Margaretta Barbara Werner nee Siegle
Born: December 4, 1836 in Wurttemberg, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
Passed:
PARENTS
Her parents lived in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg
(before unification of German states into the modern country) where she was
born and whose capital was Stuttgart ruled by a local king.
They were married in Germany. She was related to the local royal family.
Her father was Johann Georg Siegle (b. September 24, 1812- in Germany) who was a miller and owned the local flour mill. Her father’s parents were Ferdinand Siegle (1788-) and Margaretta Siegle nee Kaiser (1790-).
Her mother was Katharina Barbara Siegle nee Schlecht (b. Wurttemberg, Germany, January 19, 1814-). Her mother’s parents were Johann Frederich Schlecht (1771-1842) and Maria Katharina Schlecht nee Briem (1777-1837).
PARENTS’ STORY
Her father died on the voyage to America having contracted
typhoid fever and leaving her mother with five children. Her mother’s siblings
included
Frederike Sigle (1839-) who married a Mr. Graber in California
Johannes Sigle (1841-) who had a farm in Missouri
Ferdinand Sigle (1844-) who learned the harness trade and moved to Kansas producing a large family
Kathryn (Christiana) Sigle (1846-) who married Louis
Werner
Her mother sought help from relatives in New York; and they eventually took her
to Indiana where she bought a farm. Her mother never learned to speak English.
Eventually her mother sold the farm which later was discovered to have coal
deposits that were mined. Her mother then moved to live with her daughter and son-in-law
Jacob Werner on their farm close to Fairwater, Wisconsin.
MARRIAGE
Margaretta Barbara Siegle married Jacob Werner (1832-1917) in Floria, Ohio. She had four children two of whom survived, to wit George Werner and Francis Henry Werner (1856-1956). Her children were
Francis Henry (harness maker and musician)
Bertha (died at age two)
Kathryn (died at birth)
George (had four wives and earned his living as an actor)