LINK, Theresia Rosa ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

Transcript of a copy of the christening record for Theresia Rosa Link as translated from the German by Ken Smith: 3/85. Therese Rosa, daughter of Herr Julius Link and his legal wife, Elizabeth Ekstein, born 22 February, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Baptized 6 June 1897 by the undersigned Christen Merkel. Witness: Rosa Link Seal: St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church at Philadelphia. The seal imprinted on the original document as translated by Matthias Seifert is: German Evangelic Lutheran Mathew Community (of) unaltered
Augsburgh(ish) Confession of Philadelphia, 1891. This would have been a very traditional sect at the time as the Augsburgh Confession was the first Lutheran written set of standards presented to the Roman Emperer in 1530. (E, F-109)

Theresia volunteered as a member of the Red Cross Motor Corps during World War II. She died of a brain tumor in her 50's and was greatly missed. She was said to be a very gentle woman who was able to raise a large family without ever raising her voice.

She is buried in Lot #381, Section 27 of Calvary Cemetery, in Erie, Pennsylvania ⁷

Theresia married Norman Leroy FORTE Sr., son of Henry Lincoln FORTE I and Marie (Elizabeth) Conley RAUCH, on Jul 5, 1915 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. (Norman Leroy FORTE Sr. was born on Nov 11, 1890 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA, died on Dec 8, 1980 in Erie, Erie, PA, USA ⁸ and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Erie, Erie, PA, USA.)