Katherine (Schuhmann) (Bittlingmeier) Kern Obituary

Katharine Schuhmann was born in Fremont, New York on December 22, 1856, but her parents came from Bavaria, Germany. Her father, Anton Schuhmann, was born there in February 1818; Her mother, Josephine Hirschel, was also born in Bavaria, Germany, around 1820. Katherine's first marriage was to Louis Bittlingmeier, in Newark, on August 2, 1876. Louis was only 55 years old when he died on October 11, 1899. Three years later, Katharine married her second husband, Sebastian Kern, on May 18, 1902. She and Sebastian were living on Morris Avenue (near Burnet Avenue) in Union, New Jersey when she died of a heart attack on August 21, 1925.