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Bertha Jane Westpfahl (Johanne Sophie Bertha)

Bertha was born in 1844 in Bremen.¹

Birth Notes
- Age 66 in 1911, born Bremen

Bertha's father was Heinrich Christian Frederick Westpfahl and her mother was Metha (Margaretha) Sophie Albertine Düssmann. Her paternal grandparents were Christian Westphal and Rebecca Fricken. She had three brothers and two sisters, named Christian, Heinrich, Johann, Sophie and Louise. She was the second oldest of the six children. She had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Frederick, Carl, Engle and Annie. She died at the age of 74 on November 16th, 1918 in Northwich.²

Death Notes
- Deaths Dec 1918 (>99%)
  Heinz Bertha 74 Northwich

General Notes
- aka: Johanne Sophie Bertha Westpfahl
  
  Bertha married in Durham in 1869, and stayed there till ~1872, when the family moved to Newcastle. They moved again to Liverpool in 1878.
  
  According to her marriage certificate, Bertha's father was Henry Westpfahl, a shoe maker.
  
  George and Bertha were living in Northwich in 1911

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Bertha was a representative of Friedericke (Freda) Dorothee Westphal.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Bertha and her son Charles Heinz were witnesses at Freda's wedding to Henry Dittmer in 1892

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
  
  Bertha Jane Westpfahl
  - b.1844 in Bremen d.16 Nov 1918 in Northwich
  
  Metha (Margaretha) Sophie Albertine Düssmann
  - b.~  1820 in Germany d.1850 in Bremen

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Bertha's family with George Johann Jacob Heinz

¹ 1911 UK Census
² FreeBMD.org.uk
Source/Citation Individual - Liz Burden