1796 Catharina Hossler, daughter of Abraham and Christina Hossler, was born on November 23. Apelonia and Georg Bortner were sponsors. [1]
1804 Christina Hassler, widow of Abraham Hassler deceased, applied to appoint Dewalt Schneider guardian over the persons and estates of Christina, Hassler (age 12), George Hassler (age 10), Catharina Hassler (age 8), and John Hassler (age 9), all minor children of the deceased. Elizabeth Hassler (age 16) prayed that Dewalt Schneider be named her guardian. The court agreed. Dated June 26. [2]
Research Notes:
The birth and baptism of Catharine, daughter of Abraham and Catharine Hassler, might be listed in the Records of Swamp Reformed (Little Cocalico) Church, West Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (not seen).
See also the Hasler Families book. [3]
This family is mentioned in "They went west of the mountains: the Swisher, Skiles, Porter, Skalinder family joined with others as they moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio and joined the Mills, Pierce, Dangerfield, Haight folk from Canada to Illinois" By William Swisher. Published by Gateway Press, 2003, page 361.
See also "History of the Gerberich Family in America (1613-1925)"? by Albert Henry Gerberich, Albert Horwell Gerberich. Page 233.
A biosketch of a son reports "Peter Garverick, was born and raised, in Pennsylvania, as was also his mother, whose maiden name was Catharine Hosler; his father was a farmer, although he worked at the carpenter trade part of the time; emigrated to what is now Morrow Co., Ohio, in 1834, and settled on heavily,wooded land, and now has the satisfaction of looking back over a well spent and useful life. " [4]
[1] York County, Pennsylvania Church Records to 1800, [AncestryRecords].
[2] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lancaster, Orphans Court Docket I-47, [FamilySearchImage].
[3] Helen Hassler Dempsey, Hasler Families and where They Came from (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Company, 1946/97), 180-181, [GoogleBooks].
[4] William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, History of Morrow County and Ohio (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1880), 625, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].