Person:Bertha Webber (1)

Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio.
CHARLES PHILIPPS, [pages 715-716] proprietor of the Riverdale bath and boat house, Dayton, Ohio, was born in Alsace, France, February 22, 1832, and is a son of John and Anna Marie (Fischer) Philipps. These parents were married in Alsace; of their family of two sons and one daughter, Charles is the only survivor. The daughter, named Mary, died in infancy, and Ferdinand, the other son, died near Buffalo, N. Y., at the age of sixty-five years.

Charles Philipps was but five years of age when the family came to America and settled on a farm near Buffalo, N. Y., and here the parents passed the remainder of their days, their remains being interred near the farm.

Ferdinand succeeded to this property, to which he added other lands, and passed his life on the farm, where, beside following agriculture, he was engaged to some extent in mechanical pursuits until his death. At the age of thirteen years Charles was apprenticed to shoemaking, and, having thoroughly learned the trade, was employed for some thirty years at fine work, and during this period visited many of the larger American cities. But the encroachments of improved machinery proved to be seriously detrimental to hand production of shoes and he relinquished his journeyings. He then purchased a place near Buffalo, where he carried on his trade in a small way for a number of years, and afterward became a member of the Buffalo fire department; but by reason of one hand having been crippled by disease, he was at last compelled to abandon both his trade and his position. He then opened a saloon on the Terrace in Buffalo, and this he conducted for about seven years. He then built a floating bath house, which proved a source of profit for about ten years, when the structure was destroyed by a violent storm, entailing upon him a heavy loss. In 1888 he came with an excursion party to Ohio, and desiring to adopt a new location for business, he came to Dayton and established his present bath and boat house. Here, during the season, hundreds of citizens of Dayton, of all ages, come to enjoy the boating and bathing, while every precaution is taken for their safety; it sometimes happens that bathers become over-bold, and Mr. Philipps has, since in business here, saved no less than eighteen persons from drowning. For these brave and valuable services he has received appreciative mention in the local press, and very often more tangible evidence of the gratitude of the rescued.

Mr. Philipps was married, in Buffalo, to Miss Bertha Webber, who was born in Baden, Germany, in 1841, and this marriage has been blessed by the birth of four sons and three daughters. Of these William C. is a harness-maker and dealer in Dayton and is married; Rose is a dressmaker, and resides with her parents; Albert conducts a boating house at Dayton View; Ida is the wife of Aloysius W. Kling, foreman of Walker's lithographic establishment in Dayton; Edward G. is an assistant to his father; Clara and Frankie are attending school. In their religious faith, the family are true Catholics. Mr. Philipps is a modest, unassuming gentleman, courteous and attentive to his many patrons. He well deserves the success which now attends him, and is equally deserving of the high esteem in which he is held by the citizens of Dayton, with many of whom his occupation necessarily brings him into association.

Dayton Herald 12 Nov 1925, Thu · Page 32

Bertha Phillips
Birth: 5 Feb 1841
Death: unknown
Burial: United German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, USA
Plot: Section "CC"
Memorial #: 122970235
Maintained by: carol fasc (48727277)
Originally Created by: Edward Toy (47131855)
Added: 8 Jan 2014
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122970235/bertha-phillips
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122970235/bertha-phillips: accessed 02 June 2023), memorial page for Bertha Phillips (5 Feb 1841–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 122970235, citing United German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, USA; Maintained by carol fasc (contributor 48727277).

Name: Bertha Phillpps
Sex: Female
Age: 69
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Birthplace: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship Code: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Buffalo Ward 13, Erie, New York, United States
Event Place (Original): Buffalo Ward 13, , New York
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 10
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Charles Phillpps Husband M 78 France
Clara Phillpps Daughter F 31 New York

Household Identifier: 262
Sheet Number and Letter: 10B
Affiliate Film Number: 944
Affiliate Publication Number: T624
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Digital Folder Number: 004972919
Microfilm Number: 1374957
Image Number: 00906
Indexing Batch: N03547-7

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5CK-ZH4 : accessed 2 June 2023), Bertha Phillpps in household of Charles Phillpps, Buffalo Ward 13, Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 122, sheet 10B, family 262, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 944; FHL microfilm 1,374,957.

Name: Bertha Weber
Sex: Female
Religion: Katholisch
Father's Name: Fidel Weber
Mother's Name: Euphrosina Herter
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 5 Feb 1841
Event Place: Önsbach, Achern, Baden, Deutschland
Event Place (Original): Önsbach: Önsbach, Bühl, Baden, Germany
Page: 163
Volume: Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg - Staatsarchiv Freiburg L10 Bd. 0076

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Fidel Weber Father M
Euphrosina Herter Mother F

Digital Folder Number: 004116492
Image Number: 00020
Indexing Batch: V01149-2

Citing this Record
"Deutschland, Baden, Kirchenbuchduplikate, 1804-1877," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFM2-2GQ : 9 January 2020), Bertha Weber, 5 Feb 1841; citing p. 163, volume {record.getField('SOURCE_VOLUME')}, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (Provincial Archives), Freiburg, Germany.