1847 Cath Bream and Solomon Meals were married on February 18, 1847 in Holy Trinity Lutheran, Lutheran church, York Springs, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [1]
1850 Solomon Meals (age 31, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Butler Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Catherine Meals (age 23), Mary Meals (age 2), Leah Meals (age 0), and James Huston (age 14). [2]
1854 On 15 June, the estate of John Meals was filed by David Meals in Adams County [3]. Documents mentioned accounts paid to Samuel Meals, David Meals Senior, Ferdinand Meals, Margaret Meals, H & W B Meals, Solomon Meals, and Catharine Meals widow [4] [5]
1860 Solomon Meals (age 40, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Menallen Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Catharin Meals (age 33), Mary A Meals (age 12), Leah M Meals (age 10), William H Meals (age 8), Priscilla E Meals (age 6), and John J Meals (age 4). [6]
1870 Solomon Meals (age 37, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Tyrone, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Catharine Meals (age 42), Leah Meals (age 19), William Meals (age 18), Priscilla Meals (age 16), Joseph Meals (age 14), Sarah Meals (age 9), Clara Meals (age 7), Jacob Anna Meals (age 5), Alberta Meals (age 3), and Alice Meals (age 3/12). Solomon Meals was a farmer. [7]
1880 Soloman Meals (age 52, born in Pennsylvania, married) lived in Butler Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Catharine Meals (age 50), Leah Meals (age 28), William Meals (age 24), Joseph Meals (age 17), Clara Meals (age 17), and Jacobanna Meals (age 12). Soloman Meals's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. Soloman Meals's occupation was farmer. [8]
1899 Catherine Bream Meals died on Sep. 25, 1899 and was buried at Bendersville Cemetery, Bendersville, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Catherine Bream Meals was born Jan. 21, 1828. [9] [10] [11] [12]
1903 Solomon Meals died on June 5 and was buried at Bendersville Cemetery, Bendersville, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Solomon Meals was born Jan. 22, 1819. [13] [14]
1939 John Joseph Meals, son of Solomon Meals and Katherine Bream, spouse of Elizabeth H Slaybaugh, died at age 82, on April 27, 1939 in Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. John Joseph Meals was born on May 5, 1856 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 34687). [15]
1956 Bertha Meals, daughter of Solomon Meals and Catherine Bream, spouse of Jacob H Stevens, died at age 89, on October 19, 1956 in Gettysburg Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Bertha Meals was born on January 29, 1867 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 85017). [16]
[1] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA, Adams, Straban, Lutheran, St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Adams, Estate 2958, image 1640, [FamilySearchImage].
[4] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Adams, Estate 2958, see lines 47, 61, 66, and lines 68, 71, 73, and 75 on the next page, [FamilySearchImage].
[5] Adams County Orphans Court index, [FamilySearchImage].
[6] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[8] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] Find A Grave Memorial 35755942, [FindAGrave].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[12] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA, Adams, Bendersville, Lutheran, Bethlehem Lutheran, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[13] Find A Grave Memorial 35756012, [FindAGrave].
[14] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA, Adams, Bendersville, Lutheran, Bethlehem Lutheran, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[15] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[16] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].