On This Day : May 27

1696 - Timothy PIERCE married Lydia SPAULDING.  Timothy was the son of Thomas PIERCE and Eliza ________.

1698 - Moses HUTCHINSON married Mary CLARY in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.  Moses was the son of Ralph HUTCHINSON and Alice ________.

1769 - Elisabeth KALTREIDER born.  Elisabeth was the daughter of Duvald KALTREIDER and Elizabeth Catherine ________.

1811 - Rebecca CAMPBELL born.  Rebecca was the daughter of William CAMPBELL and Elizabeth McPHEETERS.

1813 - Bowater SUMNER married Lettice WALKER.  Bowater was the son of Thomas SUMNER and Hannah HIATT.

1847 - Matilda JACOBS married George COOK in Wayne County, Ohio.  Matilda was the daughter of David JACOBS and Barbara BYERS.

1860 - John PETRY born in Jay County, Indiana.  John was the son of Charles PETRY and Susannah WEHRLY. 

1864 - Reuben TAYLOR died.  Reuben was the son of James TAYLOR and Ann HUBBARD.

1867 - Luman Cooper LeMASTERS born in Jay County, Indiana.  Luman was the son of Luman Walker LEMASTERS Jr. and Mary Keziah CHEW.  Luman was my great-grandfather.

1868 - Robert P. PIERCE born.  Robert was the son of Albert Orlando PIERCE and Elizabeth Williams PIKE.

1886 - Ethel Gertrude CHALFANT born in West Virginia.  Ethel was the daughter of Solomon Elija CHALFANT and Matilda Gregg MAXON.

1910 - Mary A. KIRK died in Madison County, Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of Joseph W. WRIGHT and Rebecca Ann HEATON.

Surname Saturday : Kaltreider

The KALTREIDER surname is in my paternal line.  The origins of the surname appear to be German.


Stories and history: 


Ahnentafel # 75 : Maria Catharina Kaltreider (1762-1815).  Maria was born September 13, 1762.  She married George Petry (1762-1823) circa 1785, probably in York County, Pennsylvania.  George was born August 1, 1762 in Strasburg, Germany.  They were the parents of 7 children.  George died June 1, 1823 in York County, Pennsylvania.  Maria died April 15, 1815 in York County, Pennsylvania. They are both buried in the Chestnut Grove Cemetery, York County, Pennsylvania.


Anhentafel # 150: Duvald Kaltreider (c1740-     ).  Duvald was born circa 1740 in Germany.  He married Elizabeth Catherine ________. (ca1740-     ).  They were the parents of 7 children.  


Ahnentafel # 300: George Kaltenruetter.  George was from Waldmoor, Zweibrueken.  He married Anna Ursula Holtzbaum.  Anna was from Sintzheim, Palatine.  They were the parents of at least 3 children.  George emigrated to York County, Pennsylvania before 1767 when he received a warrant for 140 acres.


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On This Day : May 26

1712 - John PHILBRICK born in Hampton, Province of New Hampshire.  John was the son of Thomas PHILBRICK and Abigail ________.  John was my 6x-great grandfather.


1726 - Catherine Maria KAHRE born in Broderhausen, Westphalia.  Catherine was the daughter of Johann Jurgen KAHRE and Anna Katherine STEINMEIER.


1756 - William FESSENDEN died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.  William was the son of Nicholas FESSENDEN and Margaret CHENEY.  William was my 8x-great grandfather.


1758 - Michael SHIRK born.  Michael was the son of Ulrich SCHERCH and Anna SWARR.


1760 - Isaak GROENENDYKE born in Kingston, Middlesex County, New Jersey.  Isaak was the son of Johannes GROENENDYKE and Sarah Ann LAKE.


1828 - William Robinson YOUNG born.  William was the son of Phillip YOUNG and Keziah CURTIS.


1857 - George W. HEATON born in Iowa.  George was the son of Alexander S. HEATON and Jemima SHAW.


1888 - John DAVIS died.  John was the son of Ananias DAVIS and Rebecca CLAYTON.


1891 - Alonzo H. MORRISTON died.  Alonzo was the son of Alonzo T. MORRISTON and Rebecca A. WAMSLEY.


1992 - Pauline VAN NESS died in Elwood, Madison County, Indiana.  Pauline was the daughter of Charles Wilson LAMBERTSON and Pearl May BEALS.