in-law and daughter, Rochus and Frances Regensburger. Bart's stone is broken and laying flat on the ground. Weathering has worn the inscription.

     Frances Hamberger was born on 27 October 1837 in Landau, Bavaria.^1,2 She was the daughter of Bartholomew Hamberger and Gertrude Betzler. She married Rochus Regensburger in 1860 in St. Joseph's RC Church, Utica, New York. She died on 20 November 1901 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 64.

     Joseph Hamberger was born in 1842 in Landau, Bavaria.¹ He was the son of Bartholomew Hamberger and Gertrude Betzler. He married (1), at age 25 years, Eva Hyde on 16 July 1867 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, married by F. J. Rudolph. He married (2), at age 47 years, Mary Zink on 20 August 1889 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, married by Father Nicholas Pilger. He died on 3 December 1890 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, at age 48 years.
     
Military Service: between 1861 and 1864 Civil War, Co. D. 2'nd Heavy Art. Regt. NY.

     Anna M. Hamberger was born in 1851 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York.¹ She was the daughter of Bartholomew Hamberger and Gertrude Betzler. She died before 1901.

     John George Lange was born on 19 June 1817 in Obernessa, Germany.^1,2 He was the son of Adam Lange and Christine (__?__). He married Johanna Sonden, daughter of Mary (__?__), in Germany. He died on 25 November 1890 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 73 of nophritis.² He was buried in Forest Hill cemetery, Utica, New York; John Lange plot 44a -Lot 4333 (?).
     
Immigration: on 10 June 1852, Arrived in New York on the ship "Perseverence", embarking from Hamburg, Germany.
Occupation: Shoemaker.
Military Service: between 1834 and 1850 16 year veteran of the Prussian Army, discharged as a Sergeant.

John spent 16 years in the Prussian Army before he brought his family to America. Given his age of 34 when he came to America in 1851, we might assume that he served in the Prussian Army from about the age of 17 in 1834 to the age of 33 in 1850. He was discharged as a Sergeant.

     Johanna Sonden was born on 16 July 1816 in Weissenfels, Germany.^2,3,4 She was the daughter of Mary (__?__). She married John George Lange, son of Adam Lange and Christine (__?__), in Germany. She died on 20 November 1891 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York, at age 75 of bronchitis.³ She was buried in Forest Hill cemetery, Utica, New York.
     
Immigration: in 1851, Arrived in US from Germany.
Religion/Church: in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, South St., Utica, New York.

     John Brace married Emily Lange, daughter of John George Lange and Johanna Sonden.

     Pauline 'Lena' Lange was born in 1848 in Teuchern, Germany.¹ She was the daughter of John George Lange and Johanna Sonden. She married Henry Desmond before 1879.
     
Occupation: in 1870 Works in shoe factory.

     Louisa Lange was born in 1850 in Teuchern, Germany.¹ She was the daughter of John George Lange and Johanna Sonden. She married Scotty Owens. She died circa 1940 in Utica, Oneida Co., New York.
     
Occupation: in 1870 Works in shoe factory.

     John Francis Carey is the son of Paul Vincent Carey and Anne Helen Bankert. He married Midge Finn, daughter of Clarence "Dick" Finn and Grace Zillioux.