24 January 2006
Hugh O. O’Donnell
3 Allegheny Center, Apt.
608
Pittsburgh, PA
15212
Dear Mr. O’Donnell:
Research for the following report was done by Suzanne
Johnston, volunteer researcher.
We examined the baptismal record for your mother to see if
anything additional could be found on the church record.
Sts. Peter & Paul Baptismal Records
Margaritam
Mariam, born 31 Oct 1912;
baptized 6 Nov 1912;
father: Joanne J. Messer, Pittsburgh;
mother: Anna M. Kress, unmarried, Pittsburgh;
sponsor: Maria Hauck
Note in margin: confirmed 25 Apr 1927
St. Mary (Allegheny City)
Marriage Records
6 Aug 1867 William Kress; age 23; Neuhof, Hass [Hessia]; son of
Joannes [Kress] and Eva Kelm married to Augusta Kress; age 21; Dorfborn,
Prussia; daughter of
Petrus [Kress] and Agnes Jahn. Witnesses: Mattieu Auth, John Kerpel
St. Mary (Allegheny City)
Baptismal Records
Joannes,
born 28 Sep 18678; baptized 4 Oct 1868;
father: Wilhelmus Kress, Oberts, Hass; mother: Augusta Kress, Dorfburn, Hass;
sponsors: Fabian Kress, Corula Burkhard
Anna
Barbara, born 28 Oct 1870,
17 Long Alley; baptized 6 Nov 1870;
father: Wilhelmus Kress, Neuhof, Hessia; mother: Augusta Kress, Dorfborn,
Hessia; sponsors: Johannes Herbert and wife Barbara
Gulielmum
[William] [twin], born 20 Apr 1872,
Long Alley; baptized 28 Apr 1872;
father: Guililemo Kress, Neuhofen, Churhessia; mother: Augusta Kress, Neuhofen;
sponsors: Blasius and C. Kress
Mariam
Carolinam [twin]; same as above; sponsors: Raymundus and Carolina Mueller
Ferdinandum,
born 14 Aug 1873, 43 Long
Alley; baptized 17 Aug 1873;
father: Wilhelmo Kress, Opperts, Churhessia; mother: Augusta Kress, Dorfborn,
Churhessia; sponsors: Ferdinand Hohmann and his wife, Maria Margaretha
Mariam
Theresiam, born 23 Aug 1875,
Butcher’s Run; baptized 29 Aug 1875;
father: Guillelmo Kress, Churhessen; mother: Augusta Kress, same place;
sponsors: Blasius Kress, Cortulo Kress
Leonardum,
born 27 Sep 1877; baptized 30 Sep 1877; father: Gulielmo Kress;
mother: Augusta Kress; sponsors: Gerard Scherer, Ludivica Schäfer
Josephum,
born 25 Feb 1880, Raynaut
Street; baptized 7 Mar 1880; father: Wilhelmo Kress, Chur-Hessia; mother:
August Kress, Fulda, Hessia;
sponsors: Maximilianus and Eva Gaus
St. Augustine (Lawrenceville)
Baptismal Records
Blasium,
born 1 Apr 1882; baptized 4 Apr 1882; father: Gulielmo Kress, Fulda;
mother: Augusta _____, Dorfborn;
sponsors: Blasius Kress, Sarah O’Neil
Fabianum
Mariam, born 13 May 1883; baptized 13 May (at home, child in danger of dying);
father: Gulielmo Kress, Neuhof; mother: August Kröhs, Dorfborn; sponsors named at
church: Fabianus Kress, Paulina Diebold
Kath. Augustam, born 1
May 1886; baptized 9 May
1886; father: Wilhelmo Kress, Neuhof (Fulda);
mother: Augusta Kress, Dorfborn; sponsors: Clemens and Maria Melania Kress
Annam
Mariam, born 29 Aug 1888;
baptized 9 Sep 1888; father:
Gulielmo Kress, Neuhof; mother: Augusta Kress, Dorfborn; sponsors: Josephus and
Anna Barbara Becker
Sts. Peter & Paul (East End) Marriage Records
30 Aug 1899 Friedericam
Kress, Pittsburgh; son of Gulielmi Kress married to Ceceliam Gerthofen, Pittsburgh;
daughter of Bonifacii Gerthofen. Witnesses: M. Gerthofen, ______ Kress
28 Aug 1900 Joannem A. Hauck, Pittsburgh;
son of Friederici and Mariae married to Mariam Ther. Kress, Pittsburgh;
daughter of Gulielmi and Augustae. Witnesses: Ludovici Hauck, Emma Kress
We did check the early marriages of St. Mary, Allegheny City
and St. Philomena for Kress marriages, Although there were several Kress
marriages at St. Mary, none was for a sibling of either William or Augusta. Fabian
apparently never married and Blasius’ marriage was not found. If there is
anything else we can research for you, please contact us. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ken White
Archives & Records
Center