1774 Christian Wenger, son of Joseph G Wenger and Barbara Hoover, was born on November 29, 1774. [1] [2]
1777 Anna Brenneman was born in 1777. [3]
Christian Wenger and Anna Brenneman married. [4]
1806 Christian Wenger was killed by lightning and died on June 10, near Edom, Rockingham County, Virgina. [5] [6]
1806 Anna Winger, Frederick Rode, and Abraham Brenneman were named administrators for the estate of Christian Winger in Rockingham, Virginia. [7]
Christian and Anna were Mennonites. Children are Mary Wenger, Joseph Wenger, and Elizabeth Wenger. [8] [9]
"Christian ... became Brethren and Mennonite ministers in Augusta County". [10]
Research Notes:
See Mennonite records. [11]
The Brenneman History reports [12]:
Anna Brenneman, b. about 1777, m. Christian Wenger, b. 11-28-1774, who was killed by lightning, 6-10-1806, s. of Joseph Wenger and Barbara Huber. 3ch.
[1] Samuel S. Wenger, The Wenger Book, A Foundation Book of American Wengers (1997 reprint), 181, person C94.
[2] Jonas G. Wenger, Martin D. Wenger, and Joseph H. Wenger, History of the Descendants of Christian Wenger (1903), 26, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[3] Samuel S. Wenger, The Wenger Book, A Foundation Book of American Wengers (1997 reprint), 181.
[4] Jonas G. Wenger, Martin D. Wenger, and Joseph H. Wenger, History of the Descendants of Christian Wenger (1903), 26, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[5] Samuel S. Wenger, The Wenger Book, A Foundation Book of American Wengers (1997 reprint), 181.
[6] Jonas G. Wenger, Martin D. Wenger, and Joseph H. Wenger, History of the Descendants of Christian Wenger (1903), 26, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[7] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Harry M. Hoover, The Huber-Hoover Family History (1928), 49, [FamilySearch FSCatalog].
[9] Samuel S. Wenger, The Wenger Book, A Foundation Book of American Wengers (1997 reprint), 181.
[10] James O. Lehman, Lindale's Song: A Century of Harmony, Growth, and Fellowship, 1898 to 1998 (1998), [GoogleBooks].
[11] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[12] Albert Horwell Gerberich, The Brenneman History (Mennonite Publishing House, 1938), 932, [GoogleBooks].