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Surnames: Hornlein, Britt, Boehms, Mayberry, Rheude
Classification: Biography
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RENO (Nevada)- April 4, 1906- Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Hornlein, formerly of Sacramento, but now
making thir home with their children in Reno, last evening celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary. at the home of their daughter, Mrs. A.M. Britt, wife of a wealthy
Reno brewer. Of the twenty children that were born to this sturdy couple, but nine
survive, all of whom were present at the jubilee.
In the presence of their many descendents and a large concourse of friends, Mr.and
Mrs.Hornlein stood beneath a bower and a wedding ceremony simular to that of fifty years
ago was gone through. Rector Samuel Unsworth,Trinity Church officated.
The following children were present: Max E. Hornlein, Hugh A. Hornlein, Otto F.
Hornlein, Albert Hornlein, Mrs. Boehms and W.W. Hornlein, all of San Francisco; Mrs. James
Mayberry of Tonopah; Mrs A.M. Britt and Mrs. R.A. Rheude of Reno.
Mr. and Mrs Hornlein were married in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 3, 1856, a year
after their arrival in this country. Mr. Hornlein, having come from Prussia, while his
bride was a Saxon girl, Miss Amelia Price, They traveled on the same ship to the New
World and it was from this chance acquaintance that the pathes to their lives blended
together. Until 1869 they lived in Milwaukee, but when the first overland train was run to
the Coast, they were passengers, stopping first in Nevada, and a few years later in
Sacramento, where they lived for many years, and where several of their children still
have large interests. Mr. Hornlein in 71 years of age and his wife 70, both being in fine
health.
Sacramento Bee 4/4/1906, page 6