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| Benjamin Weitzel
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Benjamin Weitzel 1 2
FamilySearch ID: LKCJ-74R. Noted events in his life were: 1. Census in 1850 in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. 3 The 1850 census recorded Benjamin Weitzel, farmer, 41, living with wife Elizabeth, 35; Harrison, 14; Rebecca, 11; Thomas, 9; Christian, 4. Also in the home is Daniel Weitzel, 30, and his wife Rebecca, 26. 2. Census in 1860 in Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. 4 The 1860 census recorded Benjamin Weitzel, farmer, 52, living with wife Elizabeth, 44; son Harrison, farm laborer, 22; daughter Rebecca, 20; and son Thomas, 19. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His farm was valued at $7256 and personal estate $2757. The post office was Stouchsburgh. 3. Census in 1870 in West Hamburg, Berks, PA. 5 The 1870 census recorded Benj. Weitzel, yeoman, 62, living with wife Elizabeth, 56; and the family of their son Harrison, farmer, 32: wife Sarah, 30, son Charles, 7, and Mary, 5. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Benjamin's real estate was valued at $13,300 and personal estate $400. Harrison's personal estate was $1,500. 4. Census in 1880 in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. 6 The 1880 census recorded in Lower Heidelberg Township south of turnpike: Benjamin Weitzel, retired farmer, 72, living with wife Elizabeth, 67. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. 5. Fact: Burial Record: 28 Feb. 1881, Benjamin Weitzel, son of Christian & Cath. (Daubert), husband of Eliz. Biechert. June 21 1807 Feb 22 1881 Aged 73 Y. 8 Mo. 1 D., 28 Feb 1881, Sinking Spring, Berks, PA. 7 Benjamin married Elizabeth Bicher, daughter of John Bicher and Catharina Schnader. (Elizabeth Bicher was born on 6 Oct 1815 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA,8 9 died on 17 May 1909 in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA 8 9 10 and was buried in Sinking Spring: Sinking Spring Cemetery, Berks, PA 8.) |
1 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 8624, Harrison Weitzel, father Benjamin Weitzel, mother Elizabeth Beecher.
2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14655409.
3 1850 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44V-L19 Entry for Benjamin Weitzel and Elizabeth Weitzel, 1850.
4 1860 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXP9-VPM Entry for Benjamin Weitzel and Elizabeth Weitzel, 1860.
5 1870 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZLJ-L5P Entry for Benj Weitzel and Elizabeth Weitzel, 1870.
6 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8GCX-MPT2 Benjamin and Harrison Weitzel, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, PA.
7 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Printed page 300, Ancestry Image 379 of 617.
8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14655403.
9 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 47876, Elizabeth Weitzel, father Jonathan Beacher, mother Catherine Snader.
10 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63947580.
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