BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Franz Robert Werner and Bertha Hedwig Spindler
Bertha Hedwig Spindler and Franz Robert Werner

Franz Robert Werner was born on September 5, 1875 in Neukirchen, Germany. He was the son of Franz Robert Werner and Ida Adelma Schindler. He made his living as a teacher.

Bertha Hedwig Spindler was born to Otto Spindler and Bertha Hermine Kinder on December 2, 1878 in Oberlungwitz, Germany.

Robert and Hedwig were married on August 31, 1900 and had two sons and two daughters:

Late in life, possibly in 1947, the couple emigrated to the United States.

Robert died in Hillsdale, New Jersey on January 8, 1954. After her husband's death, Hedwig returned to Germany where she died, in Bautzen, on October 26, 1956.

Sources & Related Information

  • Family Records
  • Ahnenpass of Otto Helmut Werner