Emma (Rehmann) Woerner was born on Monday, January 31, 1870 in New Jersey. She was the daughter of Christopher, Sr and Wilhelmina (Wolmelsdorf) Rehmann.

In the 1880 census, she was living with her parents and siblings in Hammonton, Atlantic County, New Jersey.

On Thursday, October 26, 1893, she married Fred Woerner at St. James Lutheran Church in Folsom Borough, Buena Vista Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.

They had four children:

  1. Mabel Woerner (1897- )

  2. Elmer Woerner (1905- )

  3. Frank Woerner (1909- )

  4. Walter Frederick Woerner (1913- )

For the 1900 census, the surname was spelled "Werner" and they were living on a farm on Twelfth Street in Hammonton. By 1930, they were living at 1311 Hewson Street in Philadelphia.

Fred Woerner was born in Switzerland in July of 1873. He came to America in 1881 (1920 census says 1888) and he worked as a fruit farmer. Sometime prior to 1910, Fred became a naturalized citizen of the U.S.

In the Rehmann Family many events since the mid-19th century have occurred at two churches located at 1341 Mays Landing Road in Folsom, New Jersey. (Some sources list the address being in Hammonton, NJ.) There can be some confusion since names of these churches are spelled in slightly different ways depending on the date or the document.

Starting in 1848, the original church was established as St Jacobus Lutheran Church to serve the local German immigrants. It was located on a 12 acre plot of land which included a cemetery.

In 1853, conflicts over theological issues caused a split in the congregation. The land was divided into two six acre sites and one was used to construct what is now St James Lutheran Church, originally St James Evangelical Church. Charles Rehmann (1826-1892) was on the St. James committee. A second facility called Zion Evangelical & Reformed Church was founded at that time. It is sometimes listed as Zion's or Zions.

About 1998 around the 150th anniversary of the original church, the two congregations reunited into St James Lutheran Church. The cemetery is often referred to by either name, St. James or Zion.