 1786 - 1842 (56 years)
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| Name |
John Weidenhammer |
| Born |
19 Feb 1786 |
Berks County, Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
05 Aug 1842 |
Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Buried |
Zion Moselem Church Cemetery, Moselem, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Person ID |
I127573 |
Strausstown Roots |
| Last Modified |
10 Jun 2009 |
| Father |
George Weidenhammer, b. 17 Jul 1761, Ruscombmanor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 05 May 1807, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 45 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine Haberacker, b. 03 Jun 1763, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 30 Jun 1844, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 81 years) |
| Family ID |
F40776 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah Glauser, b. 04 Apr 1795, d. 06 Jul 1874, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. George G Weidenhammer, b. 3 Feb 1812, d. 13 Apr 1875 (Age 63 years) |
| + | 2. Reuben Glauser Weidenhammer, b. 2 Sep 1816, d. 7 Jul 1887 (Age 70 years) |
| + | 3. Jacob Glauser Weidenhammer, b. 2 Jan 1818, d. 7 May 1892 (Age 74 years) |
| + | 4. Catherine Weidenhammer, b. 26 Dec 1820, d. 19 Mar 1886 (Age 65 years) |
| + | 5. Amos Glauser Weidenhammer, b. 20 Nov 1822, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 18 Aug 1902, Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years) |
| | 6. John G Weidenhammer, b. 16 Nov 1825, d. 18 May 1871 (Age 45 years) |
| + | 7. Anna Glauser Weidenhammer, b. 10 Oct 1830, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 30 Apr 1906, Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 75 years) |
| | 8. Esther Weidenhammer, b. 27 Oct 1832, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 01 Sep 1852, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 19 years) |
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| Family ID |
F40775 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S228] Judy Morgan, parmer8769@cox.net.
He was a prominent citizen of Richmond Township, owning 325 acres of the best land in the locality. He was a true friend of the poor, having at the time of his death a number of tenant houses on his farm. In which lived the needy whom he helped to support both as an individual and as an overseer of the poor of Berks County. His funeral was a large one and was largely attended by the people of the community, especially by those to whom he had been a life long friend and benefactor.
An index to baptismal records on file in the Berks County Historical Society shows John with a date (baptismal) of Feb. 19, 1783. His gravestone gives a birth year of 1786. The index lists his parents as George and Catharine so we have the right person. It also lists Johannes and Margaret (his grandparents) as sponsors.
After John's father, George, died in 1807 John apparently farmed George's land - the 270 acres in Richmond Township that George had been given by his father, Johannes (ID-0001). It is reasonable to believe that John was scheduled to receive this land but only after Geroge's widow, Catharine, passed on. John is buried to the left of his mother, Catharina Weidenhammer (nee Herbracker)
above info provided by Stanley Weidenhammer - email - sdwmmr@verizon.net as of Aug 2005
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