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Notes for David Rohrer and Katherine Hillshafer

c 1796 David Rohrer was born about this time, in Pennsylvania. [1]

1832 David Rohrer, son of David Rohrer of West Hempfield Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was named in the settlement of the estate of his father, David Rohrer. [2]

David Rohrer moved to Hancock County, Ohio. [3]

1845 John Rohrer of Wayne County, Ohio; Mary Rohrer, and her husband Isaac Rohrer, of Stark County Ohio; and Joseph Rohrer of Stark County, Ohio were represented by their attorney David Rohrer of Hancock County, Ohio as four children of Mary Rohrer, deceased, who was daughter of Jacob Sherrek senior, regarding the estate of Jacob Sherreck, the younger. [4]

1860 David Rhoher [Rohrer] (age 64) lived in Allen Twp, Hancock County, Ohio with Catharine Hicklishover (age 36, born Germany). [5] [6][7] [8]

1868 David Rohrer and Catharine Haegleshafer were married on October 20 in Hancock County, Ohio. (FHL film 001299132). [9] [10]

1870 David Rohrer (age 74) lived in Allen Twp, Hancock County, Ohio with Catharine Rohrer (age 44, born Bavaria). [11] [12]

1875 David Rohrer died on April 15 and was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. [13] [14]

1875 The estate papers of David Rohrer, of Allen Twp, Hancock County, named widow Catherine Rohrer. [15] [16]

1880 Widow Catherine Rohrer (age 56, born Bavaria) lived at Allen Twp, Hancock County, Ohio with Conrad Hillshafer (age 28). [17]

1907 Katherine Hillshafer Rohrer died in August and was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. She was born in 1824. [18] [19]

Research Notes:

Mennonite card file. [20]


Footnotes:

[1] Based on census records.

[2] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed X5-271 to 272, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[3] Thomas A. Sherk and James W Sherrick, "Joseph Scherch, Immigrant of 1727, and His Descendants," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (July, 1990), 17-29, at 25, C217.

[4] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book A7, 307-308, [307], [308], [FHLCatalog].

[5] United States Federal Census, 1860, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[6] Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, 1860, Allen, Hancock, Ohio, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[7] Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, [AncestryRecord].

[8] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryRecord].

[9] Family Search, Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, [AncestryRecord].

[10] Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, [FamilySearchRecord].

[11] United States Federal Census, 1870, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[12] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryRecord].

[13] Find A Grave Memorial 50937853, [FindAGrave].

[14] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[15] Ohio, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[16] Ohio, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord].

[17] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[18] Find A Grave Memorial 50937854, [FindAGrave].

[19] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[20] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].