Joseph FULWEBER Family 1857-1920 Color Code: Green =1st Generation Immigrant Parents Aqua= 2nd Generation Joseph FULWEBER Born: 2 Mar 1857 in Bergheim France Migrated to Ohio 1881 Died:12 Feb 1920 Ravenna Ohio Burial: St Mary Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio [ Headstone ] pg._450_ Joseph's Father: Clement FULWEBER (1816 - 1863) Joseph's Mother: Anne-Marie FREY [ Clement and Ann-Marie Family ] pg._454_ Bergheim , Haut-Rhin , Alsace , France Joseph was janitor of Byers Machine Company, Ravenna, Ohio [ Group photo of Byers Machine Company Employees 1891 pg._451_ Joseph married Caroline MENDELE Born: 1 Feb 1859 Bergheim, France Died: 14 Sep 1933 @ 74 years Ravenna Ohio Burial: St Mary Cem., Ravenna, Ohio [ Caroline Photo ] pg._451_ Caroline's Father: George Mendele Born: France Caroline's Mother: Margaret Mendele Born: France. George and Margaret migrated to USA 1882 Residence: 109 Oakwood Street, Ravenna, Ohio Joseph and Caroline had 4 children: 2. Mary Catherine "Kate" FULWEBER Born: 27 Feb 1884 Died: 20 Nov 1976 Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland Ohio. "Kate" became a cloistered nun [ Kate's Photo and Biography ] pg._452_ 2. Harry J. FULWEBER Born: 1886 Died: 1888 2. Arthur Francis Fulweber Born: 1890 Died: 1910 2. Cyril Joseph Fulweber Born:1899 Died: 1962 Cyril's Family pg._509_ Joseph Fulweber 1857 Declaration of Intention To Become Citizen Of USA. on 15 Mar 1890 UNITED * STATES * OF * AMERICA Be it Remembered, that on the 15th day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety, personally appeared before me, Geo W. Myers, Judge and ex-officio Clerk of the Probate Court within and for the County of Hancock, and State of Ohio  Joseph Fulweber, an alien and native of Alsach and makes report of himself for naturalization' who being duly sworn according to law, on this oath doth declare and say that it is bona fide his INTENTION TO BECOME A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES,  and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any Foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty, and particularly to The Emperor of Germany who subject he is. ATTEST:  Geo W. Myers Probate Judge and es-officio Clerk. THE STATE OF OHIO Hancock  COUNTY, SS I, GEORGE W. MYERS, Judge and ex-officio Clerk of the Probate Count, within and for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original entry of Declaration entered and remaining of record in this office.   WITNESS my hand and the Seal of the Probate Court, at  Findlay this 15th day of March  A.D.  1890 Geo. W. Myers  Probate Judge and ex-officio Clerk, By  Clark Myers   Deputy Clerk, Note: Alsach= German spelling of Alsace . Bergheim is town in province of Alsace , France. Bergheim translated = "Mountain City" Alsace-Lorraine — an Enclave of Ethnic Germans in France. Any time you see an ethnic German's birthplace in the censuses flipping back and forth between France and Germany, there's a strong probability the individual was born in Alsace-Lorraine, an ethnic German enclave that is, today, in France, but has at times been ruled by Germany.  The history of the region is complex, so for the purposes of genealogy, it might be best to simply consider it a "country" in and of itself, without placing it in either Germany or France.  If a formal country must be used, then its current location dictates that it be placed in France, not Germany. [ Alsace Location ] pg._453_ .