Descendents of John L. Koppelman

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John Ludwig Koppelman (b. July 4, 1891, Baltimore Co., MD; d. August 9, 1960, Bradshaw, MD¹) m. Emma Marie Christ, on April 16, 1916 (b. January 18, 1892, Baltimore Co., MD; d. October 26, 1980, Baltimore, MD²) Emily’s parents, William F. Christ (b. abt. 1864, MD) and Elizabeth Christ, b. abt. 1870, MD), farmed on Sinclair Lane, in Gardenville. Williams F. Christ’s parents were born in Germany and came over around 1860: John Christ (b. Sept. 1836, Wurttemberg) and Elizabeth Christ (b. Sept. 1831 or 1841, Darmstadt) John Koppelman farmed on Radecke Avenue and on Bowleys Lane, in Gardenville, area for a number of years, and eventually moved farther out to Bradshaw. John and Emma’s four children, Emily, George, John, and Mary, were brought up in the Catholic Church, the faith of the Christs; a fifth child, Hilda, died in infancy:

1. Emily Laura Koppelman (b. abt. 1917, Baltimore, MD) m. Bernard O.

Barger in 1938 (b. March 8, 1915, VA; d. January 19, 1998, Baltimore,

MD). Bernard was the son of carpenter John Otey Barger (b. 23 Dec 1890,

Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Co., VA[1]) and Mattie P. Barger (b. abt. 1893, VA);

after their marriage, they lived in Lynchburg, VA; they moved to Baltimore, and then

out to the Gardenville area, sometime after 1910. The family goes back in Virginia at

least to 1805, where Bernard’s great-grandparents, Davis Barger (b. abt. 1805, VA)

and Eveline Barger (b. abt. 1815, VA), farmed in Rockbridge County. Bernard’s

grandfather, John Barger (b. abt. 1838, Rockbridge Co., VA) may have fought for

Virginia in the Civil War.[2] Bernard and Emily had two children, Robert and Joyce:

a. Robert Barger (b.?)

b. Joyce Barger (b.?) m. Robert Morrison:

1. Linda Morrison (b.?)

2. Leslie Morrison (b.?)

3. Laurie Morrison (b.?)

4. Michelle Morrison (b.?)

2. George William (Buddy) Koppelman (b. 10 Oct 1920, Baltimore Co., MD;

d. April 29, 2005, Baltimore, MD³) m. Anna M. (Boots) Geise (b. 1924; d. 1990,

Baltimore, MD) Buddy served in the U.S. Army during World War II. They are

buried in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD. Their children are:

a. James M. Koppelman (b.?) m. Diane ? (divorced; remarried James Hughes):

1. Kimberley J. Koppelman (b.?) m. ? Heller

2. Heather Lynn Koppelman (b. 1984, Baltimore Co., MD; d. September 15,

2003, Bradshaw, MD, of wounds sustained in an automobile accident⁴)

b. Jeffrey W. Koppelman (b.1959, d. 1994, Baltimore, MD) He is buried in

Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD.

c. Beverly Koppelman (b. ?) m. David Little (b. ?):

1. Bryan Koppelman (b.?)

2. Scott Koppelman (b.?)

d. Thomas Koppelman (b.?) m. Linda ?

3. John Charles Koppelman (b. abt. 1930, Baltimore, MD) m. Joan Felty. Their children are:

a. David Koppelman m. Dori:

1. Jason Koppelman

b. Nancy Koppelman m. Stanley Henderson

4. Mary Elizabeth Koppelman (b. abt. 1922, Baltimore, MD) m. Joseph S. Knauer (b. January 18,

1920, Baltimore, Maryland; d. December 23, 1993, Perry Hall, Maryland) in 1940 at St.

Anthony’s Chapel, Baltimore. Mary and Joseph had seven children:

a. Mary R. Knauer (b. June 15, 1941) m. William Burness. Their children are:

1. Clare Burness m. ? McQuay:

a. Mayhala McQuay

b. Jenna McQuay

2. Jenna Burness m. ?Aleshine:

a. Elizabeth Aleshine

b. Matthew Aleshine

b. Eileen E. Knauer (b. April 17, 1943, MD) m. Stanley C. Burton (b. 1944, MD:

1. Sherrie Burton m. John Burton:

a. Miranda Burton

b. Mackenzie Burton

2. Wendie Burton

3. Stanley Burton

c. Joseph Knauer, Jr. (b. August 11, 1946) m. Frances Stephanie?:

1. Natalie Knauer m. ?Fender; divorced:

a. Josephine Fender

b. Aaron Fender

2. Rachel Knauer m. Neil Bittner:

a. Hannah Bittner

b. Joseph Bittner

c. Nathaniel Bittner

d. Magdalena E. Knauer (b. November 24, 1950) m. Dieter Hoffman:

1. Heidi Hoffman m. Fred Drummond:

a. Tiffany Drummond

2. Karin Hoffman

3. Stephanie Hoffman

e. Jeannette Knauer (b. April 17, 1956) m. Roy Schonfleiss:

a. Megan Schonfleiss

f. Bernadette A. Knauer (b. August 27, 1958) m. Gary Sherrod:

1. Matthew Sherrod

2. Daniel Sherrod

g. Steven W. Knauer (b. January 4, 1967) m. Margaret Anne Slaugh:

1. Ashley Knauer

5. Hilda Louisa Koppelman (b. Apr 1924, Baltimore Co., MD; d. 19 Apr 1924, Baltimore

Co., MD) Hilda lived just two weeks. She is buried in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville,

MD.[3]

¹Source: Social Security Death Index

²Source: Social Security Death Index

³Source: Death Notices, Baltimore Sun, 5/1/05 (thanks to Jody Hedeman Couser)

⁴Source: Baltimore Sun, City/County Digest, 9/15/03