Iron monuments are rare, but in this little German Catholic cemetery this same ornate iron cross occurs twice. it was not a good idea from a genealogical point of view: the letters are separate pieces, and they fall off as bits of the monument rust. Today we can guess the surname “Amrhein” because the cross occurs in a group with a double granite monument, but there is not enough information to fill in the first name or the birth and death dates (18— to 188-).
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[…] have met a very similar iron crucifix in St. Peter’s Cemetery (Arlington), and it had the same problem: the letters fall off as they […]
[…] we find an intact example, with all its letters present, of that very same iron crucifix we saw in St. Peter’s Cemetery. The thing has been spray-painted with silver paint, which may […]
1. FRANZ Josef AMRHEIN
BIRTH 17 JAN 1826 • Frohnhofen, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany
DEATH 18 FEBRUARY 1894 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2. BARBARA (Hirsch) AMRHEIN
BIRTH 28 OCT 1823 • Sailauf, Bayern, Germany (Aschaffenburg, Bavaria)
DEATH 27 MAY 1900 • Pennsylvania, USA
3. I am guessing the steel cross might be one of their children
Jackob (Jacob) Amrhein b: Mar 1863 + d: 1881