Elisabeth Gerholdt

Elisabeth was born on February 5th, 1860.  Elisabeth's father was Johann (Frederick) Friedrich Gerholdt and her mother was Elanor (Ellen) Drake (Droke?).  Her paternal grandparents were Johann Gottlob Joachim Goerhold and Marie Elisabeth Sandnerin. She had seven brothers and three sisters, named Daniel, John David, Jacob B, Charles, Peter D, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Katharine (Catherine?) Wilhelmina, Rebecca and Susenna (Susan).  She was the sixth oldest of the eleven children. She had a half-sister named Mary Ellen.  She died at the age of 81 on June 21st, 1941.