WILHELM H. GUNDLACH was born in Germany September 23, 1861, a son of Henry and Caroline Gundlach, also natives of the Fatherland, the father born in 1806, and died in 1867 at the age of sixty-one years. They were the parents of four sons - Wilhelm H., Henry, Frederick and Charley - and three daughters - Hannah, Minnie and another whose name is not recorded - all yet living in Germany, except Wilhelm H. and Charley, the latter of whom is now a resident of this county, near Hickory. Wilhelm H. Gundlach received his education in the public schools of his native land, learning to read from text books common in use at that time in Germany - the Bible and the catechism. In 1881 he immigrated to America, finally locating in Hopewell township, Washington Co., Penn., where he resided six years, at the end of which time he moved to the farm in West Bethlehem township, containing 118 acres of prime land, where he passed the remainder of his life. On April 19, 1888, he was married to Caroline, daughter of Henry A. and Sophia Gundlach, who were the parents of three sons - Solomon H., Charley A., and Earnest L. - and three daughters - Caroline (married to Wilhelm H. Gundlach), Louisa A. (married July 23, 1891, to Emmor Ames; they have one child Elsie Pearl, born February 20, 1892), and Minnie S. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Gundlach are members of the Lutheran Church in West Bethlehem township; for twenty-seven years they have been residents of Washington county. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm H. Gundlach were born three children, as follows: Sophia Winnett, born January 10, 1889; Louisa A., born October 5, 1890, died April 5, 1891, and Henry Wilhelm Alfred, born June 5, 1892. The father of these little ones died January 29, 1893, aged thirty-two years. He was a member of the Lutheran Church,as is his grief-stricken widow.
Text taken from page 626 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed February 1998 by Bettie Morrow of Bethel Park, PA as part of the Beers Project.
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