Peter MOYER & Elizabeth __?_

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Peter MOYER
Elizabeth __?__

Husband: Peter⁴ MOYER
Birth: 26 Jun 1782, Berks Co., PA
Death: 27 Apr 1849, Union [now Snyder] Co., PA
Disposition: buried Grubb's Cemetery, Chapman Twp., Snyder Co., PA
Father: Johann Valentin³ MOYER (1731-1797) [Daniel², Michael¹]
Mother: Margaret Barbara WERLER (1739-1823)

Marriage:

Wife: Elizabeth __?__
Birth: 27 Dec 1784, PA
Death: 12 Aug 1866, Snyder Co., PA
Disposition: buried Grubb's Cemetery, Chapman Twp., Snyder Co., PA
Occupation: homemaker

Children — born in PA, possibly in Perry Twp., Union [now Snyder] Co., PA:

1. Philip MOYER, b. 1 Jan 1800; d. 23 Oct 1856; bur. Grubbs Cem.; m. Barbara BICKEL
2. Daniel MOYER, b. 19 Mar 1804; d. 6 Oct 1868; bur. Liverpool Cem., Perry Co., PA; m. Elizabeth KERCHNER (1809-1840)
3. Maria MOYER, b. 1809
4. Catherine MOYER, b. 5 May 1809; d. 23 Aug 1854; bur. Grubbs Cem.; m. Henry SHEMORY / SHAMORY (1810-1840)
5. Elizabeth MOYER, b. 1814; m. Ephraim SHEMORY
6. Rebecca MOYER, b. 20 Nov 1815; d. 19 Jan 1891; bur. Grubbs Cem.; m. Henry MEISER (1801-1861)
7. Peter MOYER, b. 20 Jun 1817 [1813?]; m. Susannah __?__
8. Salome "Polly" MOYER, b. 15 Jul 1819
9. John MOYER, b. 11 Jun 1821
10. Benjamin MOYER, b. 15 Jun 1824; m. Mary __?__; m. Susan __?__; m. Catherine __?__
11. Anna MOYER, b. 15 May 1826; m. George HOUSER
12. William M. MOYER, b. 6 Oct 1829

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Pennsylvania

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1810

3. 1820

4. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 16 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 PA Union [now Snyder] Co. Perry Twp. Roll 149 p. 311 Ln. 21 Moyer Peter 121 100 100 - 100 220 100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 = William (b. 1829)

2 males 5-9 1820-1825 = Benjamin (b. 1824)
= John (b. 1821)

1 male 10-14 1815-1820 = Peter (b. 1817)

1 male 15-19 1810-1815 = ?

1 male 40-49 1780-1790 = Peter (b. 1782)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Anna (b. 1826)

2 females 15-19 1810-1815 = Rebecca (b. 1815)
= Elizabeth (b. 1814)

2 females 20-29 1800-1810 = Catharine (b. 1809)
= Maria (b. 1809)

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Elizabeth (b. 1784)

Where is Salome?

5. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7-8 of 14 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 PA Union [now Snyder] Co. Perry Twp. Roll 496 pp. 389A-389B Ln. 17 Mayer Peter 001 100 010 - 011 110 010 0800000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = William (b. 1829)

1 male 15-19 1820-1825 = John (b. 1821)

1 male 50-59 1780-1790 = Peter (b. 1782)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = ?

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Anna (b. 1826)

1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = ?

1 female 20-29 1810-1820 = Salome (b. 1819)

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = Elizabeth (b. 1783/4)

8 person employed in agriculture

6. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #29 of 32): Perry Twp., Union [now Snyder] Co., PA, Roll M432_831, p. 113A, 193/193, enumerated 20 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John Moyer 28 M Farmer Penna

Susanah Moyer 27 F "

Henry Moyer 2 M "

Elithebth Moyer 67 F "

William Moyer 20 M Labourer "

Listed next to Elizabeth's deserted daughter, Polly (MOYER) ICKES.

7. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

8. George W. Wagenseller. 1904. Tombstone Inscriptions of Snyder County, Penna. Wagenseller Publ., Middleburgh, PA (facsimile hard copies available from HigginsonBooks.com; online at the Snyder County PAGenWeb site):

p. 83 CHAPMAN TOWNSHIP...
GRUBB'S CHURCH CEMETERY...

p. 92 Meiser, Henry, b. July 4, 1801; d Oct 31, 1861, aged 60 y, 3 m 27 d.

Meiser, Rebecca, b. Nov 20 1815; d Jan 19, 1891, aged 75 y 1 m 29 d.

Moyer, Peter, b June 26, 1782; d Apr 27, 1849, 66 y 10 m 1 d.

Moyer, Elizabeth, w of Peter, b Dec 27, 1784; d Aug 12, 1866, aged 81 y 7 m 15 d.

p. 93 Moyer, Philip, b Jan 1, 1800; d Oct 23, 1856, aged 56 y 9 m 22 d.

p. 99 Shamory, Henry, b. Oct 4, 1810; d Nov 20, 1840, aged 30 y 1 m 16 d.

Shamory, Catharine, w of Henry, b. May 5, 1809; d Aug 23, 1854, aged 45 y 3 m 18 d.

9. Messages posted to the Moyer Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

10. Message posted to the MOYER Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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

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