John Michael ARTZ & Catharina OSSMAN

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John Michael ARTZ
Catharina OSSMAN

Husband: Johann / John Michael ARTZ
Birth: 20 Oct 1792, Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., PA
Baptism: 23 Dec 1792, Zion Lutheran (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Dauphin Co., PA
Death: 25 Apr 1842
Disposition: St. Paul's (Artz) Church Cemetery, Sacramento, Hubley Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA
Father: Johann Philip Jacob ARTZ
Mother: Barbara KUNTZELMAN

Marriage:

Wife: Catharina / Catharine "Kitty" OSSMAN
Birth: 5 Jan 1795
Death: 21 Jan 1881
Disposition: St. Paul's (Artz) Church Cemetery, Sacramento, Hubley Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA
Father: James OSSMAN
Mother: Margaret GERTH

Children:

1. Joseph ARTZ, b. 2 Jul 1819
2. Elizabeth ARTZ, b. 27 Mar 1821; d. 1 Dec 1857; m. David S. SHADE (1816-1885)
3. (Son A) ARTZ, b. 1820-25; died young
4. (Daughter A) ARTZ, b. 1825-30; died young
5. Anna Maria ARTZ, b. 1825-30
6. Levi ARTZ, b. Jan 1833; d. ca. 1909
7. Sarah ARTZ, b. 1835/6

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1820

3. 1830

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3-4 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 PA Schuylkill Co. Lower Mahantango Twp. Roll 492 pp. 80B-81A Ln. 22 Michael Artz 010 200 100 - 102 100 100 0300000

These data indicate:

No. ? Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Levi (b. 1833)

2 males 15-19 1820-1825 = Son A
= Joseph (b. 1819)

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Michael (b. 1792)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Sarah (b. 1835/6)

2 females 10-14 1825-1830 = Anna Maria
= Daughter A

1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = Elizabeth (b. 1821)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Catharine (b. 1795)

3 persons employed in agriculture

5. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 36): Lower Mahantongo Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA, p. 354B, 31/31, enumerated 11 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Joseph Artz 32 M Farmer 2000 Penna

Sarah 28 F "

Amos 5 M "

Samuel 3 M "

Isaac 1 M "

Adam ²/₁₂ M "

Sarah 14 F "

Amos Straub 12 M "

Kitty Artz 55 F "

Amos STRAUB is the son of the late John STRAUB II, whose widow married second, Valentine SAVIDGE.

6. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 14): Sacramento P.O., Hubley Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA, Roll M653_1180, p. 555, PN 94, 698/703, enumerated 25 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Sarah Artz 36 F 2640 1007 Penna

[Sarah's children]

Cath " 65 F 170 "

Mary M Hoffman 24 F "

7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). A file submitted there includes this abstract of our subject's will:

Will of Michael Artz, Jr. of Lower Mahantango Twp. Schuylkill Co, PA, Book # 1, Page 286
mentions wife Catharina
Son Joseph - gets plantation
keep my youngest 2 children, Levi and Sarah
mentions daughter Elizabeth wife of David Shade and Anna Maria
Executors: Philip Osman and David Buffington
Witness: Valentine Savidge and Samuel Miller
Dated April 2, 1842
Probated May 30, 1842

Valentine SAVIDGE is Amos STRAUB's step-father.

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