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Wilhelm Klinger

M, b. 12 June 1813

Parents

Family: Lydia (b. about 1821)

Biography

  • Birth: 12 June 1813.1
  • Baptism: 11 August 1813, Klinger's ChurchO, Erdman, Dauphin County, PennsylvaniaO. His sponsor was George Paul.1
  • Census: 22 August 1850, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaO, federal census of 1 June 1850, head of household, dwelling 425, family 425.
    William Klinger, age 34, male, farmer, real estate value $1500, born Pennsylvania
    Lydia Klinger, age 29, female, born Pennsylvania, unable to read or write
    Harriet Klinger, age 13, female, born Pennsylvania, attended school
    James Klinger, age 12, male, born Pennsylvania, attended school
    Mascey Klinger, age 11, male, born Pennsylvania, attended school
    Chester Klinger, age 10, male, born Pennsylvania, attended school
    William Klinger, age 3, male, born Pennsylvania
    Hosannah Klinger, age 2, female, born Pennsylvania
    Caroline Klinger, age 10/12, female, born Pennsylvania2
  • Last Edited: 28 June 2023

Citations

  1. [S5343] Klinger's Church (Erdman, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania), "Zion Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Congregations, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Parish Registers, 1787-1888," typescript, numbered pages, unnumbered entries in chronologic order, p. 36, "Wilhelm Klinger" baptism, 11 Aug 1813; accessed as "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013," database, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2451&h=2020276949 : 2018), image 44 of 181; citing Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  2. [S6220] 1850 U.S. census, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Barry Township, p. 70 (penned), p. 35R (stamped), dwelling 425, family 425, William Klinger household; image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 Jun 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 827.
 
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Maria Salme Klinger

F, b. 18 April 1807

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: 18 April 1807.1
  • Last Edited: 24 December 2020

Citations

  1. [S5341] Klinger's Church (Erdman, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania), "Zion Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Congregations, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Parish Registers, 1787-1888," typescript, numbered pages, unnumbered entries in chronologic order, p. 26, "Catharina Klinger" baptism, 20 Aug 1807; accessed as "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013," database, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2451&h=2020276796 : 2018), image 34 of 181; citing Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 
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Johann Jacob Klinger

M, b. 15 June 1802

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: 15 June 1802.1
  • Last Edited: 24 December 2020

Citations

  1. [S5340] Klinger's Church (Erdman, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania), "Zion Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Congregations, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Parish Registers, 1787-1888," typescript, numbered pages, unnumbered entries in chronologic order, p. 20, "Johann Jacob Klinger" baptism, 1 Aug 1802; accessed as "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013," database, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2451&h=2020283616 : 2018), image 27 of 181; citing Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 
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Jeremias Klinger

M, b. 15 April 1815

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: 15 April 1815.1
  • Last Edited: 24 December 2020

Citations

  1. [S5339] Klinger's Church (Erdman, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania), "Zion Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Congregations, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Parish Registers, 1787-1888," typescript, numbered pages, unnumbered entries in chronologic order, p. 38, "Jeremias Klinger" baptism, 13 May 1815; accessed as "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013," database, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2451&h=2020276981 : 2018), image 46 of 181; citing Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 
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Archilbald Carrigan

M, b. 11 November 1885

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: 11 November 1885, New Monkland, Lanark, ScotlandO.1
  • Last Edited: 28 December 2020

Citations

  1. [S5367] Scotland, "Statutory Births, 1855-1942", database and images, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 2 Dec 2018), image, birth registration, Archibald Carrigan, 23 Nov 1885, parish of New Monkland, county of Lanark; citing Statutory Registers no. 663.
 
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William Fields

M

Family: Melisa Thornton

Biography

  • Marriage: to Melisa Thornton, 26 September 1830, Hall County, GeorgiaO, by T. Thornton, Justice of the Peace.
  • Last Edited: 18 August 2024
 
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Melisa Thornton

F

Family: William Fields

Biography

  • Marriage: to William Fields, 26 September 1830, Hall County, GeorgiaO, by T. Thornton, Justice of the Peace.
  • Last Edited: 11 October 2021
 
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Martin Cunningham

M, d. 10 February 1895

Family 1: Jane Dunn

Family 2: Mary Hays (d. 7 March 1886)

Biography

  • Immigration Arrival: 15 May 1846, port of New YorkO.
    According to the 1856 naturalization record for Martin Cunningham of Shelby County, Indiana, he departed from Liverpool, but was originally from Ireland.1
  • Residence: May 1851, Richmond, Chittenden County, VermontO.2
  • Marriage: to Jane Dunn, 8 May 1851, St. Mary's Cathedral, Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont. Patrick McWilliams and Hughe [sic] Johnson were witnesses to the marriage. At the time of their marriage the church was known as the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.2,3
  • Naturlization Granted: 5 September 1856, Shelby County, IndianaO+, "Martin Cunningham," age 32.1
  • Marriage: to Mary Hays, 29 October 1859, Shelby County, IndianaO+, "Martin Cunningham and Mary Hays," by Edward Martin, Roman Catholic priest.4
    Martin Cunningham and Mary Hays, marriage, 29 October 1859
  • Death: 10 February 1895, Little Sisters of the Poor, Indianapolis, Marion County, IndianaO.5
  • Burial: after 10 February 1895, Shelbyville, Shelby County, IndianaO+.5
  • Last Edited: 7 March 2025

Citations

  1. [S5733] "Indiana Archives Digital Index Records," IARA, Indiana Archives and Records Administration (https://www.in.gov/iara/services-for-public/search-archives-holdings/indiana-archives-digital-index-records/ : accessed 20 Feb 2022), naturalizations, "Martin Cunningham entry," Shelby County, book 1, p. 240, 5 Sep 1856.
  2. [S6461] "Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/342762:4661 : accessed 3 May 2023) > 1870 and prior > Culver, F-Curtis (Misc) > image 2370 of 3730, from "Vermont Vital Records through 1870," file card for Martin Cunningham, Martin Cunningham and Jane Dunn marriage, 8 May 1851, filed at Burlington; citing "Vermont Vital Records through 1870," New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
  3. [S6601] Kathleen E. Messier, "sacramental record request," e-mail message from (, Burlington, VT), to Author, 6 Jun 2024.
  4. [S5369] "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFZ1-WM9: accessed 1 Jan 2021), record image, Martin Cunningham and Mary Hays, filed 25 Nov 1859, July 1856 - August 1861, volume 7, p. 370, image 210 of 303; citing "Marriage records, 1822-1952 (Volume 7, July 1856-Aug. 1861), Shelby County Court, Shelbyville, Indiana."
  5. [S3971] Marion County, Indiana, death certificate no. n/a, local no. 1895606 (13 Feb 1895), Martin Cunningham, Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; certificate prepared 31 Oct 2019 in possession of T. L. Cunningham.
 
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Lammert Brouwer

M, b. 17 March 1914

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: 17 March 1914, Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsO+.1
  • Last Edited: 17 January 2021

Citations

  1. [S5386] Groningen, Netherlands, Netherlands, birth registration 1914 no. 435, Lammert Brouwer, recorded 18 March 1914; database and digital image, AlleGroningers (http://allegroningers.nl : accessed 17 Jan 2021); citing Groninger Archieven, Groningen.
 
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Maxine Eloise Pilchard

F

Family: Ralph Robert Wright, Jr., (b. about 1910, d. 12 October 2001)

  • Robert Philip Wright
  • Monica Eloise Wright

Biography

  • Last Edited: 24 January 2021

Citations

  1. [S5390] "Ralph Robert Wright, Jr.," obituary, Ravalli (Montana) Republic, 15 Oct 2001, p. 2, col. 2; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 24 Jan 2001.)
 
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Jane Dunn

F

Family: Martin Cunningham (d. 10 February 1895)

Biography

  • Residence: May 1851, Richmond, Chittenden County, VermontO.1
  • Marriage: to Martin Cunningham, 8 May 1851, St. Mary's Cathedral, Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont. Patrick McWilliams and Hughe [sic] Johnson were witnesses to the marriage. At the time of their marriage the church was known as the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.1,2
  • Last Edited: 26 May 2024

Citations

  1. [S6461] "Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/342762:4661 : accessed 3 May 2023) > 1870 and prior > Culver, F-Curtis (Misc) > image 2370 of 3730, from "Vermont Vital Records through 1870," file card for Martin Cunningham, Martin Cunningham and Jane Dunn marriage, 8 May 1851, filed at Burlington; citing "Vermont Vital Records through 1870," New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
  2. [S6601] Kathleen E. Messier, "sacramental record request," e-mail message from (, Burlington, VT), to Author, 6 Jun 2024.
 
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Elizabeth Pruitt

F, b. December 1873

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: December 1873, ArkansasO.1
  • Last Edited: 21 March 2021

Citations

  1. [S5491] 1900 U.S. census, Conway County, Arkansas, population schedule, Springfield, Union Township, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 16B, dwelling 265, family 270, John H. Pruett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Mar 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 55.
 
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Charles W. Pruitt

M, b. January 1883

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: January 1883, ArkansasO.1
  • Last Edited: 21 March 2021

Citations

  1. [S5491] 1900 U.S. census, Conway County, Arkansas, population schedule, Springfield, Union Township, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 16B, dwelling 265, family 270, John H. Pruett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Mar 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 55.
 
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Miles A. Pruitt

M, b. February 1884

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: February 1884, ArkansasO.1
  • Last Edited: 21 March 2021

Citations

  1. [S5491] 1900 U.S. census, Conway County, Arkansas, population schedule, Springfield, Union Township, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 16B, dwelling 265, family 270, John H. Pruett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Mar 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 55.
 
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Idea B. Pruett

F, b. March 1885

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: March 1885, ArkansasO.1
  • Last Edited: 21 March 2021

Citations

  1. [S5491] 1900 U.S. census, Conway County, Arkansas, population schedule, Springfield, Union Township, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 16B, dwelling 265, family 270, John H. Pruett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Mar 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 55.
 
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Jessee L. Pruett

M, b. February 1887

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: February 1887, ArkansasO.1
  • Last Edited: 21 March 2021

Citations

  1. [S5491] 1900 U.S. census, Conway County, Arkansas, population schedule, Springfield, Union Township, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 16B, dwelling 265, family 270, John H. Pruett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Mar 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 55.
 
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Viola Pruett

F, b. February 1889

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: February 1889, ArkansasO.1
  • Last Edited: 21 March 2021

Citations

  1. [S5491] 1900 U.S. census, Conway County, Arkansas, population schedule, Springfield, Union Township, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 16B, dwelling 265, family 270, John H. Pruett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Mar 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 55.
 
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Savannah M. Pruett

F, b. May 1891

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: May 1891, ArkansasO.1
  • Last Edited: 21 March 2021

Citations

  1. [S5491] 1900 U.S. census, Conway County, Arkansas, population schedule, Springfield, Union Township, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 16B, dwelling 265, family 270, John H. Pruett household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 Mar 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 55.
 
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David Herman

M

Family:

  • Last Edited: 4 May 2021
 
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Annie Herman

F, b. about 1870

Parents

Family: Robert J. Young (b. 15 July 1868, d. 4 June 1934)

Biography

  • Birth: about 1870, Allentown, Lehigh County, PennsylvaniaO.1


  • Robert J. Young and Annie Herman
    Marriage: 28 April 1888, Allentown, Lehigh County, PennsylvaniaO.1
  • Last Edited: 3 May 2021

Citations

  1. [S5540] Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Marriage license dockets, 1885-1951, application for marriage, docket 2, no. 1356, Robert J. Young and Annie Herman entry, 28 Apr 1888, recorded 11 May 1888; imaged in "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502 : accessed 3 May 2021) > DGS 4839070 > image 150 of 890; imaged from FamilySearch digital film 4839070.
 
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