Adam and Anna Marie (Jens) Boerner

Adam Boerner and his wife, Anna Marie Jens (“Amy”) were born and lived in Germany. They lived a comfortable lifestyle in their small town of Gaulsheim, adjacent to the city of Bingen in the Province of Hesse on the Rhine River. They had four children, Bartheleomeow (“Bartle”), Henry, Martin (the great great-grandfather of the writer of this blog), and Anna.

The marriage of Adam Boerner and Anna Marie Janz

Adam and Anna Marie continued to live in Gaulsheim until his death in 1895 and her death in 1907.  Two of their children, Henry and Anna, remained in Germany; two of their sons, Bartle and Martin, moved to the United States.

Bartle came first to the United States while he was still a single man. He married here and settled in Kaukauna, WI.  He and his wife had three children: William, Arthur, and Anna. He lived in Kaukauna except for one year when he took temporary employment in Niagara, WI. His family remained in Kaukauna that year.