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1778 On 14 April, John Rohrer, son of Isaac Rohrer and Elizabeth Groff, was born. [1] [2] [3]

1779 On 29 December, Esther Wenger was born. [4]

1779 Esther Wenger was born 1779. [5]

1801 Esther Wenger married John Rohrer. [6] [7] [8] [9]

1804 John Rohrer inherited part of his father's estate. [10]

John Rohrer was a farmer and carpenter. They had 11 children. Buried at Stumptown Menn. [11]

1848 On 4 June, Esther Wenger Rohrer died. [12] [13]

1865 On 13 February, John Rohrer died. [14] [15]

A biosketch reports [16]:

"Jacob Rohrer, a retired farmer of Rapho township, was born in East Hempfield township Nov. 8, 1829, son of Daniel and Mary (Kreider) Rohrer, of Leacock and East Lampeter townships. Daniel Rohrer, the father, was also a farmer, until thirteen years prior to his death, which occurred in January, 1897, at the advanced age of ninety four years. His wife died in January, 1894, at the age of eighty-six years. The couple are buried in the East Petersburg cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Rohrer were members of the Mennonite Church; for years he was a member of the school directory of this district. He was a man of prominence and large means. There were born to them the following children: John, a retired farmer residing at Landisville, Pa.: Jacob; Daniel, a farmer, living in Crawford county, Mo.; Benjamin, who died in youth; Abraham, deceased, a farmer; Anna, wife of Abraham B. Miller, a retired farmer of Rohrerstown, Pennsylvania; Israel, who died in youth; Hettie, who died at the age of thirty-one years, unmarried; Isaac, a farmer of Marion county, Mo.; Henry, who died in youth; and Mary, wife of Isaac K. Stoner, a farmer of Petersburg, Pa. Jacob Rohrer's grandparents on his father's, side were John and Hettie (Wenger) Rohrer, of Leacock township. John Rohrer a farmer and carpenter, was born in 1779 and died at the age of eighty-six years. His wife was born in 1779 and died at the age of sixty-eight years. Both are buried in Leacock township. There were born to them the following children: Benjamin; Maria, wife of John Musser; Daniel; Isaac; Hettie, wife of Joseph Moyer; Martin; Jacob; Michael; Betsey, wife of Samuel Buckwalter; Israel; and Nancy, wife of Christian Stauffer. On his mother's side Mr. Rohrer's grandparents were John and Anna (Hoover) Kreider. of Lampeter and Warwick townships. Mr. Kreider was a farmer and died in Lampeter township, and his wife died in East Hempfield township. On Nov. 17, 1857, Jacob Rohrer was married to Miss Mary S. Kreider, of Lancaster, Pa. There have been born to this union the following children: Jacob K., a farmer of East Hempfield township, married to Amanda Stauffer, by whom he has had four children; Mary K., wife of Martin Nissley, a machinist of Landisville, Pennsylvania, with eight children; Daniel K., who died in youth; John S., living on the old farm in Rapho township, and married to Miss Lizzie Nissley by whom he has had three children; and Hettie K., who married Benjamin D. Peters, a farmer and machinist of Rapho township, and has had six children. Mrs. Mary S. (Kreider) Rohrer was born in East Hempfield township, died Dec. 20, 1898, at the age of sixty-two years, and was buried at Erissman's cemetery; she was the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Sechrist) Kreider, of Lampeter township. Both her parents died in East Hempfield township. Jacob Rohrer lived with his parents until the time of his marriage, receiving in the meantime a good education in the schools of the district. Soon after the wedding he moved to the farm now owned by John S. Rohrer and remained there until 1894, when he removed to his present farm, a very fine place. Mr. Rohrer is a prominent man in the township; for eight years was school director and was township auditor for a period of three years. He is a Republican in politics and is greatly interested in the welfare of that party. Mr. Rohrer and his family are members of the Mennonite Church. The whole neighborhood rightfully regards Mr. Rohrer as a splendid specimen of the old-time Pennsylvania gentleman, and finds it a pleasure to meet and visit with him.

See also [17] [18]


Footnotes:

[1] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 8, E43.

[2] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 103, F123, [FHLCatalog].

[3] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 11, suggests year 1779, [GoogleBooks].

[4] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 8, E43.

[5] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Rohrer A.33474, [Website].

[6] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 8, E43.

[7] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Rohrer A.33474, [Website].

[8] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 103, F123, [FHLCatalog].

[9] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 11, [GoogleBooks].

[10] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 11, [GoogleBooks].

[11] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 103, F123, [FHLCatalog].

[12] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 8, E43.

[13] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 103, F123, reports 1844, [FHLCatalog].

[14] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 8, E43.

[15] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 103, F123, [FHLCatalog].

[16] John F. Meginness et al, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania (Beers: 1903), 320, [sic, 470], [GoogleBooks].

[17] Samuel S. Wenger, The Wenger Book, A Foundation Book of American Wengers (1997 reprint), 170.

[18] Norwood F. Shank, ed., Rohrer History, Ancestors and Descendants of Israel Rohrer, 1600s-2004 (Books of Merit, 2004), 5.