Christian LIGHT & Catharine KARMANY

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Christian LIGHT
Catharine KARMANY

Husband: Christian LIGHT
Birth: 16 Mar 1792
Death: 3 Oct 1842
Father: Jacob LIGHT
Mother: Barbara BRANDT

Marriage: 4 Sep 1814

Wife: Catharine KARMANY
Birth: 18 Sep 1793, Lebanon Twp., Dauphin [now Lebanon] Co., PA
Death: Dec 1874, Lebanon Co., PA
Father: John Martin KARMANY (1766-1834)
Mother: Mary Catharine YETTER (1769-1858)
Maternal Grandfather: Peter YETTER (c1740-1781)
Maternal Grandmother: Anna Maria⁵ STOEVER (1745/6-) [Johann Casper⁴, Johann Casper³, Dietrich², Johannes¹]

Children — said to be born in New Hanover Twp., Lebanon Co., PA:

1. Nehemiah LIGHT, b. 27 Nov 1815; d. 27 Jan 1895, Bedford, Monroe Co., MI; m. 6 Dec 1838, Hannah ELLIOTT (1817-1895)
2. Amos C.A.C. LIGHT, b. 27 Apr 1817; d. 7 Dec 1906 — to the California gold fields by 1850
3. Thomas Adam LIGHT, b. 1818/9 — to California bet. 1855 and 1860
4. Oliver LIGHT, b. 1814-20
5. Aaron LIGHT, b. 12 Dec 1820; d. 19 Feb 1897; m. Frances "Fanny" OBER/OVER (1825-1906); 1880 Census in Lebanon Co., PA
6. Eleazer LIGHT, b. 1822 — to the California gold fields by 1850
7. Catharine LIGHT, b. 1825
8. Elizabeth C. LIGHT, b. 1828
9. Sarah LIGHT, b. 1830
10. Caroline LIGHT, b. 1835/6

Source (n.b., Lebanon Co. was formed in 1813, mostly from Dauphin Co., plus a small part of Lancaster Co.):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1820

3. 1830

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #5-6 of 30; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 PA Lebanon Co. East Hanover Twp. pp. 30B-31A Ln. 23 Christian Light 000 230 100 - 111 100 100 0400000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 15-19 1820-1825 = Eleazer (b. 1822/3)
= Aaron (b. 1820)

3 males 20-29 1810-1820 = Thos. Adam (b. 1818/9)
= Amos (b. 1817)
= Oliver

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

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

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Sarah (b. 1830)

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Elizabeth (b. 1828)

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

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Catharine (b. 1793)

4 persons employed in agriculture

Also in East Hanover Township: Nehemiah LIGHT (000 010 - 100 010) and Thomas LIGHT.

5a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850 (Broderbund CD-317): cannot find Catharine.

1850 Light, Amos C. CA El Dorado Co. Mathenias Creek p. 46

5b. 1850 Census Index/Microfilm (online at GenealogyLibrary.com): Amos is mis-indexed as Anias C. LIGHT (but at least they got the page number right or I wouldn't have found him at Ancestry.com).

5c. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #191 of 481 — they got the name right, but the wrong page, i.e., p. 46): on Mathenias Creek, El Dorado Co., CA, p. 346A, 4/5, enumerated 27 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Amos C Light 31 M Mining for gold Pa

Eliazer Light 28 M "

Our subjects' sons are just two of hundreds upon hundreds of lone males in the gold fields.

6. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #73 of 112): Quincy P.O., Indian Valley, Plumas Co., CA, p. 971, PN 73, 1215/1180, enumerated 21 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Eleazer Light 37 M PA

Our subject's son is living alone and next door to his brother, Thomas Adam LIGHT.

7. Moses Light. 1896. The Light Genealogy in America. Self-published, Manheim, Lancaster Co., PA (facsimile online at the Light Family web site):

p. 27 3 GEN. This Jacob Light, Sr., b. Sept. 11, 1763, d. Sept. 5, 1840, aged 76 yr. 11 mo. 24 days; m. to Barbara Brandt. She was b. Dec. 22, 1763, d. Aug. 20, 1851, aged 87 yr. 7 mo. 28 days. Issue:

4 GEN. 1. Christian Light, m. to Miss _____ Cormenny.
Their issue:

5 GEN. 1. Oliver Light.
2. Aaron Light, m. to Fanny Ober.

9a. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

9b. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

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

11. Broderbund. World Family Trees. Vol. 4, Pedigree #0415.

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