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Joseph Stephen

circa 1820 (computed from age at death; research note gives November 15, 1821) – February 14, 1888

Died 14 February 1888 · buried Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown, Pennsylvania

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Funeral Card

Date of death

February 14, 1888

Date of birth

circa 1820 (computed from age at death; research note gives November 15, 1821)

Age at death

68 years

Place of burial

Boyertown, Pennsylvania, United States

The funeral card

From the funeral card

In Loving Remembrance Of JOSEPH STEPHEN Died February 14 1888 aged 68

A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled; A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled.

God, in His wisdom, has recalled The boon his love had given, and though the body moulders here, the soul is safe in Heaven.

Back reads: Copyright 1886 NATIONAL MEMORIAL CO. 1430 S. 18TH ST. PHILADELPHIA PA

Checked against the card photograph; corrected transcription errors ("Remembance" → "Remembrance", "and stilled" → "is stilled", "filed" → "filled", "thought" → "though") that were not actually on the card.

Brian's research

Brian found: Joseph STEPHEN, born 15 November 1821 in Germany; died 13 [sic] February 1888; buried Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown, PA. His father: Joseph FREED, Sr., born 1791; his mother: Elizabeth SHUMANN, born 3 April 1789.

Marriage 1: Angeline FREED, born 30 July 1833, died 26 April 1906, buried Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown, PA.

The research gives a death date of 13 February where the card itself reads February 14, 1888.

— Brian, Ancestors at Rest

People named in this record

  • Joseph StephenSubject
  • Angeline FreedMentioned
  • Joseph Freed, Sr.Mentioned
  • Elizabeth ShumannMentioned

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Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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Last verified
2026-06-12
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