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Sunday, January 12, 2020

Meet George Hildenbrandt. He is the older brother of our Great, Great, Great Grandfather Franz Hillenbrand. He had left Hosenfeld, Germany, 10 years prior to Franz in 1837. Born in 1810, he left Germany and became a butcher in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Our Great, Great, Great, Great Grandmother, Margarita Hillenbrand, born in 1788, had later emigrated and stayed with George and his wife Catharine in Minersville. He lived and worked near Third and Sunbury Streets in Minersville. He died of heart disease and dropsy, in 1880, and is buried in Mount Peace Cemetery in Minersville. As far as I know, this is the earliest photograph of a Hillanbrand relative. I will see if I can get a better copy to share with you all.



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