Frederick Boersch1

(c 1816 - 1886)
Extended Family
ChartsAncestors of Faith Kennedy

Children of Frederick Boersch and Maria (-?-)

Children of Frederick Boersch and Elizabeth Colse

Life Events

Overview
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Frederick was born c1816 in Alsace Lorraine, which at various times was part of either France or Germany. Our first sighting of him is in New York state in 1850 with his wife Maria and son Frederick. Maria must have died within the next few years, for Frederick married Elizabeth Colse(?) before 1861. He moved his family to Waterloo County in Upper Canada (now Ontario) where there was a large German populaton in the late 1850s, and he continued his trade as a tailor. The family was Lutheran. Frederick had six known children and died in Ontario at the age of 69.

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BirthFrederick Boersch was born circa Dec 1816 in Alsace Lorraine, Germany.2
 
Research Note There is an entry on the Castle Garden site for F Borsch, age 23, ship Baltimore, arrive 4 Nov 1839; this voyage is not currently on Ancestry although other sailings of the Baltimore that year are. On that same list are Rosina 77, J 41, Rosina 20, Catherine 18, L 10 - all farmers. 
MarriageHe married Maria (-?-).3
 
Research Note There is an arrival on The Admiral on 17 July 1850 in New York from Havre for a Friederick Borsch, from Bavaria, age 36. No one else on the sailing had the surname Borsch.This is not likely him, as the 1850 census reported that his 7-month old son Frederick was born in the US.4 
1850 CensusFrederick and Maria Boersch appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Buffalo, Erie County, New York, enumerated 2 Sep 1850. Frederick was 35, a tailor and born in Germany. Maria was 25 and born in Germany. They had been married more than one year. With them was Frederick (age 7 months and born in New York). Two other German couples of about their age lived at this dwelling: Peter and Elisabeth Beck and Peter and Magdalena Haberkorn.3 
MarriageFrederick Boersch married Elizabeth Colse.5
 
Residence-Moved The family moved from the United States to Ontario about 1857, between the births of William and Frederick Christ. 
1861 CensusFrederick and Elizabeth Barch [sic] appeared on the 1861 Census of Preston Village, Waterloo County, Canada West, enumerated 14 Jan 1861. The family lived in a one story log house. Their religion was Lutheran. The tally marks indicated that one boy and one girl attended school, two adults could not read or write, and there was one birth in 1860.
Frederick was a tailor, born in France, age 45. Elizabeth was 38 and born in Byern Germany. The children were Dorathy (10, born in the United States), William (6, US), Frederick (4, Upper Canada), Albert (2, U.C.), and Charles (1, U.C.). [All ages are recorded as of the next birthday]6 
1871 CensusFrederick and Elizabeth Boersch appeared on the 1871 Census of Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario, enumerated 2 Apr 1871. Frederick was 54, born in France, Lutheran, of French origin, and was a Tailor. Elizabeth was 47 and born in Germany. Their children were William (15), Frederick (14), Alfred (12), and Charles (10). In the next household was their married daughter Dorothea Stohl. The two eldest children were born in the United States and the younger three in Ontario. The younger ones attended school. [All ages are recorded as of the next birthday]5 
Land Record In 1881, Frederick Boersh was listed as a landowner in the Waterloo County atlas in Preston, a village in Waterloo Township. He was a tailor.7 
1881 CensusFredk and Elizabeth Boersch appeared on the 1881 Census of Preston Village, Waterloo County, Ontario, enumerated 4 Apr 1881. Frederick was 64, born in Germany, of German origin, and was a Tailor. Elizabeth was 56 and born in Germany. Their son Carl was 20, born in Ontario, and was a shoemaker.8 
DeathFrederick died on 29 Sep 1886 in Preston Township, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada.
Details from the registration: male, age 69 years 9 months, Tailor, born in Alsace, Germany, Lutheran, died of enlargement of the liver 4 months, attended by Dr Mulloy, informant Albert Boersch, Tailor, Preston.2 
BurialFriederich Boersch was buried in Old Preston Cemetery, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario. His nativity was recorded as Alsace. He was buried in Section F, Row 5, grave 14 and there is a flat broken stone which reads Friederich Boersch/ gestorben / Sept 29, 1886. Also, an infant son, Adam, was buried there in 1864.9 
Last Edited1 Mar 2014

Citations

  1. [S1885] Death certificate of Dora Stoll, died 28 December 1934, registered 31 December 1934 in the State of Ohio, file # 71881 (Family Search Historic Records & Images Online).
  2. [S1006] Death Registrations of Ontario, 1869-1938. Image viewed at Ancestry.com. Frederick Boersch, #017871-86.
  3. [S857] 1850 Federal Census for United States, New York, Erie County, Buffalo Ward 4, Roll M432_502, Page 387. Digital image viewed at Ancestry.com.
  4. [S1091] New York Passenger Arrivals, images (www.ancestry.com) "Friederick Borsch, Admiral, 17 July 1850."
  5. [S1835] Online image of the 1871 Census for Canada (viewed at Ancestry.com), Ontario, South Waterloo (31), Preston (f), Page 59, Family 215.
  6. [S1836] Online image of the 1861 Census for Canada (viewed at Ancestry.com), Canada West, Waterloo County, Preston, Page 142.
  7. [S462] The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project at http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/default.htm
  8. [S1834] Online image of the 1881 Census for Canada (viewed at Ancestry.com), Ontario, South Waterloo (161), Preston, Page 21, Family 110.
  9. [S2874] Preston Cemetery Transcript (Waterloo Region OGS).