'Johann Wall 40 J, aus der Stadt [city] Danzig, Menno R, Schneider [tailor], Frau Gertruda 39, Ki Magdalena 16, Johann 13, Cornelius 10, Gertruda 8, Margaretha 6, Jacob 1.'
'1838, July 21, Franz Thiessen's wife Gertrude. 70 years, 2 months and 14 days. 1st marriage: 19 years, 4 sons and 6 dau. 3 daughters have died; 2nd marriage: 26 years, no children.'
David Epp, the writer of the diary, seems not to have known that Gertrude was married 3 times, and that 2 (or 3) of her Wall children were actually her step-children. She had (2 or) 3 sons and 5 daughters from her first 2 marriages, plus 1 (or 2) step-sons and 1 step-daughter from her second marriage. Her second marriage was less than 19 years long (no earlier than 1795 to no later than 1812), so probably her first two marriages totaled 19 years.