1740 - 1815 (74 years)
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Name |
George Reber |
Born |
6 Dec 1740 |
Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Gender |
Male |
Baptism |
07 Jan 1741 |
Zion Moselem Lutheran Church, Moselem, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
name: Johann Georg Reber
parents: Leonhardt & Anna Margaret (Klein)
minister: Stoever
sponsors: George Kremer, Eva Barbara Kuhn |
Military Service |
American Revolutionary War, US Military |
ENSIGN, CAPT SHABLE, COL LINDEMUTH, 6TH CO, 3RD BATT
Service Source: PA ARCH, 3RD SER, VOL 18, PP 175, 297; 5TH SER, VOL 5, P 192 |
Died |
10 Jul 1815 |
Person ID |
I003014 |
Strausstown Roots |
Last Modified |
9 Aug 2008 |
Family |
Anna Elizabeth Weber, b. 6 Feb 1743, Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 16 Nov 1813 (Age 70 years) |
Children |
+ | 1. George Adam Reber, b. 1766, d. 4 Nov 1837 (Age 71 years) |
+ | 2. Philip Reber, b. 1770 |
+ | 3. Elizabeth Reber, b. 4 Oct 1771, d. 26 Aug 1832 (Age 60 years) |
+ | 4. Johannes Reber, b. 01 Apr 1775, d. 01 Dec 1837, Union Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (Age 62 years) |
| 5. Margaret Reber, b. 1 Sep 1781 |
+ | 6. Jacob Reber, b. 10 Oct 1783, Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 25 Dec 1858 (Age 75 years) |
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Family ID |
F01067 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S151] Montgomery Bios, Morton L. Montgomery, (. H. Beers & Company of Chicago, 1909), 1239 (Reliability: 1).
George Reber, the eldest son of Leonard, the immigrant, obtained a warrant from the Province of Pennsylvania, which bore the name of Raversburg. and was dated April 15, 1783. He also on May 1, 1777 (after his father's death), bought the homestead, paying 100 pounds of lawful money to each of his sisters and brothers as their share of the inheritance. He had a son named Jacob, who had among his children two sons: Samuel and William. Samuel Reber was a farmer and blacksmith in what is now Perry township, where he owned ninety-six acres of land. He was a Lutheran and is buried at Zion's Church. His wife's name was Esther and their wedding trip was made on horse-back, as was the custom, and they had these children: (1) Jeremiah, who had - Owen, Oscar, Ann and Lillian: 92) David (1832-1906), who had, - Mary, Kate, Arch, Edith, Samuel A., William H., Annie and Jacob; (3) Kate; (4) Esther; (5) Abraham, who had one son, John; (6) an infant son; (7) o
ne whose name is not known; and (8) Ann, who died young. William, the second son of Jacob Reber, was born in 1818, and died in 1890, and was twice married, having by his first wife, one son, - Jacob, and by his second wife, Ann Gordner, fifteen children.
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