1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Levi BOYER Birth: 31 Mar 1817, Ruscombmanor, Berks, Pennsylvania Death: 05 Jul 1890 Spouse: Elizabeth WANNER Birth: 03 Mar 1820, Richmond, Pennsylvania Death: 01 Nov 1886 Father: Peter WANNER Source: patron submission

2.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 18; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840

PA

Berks Co.

Richmond Twp.

Roll 437

p. 254B

Ln. 26

Levi Boyer

100 010 - 101 010

_______

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	4 or under	1835-1840	= Martin (b. 1837-39)
1 male	20-29	1810-1820	= Levi (b. 1817)
1 female	4 or under	1835-1840	= Malinda (b. 1839/40)
1 female	10-14	1825-1830	= ?
1 female	20-29	1810-1820	= Elizabeth (b. 1820)

The teenage girl is too old to be their daughter; she could be kin or hired help.

3.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7-8 of 49):  Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA, Roll M432_753, pp. 107A-107B, 44/46, enumerated 13 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Levi Boyer	33	M		Farmer	6000	Penna
Elizabeth "	30	F
Malinda   "	10	F
Martin    "	11	M
Lesetta   "	9	F
Sarah     "	7	F
Hannah    "	?	F
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Mary Boyer	4	F				Pennsylvania
Catharine "	1	F
John Roemer	17	M		Servant
Mary Boyer	24	F

4.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #60 of 65):  Kutztown P.O., Richmond [Twp.], Berks Co., PA, Roll M653_1076, p. 724, PN 176, 1293/1293, enumerated 11 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Levi Boyer	44	M		Farmer	800	800	Penna
Elisabeth "	40	F					"
Martin    "	22	M					"
Malinda   "	20	F					"
Lucedda   "	19	F					"
Sarah     "	16	F					"
Mary      "	15	F					"
Kitty     "	10	F					"
Henry     "	7	M					"
Isabella  "	4	F					"
Lara      "	2	F					"

Where's Hannah?  Listed next to widow Catharine WANNER (æ 72, b. PA)

5.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #59 of 72):  Kutztown P.O., Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA, Roll M593_1308, p. 275A, PN 59, 395/411, enumerated 16 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Boyer Levi	53	M	W	Farmer	17000	1300	Pennsylvania
_____ Elizabeth	50	F	"	h. Keeping			"
_____ Hannah	21	F	"	at Home			"
_____ Amanda	18	F	"	do			"
_____ Henry	17	M	"	farmer			"
_____ Isabella	14	F	"				"
_____ Clara	12	F	"				"
_____ Elizabeth	6	F	"				"

Where did Amanda come from?

6.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #34 of 48):  Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA, Roll T9-1100, p. 200D, PN 40, SD ?, ED 60, enumerated 17 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

13

21

24

25

26

281

298

Boyer Levi

W

M

63

/

Farmer

PA

PA

PA

_____ Elizabeth

W

F

60

Wife

/

Keeping House

PA

PA

PA

_____ Henry

W

M

27

Son

/

Works on Farm

PA

PA

PA

_____ Thomas

W

M

19

GSon

/

Works on Farm

PA

PA

PA

_____ Hannah

W

F

32

Dau

/

Domestic Work

PA

PA

PA

_____ Lizzie

W

F

16

Dau

/

Domestic Work

/

PA

PA

PA

Eisenhower Barbara

W

F

13

GDau

/

At Home

/

PA

PA

PA

__________ Willie

W

M

9

GSon

/

/

PA

PA

PA

Barbara and Willie are children of their widowed daughter, Catharine (BOYER) EISENHOWER.

7.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

8.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 28):  554 10th Street, Reading City (Ward 11, 1st Precinct), Berks Co., PA, Roll T623_1379 (Book 1), p. 28A, SN 5, SD 7, ED 83, enumerated 5 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

27

*

554

78

79

Straub Mary

Head

W

F

Oct 1868

31

Wd

0

0

PA

PA

PA

Dress maker

0

Y

Y

Y

R

H

Homan James M

S-Father

W

M

Jun 1857

42

M

17

PA

PA

PA

Freight Conductor

0

Y

Y

Y

_____ Catharine

Mother

W

F

Apr 1849

51

M

17

4

4

PA

PA

PA

Y

Y

Y

Eisenhower William P

Brother

W

M

Jun 1871

28

S

PA

PA

PA

Machinist

0

Y

Y

Y

Homan Earl C

Brother

W

M

Jul 1888

11

S

PA

PA

PA

At school

10

Y

Y

Y

Boyer Clara R

Aunt

W

F

Oct 1861

38

S

PA

PA

PA

Tailoress

0

Y

Y

Y

*10th Street

9.  Charles C. Boyer.  1915.  American Boyers.  Press of the Kutztown Publ. Co., Kutztown, PA (online at GenealogyLibrary.com).  This author is prone to making unsupported connections, so do not accept anything he says as proven without documenting it.  For example, just because the Andreas BEYER born in 1710 came from Ebstein to Berks Co., PA, in no way proves that the Andreas BEYER born in 1681 who came to Berks Co., PA, in 1738, also came from Ebstein.  Similarly, there is nothing to prove that George BEYER is the son of Martin BEYER; George could easily have been an immigrant, himself.  Of course, if someone has since found the evidence proving these connections, I would appreciate being informed.

p. 210	ANDREAS BEYER (BEIER) From the fact that another Andreas Beyer, born Feb. 2, 1710, came from Ebstein, Palatinate Germany, and settled in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks County, Pa., quite close to Berne Twp., Berks Co., Pa., the historian infers that the Berne Andreas Beyer also came from the neighborhood of Ebstein, Palatinate Germany.  Andreas Beyer, of Berne Township, was born in 1681, as we know from his age--57--in 1738, when he landed, Sept. 5th, at Philadelphia, Pa., with his four sons.  See the ship list, Vol. 17, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives.  The ship that brought this family was the "Winter Galley."  The sons, with their age, are named, but no mention is made of the mother.  Perhaps the mother was dead.  Perhaps the older boys came with wives, but there is no record of such wives.  The family was of Lutheran origin, as we judge from their affiliations both in Carbon and Berks counties.  We do not know where Andreas Beyer is buried.  The children were John Philip [Part I], John Jacob [Part II], Philip [Part III], and Martin [Part IV]...
p. 250	PART IV B (4) Martin Beyer, son of Andreas Beyer and wife, was born 1720, Palatinate, Germany.  Came Sept. 5, 1738, with father and brothers. There are no traces of his descendants to be found, unless George Boyer, of Windsor Twp., Berks County, Pa. was a son.  C (1) George Beyer, probably the son of Martin Beyer, one of the four sons of the immigrant Andreas Beyer. The first Boyer baptism recorded in St. Paul's Church, Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, is that of John George Beier, son of George Beier, May 10, 1756. From the fact that Samuel Beyer, son of Christian Beyer and his wife--of the historian's family tree--was baptized in this congregation February 1, 1807, the historian believes that the above named George belongs to the same "tree," and although John George Beyer is the only child of George Beyer (Beier) recorded in St. Paul's Church, the historian believes that John George Beyer had at least the following brothers: Jacob, Benjamin, and Daniel. These three appear in Richmond Twp., Berks Co., Pa., as early as 1772. In the Richmond Tax-list Jacob Beyer is recorded as an "inmate." This term probably denotes that he was "at home" in the township for the time being, but that he really belonged to a neighboring township. Whether these four boys were really brothers or not, may never be known, but one thing is certain, that the descendants of Jacob Beyer, a number of whom the historian has seen and known, resemble his own people so closely that there can be almost no doubt of the family connections.
p. 251	D (2) Jacob Beyer, probably a son of George Beyer and his wife, was very likely born in Windsor Twp., Berks Co., Pa., about 1750-1755, judging from Richmond Twp. Taxlists. He appears in this township as an "inmate" in 1772, a young man. From accounts found in Moselem Church, Richmond Twp., he was a "carpenter." This occupation would account for his being only an "inmate" in the township. He must have been "of age" in 1772 in order to be taxed, and not a property holder, but a "boarder." His youngest child was born in 1811, so that he probably died some years later. He married Rebecca Elizabeth (or Margaret) Adolph, as certificates in the hands of Joel Boyer, Moselem, show, and then lived near Moselem Church. Children: Samuel, George? David? Solomon, John Henry, and Polly... E (1) Samuel Boyer, son of Jacob Beyer and wife Rebecca Adolph, was born Oct. 18, 1791, in Richmond Twp., Berks Co., Pa., and died Dec. 25, 1860. Buried at Moselem Church. Lutheran. Shoemaker. Married Sarah Lukens, born March 11, 1792. She died Dec. 11, 1858. Children: Samuel, girl, Levi, and John...
p. 252	F (3) Levi Boyer, son of Samuel Boyer and Sarah Lukens, is buried at Fleewood, Pa. Lutheran. Soldier. Farmer. Married Elizabeth Wanner. Children: Malinda, Lucetta, Martin, Sarah, Isabel, Amanda, Clara, Kate, Henry, Hannah, Bessie...
p. 254	G (1) Malinda Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner, married William Schlegel. Went West. Children: Oscar, Elizabeth and others.  G (2) Lucetta Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner, married Moses Folk, Fleetwood, Pa. Children: (a) William Folk, Fleetwood, Pa. (b) Richard Folk, same address. (c) Clara Folk, married Schoedler. Address same. (d) Charles Folk. Address same.  G (3) Sarah Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner, married Cyrenius Reifsnyder. Address (1910) Fleetwood, Pa. Children: John, Sarah, Elizabeth, Joseph, Richard, Susan, Ralph.  G (4) Isabel Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner, married Titus Ely, 10th St., Reading. Children: Theresa, Victor.
p. 255	G (5) Martin Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner, was born Sept. 20, 1839, at Fleetwood, and died at Kutztown, Pa. Reformed.  Married Hettie Rothermel, born April 10, 1841. Children: (a) Thomas R. Boyer, Fleetwood, Pa. Married Katie Liese. Children: Stella, Peter Paul, Florence, Anna. (b) Catharine Boyer, married Dr. Cyrenius DeLong. Dead. Son: Dr. George F. DeLong, 946 Penn St., Reading, Pa. Married Helen Funk. (c) Alice Boyer, married James B. Keiter, Kutztown, Pa. Child: Minnie L., married Howard S. Sharadin, Kutztown, Pa. Child: Esther Pauline. (d) Morris R. Boyer, N. 10th St., Allentown, Pa., married Rose Levan. Child: Annie.  G (6) Amanda Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner, married Henry Hartman, 318 Church St., Reading, Pa. Children: Hannah, Samuel Harry.  G (7) Clara Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner. Single in 1910. N. 10th St., Reading, Pa.  G (8) Hannah Boyer. Single. Same address.  G (9) Kate Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner, married William Eisenhower. Dead. Children:(a) William Eisenhower. Address (1910) Reading, Pa. (b) Barbara, married Schoener. Address (1910) Reading, Pa. (c) Mary, married Straub. Address (1910) Reading, Pa. Kate Boyer married a second time, James Homan. Address (1910) Jersey City, N. J. Children: Earl Homan.  G (10) Henry Boyer, son of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner. Address (1910) Fleetwood, Pa. Butcher. Married Ada Bernhardt. Children: Effie, William, Harry.  G (11) Bessie Boyer, daughter of Levi Boyer and Elizabeth Wanner, married Cyrannus Boyer, son of Reuben Boyer, descendant of George Philip Bayer, born 1750 in Germany. Chart 5. Address (1914) Fleetwood, Pa. Children (a) Helen E. (b) Grace M. (c) Herbert C. Boyer. (d) Frank F. Boyer.

10.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).