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Mary (Merri or Maria) Fredericke Westpfahl

Mary, known as Merri or Maria, was born in December 1885 in West Derby.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 26 in 1911
  
  Name: Mary Frederica Westpfahl
  Year of Registration: 1885
  Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
  District: West Derby, Lancashire
  Volume: 8b
  Page: 339
  
  WESTPLANE, MARY FREDERICA DUNKAKE
  GRO Reference: 1885 D Quarter in WEST DERBY
  Volume 08B Page 339

Merri or Maria'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 Bertha. She was the younger of the two children. She had a half-brother and three half-sisters, named Christian, Wilhelmine, Freda and Elise.

General Notes
- Recorded as Merri Westpfhal in 1891
  
  Maria applied for Naturalisation as a British Subject 1-Aug-1947 while living in Wolverhampton. The rrecord is not available for 100 years thereafter!

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Merri or Maria lived on a temporary basis at 89 Opic Street for four years from 1891 to about 1895.¹
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Henry Dittmer was a Lodger with Christian and Sophie Westphahl and daughters Bertha and Merri in 1891
  She lived at 389 New Chester Road to after 1911.²
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of Richard Rueger, Marie, Bernard and baby in 1911

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
  
  Mary (Merri or Maria) Fredericke Westpfahl
  - b.Dec 1885 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 Merri or Maria's family with Karl (Richard) Alexander Otto R Rueger

¹ 1891 UK Census
² 1911 UK Census