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Bertha Mary Westpfahl

Taken in February 1883 and sourced from Certificate - Birth.

1883 Mary Bertha Westpfahl

This picture was taken in February 1883 and sourced from Certificate - Birth.

Bertha was born on February 22nd, 1883 in West Derby.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 8 in 1891
  Aged 25 in 1911
  
  WESTPFAHL, MARY BERTHA DUNKAR
  GRO Reference: 1883 M Quarter in LIVERPOOL
  Volume 08B Page 50
  
  Born at 75 Bevington Hill, U.S.D.
  Mary Bertha, Girl.
  Father Christian Westpfahl, Pork Butcher
  Mother, Sophia Westpfahl, formerly Kunkar
  Informant: Sophia Westpfahl, Mother, 20 Linton St.
  Birth rigistered: 6 March 1993 in sub-district of St Martin.

Bertha's father was Christian Friedrich Westpfahl and her mother was Anna Catharina Soffea Dunkacke. Her paternal grandparents were Heinrich Christian Frederick Westpfahl and Metha (Margaretha) Sophie Albertine Düssmann; her maternal grandparents were Hermann Heinrich Dunkacke and Margarethe Elisabeth Engelmann. She had a sister named Merri or Maria. She was the older of the two children. She had a half-brother and three half-sisters, named Christian, Wilhelmine, Freda and Elise.

General Notes
- "Westphall" used for Sidney and Herbert's birth registrations
  
  There are no recorded adult deaths for a Westpfahl between 1885 and 1888 in the NW, so Mary Bertha and Marie Frederica must have been born to mother Sophie Dunkacke before she married Christian Friederich.

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Bertha lived on a temporary basis at 89 Opic Street for four years from 1891 to about 1895.²
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Henry Dittmer was a Lodger with Christian and Sophie Westphahl and daughters Bertha and Merri in 1891

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Christian Westphal
  - b.~  1790
  
  Heinrich Christian Frederick  Westpfahl
  - b.13 May 1817 in Bremen d.1871 in Bremen
  
  Rebecca Fricken
  - b.~  1790
  
  Christian Friedrich Westpfahl
  - b.29 Sep 1846 in Bremen d.05 Dec 1893 in Liverpool
  
  Metha (Margaretha) Sophie Albertine Düssmann
  - b.~  1820 in Germany d.1850 in Bremen
  
  Bertha Mary Westpfahl
  - b.22 Feb 1883 in West Derby
  
  Hermann Heinrich Dunkacke
  - b.1815 in Bremen d.<  1888
  
  Anna Catharina Soffea Dunkacke
  - b.06 Feb 1851 in Bremen d.25 Jun 1936 in Bremen
  
  Margarethe Elisabeth Engelmann
  - b.1816 in Germany

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Bertha's family with Edwin Kidd

¹ Certificate - Birth
² 1891 UK Census