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Note: udwig came about in a circuitous way. I discovered a Public Member Family Tree on Ancestry.com which had an Esther Hettie Ludwig born in 1837 married to a Francis Marks (Marcks), both of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. As there were NO OTHER Esther Ludwigs born near 1837 on the 1850 or 1860 census' in either Lehigh or Northampton Counties, other than the daughter of David Christian and Lydia Ludwig, this connection was one of interest.
I found this couple on the 1880 Lehigh County census records:
Francis J Marcks United States Census, 1880
Name Francis J Marcks
Event Type Census
Event Year 1880
Event Place South Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender Male
Age 46
Marital Status Married
Race White
OccupationFarmer
Relationship to Head of Household Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self
Birth Year (Estimated) 1834
Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania, United States
Francis J Marcks Self M 46 Pennsylvania, United States
Hettie Marcks Wife F 45 Pennsylvania, United States
John Fatsinger Other M 18 Pennsylvania, United States
Milton Marcks Son M 19 Pennsylvania, United States
Reuben Marcks Brother M 45 Pennsylvania, United States
Rosa Krauss Other F 17 Pennsylvania, United States
Katie Marcks Mother F 75 Pennsylvania, United States
CITING THIS RECORD
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWN7-Q98 : accessed 13 September 2015), Francis J Marcks, South Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district 199, sheet 486D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1147; FHL microfilm 1,255,147.
The John Fatsinger on this census must be a relative of Esther/Hettie's mother, who was a born Fatzinger. This document is also the source for the name of Francis' mother, Katie.
The death record of Hettie Marks lists her as Hettie Marks born Ludwig, thus establishing the wife of Hettie Marks/Marcks as Esther Ludwig.
Name: Hettie Marks Ludwig
Birth Date: 11 Dec 1835
Event Type: Burial
Death Date: abt 1884
Age at Death: 49
Burial Date: 7 Aug 1884
Burial Place: Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA
Spouse Name: Frane Marks
Denomination: United Church of Christ
Organization Name: Salem United Church of Christ
Source Citation
Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 583
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
This record is the source for the birth, and burial dates of Esther/Hettie. However, according to her headstone cited below the date listed here as burial date is actually her death date.
Further confirmation of the birth and death dates of Esther/ Hettie and Francis Marks are their headstones as found on FindaGrave.com online.
Further information on this couple including their marriage date and place, and names of the parents of Francis come from an e mail from distant cousin, Ed Ludwig in 2015, part of whichI quote:
"The original document I located which provided the link between Hetty and Francis was an indenture dealing with the sale of David Ludwig’s (one son of Frantz Joseph Ludwig) farm after his death. His other children, including my direct ancestor Joseph Ludwig, agreed to sell the farm to their brother, incidentally also named Francis. The indenture (transcription attached) was dated April 5, 1887 and mentions both Milton and Francis Marks (Hetty was deceased, so her portion of the inheritance was passed on to Francis Marks and Milton, their son). From that information, I researched church records on Ancestry.com and found the death records for both Hetty and Francis. The records, of the Salem United Church of Christ in Allentown, PA included their dates of birth, death, and marriage. Hetty, born December 11, 1835, married November 4, 1860, and died August 7, 1884, maiden name Ludwig; Francis, born May 10, 1834 and died September 28, 1891, parents Jonathan and Catherine.
Note: The confirmation of the marriage of Francis J Marks (Marcks) and Esther L
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