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Notes for Peter Burkholder and Margaret Magdalena Huber

1750 Margaret Huber was born to John and Margaret Huber. [1]

1754 Peter Burkholder immigrated from Courtelary, Jura, Bern, Switzerland with his mother and 5 siblings, arriving at Philadelphia aboard the ship "Phoenix" on 1 Oct 1754.

1769 Peter Burkholder was taxed in Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania as a freeman [unmarried].

Peter Burkholder and Margaret Huber were married. [2]

1778-1794 Peter Burkholder was taxed in Earl Twp, Lancaster County as a renter.

Peter Burkholder might have died in 1799 and was buried near his brother, Christian. However, further research by Davis suggests that this Peter died in Rockingham County, Virginia 1813/1816, and a second Peter Burkholder, who died in 1799, was not the brother of Christian Burkholder next to whom this second Peter was buried. [3]

1798 Margaret Huber Burkholder died in 1798. [4] Margaret was buried in Treslers Church, Virginia.

Research Notes:

Peter Burkholder was of Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Mennonite, farmer. Moved to Dale Enterprise, Virginia. [5]

See also [6] [7]


Footnotes:

[1] Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry with Mitchell, Dennis, and Martin, Our Hoover Ancestors (1975?), 5.

[2] Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry with Mitchell, Dennis, and Martin, Our Hoover Ancestors (1975?), 5.

[3] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, [Website].

[4] Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry with Mitchell, Dennis, and Martin, Our Hoover Ancestors (1975?), 5.

[5] Harry M. Hoover, The Huber-Hoover Family History (1928), 47, person 21, [FamilySearch FSCatalog].

[6] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Huber B2142, [Website].

[7] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Burkhalter C 575, [Website].