Johannes George
(1768-)
Maria Elisabeth
Jacob Wotring
(1764-1836)
Magdalena Elizabeth Hirsch
(Abt 1768-)
Johan Jacob George
(1792-1879)
Lydia Wotring
(1799-1884)
Daniel George
(1832-1915)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sarah A. Stettler

2. Alice Merkel

Daniel George 1 2 3

  • Born: 6 Mar 1832, Lowhill Twp., Lehigh, PA 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Sarah A. Stettler
  • Marriage (2): Alice Merkel
  • Died: 29 Apr 1915, Lowhill Twp., Lehigh, PA at age 83 3
  • Buried: Leather Corner Post: Morgenland Church Cemetery, Lehigh, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: LCMZ-CW3.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Lowhill Twp., Lehigh, PA. 5 The 1850 census recorded Jacob George, farmer, 68, living with wife Lydia, 50; son Reuben, laborer, 31; Daniel, laborer, 17; Sarah, 24; Elizabeth, 20; Elimina, 15; Jemina, 13; and Lydia, 10. In the left column is written "Hotel". Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.
Next door is Eli George, huckster, 29, with wife Melinda, 30; and daughters Lenia, 2, and Cathenes, 8 months.

2. Book: Anniversary History Of Lehigh County, Volume II, 1914. 3 4
Daniel George, son of Jacob George, was born March 6, 1832. After reaching manhood he conducted the following hotels in the order named: Siegersville, Wescoesville, Snydersville (Hillside), Seiberlingsville and Seipstown. From 1892 to 1900 he followed farming near East Texas and also near Fogelsville. He and family were Reformed members of Morgenland Church.

Daniel George married (first) Sarah A. Stettler. Issue: Richard T.; Joseph; Daniel M.; Myron E. and William, who died in childhood.

Daniel George, married (second) Alice Merkel, daughter of Jacob Merkel. Issue: Katie; Milton; John B.; Harvey C.; and Clarence J. George.


Daniel married Sarah A. Stettler. (Sarah A. Stettler was born on 8 Mar 1836,3 died on 8 Jan 1874 in Lowhill Twp., Lehigh, PA 3 and was buried in Leather Corner Post: Morgenland Church Cemetery, Lehigh, PA 3.)


Daniel next married Alice Merkel, daughter of Jacob Merkel and Unknown.


Sources


1 http://www.ancestry.com.

2 Hollenbach, Raymond E., George family : descendants of Johan Jost Gorg (929.2 GEORGE
Scott Andrew Trexler II Memorial Library
Lehigh County Historical Society
PO Box 1548
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18105-1548
http://www.users.voicenet.com/~lchs/library/index.html).

3 Morganland Church Cemetery Listing (http://www.grammesgenealogy.com/morganland_cem.htm).

4 Roberts, Charles Rhodes, History Of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume II (Allentown, Pa., Lehigh Valley Pub. Co., 1914. 3 volumes, illustrated, maps. Prepared by a committee appointed by the Lehigh County Historical Society; chapters contributed by various writers.).

5 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HY-BX1.



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