Marriage reccord of Martin K. Buzzard and Amanda J. Rohrer
The Chicago Chronicle, Chicago, Illinois, December 11, 1895. [9]
1870 John F Roher (age 27, born in Ohio) lived in Ottawa Twp, Franklin County, Kansas, in a household with Mary Roher (age 26), Manda J Roher (age 6), Joseph Roher (age 5), Daniel Roher (age 3), Susan Roher (age 3/12), Jos Penbaker (age 21), and E Hazleton (age 23). John F Roher was a farmer. [1]
1880 Amanda Rohrer (age 16, born in Indiana, single), daughter, lived in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana, in a household with John Rohrer (age 38), Mary Rohrer (age 37), Joseph Rohrer (age 14), Daniel Rohrer (age 12), Susanah Rohrer (age 9), George Rohrer (age 8), Aaron Rohrer (age 5), and Mary E. Rohrer (age 2). Amanda Rohrer's father was born in Ohio and her mother was born in Pennsylvania. [2]
1884 Martin K Buzzard and Amanda Rohrer were married on February 17 in Elkhart County, Indiana. D Martz was the officiator. The license was issued on February 16, 1884. [3] [4]
1885 Martin Buzzard (age 27, born Illinois) and Amanda Buzard (age 21, born Indiana) lived in Triumph, Custer County, Nebraska. [5] [6]
1895 A list of marriage licenses issued in Chicago, Illinois named Martin K. Buzzard (age 33) and Amanda J Rohrer (age 32). Perhaps this was a divorce record. [7] [8]
1902 Martin K Buzzard, widowed [sic], died on February 5, at age 39, in Harrison Twp, Elkhart County, Indiana. He was born on October 2, 1862, in Indiana, son of Jacob C Buzzard and Elizabeth Buzzard. [10]
1902 Martin Kreider Buzzard died on February 5 and was buried at Old Yellow Creek Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. Martin Kreider Buzzard was born on December 29, 1862. [11] [12] He died on February 5, at age 39, in Harrison Twp, Indiana. [13] [14]
1920 Amanda Rohrer (age 55), widow, was a boarder in Elkhart County, Indiana. She was a dressmaker. [15]
1928 Amanda Buzzard, widow of Martin Buzzard, lived in Elkhart County, Indiana. [16]
1930 Amanda Buzzard (age 68, born in Indiana, widowed), inmate, lived in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, in a state hospital for the insane. Amanda Buzzard's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. [17]
1949 Amanda Jane Rohrer Buzzard died on August 26 and was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. Amanda Jane Rohrer Buzzard was born on November 11, 1863. [18] [19]
1949 Amanda Buzzard, widowed, died on August 26, at age 85, in Rural, Cass County, Indiana. She had lived at 1717 Lane Avenue. [20]
A biosketch of Amanda Rohrer reported [21]:
Amanda Rohrer, born Nov. 11, 1863, in Elkhart Co, Ind; was united in marriage to Martin Buzzard. They had not lived together for some time. Martin Buzzard died Feb. 1902, aged 39 Y, 4 M, 3 D.
Research Notes:
See Mennonite Vital Record File. [22]
[1] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, [AncestryRecord].
[5] National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Nebraska State Census; Year: 1885; Series/Record Group: M352 (Washington, D.C.), County: Custer; Township: Triumph; Page: 2, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Nebraska State Census; Year: 1885; Series/Record Group: M352 (Washington, D.C.), [AncestryRecord].
[7] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, [AncestryRecord].
[8] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, [AncestryRecord].
[9] The Chicago Chronicle, Chicago, Illinois, December 11, 1895, page 11, [NewspapersClip].
[10] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial 49582300, [FindAGrave].
[12] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[13] Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920, [FamilySearchRecord].
[14] Indiana, U.S., WPA Death Index, 1882-1920, [AncestryRecord].
[15] United States Federal Census, 1920, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[16] US City Directories, Polk's Elkhart, Indiana (1928), 66, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[17] United States Federal Census, 1930, [AncestryRecord].
[18] Find A Grave Memorial 79906322, [FindAGrave].
[19] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[20] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[21] Ezra Stauffer, Stauffer Genealogy of America (1917), 107, family 232, [FHLCatalog].
[22] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].