John Harvey Berkheimer
(1870-1911)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Burcher

John Harvey Berkheimer 1 2

  • Born: 15 May 1870, Abbottstown, Adams, PA 1 3
  • Christened: 13 Jun 1870, Abbottstown: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Adams, PA
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Burcher about 1898
  • Died: 23 Sep 1911, Oxford Township, Adams, PA at age 41 2 3
  • Buried: 26 Sep 1911, New Oxford: New Oxford Cemetery, Adams, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: KZSQ-MZY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Mount Pleasant Twp., Adams, PA. 1 The 1900 census recorded John Berkheimer, farmer, 30, born Mar 1870, living with wife Elizabeth, 27, Jul 1873. They were married for 2 years and she had birthed no children by 1900. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Cause of Death: chronic nephritis, 23 Sep 1911, Oxford Township, Adams, PA. 3


John married Elizabeth Burcher, daughter of Jacob Burcher and Mary Catherine Beecher, about 1898. (Elizabeth Burcher was born on 30 Jul 1873 in Mount Joy Twp., Adams, PA 4, christened on 16 May 1875 in Barlow: Mount Joy Lutheran Church, Adams, PA,4 died on 2 Feb 1955 in New Oxford, Adams, PA 2 5 6 and was buried on 5 Feb 1955 in New Oxford: New Oxford Cemetery, Adams, PA 2 6.)

Sources

1 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS1Z-NHX John Berkheimer, Mount Pleasant Township (north part), Adams, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 3A, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241354.

2 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 3 Feb 1955, page 1 & 3. Mrs. Elizabeth Berkheimer Fatally Burned in New Oxford.

3 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.), Death Certificate 86747. John H. Berkheimer. Father C. M. Berkheimer. Mother Mary Lillich.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 670. PA > Adams > Barlow > Mount Joy Lutheran. Online Image 47.

5 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 3 Feb 1955, page 1. Mrs. Elizabeth Berkheimer Burned to Death.

6 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.), Death Certificate 9867. Elizabeth B. Berkheimer. Father Jacob Bucher. Mother Mary Beecher.


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