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John Henry KERSTETTER
Leah DRESSLER |
WARNING: A KERSTETTER researcher strongly objects to my casting doubt on the list of our subject's children. I leave it to you to decide how much confidence you should place in the list, given the equivocal census records. I recommend that the KERSTETTERs get together to map out a Y-DNA testing strategy to prove the connections here. |
Husband: Johann Heinrich KERSTETTER / John Henry CASTETTER
Birth: 21 Aug 1819 Death: 7 Mar 1897 Occupation: farmer Father: Adam KERSTETTER / CASTETTER (1791-1853) Mother: Lydia __?__ (1797-1875) |
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Wife: Leah DRESSLER
Birth: 1820/1 or 1825/6 or 1829/30 or 1832/3 or 1837 — most likely, 1820/1 — in PA Death: 1883 Occupation: homemaker Father: Jacob G. DRESSLER Mother: Esther GELNETT Leah appears to have lied about her age all her life. It has never been unusual for women to lie about their age, and some women often insisted their husbands, even their older children, do the same, so as to support their younger age (my own grandmother did so). Leah just seems to be a most spectacular case. There also seems to be some census-taker error thrown in. Generally, the age in the records that makes the woman the oldest is the correct one. |
Children — born in Juniata Co., PA: |
The census records of the children are so inconsistent from year to
year that I have no confidence in the list below.
It wouldn't surprise me, at all, to find out that John Henry & Leah
were childless, so took in orphans. The fact that they are labeled
"sons" and "daughters" in the 1880 census gives me no confidence, as I've
often seen known step-children not so designated. And I can only
count myself lucky that this is not my line, so I don't have to solve the
mystery!
. Moses KERSTETTER, b. 1841/2 or Mar 1847
I presume the "infant" in the 1850 census is Aaron. Henry may be William H. |
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Sources:
1. Marriage Record: 2. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #22 of 44): Greenwood Twp., Juniata Co., PA, p. 312B, 2046/2076, enumerated 4 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
3. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #13 of 21): Mahontongo P.O., Susquehanna Twp., Juniata Co., PA, p. 795, PN 235, 1621/_, enumerated 2 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
4. 1870 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 24): Mohontongo P.O., Susquehanna Twp., Juniata Co., PA, p. 465A, PN 7, 48/48, enumerated 13 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤
5. 1880 United States Census and National Index (LDS Family History Resource File: CD-ROM Library):¤
6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed. 7. Perry Historians, Newport, PA, compilers. Dressler Evangelical Churchyard (United Methodist), Susquehanna Twp., Juniata Co., PA (online at the Juniata County PAGenWeb site; contributed by Pauline Shunk):
8. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org). 9. Messages in the Dressler Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com). 10. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). |
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