Surname Saturday – A Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy

Climbing Esther’s Family Tree

Kris Hocker on 30 Jun 2018

Research has added a couple more generations of Schneiders to my family tree. And, no, they are not related—as far as I know—to the Jacob Schneider who married Catharina Nuss, father of my four times great grandfather Henry Snyder.

Up until recently I’ve had three known ancestors who were Schneiders and “tree-tops”¹ for their respective lines:

Jacob Schneider (ca 1756-1765–1829) who married Catharina Nuss
Eva Elisabetha (Schneider) Jäger (1728–1804) wife of Johannes Jäger (1721–1796), ancestors of my fifth great grandmother Eva (Yeager) Strassburger, wife of Johann Andreas Strassburger (1754–1825)
Esther (Schneider) Person (1801–1867), wife of Abraham Person (1797–1876) and mother of my three times great grandmother Helena (Person) Dillinger (1829–1894), wife of William Dillinger (1825–1896)

Recently, I decided to see what I could find on Abraham Person and his wife Esther Schneider now that deed records are online on FamilySearch. I got lucky and found Esther’s parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and great great grandparents.

Esther’s Parents

On 29 March 1861, “Anna Maria Schnyder, widow and relict of Jacob Snyder late of Upper Saucon township…, who died intestate, Samuel Snyder of Upper Milford Township…a son of said deceased and Catharine his wife, Abraham Person of Salisbury Township…and Esther his wife, who is a daughter of said deceased, Jacob Snyder of Lower Saucon township…another son of said deceased and Elisabeth his wife, and William Snyder of Warren County in the Commonwealth of New Jersey, another son… and Lydia his wife” sold 115 acres 10 perches in Upper Saucon Township to David Snyder (another son).²

Jacob Schneider was born 29 June 1778 and died 9 December 1860 in Upper Saucon Township.³ He was buried in Friedensville Cemetery. He married Anna Maria Shaffer, born 16 September 1780 and died 11 November 1863.⁴

The couple had five children:

Esther Schneider was born 21 September 1801 and died 14 January 1867, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania;⁵ she married Abraham Person.⁶ Abraham was born 9 March 1797 and died 26 April 1876.⁷ He, too, is buried in the Union-West End Cemetery in Allentown.
William Schneider was born 30 March 1804 and died 1 July 1880, Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey;⁸ he married Lydia Bogert.⁹
David Schneider was born about 1810.¹⁰ He married Sarah (___).¹¹
Samuel Schneider was likely born 17 September 1812 and died 8 May 1891 in Emmaus Borough.¹² He married Catharine (___).¹³
Jacob Schneider Jr. was possibly born 25 April 1816 and died 15 June 1905 in Hellertown.¹⁴ He married Elizabeth (___).¹⁵

Esther’s Grandparents

According to the deeds, Jacob Snyder received 48 acres of his father’s land from Henry Egner, and his wife Catharine, and John Snyder on 3 May 1813. This land had been left by David Schneider to his heirs: Jacob Schneider, Catharina Schneider wife of Henry Egner, and John Schneider.¹⁶

David Schnyder’s will named his wife Esther and children Jacob, Catharine, and John.¹⁷ His executors were Abraham Snyder and John Geisinger.

David granted his wife the right to remain on his property until his youngest child (John) was 21 years-old and to “take wheat Rye as much as she as she [sic] & my children shall want for their Died [sic]…four old hogs and four shoads [sic] and kitchen gardon [sic] as much she will take and she shall have the Hoise [sic] to choose three sheeps out of my stock for her use and she my said wife shall have her peacable abode on my Premises…”

David Schnyder (aka Taylor) wrote his last will & testament on 22 August 1785 and it was probated 1 October 1785. He most likely died sometime in September 1785. He left behind a wife and three underage children. On 16 June 1789, David’s uncle Abraham petitioned the Orphans Court for guardians to be appointed for his children: Jacob, Catharina, and John.¹⁸ Esther likely died sometime between David’s writing his will and her children dividing their father’s land in 1804.

David and Esther had children:

Jacob Schneider [see above]
Catharina Schneider was born 19 January 1780 and died 6 July 1861 in Upper Saucon Township.¹⁹ She married Henry Egner.²⁰ Some of Catharina’s children married into the same Wieder family that her brother Jacob’s great granddaughter Alavesta later joined. Their children were first and second cousins of Alavesta’s husband, E. J. Wieder.
John Schneider was born before 1783.

Esther’s Great Grandparents & Great Great Grandparents

On 25 June 1804, David’s children divided up between them the real estate that remained in his estate after the executors had sold a portion to pay his debts. Catharina and her husband received 65 acres of land as her full portion from the estate, Jacob received the rest of the remaining land, and John received £675.²¹

This deed records the history of the land from its first purchase from the Proprietaries of the province. The land was purchased by Heinrich Schneider on 20 June 1743, the patent recorded in Patent Book A11:187. ²² Henry Schneider and his wife Elizabeth granted the land to Mary Schneider, “widow the relict and administratrix… of there [sic] son Jacob Schneider late of the place abovesaid [Upper Saucon] yeoman deceased for the use of David Schneider and Elizabeth then a minor children under the age of twenty one years” on 18 May 1759.

Jacob Schneider and his wife Mary were both likely born sometime before 1738, possibly in Pennsylvania. Jacob died prior to 18 May 1759 and Mary sometime after that. More research is required to narrow those timeframes. Prior to his death, Jacob’s father sold 227 acres in Upper Saucon Township to him, but did not complete the deed. After his death, Heinrich and wife Elizabeth had the deed recorded and Mary gave them the second payment for the land.

Jacob and Mary had children:

David Schneider was born between 18 May 1738 and 1757 and died in September 1785.
Elizabeth Schneider was born between 18 May 1738 and 18 May 1759. No more is currently known.

Henry Schneider (aka Taylor) was living in Richland Township, Bucks County when he and his wife Elizabeth sold the land to their daughter-in-law Mary in 1759.²³ He patented the land on Saucon Creek on 20 June 1743 prior to the creation of Northampton County. The land adjoined that of Thomas Owen, Valentine Humil, Isaac Samuel, and John Pugh. He may have been the Henry Schneider who died 16 September 1761 and was buried in East Swamp Mennonite Cemetery in Quakertown.²⁴

Henry and his wife Elizabeth had at least two children:

Jacob Schneider [see above]
Abraham Schneider died after 16 June 1789. ²⁵

Esther (Schneider) Person’s ancestry

Based on this research Heinrich Schneider and his wife Elizabeth are my eight times great grandparents through their son Jacob and grandson David. Heinrich was most likely my immigrant ancestor on this line. Both Jacob and David died young, leaving behind widows with young children. Makes you wonder what their lives were like growing up.

Surname Saturday: My Ahnentafel List

Kris Hocker on 3 May 2014

I don’t believe I actually have a full list of my direct ancestors anywhere on my site. So, for Surname Saturday, I thought I’d do an ahnentafel report of my ancestral lines as I have them in my family database.

What’s an ahnentafel report? Here’s a definition from the Encyclopedia of Genealogy:

Ahnentafel: “Ahnentafel is a German word that literally translates as ‘ancestor table’. It is a list of all known ancestors of an individual and includes the full name of each ancestor as well as dates and places of birth, marriage, and death whenever possible.”¹

My Ahnentafel

Please consider this unproven information, unless otherwise documented on this site. There are sections where I’m still working on connections between generations. And since it’s unproven, I will be making revisions to this page, adding, deleting, etc.

I’ve added a line break between paternal and maternal lines to help distinguish between the two.

1. Me

Generation Two

2. Dad
3. Mom

Generation Three (Grandparents)

4. William H. Hocker Jr. (1918-2008)
5. Ruth Olive (Hoover) Hocker (1920-2016)

6. Russell R. Gruelich (1910-1999)
7. Mildred E. Wieder (1912-2002)

Generation Four (GG)

8. William H. Hocker Sr. (1890-1967)
9. Isabella Aitken Smith (1893-1962)
10. Clyde Leroy Hoover (1886-1972)
11. Nora Malinda Houdeshell (1891-1965)

12. Elmer Calvin Greulich (1880-1947)
13. Lillian Witmer Snyder (1879-1949)
14. Edwin J. Wieder (1880-1960)
15. Mary Catharine Waage (1877-1970)

Generation Five (2nd GG)

16. Albert Curtin Hocker (1860-1940)
17. Lillian Ainsley Leedy (1861-1942)
18. William Smith (1851-1905)
19. Eliza Craig Bonnington (1866-1946)
20. Samuel Thomas Hoover (1857-1930)
21. Victoria Walker (1859-1938)
22. George W. Houdeshell (1868-1941)
23. Lovina Caroline Force (1872-1964)

24. Karl “Charles” Phillip Greulich (1838-1904)
25. Caroline Krauss Wolf (1945-1915)
26. Henry Deischer Snyder (1859-1931)
27. Saraphine Kline Witmer (1861-1938)
28. Emanuel John Wieder (1855-1929)
29. Alavesta Esther Dillinger (1857-1923)
30. Dr. Charles Theodore Waage (1827-1921)
31. Lydia S. Eshbach (1845-1910)

Generation Six (3rd GG)

32. Levi Hocker (1824-1876)
33. Anna Frantz (1828-1918)
34. Samuel Krehl Leedy (1829-1912)
35. Sarah Parsons (1833-c1920)
36. James Smith (1812-1856)
37. Isabella Aitken (1816-1856)
38. Peter Purvis Bonnington (c1844-1891)
39. Elizabeth Buchanan (c1844-1928)
40. Christian Hoover (c1825-1887)
41. Caroline Kinnard (c1830-1877)
42. Jacob C. Walker (1833-1915)
43. Mary M. Eckley (1836-1911)
44. James Benjamin Houdeshell (1842-1926)
45. Phoebe Mayes (1846-1921)
46. Jefferson Force (1833-1910)
47. Susan Mulhollan (1841-1917)

48. George Philip Greulich (1784-1855)
49. Anna Margaretha Wurzel (1797-1854)
50. Joel Wolf (1810-1895)
51. Elizabeth Krauss (1814-1900)
52. Joseph Snyder (1826-1895)
53. Judith Deysher (1830-1906)
54. Edward Jones Witmer (1833-1912)
55. Lydia Amanda Kline (1836-1926)
56. Saulus Wieder (1813-1888)
57. Anna Mechling (1815-1907)
58. William Dillinger (1825-1896)
59. Helena Person (1829-1894)
60. Rev. Caius Frederic “Guy Frederick” Sophus Waage (1797-1884)
61. Angelina Garber (1806-1897)
62. Henry Moyer Eshbach (1807-1872)
63. Catherine Lydia Bobb (1808-1859)

Generation Seven (4th GG)

64. George Hocker (1794-1873)
65. Mary Magdalena “Molly” Landis (1800-1825)
66. Michael Frantz Jr. (1789-1865)
67. Elizabeth Walters (1800-1882)
68. John Harbaugh Leedy (1797-1888)
69. Catharine Krehl (1798-1870)
70. Anthony Parsons (1793-1834)
71. Catharine Bowerman (ca 1808-bef 1842)
72. Thomas Smith (?-bef. 1856)
73. Agnes Nimmo (?-bef 1856)
74. William Aitken (c1781/2-1854)
75. Marian Brown (c1782-bef 1856)
76. William Bonnington (c1816-1885)
77. Margaret Purves (c1821-bet 1844-1847)
78. James Buchanan (c1812/22-1888)
79. Sarah Craig (c1809-bet 1851-1861)
80. Philip Hoover (1802-1882)
81. Hannah Thomas (1802-1880)
82. Thomas Kinnard (1798-c1857)
83. Maria Fisher (c1808-c1865)
84. George M. Walker (1805-1891)
85. Catharine Walker (1808-c1846)
86. John D. Eckley (c1807-1890)
87. Catharine Walker (c1818-1846)
88. Adam Howdyshell (c1787/91-aft 1880)
89. Mary Sine (c1800/02-bef 1880)
90. John Mayes Jr. (c1814-1895)
91. Mary Ann Walker (1811-1888)
92. Unknown Force (?-bef. 1850)
93. Unknown (?-bef 1850)
94. John Mulhollan (1800-1860)
95. Emily Boileau (1805-1842)

96. Johan Adam Greulich (1751-1808)
97. Maria Katharine Wilhelm (1758-1832)
98. Johann Georg Wurzel
99. Anna Elizabeth Zimmerman
100. Jacob Wolf (1787-1868)
101. Magdalena Brey (1788-1852)
102. George Krauss (1783-1844)
103. Christina Schultz (1787-1877)
104. Henry Schneider (1792-1860)
105. Sarah Wissler (1799-1852)
106. Peter Deischer (1793-1861)
107. Anna Maria Trump (1791-1874)
108. John Witmer (1811-1885)
109. Rachel Jones (1809-1897)
110. Philip Kline (1799-1877)
111. Lydia Markley (1806-1890)
112. Johan Adam Wieder (1782-1858)
113. Anna Christina Strassburger (11 Dec 1785-26 Jan 1823)
114. John Jarret Mechling (1778-1856)
115. Anna Margaret Oberley (1776-1866)
116. William Dillinger (1793-1854)
117. Elizabeth Diess (1805-1883)
118. Abraham Person (1797-1876)
119. Esther Schneider (1801-1867)
120. Claus Heinrich Waage (?-ca 1811)
121. Catharina Dorothea Hoffmeister
122. Benjamin Garber (1769-1818)
123. Hannah Reiner (1774-aft 1860)
124. Christian Eshbach (1766-1838)
125. Veronica Francis Moyer (1777-1838)
126. Daniel Bobb (1780-1866)
127. Anna Margaret Herb (1783-1865)

Generation Eight (5th GG)

128. Johan Adam Hacker (1764-c1821)
129. Sophia Maria [Hershey?] (1769-c1739)
130. Henry Landis Jr. (1764-1824)
131. Catharine Baum (?-bef 1823)
132. Michael Frantz (c1742-c1797)
133. Feronica “Fannie” Nissley (1759-1813
134. Jacob Walters (bef 1775-1840)
135. Anna [Stauffer?] (1775-1845)
136. Samuel Leedy (c1773-c1833)
137. Catharine (___) (c1774-bef 1820)
138. Johan Michael Krehl (1763-1818)
139. Wilhelmina Stehley (c1780-1853)
140. James Parsons
141. Elizabeth [Steele?]
152. Robert Bonnington (c1780-1821)
153. Agnes Inglis (c1794-bet 1851-1857)
156. John Buchanan (?-bef 1851)
157. Mary Irvine/Erwin (c1795-bet 1851-1861)
160. Christian Hoover (1776-1850)
161. Maria Barbara Harmon (1773-1870)
162. John Thomas (c1766-c1839)
163. Margaretta Mackin (?_bef 1839)
164. Thomas Kinnard (c1770-aft 1830)
165. Ann “Nancy” Lee (c1775-?)
~~166. William Fisher~~
~~167. Elizabeth Rambach~~
168. Jacob Walker (c1770-1833)
169. Margaret McElwain (c1770-aft 1833)
170. Andrew Walker (1769-1857) [also #182, #348]
171. Catharine Margaret Fetzer (1775-1850) [also #183, #349]
172. Unknown Eckley
173. Unknown
174. John Walker (ca 1769-1864)
175. Mary Lucas (1799-ca 1802)
176. Laurence Howdershell (c1759-aft 1850)
177. Susanna Rader (c1761-?)
178. Adam Sine
179. Catharina Howdershell (c1783-?)
180. John Mayes (c1786-1851)
181. Elizabeth (___) (c1784-aft 1850)
182. Andrew Walker [also #170]
183. Catherine Margaret Fetzer [see #171]
188. Rudolph Mulhollan (c1776/80-1855)
189. Mary Werham (c1770-1844)
190. Daniel Boileau (1772-1840)
191. Mary [Robertson?] (1775-1863)

192. Hans Adam Greulich (1721-1797)
193. Anna Elisabeth Gerich (1728-1758)
200. Conrad Wolf (c1760-?)
201. Catharina Yeakel (1761-?)
202. Conrad Brey (1740-1827)
203. Maria Magdalena Klein (1749-1834)
204. Balthasar Krauss (1743-1805)
205. Susanna Yeakel (1744-1820)
206. Andrew Schultz (1753-1802)
207. Charlotte Yeakel (1750-1825)
208. Jacob Schneider (c1756/65-c1829)
209. Catharina Nuss (c1776/84-aft 1829)
210. Godfried Wißler (c1757-c1829)
211. Eva Catharina Weiss (1759-aft fall 1815)
212. Daniel Deischer (c1758-bet 1810-1820)
213. Catharine Rein (c1756/65-aft 1810)
214. Johann Adam Trump (1758-1828)
215. Barbara (___) (1759-1816)
216. Jacob Witmer (1786-1861)
217. Susanna Baum (1789-1867)
218. Henry Jones (1776-1854)
219. Martha Bartleson (?-bef 1830)
220. Johan Jacob Kline (1754-1847)
221. Eva Elisabetha Heilig (1762-1846)
222. Daniel Markley (ca 1775-1823)
223. Hannah Hertzel (1777-1852)
224. Johan Adam Wieder Jr. (1750-1825)
225. Christina Dut (1757-1836)
226. Johan Andreas Strassburger (1754-1825)
227. Eva Yeager (1754-1835)
228. Thomas Mechling (1751-1785)
229. Katharine Welsh/Walsh (1754-1830)
230. John Oberley (1746-1805)
231. Elizabetha Uhler (1751-1831)
232. Johan Henry Dillinger (1767-1939)
233. Anna Maria Ochs (c1776-aft 1850)
234. Jacob Diess (1779-1862)
235. Maria Eva Ortt (1784-1864)
236. Unknown Person
237. Unknown
238. Jacob Schneider (1778-1860)
239. Anna Maria Shaffer (1780-1863)
244. Benedict Garber (1732-1817)
245. Dorothea Loreht (1733-1807)
246. Unknown Reiner
247. Unknown
248. Christian Eshbach (1737-1809)
249. Catharine Stauffer (1743-1789)
250. Christian Moyer/Meyer (1755-1826)
251. Anna Frances Bauer (1757-1809)
252. Daniel Bobb (1747-1833)
253. Maria Catharine Gilbert (1755-1840)
254. Abraham Herb (?-c1813)
255. Anna Sibilla Fuchs (1757-1848)

Generation Nine (6th GG)

256. Johan Adam Hacker (1727-1782)
257. Maria Elisabetha Weidman (1733-aft 1790)
260. Henry Landis (1736-1785)
261. Anna Poorman (1745-1818)
262. Johann Philip Baum (ca 1718-ca 1793)
263. Anna Barbara Klem (?-ca 1821)
264. Johannes “Hans” Frantz (bef 1721-1787)
265. Catharine (___)
266. John Nissley (c1722-1789)
267. Maria Seegrist/Sechrist (c1720-c1784)
268. Jacob Walter (ca 1718-ca 1798)
272. Jacob Leedy (1738-1806)
273. Elizabeth Hauff
276. Michael Krehl (c1737-1788)
277. Margaret (___)
278. Jacob Stehley (?-1793)
279. Elizabeth (Kettering?) (?-aft 1800) [maybe 2nd wife?]
282. ?? Anthony Steel
283. ?? Mary (___) Steel
284. Johannes Bowerman (1761-1835)
285. Anna Elizabeth (___) Bowerman
286. Peter Schott (1762-1833)
287. Catharina Magdalena Fritz (1769-1855)
320. George Hoover (c1730/40-1813)
321. Eva Elizabetha (___) (?-aft 1790)
322. Christian Harmon
323. Christina Magdalena Lenhart
324. Garret Thomas (1732-ca 1797)
325. Maria Magdalena (___) (?-aft Jun 1803)
328. Jacob Kinnard (ca 1740-?)
330. Capt. James Lee (1747-1790)
331. Susanna Winemore (?-1790)
~~332. Adam Fisher~~
~~333. Margaret Meckler Hankey/Hanke~~
342. Andrew Fetzer (?-1804) [also #366]
343. Magdalena Dotterer (1748-1804) [also #367]
348. Andrew Walker [also #170]
349. Catherine Margaret Fetzer [also #171]
350. Charles Lucas (1768-1854)
351. Nancy McCalmont
352. Johann Michael Howdershell (1729-1813) [also #716]
353. Maria Dorothea Seitel [also #717]
354. Adam Rader (1725-1783)
355. Mary Margaret Zimmerman (1727-1795)
356. Unknown Sine
357. Unknown
358. Michael Houdeshell (1760-1832)
359. Barbara Rader (1766-?)
360. Thomas Mayes (1753-1827)
366. Andrew Fetzer [also #342]
367. Magdalena Dotterer [also #343]

384. Georg Greulich
386. Hans Philipp Gerich (1692-1737)
387. Maria Catharina Jacob (1699-1754)
400. Johan Conrad Wolf
401. [Maria Elisabetha?]
402. Jeremias Yeakel (1713-1763) [also #414]
403. Unknown Wolf [also #415]
404. Johann Georg Brey (1712-ca 1793)
405. Maria Catharina (___) (?-ca 1791)
406. Johan Michael Klein (1716-1798) [also #440]
407. Anna Maria Catharina Kuntz (1730-1786) [also #441]
408. Balthasar Krauss (1706-1774)
409. Susanna Hoffman (1708-1791)
410. Johannes Heinrich Yeakel (1708-1781)
411. Susanna Heydrick (1710-1793)
412. Rev. Christopher Schultz (1718-1789)
413. Rosina Yeakel (1721-1800)
414. Jeremias Yeakel [see #402]
415. Unknown Wolf [see #403]
416. Elias Schneider (1733-1779)
417. Anna Maria Nuss (1740-aft 1782)
418. Conrad Nuss (1743-1808)
419. Anna Margaretha Roeder (1745-?)
420. Jacob Wisler (ca 1725-ca 1806)
421. Esther (___)
422. Hans Erhardt Weiss (c1722-1777)
423. Susanna Huth (c1727-aft 1782)
424. Jacob Deischer (c1730-1804)
425. Anna Siegfried (ca 1735-c1803)
426. ?? Rein
427. ?? (___) Rein
428. Johann Adam Trump (1722-ca 1802)
429. Anna Maria Weitzel (ca 1733-ca 1794)
432. Jacob Witmer
434. Michael Baum
435. Catharine (___)
436. Edward Jones (1737-1823)
437. Rachel Lewis (1748-1826)
440. Johan Michael Klein [also #406]
441. Anna Maria Catharina Kuntz [see #407]
442. George Heilig (1732-1796)
443. Elisabetha Barbara [Mueller?]
446. Jacob Hertzel (ca 1734-1807)
447. Catharine Hartzell (aft 1732-?)
448. Johan Adam Wieder (1721-1798)
449. Anna Margaretha (___) (c1723-?) or Maria Wayet?
450. Johann George Dut (1723-1790)
451. Barbara (___)
452. Johan Andreas Strassburger (1716-?)
453. Catherina Rosina Kolb (?-1771)
454. John Jäger (1721-1796)
455. Eva Elizabeth Schneider (1728-1804)
456. Theobald Mechling (bef 1728-1765)
457. Anna Elisabeth Lauer
458. Johannes Wilhelm Welsh (1719-1805)
459. Maria Elizabetha Neighbor [Nachbar]
460. Johan Rudolph Oberley (1712-c1780)
461. Margaretha (___) Oberley
462. Valentine Uhler (1714-1768)
463. Maria Magdalena (___) Uhler
464. John Georg Dillinger (bef 1740-aft 1787)
465. Eva Christina (___) Dillinger
466. Mathias Ochs Jr. (c1743-aft 1790)
467. Anna Rosina Schwenk (1751-1778)
468. Peter Deiss (1753-1786)
469. Elizabeth Stahlnecker (1757-1835)
470. Johannes Ortt (1749-1798)
471. Maria Rosina Fischer (1750-1839)
476. David Schneider (bef 1757-1785)
477. Esther (___) Schneider
478. ? William Shaeffer (?-1807)
479. ? Magdalena (___) Shaeffer
488. Henry Garber (c1700-1740/1)
489. Anna Catharine (___) Garber
498. Daniel Stauffer (1697-aft 1763) [see #1010]
499. Maria Catherine Merckel [see #1011]
500. Rev. Peter Moyer (1723-1793)
501. ? Magdalena Clemmer
502. Michael Bauer (1718-1784)
503. Veronica Landis (1733-1823)
504. Johan Conrad Bobb (c1715-1760)
505. Elizabeth Stauffer (c1715-1774)
506. Johan Bernhard Gilbert (c1730-1798)
507. Maria Elizabeth Meyer
508. Abraham Herb (1719-1779)
509. Gertraut (___) Herb
510. Johan Adam Fuchs (1716-1797)
511. Anna Margaretha [Roemelt?]

Generation Ten (7th GG)

512. Christoph Hacker (1697-c1775)
513. Anna Margaretha Jock (1696-c1773)
514. Martin Weidman (1712-c1768)
515. Anna Margaretha Still (1703-aft 1766)
520. Felix Landis Jr. (1708-1770)
521. Catharine Loban (1708-c1747)
522. Stephen Poorman (1714-ca 1782)
523. Anna (___) Poorman
532. Hans Nissley (bef 1676-bef 1747)
533. ? Feronica Good
534. Michael Sechrist (1695-1750)
535. Anna (___) Sechrist
544. Johannes Marte Lidi (c1715-1761)
545. Maria Elizabeth (___) Lidi
556. Ulrich Stehley (1700-1766)
557. Anna (___) Stehley (ca 1705-1771)
572. Ludwig Schott (1712-1788)
573. Anna Barbara Laur[in?] (1734-1795)
574. George Henry Fritz
575. Elizabeth (___) Fritz
640. Michael Huber (bef 1714-1789)
644. ??Johann Georg Harmon
645. ?? Catharina Schuler
646. ?? Johann Peter Lenhart (1708-1774)
647. ?? Maria Margaretha (___)
660. John Lees (1721-1776)
662. Philip Winemore (1714-1783)
663. Anna Barbara Jantzen (1718-1810)
~~664. Adam Fisher~~
686. Matthias Dotterer (1717-?) [also #1398]
687. Anna Catharine Roth (1710-?) [also #1399]
698. Andrew Fetzer [also #342]
699. Magdalena Dotterer [also #343]
700. Benedict Lucas (1733-1826)
701. Mary McKibben
704. Hans Michael Haudenschild [also #1432]
705. Anna Margaretha Ruch [also #1433]
706. John Seitel [also #1434]
707. Barbara Dreher [also #1435]
708. Johann Adam Rader (1706-1773) [also #2872]
709. Anna Barbara Bender (1708-1773) [also #2873]
716. Johan Michael Howdershell [see #352]
717. Maria Dorothea Seitel [see #353]
718. Adam Rader
719. Clara Riddle
734. Mathias Dotterer [also #686]
735. Anna Catharina Roth [also #687]

772. Hans Jacob Gerich (1652-1724)
773. Magdalena Zimmerman (1646-1724)
774. Hans Jorg Jacob (1660-1739)
775. Maria Eva Seyfridt (1669-1737)
804. David Yeakel (c1659-?) [also #820, #828]
805. Susanna Heydrick [also #821, #829]
812. Johann Jacob Klein (c1690-?) [also #880]
813. Anna Catharine (___) (c1692-?) [also #881]
814. Johan Jacob Kuntz (1692-1754) [also #882]
815. Anna Margaret Pfalsgraff [also #883]
816. Melchoir Krauss (?-1733)
817. Anna Heidrig (c1675-1755)
818. George Hoffman
819. Barbara Seipt
820. David Yeakel [also #804, 828]
821. Susanna Heydrick [see #805, 829]
822. Melchoir Heydrick
823. Barbara (___)
824. Melchoir Schultz (?-1734)
825. Susanna Kriebel (?-1732)
826. Balthasar Yeakel (?-1738)
827. Regina John (?-1747)
828. David Yeakel [also #804, 820]
829. Susanna Heydrick [also #805, 821]
832. Johann Conrad Schneider (1699-1759)
833. Eva Catharina Betz (1701-1779)
834. Jacob Nuss (1716-1757) [see #836]
835. Anna Maria Reiher (1712-?) [see #836]
836. Jacob Nuss (1716-1757) [see #834]
837. Anna Maria Reiher (1712-?) [see #835]
838. Johann Michael Roeder (1714-1789)
839. Maria Susanna Zimmerman (1712-1749)
840. Jacob Wißler (1695-1752)
841. Magdalena (___) (ca 1698-1784)
844. Johann Georg Weiß (ca 1701-1743)
845. Maria Anna Catharina Klein
846. Johannes Huth (c1680-1759)
847. Maria Anna Sähm
848. Johannes Deischer (c1684-c1761)
849. Anna Barbara (___) (c1684-ca 1761)
850. Johannes Siegfried (1690-1747)
851. Anna Elisabetha Seves (1697-1767)
856. Johannes Adam Trump (1695-1732)
857. Ursula Ossell (1692-1760)
858. Johann Jacob Wetzel (1695-1774)
872. John Jones (1716-1758)
873. Mary West (1715-1815)
874. Henry Lewis (?-1797)
875. Margaret James (?-1798)
880. Johann Jacob Klein [also #812]
881. Anna Catharine (___) [also #813]
882. Johan Jacob Kuntz [also #814]
883. Anna Margaret Pfalsgraff [also #815]
884. Johann Heinrich Heilig (c1700-1775)
885. Susanna Rittenhouse (1698-1769)
886. Georg Müller
892. Ulrich Hertzel (1705-1771)
893. Anna Margaret (___) Hertzel
894. Jorg Henrich Hertzel (1715-1784)
895. Margaretha (___) Hertzel
900. David Dut (c1700-?)
901. Catharine Muller (c1697-?)
904. Johan Ulrich Strassburger
905. Maria Elisabeth Flicken
910. Johann Adam Schneider (ca 1696-ca 1746)
911. Anna Elisabetha Klein
914. Johann Peter Lauer (ca 1680-1754)
915. Anna Margaretha (___) (ca 1680-aft 1754)
918. Leonard Neighbor [Nachbar]
928. Henrich William Dillinger (c1680-bef 1728) [also #1870]
932. Matthias Ochs (bef 1700-?)
933. Anna Maria (___)
934. Johann Martin Schwenk
935. Anna Maria Dillinger
938. George Stahlnecker (c1718-1786)
939. Anna Maria Elisabetha Ohlwein (c1726-?)
940. [Johannes Ortt? (?-1785)]
941. [Sabina (___)?]
942. Christian Fischer (?-1779)
943. Maria Magdalena Gebbhardt
952. Jacob Schneider (?–bef 18 May 1785)
953. Maria (___) Schneider
976. [Jacob Gerber?]
996. Johannes “Hans” Stauffer (1655-1740) [also #2020]
997. Kinget Kungold Hiestand (1658-?) [also #2021]
~~998. Johann Christian Merckel (ca 1678-1766)~~
998. Balthsara Merckle (1660-?) [see #2022]
999. Anna Catharina [Bender?] (?-bef 1749)
999. Veronica (___) ??
999. Elisabetha (___) Merckle ?? [see #2023]
1004. Hans Bauer (1670-bef. 1749)
1005. Anna Willener (1677-?)
1006. Johannes Landis (1690-1747)
1007. Ann Musselman (1695-1748)
1010. Daniel Stauffer [also #498]
1011. Catherine [Merckel?] [also #499]
1012. Johann Jurg Gilbert (1698-ca 1753)
1013. Anna Elisabetha Gruber
1014. Frederick Meyer
1015. Julianna Catharine (___)
1016. Jacob Fuchs
1017. Maria Catharina (___)

Generation Eleven (8th GG)

1024. Johan Stephen Hacker (c1646-1702)
1025. Anna Maria (___)
1026. Hans Theobald Jock (1659-1708)
1027. Margaretha Hausser/Häusler (1669-1715)
1028. Matthias Martin Weidman (1677-1743)
1029. Anna Catharina Scholl (1678-1723)
1030. Heinrich Still
1031. Anna Barbara Munck (1664-1706)
1040. Felix Landis (c1677-1739)
1041. Rosina Weltner (?-aft 1739)
1044. Johann Georg Böhrman (ca 1665-ca 1746)
1064. Hans Nüssli
1065. Anna Bär (1639-?)
1068. Bartholomew Sechrist
1069. Barbara (___)
1372. Johann Michael Dotterer (1682-1756) [also #1468, #2796]
1373. Margaretha (___) [also #1469, #2786]
1398. Matthias Dotterer [also #686]
1399. Anna Catharina Roth [also #687]
1416. Johann Adam Roeder (1669-1721) [also, #1676, 5744]
1417. Anna Katharine Tauber (1670-1751) [also #1677, #5745]
1418. Mathias Bender (ca 1678-1744) [also #5746]
1419. Anna Catharina [Voltz?] (ca 1690-1764) [also #5747]
1432. Hans Michael Haudenschild [also #704]
1433. Anna Margaretha Ruch [also #705]
1434. John Seitel [also #706]
1435. Barbara Dreiher [also #707]
1436. Mathias Rader (1726-1789)
1437. Jessie Bender (ca 1728-1815)
1438. [Cornelius Riddle?]
1439. [Ingabo Allen?]
1468. Johannes Michael Dotterer [also #1372, #2796]
1469. Margaretha (___) [also #1373, #2787

1544. Hans Gerich
1546. Hans Zimmerman
1550. Hans Philipp Seyfridt
1551. Maria Zimmerman
1628. Johann Georg Kuntz (1658-1710) [also #1764]
1629. Anna Catharine Müller (1658-?) [also #1765]
1630. Johann Jacob Pfalsgraff [also #1766]
1631. Margaretha (___) [also #1767]
1634. Melchior Heidrig
1649. Anna (___) Schultz
1650. Casper Kriebel
1664. Johann Conrad Schneider (1679-?)
1665. Catharina (___) Schneider
1666. Johann Sebastian Betz (1663-1733)
1667. Maria Margaretha Barbara Langer [Loinger] (1666-1716)
1670. Johann Michael Reiher (1686-1772) [see #1674]
1671. Anna Maria Seeland (?-1742) [see #1675]
1674. Johann Michael Reiher (1686-1772) [see #1670]
1675. Anna Maria Seeland (?-1742) [see #1671]
1676. Johann Adam Roeder [also #1416, #5744]
1677. Anna Katharine Tauber [also #1417, #5745]
1678. Andreas Zimmerman (1680-1733)
1679. Anna Elisabetha Müller (1672-1740)
1692. Johannes Huth
1693. Hans Jacob Sähm
1716. Conrad Weitzel
1717. Margaretha (___) Weitzel
1744. [?] Jones (?-bef 1727)
1745. Margaret Clayton (?-ca 1727)
1746. Nathaniel West (ca 1683-1749)
1747. Elizabeth (___) West
1748. Morris Lewis
1749. Dorothy (___) Lewis
1750. William James (ca 1692-bef 1778)
1751. Mary Evans (?-1765)
1764. Johann Georg Kuntz [also #1628]
1765. Anna Catharine Müller [also #1629]
1766. Johann Jacob Pfalsgraff [also #1630]
1767. Margaretha (___) Pfalsgraff [also #1631]
1770. Nicholas Rittenhouse (1666-1734)
1771. Wilhelmina Pietre Dewees (1673-1737)
1784. Clemens Hirtzel (1659-1707)
1785. Anna Sinter (1664-1738)
1788. Paulus Hirtzel (1677-1745)
1789. Anna Catharina Wagner
1868. Peter Schwenk (1690-1753)
1869. Anna Barbara (___) Schwenk
1870. Heinrich William Dillinger (ca 1680-bef 1770) [also #928]
1886. Justina (___) Gebbhart
1904. Heinrich Schneider (aka Taylor)
1905. Elizabeth (___) Schneider
1992. Hans Stauffer [see #4040]
1993. Madlena Neuenschwander [see #4041]
1994. Hans Hiestand [see #4042]
1995. Regula Aeshmann [see #4043]
1996. Jürg Merckle [see #4044]
1997. Eva Moser [see #4045]
~~1998. Johannes [Bender?]~~
2012. Jacob Landis (1667-1730)
2013. Anna Witmer
2014. Michael Musselman (1674-1726)
2020. Johannes “Hans” Stauffer [also #996]
2021. Kinget Kungold Hiestand [also #997]
2022. Balthasar Merckle (1660-?) [see #998]
2023. Elisabetha (___) Merckle [see #999]
2024. Johann Jacob Gilbert (?-1744)

Generation Twelve (9th GG)

2052. Hans Andreas Jock (1627-1693)
2054. Andrew Häuszler (c1630-?)
2056. Hans Peter Weidman (c1648-1692)
2057. Elisabetha Cammerer (1653-1704)
2058. Johann Matthaeus Scholl (1636-1682)
2059. Eva Meinzer (c1640-1692)
2062. Christoph Munck
2063. Anna Christina Weidman (c1642-aft 1686)
2080. Hans Jakob Landis [?] [also #4024]
2130. Oswald Bär (bef 1614-aft 1679)
2131. Elisabeth Lamprecht (ca 1617-ca 1662)
2744. Hans Dotterer (1649-1686) [also #2936]
2745. Anna Simoes [also #2937]
2786. Johannes Michael Dotterer [also #1372, #1468]
2787. Margaretha (___) [also #1373, #1469]
2832. Johann Adam Rader (1645-1722) [also 3352]
2833. Anna Maria Bender (1644-1723) [also #3353]
2872. Johann Adam Rader (1706-1773) [also #708, 3351]
2873. Anna Barbara Bender (1708-1773) [also #709, 3352]
2936. Hans Dotterer (1649-1686) [also #2744]
2937. Anna Simoes [also #2745]

3332. Hans Wolfgang Betz (1636-1694)
3333. Anna Ursula Heittelin (1640-?)
3334. Johann Leonhardt Langer [Loinger]
3340. Johann Michel Reyer [see #3348]
3341. Anna Catharine (___) Reyer [see #3349]
3342. Deitrich Seeland [see #3350]
3343. Amalia Maria (___) Seeland [see #3351]
3348. Johann Michael Reyer [see #3340]
3349. Anna Catharine (___) Reyer [see #3341]
3350. Dietrich Seeland [see #3342]
3351. Amalia Maria (___) Seeland [see #3343]
3352. Johann Adam Rader [also #2832]
3353. Anna Maria Bender [also #2833]
3356. Georg Zimmerman
3358. Hans Wolff Müller
3359. Catharine (___)
3490. Richard Clayton [Cleaton] (1645-1705)
3491. Elizabetha Bennett (1647-?)
3492. Nathaniel West Jr. (1648-1697)
3493. Elizabeth Dungan (1666-1699)
3500. John James
3501. Elizabeth (__) James
3540. Willem Rittenhouse (1644-1708)
3541. Gertruid Kersten Pieters (1646-1708)
3568. Heinrich Hirzel (1619-1663) [see also #7152]
3569. Maria Steiner (1625-?) [see also #7153]
3570. Hans Sinter
3571. Margaretha Nayer
3576. Johann Heinrich Hirtzel (1652-1716)
3577. Margaretha Rudi (1649-1694)
3578. Georg Wagner
3984. Christian Stauffer [see #8080]
3985. Adelheid Opliger [see #8081]
3986. Michel Neuenschwander [see #8082]
3987. Verena Haslibach [see #8083]
4024. Hans Jakob Landis [also #2080]
4040. Hans Stauffer [see #1992]
4041. Madlena Neuenschwander [see #1993]
4042. Hans Hiestand [see #1994]
4043. Regula Aeshmann [see #1995]
4044. Jürg Merckle [see #1996]
4045. Eva Moser [see #1997]

Generation Thirteen (10th GG)

4112. Hans Weidman (c1618—1664-1674) [also #4127]
4113. Anna Margaretha (___) (1617-aft 1675) [also #4128]
4114. Antoni Cammerer (c1626-1689)
4115. Anna Sidonia (___) (?-1703)
4116. Jost Scholl (c1610-1662)
4117. Barbara Dieterich (c1614-1684)
4118. Johann Andreas Meinzer (c1595-1674)
4119. Margaretha (___) (c1603-1663)
4126. Hans Weidman [also #4112]
4127. Anna Margaretha (___) [also #4113]
4260. Hans Bär (ca 1570-1617)
4261. Anna Biedermann (ca 1575-1618)
4262. Felix Lamprecht
4263. Barbara Meili
5592. Hans Dotterer [also #2744]
5593. Anna Simoes [also #2745]
5744. Johann Adam Roeder [also #1676]
5745. Anna Katharine Tauber [also #1677]
5746. Mathias Bender [also #1418]
5747. Anna Catharina [Voltz?] [also #1419]

6664. George Betz (1595-1674)
6665. Eva Ottilia Schweicker (1590-1666)
6666. George Heittelin
6982. Edward Bennett (1616-1667)
6983. Anna Tillsley (1624-1674)
6984. Nathaniel West (?-1658)
6986. Rev. Thomas Dungan (1634/35-1687)
6987. Elizabeth Weaver (1647-1697)
7144. Jacob Hirzel (1580-1634)[see also #14304]
7145. Madalen Keller (1581-?) [see also #14305]
7152. Heinrich Hirzel (1619-1663) [see also #3568]
7153. Maria Steiner (1625-?) [see also #3569]
8080. Christian Stauffer
8081. Adelheid Opliger
8082. Michel Neuenschwander
8083. Verena Haslibach

Generation Fourteen (11th GG)

8520. Hans Bär (ca 1545-bef 1614)
8521. Kathrina Huber (ca 1549-1622)
11488. Johann Adam Roeder [also #2832]
11489. Anna Maria Bender [also #2833]

13328. Hans Betz
13330. Casper Schweicker
13966. John Tilsley (1590-1640)
13967. Elinor (___) Tilsley (1592-1663)
13968. Matthew West (ca 1598-ca 1676)
13972. William Dungan (ca 1600-1636)
13973. Francis Latham (1608/9-1677)
13974. Clement Weaver (1625-1683)
13975. Mary Freeborn (1626-?)
14304. Jacob Hirzel (1580-1634)[see also #7144]
14305. Madalen Keller (1581-?) [see also #7145]

Generation Fifteen (12th GG)

[none]

27932. Ralph Tillsley (?-1602)
27944. ? Thomas Dungan (?-1604)
27945. ? Mary (___)
27946. Lewis Latham (?-1655)
27947. Elizabeth (___) Latham
27948. Clement Weaver (1591-1683)
27949. Rebecca Holbrook (1597-1635)
27950. William Freeborn (1594-1670)
27951. Mary Wilson (ca 1601-1670)

Generation Sixteen (13th GG)

[none]

55864. Richard Tillsley (1524-1601)
55896. ? Thomas Weaver (1560-65-?)
55897. ? Margaret Adams
55988. Sr. William Holbrook (ca 1568-1625)
55989. Edith Saunders/Coles (ca 1562-1612)

Phew! That’s a lot of names. And as I entered them, I realized that there are a whole lot of people that I know very little about. With as much fun as I’m having on my projects, maybe it’s time to start focusing on the people from whom I’m [allegedly] descended.

Surname Saturday: Samuel Krehl Leedy

Kris Hocker on 20 Apr 2013

Once again it’s time for Surname Saturday. I’ve finished all my great great grandfathers, so it’s time to move back a generation This week I’m writing about my 3x great grandfather, Samuel Krehl Leedy, father of my 2x great grandmother Lillian Ainsley (Leedy) Hocker.

Samuel was born 30 October 1829, most likely in Buffalo Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of John and Catharine (Krehl) Leedy.² Samuel died 19 March 1912 in Upper Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and was buried on the 22nd in Hill Cemetery near Buffalo, Perry County, Pennsylvania. He died of apoplexy. Samuel was a farmer.

About 1856, he married Sarah Parsons, presumably the daughter of Anthony and Catharine (Bowerman) Parsons, of Perry County. She was born in Feb 1833.³ I have death dates for her from 1926 through 1930, but nothing proven. She died sometime after the 1920 census enumeration where she was living with her daughter Grace and her husband William Hunt.⁴

Samuel and Sarah (Parsons) Leedy had children:

Wilhelmina Leedy was born ca 1857 in Perry County. Minnie married Harry Delcamp and was living in Philadelphia in 1932 when her sister Mary (Leedy) Sheesley died.
John Harbough Leedy was born 29 Oct 1858 in Perry County and died 2 Jun 1936. He married Emma Catharine Rouch on 17 Jan 1883.
Kirk Leedy died Apr 1859 and was buried in Hill Cemetery.
Lillian Ainsley Leedy was born 4 May 1861 in Perry County and died 20 Jan 1942 in Cumberland County. She married about 1881 Albert Curtin Hocker of Swatara Township, Dauphin County.
Mary Leedy was born in Nov 1863 and died in 1932. She married Hiram Sheesley on 25 Feb 1886 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She died Saturday, 26 November 1932 in Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania.
Grace Leedy was born 6 Oct 1865 in Perry County and died 6 Jun 1935 in Harrisburg. She married William Hunt on 27 Oct 1887 in Harrisburg.
Samuel Kirk Leedy was born 20 Nov 1867 in Perry County and died 28 Jun 1946 in Roxbury, Pennsylvania. He married Mary (___).
Ulysses S. Grant Leedy was born in 1871 in Perry County and died 14 May 1956 in Cumberland County. Grant married Mary C. (___) about 1905.
Harry Leedy was born 28 Sep 1875 and died 2 Aug 1876. He is buried with Kirk Leedy in Hill Cemetery.

Michael Frantz of Lower Paxton Township

Kris Hocker on 13 Apr 2013

On 30 October 1860, Michael and Elizabeth Frantz of Swatara Township sold to Michael A Frantz 93 acres that had been part of a tract that Michael (the father) had inherited—along with his sisters Elizabeth and Mary—from their father Michael Frantz.¹ Michael Frantz Sr. died in Lower Paxton Township (now Swatara Township) Dauphin County sometime between 25 June 1793, when he and his wife Franny sold land to Susanna Eaglea, and 17 October 1797 when his administrators John Nissley and Christian Frantz settled his administration account.² Here’s what I found in the Dauphin County Orphans Court Book.

John Niesley and Christian France Administrators of all and singular Goods and Chattles Rights and Credits which were of Michael France late of Paxton Township deceased appeared in Court and produced their account upon the administration of the Estate of the said deceased duly passed before the Register from which there appears to be a balance in their hands of three hundred and seventy five pounds eleven shillings and eleven pence which account upon examination the Court do approve and allow and direct that the said balance after deducting thirteen shillings and two pence the expence of this Court be distributed according to Law

The Court appoint Christian France of Manheim Township in the County of Lancaster Guardian of the person and estate of Mary France a minor daughter under the age of fourteen years of Michael France late of Lower Paxton Township deceased during her minority.

Elizabeth France a minor daughter above the age of fourteen years of Michael France late of Lower Paxton Township deceased comes into Court and chooses Christian France of Manheim Township in the County of Lancaster Guardian of her Estate during her minority and the Court approve of and appoint the said Christian France her Guardian accordingly.

The Court appoint Jacob France of Manor Township in the County of Lancaster Guardian of the persons and estates of John France, Michael France and Veronica France minor children under the age of fourteen of Michael France late of Lower Paxton Township decease during their respective minorities³

I find it quite probable that Christian and Jacob Frantz—guardians of his children—were relatives, perhaps brothers, of Michael Frantz. John Nissley was likely the brother of Michael’s wife Feronica “Franny” (Nissley) Frantz.⁴

Michael and Feronica (Nissley) Frantz had children:

Elizabeth Frantz (28 Mar 1780—2 May 1850)⁵ married Rev. John Mumma (11 Mar 1776—3 Aug 1859)⁶
Mary Frantz (after 17 October 1783—?) ⁷ married Jacob Snavely
John Frantz (after 17 October 1783—before 1807).
Michael Frantz (22 May 1789—5 Jun 1866) married twice—first to Elizabeth Neidig, daughter of John and Mary (Bear) Neidig, and second to Elizabeth Walters, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Stauffer) Walters
Veronica Frantz (after 17 October 1783—before 19 May 1810).

Michael Frantz Jr. was the father of Anna Frantz, my 3x great grandmother and wife of Levi Hocker, who died mysteriously in 1876.

Surname Saturday: Emanuel John Wieder

Kris Hocker on 6 Apr 2013

My great great grandfather Emanuel John Wieder was born on 11 November 1855, most likely in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the youngest son of Saulus and Anna (Mechling) Wieder of Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Emanuel and Alavesta (Dillinger) Wieder, ca 1915

On 10 June 1878, he married Alavesta “Vesta” Esther Dillinger, daughter of Willam D. and Helena (Person) Dillinger of Lehigh County. She was born 19 Oct 1857, likely in Upper Milford Township.²

E.J. Wieder, Sr. was initially a teacher and a farmer, but—due to health concerns, I believe—became a bank cashier, working his way up to bank president by 1929.³ He built a house on main street in Pennsburg in 1902 and moved his family from the farm in Lower Milford Township into town.⁴

He died of stomach cancer on 26 July 1929 in Pennsburg and was buried in St. Mark’s Union Church cemetery on the 30th.⁵ Vesta had died on 11 January 1923 in Pennsburg of angina and Bright’s disease. She was buried in St. Mark’s Union Church cemetery on the 16th.⁶

E.J. and Vesta had the following children:

Edwin J. Wieder (29 March 1880—22 January 1960) married Mary Catharine Waage (27 October 1877—28 November 1970)
Cora Anna Wieder (June 1886—1964) married Vallandingham S. Trumbore (23 October 1883—August 1968)
John William Wieder (1 September 1887—November 1972) married Katherine Jane Gruelich (22 March 1887—September 1960)

Photo courtesy of John William Wieder Jr.

Surname Saturday: Henry D. Snyder

Kris Hocker on 22 Dec 2012

Henry Snyder (1859-1931)

My great great grandfather Henry D. Snyder, son of Joseph and Judith (Deysher) Snyder, was born 3 Mar 1859 in Pennsylvania, probably in Montgomery or Bucks counties.¹ He died in Upper Hanover, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on 30 Sep 1931.

About 1879, Henry married Saraphine K. Witmer, daughter of Edward J. and Lydia Amanda (Kline) Witmer of Bucks County. Saraphine was born 30 Oct 1861 in near Pennsburg, Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.² She died 4 Aug 1938 in Lansdale, Hatfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania where she was living with her daughter and son-in-law.

Henry and Saraphine (Witmer) Snyder had one child, a daughter:

Lillian Witmer Snyder, born 26 Oct 1879 in Marlborough Township, Montgomery County and died 13 Feb 1949 in Sellersville Hospital, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She married Elmer Calvin Greulich, son of Charles and Caroline (Wolf) Greulich, on 21 Sep 1901 in East Greenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Surname Saturday: William Smith

Kris Hocker on 15 Dec 2012

William Smith, my great great grandfather, was born 25 Sep 1851 in Greenburn, Whitburn district, West Lothian, Scotland.¹ He was the son of James and Isobel/Isabella (Aitken) Smith.² He died on 23 Feb 1905 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.³ He was allegedly buried in Paxtang Cemetery in a grave donated by a family friend (or his son James was), although his death record states he was buried in Harrisburg Cemetery. I’ve not been able to prove or disprove either location.

William and his children have somewhat difficult to research—as one might expect given their surname. I was able to trace William as a boy in Scotland through the 1851 and 1861 Scottish census entries for his family. On 30 Mar 1851, James, Isabella and their children were living at Crossroads in Whitburn parish in Linlithgow, Scotland.⁴ William was listed as age 2.

James and Isabella both died in 1856, leaving their children orphans.⁵ Their sons—Thomas and William—were living with their aunt and uncle Margaret and Thomas Smith in Whitburn parish, Linlithgow in 1861.⁶ Thomas was working as an “engine man,” probably at nearby mine with his Uncle William who was a miner, while William was still in school.

Sometime after this William went to work as a ship’s engineer, presumably for the White Star line. Wingeard states William tried to emigrate to New York in 1871, but he must have returned to Scotland as he married Eliza Craig Bonnington on 12 Dec 1882 at The Manse, Uphall Parish, Linlithgow, Scotland.⁷ The daughter of Peter Purvis and Elizabeth (Buchanan) Bonnington, Eliza was born 2 Oct 1866 in Juniper Green, Colinton parish, Midlothian, Scotland.⁸ Eliza died 18 Oct 1846, at age 80, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.⁹

William must have been determined to come to America, though. He filed a declaration of intent to become an American citizen in Berks County on 20 Sep 1886 and became a U.S. citizen on 12 Jan 1893 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. William and Eliza must have come over together and sent for their young children after they’d settled, because young James and Bess Smith were living with their grandparents on 2 Apr 1871 in Loanhead parish, Midlothian, Scotland.¹⁰

The family was all together, living in Harrisburg in Jun of 1900 at 1437 Zarker Street.¹¹ William is listed as an engineer as is his eldest son James. According to the census, he immigrated in 1887 and had been in the U.S. for 13 years. This is the only document I have that shows the whole family together. William died just 4½ years after the census; his youngest son, Robert, was only 5 years old.

William and Eliza Craig (Bonnington) Smith had six children:

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Smith, born and died 17 Jun 1884, Liberton parish, Midlothian, Scotland
James Smith, born 22 Jun 1885, Liberton parish, Midlothian, Scotland and may have died in Texas or Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Marian “Bess” Smith, born 31 Oct 1887 in Liberton parish, Midlothian, Scotland and died 3 Jan 1973, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; she married Frank L. Lutz on 7 May 1917 in Elkton, Maryland
William “Willie” M. Smith, born 28 Mar 1892, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and may have died in France after WWI
Isabella Aiken Smith, born 4 Apr 1893 and died 21 Jul 1962 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; she married William Howard Hocker on 13 Oct 1914 in Harrisburg.
Robert “Bobbie” Thomas Alexander Smith, born 7 Apr 1899 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and died 12 Nov 1970 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; He married a woman named Ruth.

Surname Saturday: Dr. Charles T. Waage

Kris Hocker on 8 Dec 2012

Charles Waage (1827-1921)

My great great grandfather, Charles T. Waage, was born on 22 Oct 1827 in Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was the eldest son of Rev. Frederick and Angelina (Garber) Waage.¹ He died on 6 Mar 1921 of Uremic Porcine (renal failure) in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and was buried 3 days later at the Pennsburg Reformed Cemetery.²

Charles studied medicine at Jefferson Medical college in Philadelphia and graduated in March 1849. He first practiced at East Rock Hill in Bucks County, then moved to Pennsburg, Montgomery County where he remained. “He has been a useful man in the community in which he has lived for most a half century in other ways that as a skilled practitioner of medicine. He has always had at heart the political, social, educational and material interests of the community. He is a devout member of the Lutheran church, is a Democrat in political texture, and has served twenty-three years continuously as a member of the school board in his borough, always taking an active and intelligent interest in the cause of popular education.”³

He married Mary Ann Heisler on 15 Sep 1857.⁴ She was born 4 Jan 1835 and died 8 Jan 1875 in Pennsburg. She was buried at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. After Mary Ann’s death, Charles married again to Lydia Eshbach on 29 Aug 1879. Lydia was born 3 Oct 1845 in Albertis, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Henry Meyer and Catharine Lydia (Bobb) Eshbach. Lydia died of pneumonia and Bright’s disease on 7 May 1910 and was buried 4 days later in Pennsburg Reformed Church Cemetery.⁵

Charles and Mary Ann (Heisler) Waage had four children:

Ida E. Waage, born 28 Aug 1854 and died before 1890
Emma Josephine Waage, born 29 Feb 1856 and died 3 Jan 1869
Eugene H. Waage, born 29 Oct 1960 and died after 1930, married Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kessler, circa 1887 in Philadelphia
Charles Frederick Waage, born 11 Sep 1862 and died 28 Sep 1863

Charles and Lydia (Eshbach) Waage had one child:

Mary Catharine Waage, born 27 Oct 1877 and died 28 Nov 1970, married Edwin J. Wieder, son of Emanuel J. and Alavesta Esther (Dillinger) Wieder

Surname Saturday: George W. Houdeshell

Kris Hocker on 24 Nov 2012

George W. Houdeshell and 8 children

My great great grandfather George W. (Wesley or Westfall) Houdeshell was born 28 December 1868 in Snow Shoe, Centre County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the second son of James Benjamin and Phoebe (Mayes) Houdeshell. He was a farmer and lumberman, like many in that part of Centre County.

On 20 June 1890, he married Lovina Caroline Force.² She was the born 28 January 1872, the daughter of Jefferson and Susan L. (Mulhollan) Force.³ The couple lived in Snow Shoe and/or Pine Glen until moving to Girard Township, Clearfield County before the 1910 census enumeration.⁴

George died on 29 November 1941 in Phillipsburg, Rush Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania due to a cerebral hemorrhage.⁵ He was 72 years old. He was buried in Advent Cemetery in Pine Glen on 2 December 1941.

His wife Lovina Caroline (Force) Houdeshell survived another 20 years. She died on 28 October 1964 in Pine Glen due to heart disease and hypertension.⁶ She was buried in Advent Cemetery on 31 October 1964.

George and Lovina (Force) Houdeshell had the following children:

Joseph Houdeshell was born and died on 30 November 1890.
Nora Melinda Houdeshell was born 25 October 1891 in Wooster, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, and died 11 May 1965 in Pine Glen. She married Clyde L. Hoover.
Wilhelmina L. Houdeshell was born 30 June 1893 and died 26 January 1958. She married Earl Bradford.
Ida Rachel Houdeshell was born 12 February 1896 in Pine Glen and died 25 November 1950 in Clearfield County. She married Lloyd Leigey on 19 April 1913 in Clearfield County.
Anna Belle Houdeshell was born 11 June 1897 in Pine Glen and died on 6 September 1924 in Clearfield County. She married Luther Rowles.
Carrie Edna Houdeshell was born 29 March 1900 in Pine Glen and died 17 December 1989 at State College. She married William John Smeal.
Wesley Irvin Houdeshell was born 16 July 1902 and died 7 October 1903 in Pine Glen.
Thelma Mae Houdeshell was born 11 September 1904 and died 15 January 2001. She married Philip Allen Young.
Millard Franklin Houdeshell was born 18 July 1907 in Pine Glen and died 12 March 1994 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He married twice, first to Myrtle Coulter, then to Hannah Elizabeth Etters.
William Arthur Houdeshell was born 21 February 1910 in Gillingham, Clearfield County, and died 15 May 1987 in Karthaus. He married in 1940.
Martha Rebecca Houdeshell was born 10 September 1910 in Gillingham and died sometime between 1972 and 1980. She married Jess Billotte.
George Caroline Houdeshell was born 3 November 1914 at Stone Run Logging Camp in Clearfield County. She died 27 January 1989 in Allentown. She married Emerson Buck.

Surname Saturday: Samuel Thomas Hoover

Kris Hocker on 17 Nov 2012

My great great grandfather Samuel Thomas Hoover was born on 18 February 1857, most likely in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Christian and Caroline (Kinnard) Hoover.²

Samuel and Victoria (Walker) Hoover

Sometime between February and September 1879, Samuel married Victoria Walker. She was born 9 September 1858 in Pine Glen, Burnside Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.³ She was the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Eckley) Walker.

Samuel and Victoria made their home in Pine Glen. Census records list Samuel initially as a laborer, then as a farmer. In 1883, Samuel served as the administrator of his mother’s estate after his elder brother Reuben refused.⁴ When their father died in 1887, Reuben and Samuel, and their brothers Simon and George, and young sister Eva Edith and her mother Mary Ann (Conaway) Hoover, sold their father’s property in Covington Township, Clearfield County to George Boak.⁵

Samuel died on 18 August 1930 in Pine Glen of Bright’s disease. He was buried in Advent Cemetery on 20 August 1930. His obituary read:

PINE GLEN: On Sunday night the death messenger entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel HOOVER and took with them the spirit of the father of the home. Mr. HOOVER has been sick for about three months, but was getting better, and on Sunday was feeling real well and enjoyed the family and grandchildren who were to see him, and remarking that he was feeling better and was in excellent spirit. But during the night while the family was resting and Mrs. HOOVER, the mother of the home and his faithful nurse had retired, death came quickly and on awaking they found him dead, having slept [sic] away in the night. Mr. HOOVER was one of our oldest and respected citizens. He had lived in our community his entire life and was a well known farmer. He always took an interest in the township affairs and respected our schools and churches. He was about 72 or 73 years old and leaves his faithful helpmates who were: Victoria WALKER and two daughters, Mrs. Fountain LEWIS, of Snow Shoe; Mrs. Edward CRAMER, of Karthaus; Harry HOOVER, of Dubois; Clyde, William and Edward, of Pine Glen and Raymond at home. There are a number of grandchildren and two great grandchildren.⁶

Victoria died on 12 February 1938 in Pine Glen of a cerebral hemorrhage. She, too, was buried in Advent Cemetery on 15 February 1938.

Samuel Thomas and Victoria (Walker) Hoover had the following children:

Harris Grant Hoover was born 12 May 1882 in Pine Glen and died 18 July 1943 in Dubois, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He married Ida May Cramer, daughter of Lot and Lucy Dale (Gault) Cramer, in June 1903.
Minnie Belle Hoover was born in April 1884 and died in 1962. She was buried in Askey Cemetery in Snow Shoe. She married Fountain C. Lewis, son of Edward L. and Anna (Haines) Lewis in 1902.
Ida Mae Hoover was born in May 1885 and died in 1961. She was buried in Askey Cemetery. Ida married Edward H. Cramer, son of Lot and Lucy Dale (Gault) Cramer, in 1904.
Clyde Leroy Hoover was born on 30 October 1886 in Pine Glen. He died on 13 May 1972 in Karthaus, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He married Nora Melinda Houdeshell, daughter of George W. and Lovina Caroline (Force) Houdeshell, on 16 April 1908 in Dubois, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
Raymond Hoover was born 7 October 1888 in Pine Glen and died in 1960. He never married. Raymond served in the 314th Field Artillery, 80th Division during World War I. He was discharged from the Army on 7 June 1919.
William M. Hoover was born 17 April 1890 in Pine Glen. He died on 15 December 1964, also in Pine Glen. He married Edith Mae Meeker, daughter of William Henry and Carrie Amanda (Force) Meeker, in January 1912.
Edward Earl Hoover was born 22 June 1891 and died 17 March 1981. He married Genevieve Agatha Smith, daughter of Solomon and Ora B. (Smith) Smith, on 27 August 1913.
Lloyd Hoover was born on 15 April 1893 and died 12 July 1973 in Karthaus. He married Mary Ann Reese about 1915.
Clarence G. Hoover was born 24 March 1895 and died 1 April 1902 of hemorrhages.⁷

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