Fenstermacher, Catherine

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 22 Oct 1850, Mahoning Twp., Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 25 Jun 1860, Mahoning Twp., Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 09 Jul 1870, Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; Living with son Nathan
• Census: 2 Jun 1880, Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; Living with son Elwin
• Census: 06 Jun 1900, Lower Macungie, Lehigh Co., PA; Living with daughter Ellen

Notes:

From Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania; 1905, Vol 2, by John Woolf Jordan, Edgar Moore Green, George Taylor Ettinger

Nathan Drumbore, a successful farmer residing in Packer township, Carbon county, was born in the Mahoning valley, in Mahoning township, Carbon county, in 1845, and is descended from German ancestry. The family was established by German emigrants in the valley during the pioneer epoch in its development, and since that time representatives of the name have been numbered among the industrious and valued citizens of that locality. Thomas Drumbore, the father, was born in Lynn township, Lehigh county, and became a wealthy farmer of Mahoning valley, owning and operating over two hundred acres of very valuable farming land. He was both practical and progressive in his agricultural pursuits, and his labors brought to him a very gratifying financial return. He married Miss Kate Fenstermacher, who was also born in Lynn township, Lehigh county, and his death occurred in 1867, while his wife survived him until 1900. In their family were seven children: Nathan, Alfred, William, Henry, Elvina, Drucilla and Lena.

From History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Its Families, Volume 3
On June 20, 1871, he (Aboil Snyder) married Ellen Drumbore, daughter of Thomas and Catharine (Fenstermacher) Drumbore, of Carbon county

Catherine married Drumbore, Thomas on 25 Mar 1832. Thomas was born about 1809 in Lynn Twp., Lehigh Co., PA; died on 16 Aug 1867 in Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Drumbore, Alfred was born in Dec 1832 in PA; died on 23 May 1905 in New Mahoning, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA.
2. Drumbore, Amelia was born about 1835 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA.
3. Drumbore, Lewis was born about 1836 in PA.
4. Drumbore, Matilda was born about 1838 in PA.
5. Drumbore, William F was born on 15 Jun 1840 in Mahoning Valley, PA; died on 22 Dec 1929 in Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA; was buried on 26 Dec 1929 in Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA.
6. Drumbore, Joseph was born about 1842 in PA; died on 28 Nov 1886 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA.
7. Drumbore, Nathan was born on 5 Mar 1845 in Mahoning Twp., Carbon Co., PA; died on 18 Feb 1911 in Hazleton, Luzerne Co., PA; was buried on 22 Feb 1911 in Weatherly, Carbon Co., PA.
8. Drumbore, Trusilla was born in Jan 1847 in Carbon Co., PA; died on 24 Apr 1911 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 28 Apr 1911 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA.
9. Drumbore, Henry was born on 19 Dec 1848 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; died on 09 Oct 1928 in Washington Twp., Northampton Co., PA; was buried on 12 Oct 1928 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA.
10. Drumbore, Ellen was born on 10 May 1851 in Northampton Co., PA; died on 15 Sep 1927 in Alburtis, Lehigh Co., PA; was buried on 20 Sep 1927 in Lower Macungie, Lehigh Co., PA.
11. Drumbore, Elwin was born in Mar 1853 in PA; died on 29 Jun 1916 in Palmerton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 3 Jul 1916 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptised: 05 Apr 1775, North Whitehall Twp., Lehigh Co., PA

William married Bloss, Anna Magdalena on 02 Jan 1798. Anna (daughter of Bloss, Johann Georg and Schneider, Anna Maria Barbara) was born on 23 May 1781 in Washington Twp., Northampton Co., PA; died on 04 Oct 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• DAR Ancestor Number: A039067
• Military: Revolutionary War Veteran
• Tombstone Photo: Heidelberg Twp., Northampton Co., PA; Heidelberg Union Cemetery; Original tombstone no longer exists

Notes:

From Find A Grave.com:
About 1770, he purchased land 3 miles southwest of Slatington, PA. and settled in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, where he became a man of prominence. He operated a distillery in connection with his farm of 170 acres.

During the early days of the Revolutionary War, in 1778, he was a member of Captain Conrad Roeder's 5th Company of the 3rd Battalion. In 1780 he served under the same Captain in the 2nd Class, 5th Company, 6th Battalion of the Northampton County Militia.

Records show that of his 7 children, all except William moved to the Wyoming Valley in Columbia and Lucern Counties.

William was survived by his Widow (who later remarried) and his seven children: Philip, GEORGE, William, Jacob (who never married and had moved to Schuylkill Co. PA), Charles (who never married and had moved to Wyoming Co. PA), Elizabeth (wife of Gottfried Peter) and John. He was buried in the Old Heidelberg Cemetery, but there is no longer any marker of his grave site.

Exerpt from http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dettweiler/webdocs/e066.htm:

FENSTERMACHER FAMILY
From: History Of Lehigh County, Vol 1,2,& 3.
Transcribed by: Sandra Hart

William Fenstermacher, son of Jacob, was born Oct. 11, 1740, and about the year 1770 settled in Heidelberg township, this county, where he became a man of prominence. During the early days of the Revolutionary War he was a member of Capt. Conrad Roeder's Fifth Company of the Third Battalion of militia, and later served under the same captain in the fifth battalion. He operated a distillery in connection with his farm of 170 acres, and died Nov. 27, 1801, survived by his widow, Margareth Elizabeth, and five children: (1) Philip, b. Oct. 6, 1771; (2) George, b. Jan. 18, 1773; (3) William, b. March 22, 1775; (4) John; and (5) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 25, 1787, wife of Gottfried Peter. Another daughter, Anna Catharina, born in Longswamp township in 1763, probably died young, as no mention is made of her. William Fenstermacher is buried in the old Heidelberg cemetery, and doubtless also his wife, although no trace can be found of her tombstone.

William married Elizabeth, Margaret about 1762. Margaret was born on 15 Oct 1744 in PA; died on 19 Apr 1815 in Heidelberg Twp., Northampton Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John George Bloss, eldest son of Conrad, was born Oct 15, 1744. He was a farmer, miller, and distiller. On June 29, 1767, he purchased his father's farm, consisting of 278 acres and sixty-three perches for which he paid 250 pounds. On May 20, 1800, he was granted four acres and 137 perches - this tract of 215 acres and he was granted another tract of 215 acres and 130 perches, bordering on Mahoning Creek, in Penn township, Carbon county. On Dec 9, 1784, he took out a warrant for ten acres. George Bloss and David Wyant took out a warrant bearing date Dec 9, 1784, for 220 acres. In 1772, he paid Proprietary tax amounting to three pounds and eight shillings. In 1785 he paid Federal tax on 283 acres of land, three horses and five head of cattle, amounting to two pounds, five shilling and five pence. On March 7, 1806, John George Bloss sold all the land he then owned; but he continued to reside on the homestead with his son Henry until his death. His farm in Washington township, Lehigh county, he sold to two of his sons, John George, Jr.bought 137 acres, fifty perches paid 850 pounds; Henry bought 141 acres, fifteen perches, paid 850 pounds; John Lentz, his son-in-law bought the tract of 215 acres and 130 perches in Penn township,
Carbon county, for which he paid 250 pounds.

During the Revolutionary War, John George Bloss served in the Northampton County militia. In 1778 he was second Lieutenant of the Fifth Company in the Third Battalion.
In 1780, he served as a private eight days on the frontier against the Indians in the Sixth Battalion as is shown in the pay roll of Capt. Conrad Reder's company. In 1781, he served as private in the Sixth Battalion, seventh class as substitute for John Reedy, from May 16 to July 16. Again, in1782, he was a private in the Sixth Battalion. John George Bloss was married two times. His first wife's name is Anna Barbara.

John George Bloss' second wife was Elizabeth --, who survived him at his death, which occurred April 19, 18185, after an illness of about four days. In his will which was made April 15, and probated in Allentown, May 16, 1815, his sons, Christian and John George, Jr. were appointed executor.
In the old cemetery adjoining the Heidelberg church a tombstone still marks conspicuously the resting place of the last remains of John George Bloss:
Her Rehen die Gebeine der verstorbeuen Johan Georg Bloss ist Gebohren den 15ten October Jur Jahr 1744 ist gestorb Enden 19ten Aprill in johr 1815 ist alt worden 71 johr 7 monant und 4 tag.

Notes from FindAGrave.com:
The original tombstone is located in the Old Cemetary on the left side of the Heidelberg Union Church. There are many graves in that part of the cemetary but few surviving headstones. Sadly, this headstone was recently hit by a car and destroyed, but generously replaced by the Church Congregation. It is now a beautiful white marble headstone.

Johann married Schneider, Anna Maria Barbara about 1767 in Heidelberg Twp., Northampton Co., PA. Anna (daughter of Schneider, Johann Frederick and Saeger, Anna Maria) was born on 13 Mar 1748 in Heidelberg Twp., Lehigh Co., PA; died on 01 Nov 1790 in Heidelberg Twp., Lehigh Co., PA; was buried in Lehigh Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1738, Philadelphia, PA

Notes:

Exerpt from http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dettweiler/webdocs/e066.htm:

FENSTERMACHER FAMILY
From: History Of Lehigh County, Vol 1,2,& 3.
Transcribed by: Sandra Hart

The name Fenstermacher, was all students of German well know, is derived from a like word in that language signifying "windowmaker." By many members of the family it is spelled "Fenstermaker," and the writer of this sketch has heard of at least one instance where the still more anglicized form "Glazier" was adopted. In one of the early Berks county tax lists, the clerk who copied the record, perhaps in a spirit of humor, wrote the name "Windowmaker."

The Fenstermacher family with which we are most familiar, and whose representatives are quite numerous in this and nearby counties, has its origin in Mathias Fenstermacher, a native of the German Palatinate, who crossed the sea on the good ship "Glasgow" which landed at Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1738. On the original list of passengers his age is given as sixty years, and he was therefore born about 1678. He was accompanied to America by his two sons, Jacob, then twenty-nine years of age, and Wilhelm, twenty-five years of age. These three were preceded to the new world by a third son, Philip, who was removed to Alburtis and there carried on a general store business until he died in 1909. Altogether he followed the life of an enterprising, successful merchant for upwards of forty years. a passenger on the good ship, Samuel, and qualified at Philadelphia, Aug. 30, 1737. He was then twenty-four years of age.

There is a tradition that the family first settled in Oley township, Berks county. The first positive record we have, however, is in the Berks county tax list of 1753, where Longswamp township is given as the residence of the father and of his two sons, Jacob and Philip. Concerning the other son, Wilhelm, who accompanied his father to the new world, nothing further is known at this time. The name of Mathias Fenstermacher appears in the early tax lists as late as 1761, at which time he probably died, being then eighty-three years old.

Jacob Fenstermacher, the eldest son of Mathias, was one of the founders of the Longswamp Reformed church. The proprietary return of 1767 shows that he was the owner of one hundred acres of land in that township, and his name appears in the federal census of 1790, indicating that he was then still living. We have no record as to the date of his death and he had no WILL. He was twice married, his second wife being the Widow Koehler, and we know of at least seven children: (1) William; (2) Anna Maria, b. May 16, 1740 (?), d. May 10, 1801 (wife of Michael Bieber, b. Feb. 11, 1740, d. Oct. 26, 1832); (3) Christian; (4) Joseph; (5) Jacob; (6) Anna Barbara; And (7) Johannes.

Johann married Schweig, Margaretta on 20 Apr 1736 in Traunen, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Margaretta was born on 09 Nov 1719 in Traunen, Germany; died in 1790 in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Conrad Bloss imm.from Germany 21 September 1742. Settled in Heidelberg Township, Northampton County, PA. One of the founders of the Heidelberg Reformed Church. Owned most of the land between the church and the Lehigh River. Married Anna Magdalena Daubenspeck. Revolutionary War at 57 yrs of age, killed in the Battle of Long Island 1776 (Pa. archives-5th series-Vol 8, Page 26, 1st Bat. of Associators, Co., Northampton, Pa., Capt. Nicholas Kern Aug. 6th, 1776.)

September 21, 1742: Immigrated to America from Rotterdam on the ship "Francis and Elizabeth" (George North, Master) that arrived in Philadelphia, PA. He resided in Heidelberg, PA. as a farmer. Colonial records indicate he owned 25 acres of land in Bucks Co., PA at the time of 1750. He enlisted in Captain Nicholas Kern's Company. August 27, 1776: Killed in the Battle of Long Island, NY in battle of the Revolutionary War -- Served under George Washington (War Records - PA Archives Vol 8, Series 5th pg. 26)" from letter David T. Blose to Ruth Smith dated September 1, 1954. He was about 50 years of age at the time of his death.

"When Conrad was leaving Germany for America, he traveled down the Rhine river. Each Castel along the river placed a passage toll on travelers. Conrad spent all his money just getting down the Rhine river. He came to America with no money."

From SAR Applicaton for Daniel Justin Lynn:
"On August 6th, 1776, Conrad Bloss was a private in the Third Co., 1st Battalion of the Northampton County Associators, Capt. Nicholas Kern's Compnay, then in camp at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, which composed a part of the Fying Camp of Ten Thousand Men, commanded by Col. Hart in the Battle of Long Island.

It is history that most of the men of the 1st Battalion were either killed or wounded in that memorable engagement with the British on August 27th, 1776.

Doubtless Conrad Bloss lost his life in this battle as we find no trace of him after that date. His wife, Anna Magdalena, appears as a widow in the Heidelberg Reformed Church Records of 1781 when she acted as sponsor for her granddaughter of the same name, a child of John George Bloss, the eldest son of Conrad."

Died:
Mustered in 3rd Co, 1st Battalion, Capt. Nicholas Kern of "Flying Camp" Battle of Long Island. This is the last known record for Conrad Bloss.

Conrad married Reber, Anna Magdalena on 30 Nov 1740 in Langenselbold, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. Anna died on 8 Aug 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptised: 08 Sep 1715, Deidendorf, Alsace, Sarre-Union, France

Johann married Saeger, Anna Maria in 1740 in Heidelberg Twp., Lehigh Co., PA. Anna (daughter of Saeger, John Nicolas and Bitsch, Anna Barbara) was born on 07 Aug 1720 in Reichenbach, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany; died in 1790 in Heidelberg Twp., Lehigh Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]