John Henry Saltzgever
(1740-1822)
Eve Mary
(1745-1822)
Jacob Gilbert
(1756-1831)
Anna Margaretha Fox
(1769-1838)
George Michael Saltzgiver
(1786-1869)
Mary Elizabeth Gilbert
(1792-1827)
George Michael Saltzgiver
(1819-1877)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sarah Martina Brinkerhoff

George Michael Saltzgiver

  • Born: 18 Dec 1819, , Adams, PA 2 3
  • Christened: 16 Jan 1820, Gettysburg: St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Adams, PA 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Sarah Martina Brinkerhoff on 20 Mar 1845 in Gettysburg: St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Adams, PA 1
  • Died: 8 Sep 1877, Jacksonville, Cumberland, PA, USA at age 57 4 5
  • Buried: Newville: Centerville Lutheran Church, Cumberland, PA 4 5

   Other names for George were Georg Michael Saltzgeber 2 3 and Michael Saltzgiver.1

   FamilySearch ID: LC51-8JT.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1820 in Straban Twp., Adams, PA. 6 The 1820 census recorded Michail Saltzgaber with this household:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6.

2. Census in 1830 in Straban Twp., Adams, PA. 7 The 1830 census recorded Michael Saltsgiver with this household:
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 11
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 14.

3. Census in 1850 in Straban Twp., Adams, PA. 8 The 1850 census recorded Michl Saltsgaver 30, with his wife Sarah, 28; Mary E., 4; James C., 3. Also in the home was Sarah's brother, Jeheil Brinkerhoff, laborer, 21, and Catharine Engelbird, 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

Next door is Michael's father, listed as Michl Saltsgaver, farmer, 64, living with wife Fanny, 57; Rachel Rahn, 22; and son John Saltsgaver, laborer, 21. Also in the home is Anna Forney, 9. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Michael's real estate was valued at $4,000.

4. Census in 1860 in Lower Dickinson Twp., Cumberland, PA. 9 The 1860 census recorded Michael Saltsgiver, farmer, 40, living with wife Sarah, 38; Mary, 14; James, 13; George, 8; and Henry, 4. Also in the home is Maria Miller, domestic, 24, and her daughter Elizabeth Miller, 0; and John Heagey, farm laborer, 24. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Carlisle. Michael's farm was valued at $900.

5. Newspaper: Sentinel: Died. Michael Saltzgiver, Sep. 8, 1877, aged 57 years, at his residence in Jacksonville., 10 Sep 1877, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 10


George married Sarah Martina Brinkerhoff on 20 Mar 1845 in Gettysburg: St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Adams, PA.1 (Sarah Martina Brinkerhoff was born on 12 Mar 1822 in , Adams, PA,11 died on 19 Dec 1907 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA 11 and was buried on 21 Dec 1907 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA 11.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2XW-ZYY Michael Saltzgiver and Sarah Martina Brinkerhoff, 20 Mar 1845; citing Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church,Gettysburg,Adams,Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1433124.

2 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 671. PA > Adams > St. James Evangelical Lutheran. Baptism of Georg Michael Saltzgeber, father Georg Michael Saltzgeber, mother Elisabeth.

3 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2JK-ZBR Georg Michael Saltzgeber, 16 Jan 1820; Christening, citing St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gettysburg, Adams, PA; FHL microfilm 1433124.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 401. Image 1010.

5 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98557937.

6 1820 United States Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Straban, Adams, Pennsylvania; Page: 85; NARA Roll: M33_96; Image: 56.

7 1830 United States Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Straban, Adams, Pennsylvania; Series: M19; Roll: 143; Page: 54; Family History Library Film: 0020617.

8 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M44H-6KB Michael Saltsgaver, Strabane, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 33, NARA microfilm publication M432.

9 1860 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXPZ-3L7 Michael Saltzgiver, Lower Dickinson Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 167, household ID 1222.

10 Carlisle Daily Sentinel (Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania), 10 Jan 1878. Death of Michael Saltzgiver.

11 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (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 117153. Sarah Martina Saltzgiver. Father James Brinkerhoff. Mother Martina Range.



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