Heimbach Genealogy


 

The following Family Group Sheets (FGS) have been painstakingly prepared by Paul Heimbach during the last two decades of the 20th Century.  Hopefully Paul’s work will be appreciated as a precious historical family resource.  Please feel free to contact him at either heimbach1941@aol.com or through his son Tom at heimbach@skytel.com. 

 

Last updated 2/11/2001

 


Click on the following to access the FGSs directly. 

 

Johannes Heimbach

Peter Heimbach I

Peter Heimbach II

Heinrich (Henry) Heimbach

Henry Heimbach Jr.

Levi Heimbach

Alfred Heimbach

Frank Heimbach

Roy Heimbach

Paul Heimbach

 


 

** (Double asterisk) denotes author’s ancestor

 

Johannes Heimbach

m

Anna Maria Angelica

b  ca 1680

ca 1703

b ca 1685

d

 

d

 

Records of Johannes and Anna Maria Angelica are located in the Catholische Bischofstum Archiv in Trier, Germany.  Trier (in the westernmost part of Germany, close to Belgium) is the oldest city in Germany, and is the German center of the Catholic faith.  The records in Trier cover Catholic parishes in the Palatine, and they are relatively easy to research.  Since the records are all in Latin and therefore written in the Latin alphabet (with which we English language speakers are all familiar), they are much easier to discern than are the German Protestant records, which are written, in “old German script,” sometimes referred to as “German Gothic Script.”  Most modern-day Germans are unable to read the old German script.  According to a dear German friend, Frau Margot Zein, our neighbor in Erzhausen in 1959 and 1960, the World War II era adults are the last generation to have regularly been taught the old German script.  I have learned to read these records with some degree of difficulty, having been taught by Frau Zein, who is still quite adept at reading the old German script records.

 

At the time Johannes’s family’s records were entered into the Kirchenbuchen (Church Record Books), the Catholic Church was very efficient at recording family events of church members.  Although the following entries recorded christenings, and not births, it is reasonable to assume that these children were only days to weeks old when they were christened.  Later in Pennsylvania, christenings might have occurred months after a child’s birth, in churches where pastors were not always in residence.  These records of christenings are invaluable in establishing the completeness of the family, however I did not find comparable records of marriages and deaths.  That could be a reasonable target of future researchers.

 

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CHILDREN:

1. Anna Margretha

christened  07 Jun 1704

 

 

 

2. Johannes Adamus

christened  03 Nov 1706

 

 

 

3. Johannes

christened  04 Feb 1709

 

 

 

4. Anna Gertrudis

christened  26 Apr 1712

 

 

 

 5. Anna Catharina

christened  28 Aug 1713

 

 

 

6. Joes Petrus (JohannesPeter)**

christened  04 Sep 1714

m (1) (ca 1735)

 

m (2) (ca 1747) 

Mary Louisa

 

Mary Elizabeth

7.  Anna Catharina

christened  28 Aug 1713

 

 

 

8. Joes Wilhelmus

christened  05 Dec 1720

 

 

 

9. Joannes Mathias

christened  09 Jul 1722

 

 

 

 

Before leaving Germany, Mathias Heimbach lived in Ilgesheim, as evidenced in the birth record of Maria Margretha Heimbach (Mathias was listed as a sponsor), his brother Peter’s first daughter.  At age 20 or 21 Mathias emigrated from the Palatinate (today Germany) to Pennsylvania in 1743, leading the way for his older brother, Peter, and others to follow him to the new world.  Typically a journey that ended in Pennsylvania in September, was begun from home in the Palatinate in the spring.  Travel down the waterways to Rotterdam or some other port, followed by a ship to England as an intermediate stop, then the final voyage to Pennsylvania took six months or more.

 

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** (double asterisk) denotes author's ancestor

Peter Heimbach I **

b likely 1714

chr  04 Sep 1714

d  -?-                          

m (1)

ca 1735

Mary Louisa

b   ca 1718

d   ca 1746/7

 

m (2)    

Mary Elizabeth

 

ca 1747

b

d

 

Peter arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in the fall of 1749 where he took the Oath of Allegiance to the King of England on 26 Sep 1749.  Peter and his first wife, Maria Louisa, had 5 children who were born in Germany where they lived in "Heimbach an der Nahe", a small village a few kilometers to the west of Baumholder where they attended church.  Records of this family are found in the Baumholder Lutheran Kirchenbuch, located today in the Evangelische Archiv in Boppard, Germany.  Some of the original records are viewable in the following: (Record 1, Record 2, and Record 3).  Modern images of the Baumholder Lutheran Church are viewable in the following: (Image1, Image2, Image3 and Image4).

 

Boppard is an absolutely beautiful town southeast of Koblenz (toward Frankfurt) on the Rhine River just a short distance from the fabled Lorelei Rocks where the legend of Mermaids was born.  Specifically, the legend claims that Mermaids lured unsuspecting sailors to their destruction on the Lorelei Rocks in the misty fog on the Rhine. I highly recommend a visit or vacation to Boppard.  It has long been a favorite vacation spot for many British citizens with the result that many of the local citizenry speak English.

 

The Evangelishe Archiv now (since about 1996) houses all protestant records from the old Palatinate.  This includes both Lutheran and Reformed congregations of the past.  According to the archivist in Boppard, there is no longer a Lutheran Church in Germany, since the Lutherans have merged with the Reformed to form the Evangelische (Evangelical) Churches.  The archive has a minimal staff and it is not open to the public every day, so care must be taken to properly schedule visits.  If you plan to do research, do plan to spend some time visiting the surrounding countryside in order to maximize the effect of your visit. 

 

Although no marriage records have been located, it is believed that Peter re-married, to a woman named Mary Elizabeth, after Maria Louisa died.  Assuming that the birth dates which we have for Peter's "second family" are correct, he and Mary Elizabeth had two children before, and several more children after, the journey to the new world.

 

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CHILDREN:  (Mother - Maria Louisa)

1.  Joh. Peter II **

b  26 Dec 1737

d  29 Dec 1817

bur Grubb's Church, Chapman Township, Snyder County, PA

 

m

ca 1735

Mary Barbara -?-

b

d

2. Joh. Adam

b 12 Sep 1740

d No trace has been found of this child, so perhaps he died enroute to America.

 

 

 

3. Maria Margretha

b 27 Dec 1742

d

(One of Maria’s sponsors was Mathias Heimbach, of Ilgesheim. Mathias emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1743)

 

 

 

4.  George Hennrich

b 13 July 1745

d before 1749 in Germany

 

 

 

5.  Anna Maria

b 14 Sep 1746

d

 

 

 

CHILDREN (Mother – Mary Elizabeth)

 

 

6. John

b 1748

d

 

m

 

b

d

7. George

b 1749

d

 

m

 

b

d

8.  Philip

b 1753

d 1833

 

m

Elizabeth Barbara Werthmann

b

d

9. Jacob

b 1755

d

 

m

Dorothea

b

d

10. George Henry

b 8 Jun 1760

d 1822

 

m

Catherine Neff

b

d

11. John Michael

* b 18 Jun 1762 / 21 Jun 1785

d 9 Dec 1837

Heimbach Tp., Columbia Co, Pa

 

m

Katharina Werthmann

b Aug 1765

d

 

* Data from Susan Hornbeck, descendant from Metamora, MI indicates 18 Aug 1762, BUT Daniel Schumacher, p 282: born 18 Jun 1762, bp 29 Aug 1762.

 

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Peter Heimbach II **

b 29 Dec 1738 (gravestone)

b 26 Dec 1737 (German church record)

d 29 Dec 1817   (gravestone)

bur  Grubbs/Botschaft Cem, Snyder Co

m

ca 1764

Mary Barbara -?-

b

d Dec 1822/ Jan 1823

Prob bur Grubbs Cem

 

 

 

Author of this sheet believes that Peter was an Immigrant from Germany on the Ship "Dragon" in 1749, along with his father, Peter Heimbach.  I refer to them as Peter I and Peter II, simply to distinguish between these two very important Heimbach immigrant ancestors.  Records show that Peter I took the Oath of Allegiance on 26 Sep 1749 in Philadelphia, Pa.

 

When Peter II and Mary Barbara were married is unknown, however it is estimated to be 1764 or 1765 since Peter II was taxed as a single man in 1763, yet had his first child in 1766.

 

Peter II  was a Private 8th Class, 4th Battalion (Lt Col Philip Boehm, Commander), 8th Company (Captain John Wagner, Commander), Northampton County Militia, in approximately 1780.  The specific return of the "Associators" which included Peter II is undated.  The Northampton County Militia participated in the “Battle of Trenton,” which has been immortalized in the painting of “Washington Crossing the Delaware.”  Perhaps Peter II fought in this important battle as a part of securing American liberty from England.

 

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CHILDREN:

 

1. Johannes Peter III                                          m                                 Christina Luke

b  ca 9 Oct 1766                                                21 Jun 1807                  b ca 1772

bp  13 Nov 1766                                                                                    d 1826

d 1854                                                                                                  Harrison City, OH

Harrison City, OH

 

 

2. Maria Elizabeth                                              m                                 -?- Hafflich (Christina's bro?)

b  17 Dec 1767                                                                                      b

bp 27 Dec 1767                                                                                     d _?_

d

 

 

** 3.  Heinrich                                                    m                                 Catherine Haines

b  24 Aug 1769                                                  1795                             b  10 Nov 1771

d  29 Sep 1823                                                                                     d  25 May 1860

bur New Berlin, PA Cemetery                                                                bur:  New Berlin, PA Cemetery

 

 

4. William                                                          m                                 Nancy Hendricks

b  ca 1772                                                                                             b  _?_

d  _?_                                                                                                   d  _?_

                                                                             

(Info provided by John Beals, Chico, CA, Great3 grandson)

 

 

5. Catharine Barbara                                          m                                 Frederick Haines

b 4 Apr 1773                                                                                         b  _?_

bp 25 Apr 1773                                                                                     d  _?_

d  before 1828

 

 

6. John  George                                                m                                 Christina Hafflich

b ca 25 Feb 1775                                                                                 b  _?_

bp  2 Apr 1775                                                                                      d  _?_

d 1828                                                                                                  father Jacob Hafflich                 

                                                                                    mother  Margaret Hafflich

 

 

7. John Jacob                                                   m                                   ?  

b  ca  9 Jun 1777                                                                                   b  _?_

bp  20 Jul 1777                                                                                     d  _?_

d  _?_

 

 

8. Catherine                                                      Not married

b 8 Jan 1783

d 24 Oct 1860

age 77y 9m 16d

bur  Grubbs/Botschaft Cem

 

 

9. Susanna                                                        Not married

b

d  _?_

bur  probably at Grubb's church

 

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Heinrich (Henry) Heimbach **

b 24 Aug 1769

d  29 Sep 1823

age  54y 1m 5d

father  Peter Heimbach

mother  Mary Barbara _?_

m

1795    

Anna* Catherine Haines

b  10 Nov 1774

d  25 May 1860

age  85y 6m 15d

father  John Haines

mother  Regina Schuster

 

Both Heinrich and Catherine are buried in New Berlin, Pa Cem. 

* Anna as Catherine’s first name is found in John Haines deed.

 

John Haines, buried in the Freeburg, PA Lutheran Church graveyard, was a Revolutionary War soldier, so descendants of Peter Heimbach and John Haines will qualify twice for membership in the Sons or Daughters of the Revolution (SAR or DAR).

 

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CHILDREN:

 

1. John                                                             m                                Salome (Sally) Hubler

b  11 Dec 1797                                                                                      b   5 Aug 1803

d  11 Feb 1877                                                                                      d  14 Apr 1864

age  79y 2m                                                                                          age  60y 8m 9d

both bur  Dreisbach Cem                                                                       father  John Hubler

mother  Catherine -?-

 

 

2. George                                                         m                                Christiana Dauberman

b  25 Aug 1799                                                                                      b  21 Apr 1804

d  23 Oct 1860                                                                                       d  26 May 1888

age  61y 1m 28d                                                                                   age 84y 1m 5d

bur  New Berlin Cem                                                                             bur  Dreisbach Cem

father

mother

 

Sons Charles and Robert are buried with Christiana

           

3. Rebecca                                                       m                                 Henry Hubler

b  16 Feb 1801                                                                                      b  12 Feb 1801

d  21 Mar 1877                                                                                      d    3 Jul 1874

age  76y 1m 5d                                                                                     age  73y 4m 21d

both bur  Dreisbach Cem                                                                       father  John Hubler

mother  Catherine -?-

 

4. Henry Jr. **                                                   m                                 Elizabeth Hook

b 14 Feb 1804                                                                                       b  25 Aug 1809

d 18 Oct 1884                                                                                        d  12 Feb 1860

age  80y 8m 4d                                                                                     age  59y 5m 18

bur  Hassinger White Cem                                                                     bur  Hassinger White Cem                                                                                                                                


5. Mary/"Polly"                                                  m                                 _?_  Castleton

b 1806                                                                                                  b

d                                                                                                          d

age                                                                                                      age

bur                                                                                                       bur

father

mother

 

 

6. Samuel                                                         m                                Elizabeth Bower

b  27 Feb 1808                                                                                      b  10 Mar 1806

d  27 Jun 1884                                                                                      d 2 Mar 1882

age  75y 11m                                                                                        age  75y 11m 4d/24d?

bur  Dreisbach Cem                                                                              father

mother

 

Both Samuel and Elizabeth are buried in front and to the right of a HUGE Pine tree.

 

Issue: Catherine, Hattie, Mary, Jonathan, Rachael, Elias, Beckie, Infant (dec'd), John, Simon and Martha, Susan (Data from Bennage History, provided by Jackie Rotering) & Mary Neidig, Sunbury, PA

 

Document Reference: Samuel Hinebach of east Buffaloe township Union County, Blacksmith, having attained my age of twenty one years... Daniel Pannebecker, my guardian... my late father Henry Hinebach... & my grant father’s estate Peter Hinebach... Set hand and seal 7 May 1830... Recorded May 18, 1830... Witnessed by brother George.

 

7. Sarah                                                            m                                 Young/Jacob Morr

b 1811                                                                                                  b

d ?1894                                                                                                d

age                                                                                                      age

bur                                                                                                       bur

father

mother

 

Sarah and her husband purportedly moved to Lehigh Co, Pa.

 

8. SON

b

d

 

Heinrich's gravestone indicates that he and Catherine Henz (Haines) had 8 children, 5 sons and 3 daughters.  Therefore, one son is unaccounted for.  Perhaps it was a boy who died as an infant or youth.

 

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Henry Heimbach Jr. **                                      m                                 Elizabeth Hook

b  14 Feb 1804                                                 ca 1828                         b  25 Aug 1809

d  18 Oct 1884                                                                                       d  12 Feb 1860

age  80y 8m 4d                                                                                     age  50y 5m 18d

text  2 Samuel 1:27                                                                                text  John 17:11

father  Heinrich Heimbach                                                                      bur  Hassinger's (old/white) Cemetery

mother  Catherine Haines                                                                      

bur  Hassinger's (old/white) Cemetery, 2 miles west of Middleburg, PA on Rt. 522.

 

CHILDREN:

 

1. Levi **                                                           m                                 Harriet Moyer

b ca 1829                                                          24 Apr 1848                  b  10 Jan 1829

d 10 May 1864                                                                                      d  21 Apr 1913, Mon

age  34y+                                                                                             age  84y 3m 11d

bur  Zions Cem

father  John Moyer

mother  Susannah Hackenberg

 

Levi was killed in "Upton's Charge" on the Rebel Lines during the "Battle of Spotsylvania Court House" in the Civil War.  He was probably buried as an "Unknown" in the Fredericksburg area since we have found no record of his body being recovered and/or buried.  Harriet’s cousin, Lt. George E. Hackenburg was in the 49th PVI as well, in Company I.  Lt. Hackenburg was killed at Saylor’s Creek, just as the war was about to end.

 

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2. Edward                                                         m                                 Barbara  Long

b ca 1832                                                          13 Apr 1851                  b ca 1832

d                                                                                                         d

age                                                                                                      age

                                    father  Peter Long, Farmer, b ca 1803

                                    mother  Anna -?-, b ca 1808

 

 

3. George Henry                                               m                                 Susanna  Sortman/Zartman

b  ca Jul 1835                                                   29 Sep 1854                 b    ca 1835

d  27 Jul 1864                                                   by Rev Hackman           d

age  ca 29y-                                                      M.G.                             age      ca 37y

bur Arlington Natl Cem                                                                           bur  Bellevue, OH

Sect 13, Grave 6972,                                                                             father  Henry Zartman

07/28/1864                                                                                            mother  Elizabeth Kuehne/Cooney

 

George Henry was a Pvt, E Company, 53rd Pa Vols in Gen Winfield Scott Hancock's II Corps (1st Div, 4th Bde).  He was wounded on 12 May 1864 in the "Battle of the Bloody Angle", only a few hundred yards from the place where his brother Levi was killed two days earlier, on 10 May 1864.  He was removed on 18 May 1864 to the Judiciary Square Hospital in Washington, D.C. where he died from his wounds, on 27 Jul 64.  He was buried on 28 Jul 1864 in Arlington Cemetery with his gravestone marked "G. H. Higenbaugh".  Susan is listed on page 300, Zartman Family History as dying “unmarried” in Seneca County, Ohio.  The author(s) of the Zartman Family History neglected to indicate she had been widowed on 27 July 1864.

 

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4. Mary A  (Margaret)                                         m                                 Daniel Stettler

b ca 1836                                                         1 Oct 1857                    b ca 1839

d                                                                                                          d

age                                                                                                      age

bur                                                                                                       bur

father Henry Stettler

mother  Sarah -?-

 

Issue: Avilda b ca 1859; Millard b ca Mar 1860.  1860 Census (pp 442, wp 106) shows children, and Mary’s younger sister, Malinda Heimbach (age 13) living with them.

 

 

5. Barbara A/Ellen                                             m                                 William H. Walter

b 19 Oct 1837                                                    25 Jun 1855                  b  22 Mar 1835

d 18 Oct 1899                                                                                        d   2 Feb 1911

age 61y 11m 29d                                                                                  age  75y 10m 11d                    

                                                                                    father   -?-   Walter

text   2 Peter 3:14                                                                                  mother  Harriet Breininger

 

 

6. William Nathan                                               m                                 Ellen Amanda Thomas

b  22 Feb 1840                                                  12 Jan 1868                  b  24 Nov 1839,Paxtonville

d  22 Jul 1907                                                                                       d  12 Aug 1914

age 67y 5m 1d                                                                                      age 74y 8m 18d

father: Benner Thomas

mother: Mary Cook

 

William is buried in Beavertown, PA; (from ??? had EAT death 8 Dec 1914) Issue: Grant Edwin, Kate Cora, Jennie Bell & Forest Clay, Kate m Elmer Crissman, 6 Mar 1899, both from Beavertown

 

The author's first clue that William Nathan was son of Henry Jr., came from Leah Freed Arnold from Freedom, PA in letter received 6 Jan 1988.

 

William served in the Civil War, in Co. E, 115th Ohio Vol Infantry.  He enrolled 12 Aug 1862, and was Honorably Discharged at Murfreesboro Tennessee on June 22, 1865.

 

David Himebaugh, age 18, also of Co. E, and George Himebaugh, age 25, Co. I, both enlisted the same date and were discharged the same date as William. 

 

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7. Sarah E                                                         m                                 Ephraim Breininger

b 14 Mar 1842                                                   31 Oct 1858                   b  10 Oct 1840

d 28 Apr 1893                                                                                       d  13 May 1907

age  51y 1m 14d                                                                                   age 66y 7m 3d

father  Joseph Brininger

mother  Maria C. Gilbert

 

Both Ephraim and Sarah are buried in Hassinger's White Church Cemetery, 2 miles west of Middleburg, Pa, on U.S. Rte 522 in Franklin Township.

 

Issue: Andrew, Alda, Atila, William H., Joseph G., Edgar Ephraim, Anna Sarah, John F.

 

Details on Ephraim's family were provided by Elaine Brininger of 16380 Leggett Road, Montville, OH 44064, in letter received 27 Oct 1988.

 

 

8. Benjamin F                                                    m                                 Alda Salome Howell

b  2 Jun 1844                                                    25 Jun 1865                  b  22 Jun 1845

d  7 Nov 1912                                                                                       d  21 Sep 1915

age 68y 4m 16d                                                                                    age 70y 2m 29d

bur Hassinger's (White)                                                                          bur  Hassinger's (White)

            father: Jackson Howell

            mother: Clara Reigle

 

Issue: John F (see note below); William, Hattie H.; Harry J.; and Mary E.

 

Benjamin was also a Civil War Casualty in that he lost his left arm when he was wounded severely in the left side and arm in the battle of Seven Pines, also known as Fair Oaks on 31 May 1862.  This battle was an early Federal defeat in Gen McClellan's attempt to "Capture Richmond."  It spelled trouble for the Union, since Gen. Robert E. Lee gained so much power and prestige through the victory that he was soon placed in control of the Army of Northern Virginia - the principal Confederate Army.

 

The tombstone next to Benjamin is inscribed: Mother, Alice S. Heimbach, b 22 Jun 1865, d 21 Sep 1916, Age 51y 2m 30d. Author of this sheet believes the tombstone data to be wrong as to:  (1) Name (it was Alda), (2) Birthdate (Alda was Benjamin's only wife, and she couldn't have been married the year of her birth), and (3) Date of death (Pension papers with last pension check returned show death to be 21 Sep 1915).  Therefore, it is believed this tombstone was erected years later than the death of Alda, and the information provided was based on faulty knowledge, or it was simply a mistake by the inscriber.  Death certificate received 23 Sep 1988 indicates birthdate to be 22 Jun 1845, age 70 yrs 2mos 29days.  Alda died of Bright's disease, a kidney ailment.

 

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(Transcript of) BENJAMIN F. HEIMBACH OBITUARY - MIDDLEBURG POST - 1912

 

Mr. Benjamin F. Heimbach, a Veteran of the Civil War died at his residence in New Berlin about 2: o’clock A.M. Thursday, November 7, 1912 of Neuralgia of the heart.

Mr. Heimbach enlisted as a privit in Co. D, 52nd Penna. infantry in 1861 and served his Country 3 years.  The deceased was born in then Union, now Snyder County, June 2, 1844 and has been a resident of New Berlin for the past 30 years.

June 25, 1865 he married Alda Howell, who survives together with the following children.  H.J. Heimbach residing in Wyomessing, Berks County.  Harriet at home.  Maud married to Samuel Wolf of Mifflinburg, 2 children died as infants, John and William, also 2 sisters Mary and Malinda.

 

 

9. Malinda Susan                                               m                                 William Martz

b  11 Dec 1846                                                  28 Mar 1867                  b 4 Jul 1844, Dauphin Co.

d  23 Apr 1922                                                                                     d   8 Jan 1922

age 75y 4m 12d                                                                                   age  75y 6m 4d

            father:  Daniel Martz

            mother:  Hannah Buffington

 

Both Malinda and William Martz are buried in Methodist Episcopal Cem, Williamstown, Dauphin Co.  The Methodist Cemetery is located just east of Williamstown, on the north side of the highway.  On a visit there on 1 Oct 1988, I noticed that the cemetery was poorly kept.  William and Malinda share a beautiful stone, located on the east side of the lane which runs through the cemetery.

 

William Martz served during the Civil War in Company D, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (PVI), He enlisted 3 Sep 1861, at Millersburg.  He was wounded on 25 May 1864 near Dallas, GA, (Allatoona Mountain) by canister in the right elbow.  He lived in Snyder County from 1866 to 1868, probably to work on some aspect of the Pennsylvania Canal which had a port, and boat manufacturing/related businesses in Selinsgrove.  William obviously met and married Malinda there, since in the marriage record, she is noted as being from Selinsgrove.  After that he moved to Dauphin County, living in Elizabethville, and Wiconisco (18 May 1874) and Williamstown.  Although the death certificate lists William's occupation as a Laborer, various other documents list his occupation as:  Farmer, Sadler and Harness Maker.  The sole heir and surviving relative of Malinda and William was Jennie E. Martz, born 11 Sep 1873.  Jennie married Grant Schoffstall and lived in Tower City, Schuylkill  County.

 

William enlisted as a private, but was promoted to Sergeant.  Author of this FGS has copied his military/pension records containing extensive details of medical history, etc.

 

 

 

NOTEs: 1. Tombstone for JOHN F. HEIMBACH at Hassinger's (White) Lutheran Church, located toward top of hill, behind the church, close to the woods:

                                                                 John F. Heimbach

                                                                         Son of

                                                              A.S. & B.F. Heimbach

Died

                                                                   March 22, 1881

Aged

                                                                      13y 1m 10d

(Therefore born 12 February 1868)

 

2.  Earlier entry had William and Amanda's marriage as 1 Dec 1868, but pension records show 12 Jan 1868.  Ellen Amanda Thomas was from Selinsgrove.

 

3.  Marriage date for Malinda S. Heimbach and William Martz listed in Wagenseller was 29 Sep 1867.  I think this is probably an error, since William’s pension record information indicates that the date was 28 Mar 1867, as reflected in the following:

 

a.  William's form for Bureau of Pensions, dated 3 May 1898.

b.  Declaration for Widow's Pension.

c.  Copy of Marriage Certificate.

 

 

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Levi Heimbach **                                                          m                                             Harriet Moyer *

b ca 1829                                                                      24 Apr 1848                              b  10 Jan 1829

d   10 May 1864                                                                                                            d  21 Apr 1913

age 34+                                                                                                                        age  84y 3m 11d

father   Henry Jr.                                                                                                            father   John Moyer

mother   Elizabeth Hook                                                                                                mother   Susannah Hachenberg

 

 

Levi was a Private in E Company, 49th PA Volunteers, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac in the Civil War.  He was killed in an attack on a fiercely defended Confederate breastworks during "Upton's Charge".  Fighting was hand-to-hand and exceptionally heavy during this daring attack.  Levi's body was never recovered, so it is assumed that he was buried in Virginia, near the attack at Spotsylvania Court House, as an "Unknown".  Harriet had an extra-ordinarily tough life after Levi's death, with several of the children having guardians appointed by the Court to ensure their care.

 

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CHILDREN:

 

1.  Edward *                                                      m                                 Amelia Hachenberg

b 12 Aug 1848                                                   18 Sep 1870                 b  15 Sep 1844

d      7 Jul 1924                                                                                     d   24 Oct 1923

age 75y 10m 25d                                                                                  age  79y 1m 9d

both bur  Zion Cem                                                                                                                   

                       

 

2. Franklin                                                         m (1)                             Isabella Beachel

b 19 Oct 1849                                                    21 May 1871                 b

d 1918                                                              by Rev J.P.                  d          ca 1880

age ca 69y                                                        Shindel, MG                  age

bur  Zion Cem                                                                                       bur

 

Mary Catherine was                                           m (2)                             Mary Catherine Hachenberg

divorced from prev                                            6 May 1893                   b  18 Apr 1865

husband ca 1890                                               by John H.                    d   3 Apr 1928

                        Bachman J.P.               age  62y 11m 15d

                        bur  Zion Cem

                        father  Henry Hackenberg

                        mother  Sarah Walter


 

 

3. Susan                                                           m                                 Nathaniel J. Nerhood

b 19 Jan 1851                                                   10 Apr 1870                  b Dec 1846

d 1914                                                                                                  d 1941

age                                                                                                      age

both bur York Free Chapel Cem. Sandusky Co, OH                                father

                                                                                    mother

 

 

4. Alfred **                                                        m (1)                             Sarah Catherine Beachel

b 1 Aug 1854                                                    7 Dec 1873                   b  21 Aug 1855

d 26 Dec 1929                                                                                       d   3 Mar 1881

age  75y 4m 25d                                                                                   age  45y 6m lld

bur  Zion Cem                                                                                       bur  Unknown

           

m  (2) ca 1882               Mary Hachenberg

            b    3 Oct 1849

            d  17 Jun 1912

            age  62y 8m 14d

            bur  Zion Cem

father Francis Hackenberg

mother Hannah Mary Moyer

 

 

5. Mary Jane                                                     m                                 Uriah T Matter

b 18 Dec 1859                                                   11 Nov 1877                  b

d                                                                                                          d

age                                                                                                      age

bur  Bellevue, OH                                                                                 bur  Bellevue, OH

            father

            mother

 

 

* 6. Clinton Oliver                                              m                                 Adda S. Stahlnecker

b 15 Jun 1862                                                   11 Sep 1881                 b 7 Jan 1866, Mbg, Pa

d 1895                                                                                                  d 1949

age  ca 33y                                                                                           age ca 83y

bur  Bellevue, OH Cem                                                                         bur  Bellevue, OH Cem

                        father  Henry Stahlnecker

                        mother  Susannah Hackenberg

 

Issue:  Susan Harriet, Ernest Leroy, Charles Henry (d 1944)

 


7. Levi Henry                                                    m                                 (1) Kate Foltz

b 17 Apr 1864                                                   10 Jan 1886                  b  18 Dec 1867

d 27 Jun 1927                                                                                       d  13 Sep 1901

age 63y 2m 10d                                                                                    age  33y 8m 26d

 

                                                                        m(2)                              Margaret Judith Haffley Steimling

                        6 Dec 1906                   b 4 Oct 1873

            d  6 Jun 1947

            age  73y 8m 2d

            bur  Hassingers White Cem

father  John Haffley

            mother  Mary E.Riegel

 

Two children died in infancy, so Levi and Harriet had a total of 9 children before he was killed.  Perhaps due to Joel Matter's inability (or unwillingness) to provide for the kids after his marriage to Levi Heimbach’s widow (Harriet Moyer Heimbach), Mary Jane and Clinton O. were made wards of the Orphan's Court with George C. Gutelius appointed Guardian on 23 Mar 1876.  Levi Henry also became a ward of the Orphan's Court with George C. Gutelius being appointed Guardian on 15 May 1876.  After Joel Matter’s death, Harriet was again nearly destitute and lived with her children.  Upon her death, she was living in Kissimmee, PA with her youngest child, Levi Henry in the home that he built… in the home that Levi’s grandchildren, Lula and Adda Heimbach lived until Lula’s death.  Adda is still living as of January 2001, but is now in a nursing home in Sunbury, PA.

 

* Notes:

 

1.  The tombstone photo for Amelia, wife of Edward Heimbach, indicates:  "d 24 Oct 1928, 19y 1m 7d".  This does not match data from the Hachenberg Book, which cites census data.  Perhaps the census data referred to a different Amelia.

 

2.  Wagenseller's "Snyder County Marriages", page 56, for the year 1881, indicates:

"Sept. 11, by Rev Shindel, Clinton C. Heimbach and Sarah L. Stahlnecker of Snyder Co."

 

In July 1988, Dr. Clinton Lewis Heimbach of 3300 Redbud Lane, Raleigh NC 27607, indicated that Clinton's middle name was Oliver, and Clinton Oliver's wife was known to the family as Adda S...   Court records supporting Harriet's pension claim indicate that Clinton's middle name was Oscar.  Author chose to use Oliver since it conforms to family usage during his lifetime.  Adda Stahlnecker's parents were Henry Stahlnecker and Susan Hackenberg.

 

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Alfred Heimbach **                                           m (1)                            Sarah Catherine Beachel

  b  1 Aug 1854                                                 7 Dec 1873                   b  21 Aug 1855

  d  26 Dec 1929                                                                                     d   3 Mar 1881

  age                                                                                                    age  25y 6m lOd

  bur  Zion Cem                                                                                     bur  Penns Creek Cem?

  father  Levi Heimbach                                                                          father  Isaac Beachel

  mother  Harriet Moyer                                                                          mother  -?-

 

Alfred is buried in Zion's Cemetery, Centre township, Snyder Co along with his second wife - Mary Hachenberg.

 

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CHILDREN:

 

1.  Lizzie Luemma                                            m                                 Benjamin Franklin Rau

     b   6 Oct 1873                                              Nov 1892                      b            1 Apr 1858

     d  27 Mar 1955                                                                                 d  31 May 1932

     age  81y 5m 21d                                                                              age  74y 1m 30d

     both bur Globe Mills (Meiser) Cem                                                               

     mbr: P.O. of A Lodge, Kreamer                                                        father  Simon Rau

                                                                        mother Sarah Specht

Issue:  Mrs H.B. Hummel; Mrs George Erdley, Middleburg

 

 

2.  Anna Jane                                                    m                                 Ira Hackenberg

     b  25 Sep 1875                                            ca 1897                         b          Nov 1871

     d  Easter 1926                                                                                  d

     age  50+                                                                                          age

     bur  Bellevue, OH                                                                            bur  Prob Bellevue, OH

father Michael Hackenberg

mother Mary Jane Walter

 

Issue: Ruth I. Hackenberg          m (1) James Orwig (div),

m (2) Zurah Hoover

Children: Clair Orwig, Virginia Orwig et. al. (p 398, H-berg)

 

 

3.  Hattie Mary                                                  m                                 Simon Wesley Snyder

     b  17 Mar 1877                                                                                 b  31 Jan 1878

     d   1 Feb 1954                                                                                 d  3 Apr 1950

     age  76y 10 15d                                                                               age  72y 2m 3d

     bur  Dreisbach Cem                                                                         bur  Dreisbach Cem

     mbr  Dreisbach Reformed Ch                                                            father  William Snyder

            mother  Esther Hufnagle

 


Issue: Ada J. (Mrs William Slear) Ralph R. (of Woodlyn, vic Philadelphia), Eva (Mrs John S. Rote of Cortland, NY) & Russell D. (of Ridley Park, vic Philadelphia)...  Ada & Ralph were twins

 

 

4.  Ida Matilda "Tillie"                                         m                                 William Milton Gemberling

     b  22 Feb 1879                                                                                 b  28 Aug 1871

     d  22 Dec 1963                                                                                 d 30 Jun 1951

     age 74y 10m                                                                                    age 79y 10m 2d

     bur Globe Mills Cem                                                                        bur Globe Mills Cem

     mbr First Lutheran, Selinsgrove, PA                                                  father Albert S. Gemberling

     died National Lutheran                                                                      mother Mary Magdalena Musselman

     Home, Washington D.C.                                                      

 

Issue:  (1) Hattie Mae Gemberling                     m                                 James Epler Cooley

                b   3 Feb 1898                                  29 Aug 1919                  b  19 May 1894

                d  31 Jul 1994                                                                       d  12 Aug 1992

 

Jim and Hattie did not have any children.

 

(2) Charles A. b 29 Aug 1901, d 30 Nov 1963, never married

 

 

5.  Charles Clinton                                            m                                 S. Catherine Derr

      b  29 Jan 1881                                            7 May 1901                   b   1879

      d                                                                at Beavertown by          d

      age                                                           A.D. Gramly, M.G.         age

                                                                                   

Charles and Catherine moved to Camden, N.J.

 

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Alfred Heimbach                                               m (2)                             Mary A. Hachenberg

  b    1 Aug 1854                                               ca 1882                         b   3 Oct 1849

  d  26 Dec 1929                                                                                    d  17 Jun 1912

  age  75y 4m 25d                                                                                 age  62y 8m 14d

 both bur  Zions Cem, Centre Tp, Snyder Co                

                         father  Francis Hackenberg

                         mother  Hannah Mary Moyer

CHILDREN:                                                                                           (pp.406 & 454, H-berg book)

 

1.  Nora Alice                                                    m                                 Franklin Anthony Royer

     b   3 Aug 1882                                             30 Jan 1902                  b  17 Jan 1877

     d  18 Jun 1950                                             at Middleburg                d  5 Feb 1955,Danville

     age  67y 10m 15d                                        by W.K.Diehl,                age  78y 1m 12d

     bur  Hummels Cem                                      M.G.                             bur  Hummels Cem

father  Henry Royer

mother  Eliza Kline

 

2.  Lillian May (twin to Ira), aka "Lillie"                  m                                 William H. Duck

     b  19 Mar 1884                                             18 Nov 1905                  b  10 Mar 1884

     d  20 Oct 1926                                              at Middleburg                d  28 Feb 1954

                                                by W.K.Diehl,

     age  42y 7m 1d                                            M.G.                             age  69y 11m 18d

     bur  Zion Cem                                                                                  bur &  died Freemont, OH

                                                           

Issue: Reno Dock, Albion NY, d 19 Jul 1963, founder of Dock Floors, Inc.; Irvin Dock, Salamonca, N.Y.; Mary A. Jordan, Albion, N.Y.; and Mrs. Anita M. Collins, Bellevue, OH.

Lillie's obituary cites a "Sister who died in infancy".  One of Hattie Cooley's letters mentions that Alfred's second wife had a child when they were married... perhaps they are one and the same.

 

 

3.  Ira Lester (twin to Lilly)                                   m                                 Verdia Agnes Haire

     b  19 Mar 1884                                             3 Jan 1909                    b  7 Aug 1881

     d   6 May 1942                                             at Middleburg                d  3 Jul 1961

     age  58y 1m 17d                                          by A.C.Price                 age  79y 10m 26d

     bur  Glendale Cem   M.G.                                                                 bur Glendale Cem        

father  George Haire

            mother  Mary Spaide

            (bro: Grant Haire)

Issue:  Grace, m1 Lester Haines; m2     ?   Rankin                     

  

 


4.  Frank Edgar **                                              m                                 Verdie Mae Kessler

      b  29 Jul 1887                                             6 May 1911                   b  16 Aug 1891

      d  14 Oct 1968                                             at Middleburg                d  27 Feb 1961

      age  81y 2m 15d                                         by A. C. Price               age  69y 6m 11d

      bur  Hummel’s Cemetery                                         M.G.                 bur  Hummels Cemetery

                        father Oliver Franklin Kessler

                        mother  Lydia Harriet Mills

 

Issue: Nora Elvesta*, Edgar Allen, Russell Henry, Roy Lester, Carl Raymond

*Verdie’s daughter before her marriage to Frank

 

 

5.  Levi H(enry)                                                 m                                Carrie Jane Narehood

     b  11 Sep 1890                                           18 May 1911                 b  25 Mar 1885

     d    3 Nov 1954                                           at Middleburg                d    9 Jan 1947

     age  64y 1m 23d                                         by A.C.Price                 age  61y 10m 15d

     bur  Hummels Cem                                     M.G.                             bur  Hummels Cem

                        father  Isaac William Narehood

                        mother  Elizabeth Smith

 

 

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Frank Edgar Heimbach **                                 m                                 Verdie Mae Kessler

  b  29 Jul 1887                                                 6 May 1911                   b  16 Aug 1891

  d  14 Oct 1968                                                                                     d  27 Feb 1961

  age  81y 2m 15d                                                                                 age  69y 6m 11d

  bur  Hummels Cem, Jackson Tp, Snyder Co, PA                                  bur  Hummels Cem

  father  Alfred Heimbach                                                                       father  Oliver Franklin Kessler

  mother  Mary Hachenberg                                                                   mother  Lydia Harriet Mills

 

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CHILDREN:

 

1.  Nora Elvesta                                                m                                 Luther Clyde Bowersox

      b  16 Sep 1907                                           22 Mar 1924                  b 22 Dec 1902

      d  23 Feb 1995                                            by Rev B.F.                  d 18 Feb 1968

      age 87y 5m 7d                                            Keller in                        age  65y 1m 27d

      bur Salem Cemetery                                                                      bur  Salem Cemetery

      between Middleburg and Penns Creek, PA                                      father  Charles Bowersox

mother  Ellen Shambach

 

Luther was a member of Salem Evangelical United Brethern Church (today merged with the Methodists to be the United Methodist) and the Reliance Hose Company of Middleburg.  After farming for years, he worked as a heavy equipment operator, operating a paving roller for the Middlecreek Paving Co, Winfield.

 

Issue: Annabel Franko, Charles, Donald, Carl, Betty Lash, Helen Kratzer, Richard M.

& Clair

 

 

2.  Edgar Allen                                                  m (1)                            Mary Malinda Smith

      b  27 Jan 1912                                            6 Sep 1930                   b  21 Apr 1910

      living                                                                                             d  14 Nov 1986

age  76y 6m 23d

bur  Mifflinburg Cem

father  Clemmon Smith

mother  Ellen Walter

   f Frederick Walter

   m Melinda Yeisley

Issue: Robert, Evelyn

 

 

m (2)                             Alma Ruth Miller

            28 Nov 1986                 b  17 Dec 1920

d          living

father

mother


 

 

3.  Russell Henry                                               m                                 Beulah Rabah Walter

     b   8 Aug 1913                                             17 Jun 1934                  b  30 Oct 1915

     d  14 Jun 1972                                                                                 living

     at Kepler Bros Farm,                                                                        father   Oscar Hayes Walter

     Milton,         R.D.                                                                              mother   Martie Izora Walter

     bur  Hilltop Cem, Mifflinburg                                                              (Walter married Walter)

 

Issue:   Loretta b 5 Dec 1934   m  Rev Truman Gaugler b 5 Jan 1934

Marion Jeanne b 13 Oct 1936   m (21 Jun 1958) Raymond Harold Stahl b 1 Mar 1936

Larry Russell b 18 Sep 1943     m Betsy Yvonne Kratzer b 30 Jul 1946

 

 

4.  Roy Lester **                                                m (1)                             Alice Marguerite Zimmerman

          b   3 Jan 1916                                         26 Oct 1935                   b   7 Jul 1915

          d  28 Nov 1998                                                                            d   3 Feb1997

father  Ralph Washington Zimmerman

mother  Minnie Susan Sauer

 

Issue: Paul Joseph, Gary Wayne, Naomi Ruth, Phillip Roy

 

                                                                        m (2)                             Priscilla Worthen

                                                                                                            b   ???

                                                                                                                        living

 

 

  5. Carl Raymond                                            m                                 Sarah M. Stitely

      b  16 Mar 1920                                            2 Apr 1949                    b  15 Dec 1927

      d  22 Oct 1992                                             by Rev Beane/              living

      age 72y 7m 6d                                            Rev Croyle?                  father Carl Grant Stitely, d '62

      bur  Milton, PA Cemetery                                                                mother Harriet Latitia Reisler

            d 22 Mar '77

                f Lloyd Reisler

                m Sarah Beane

 

Sarah is related to General Sam Smith who commanded the defenses of Baltimore in the War of 1812. General Smith has had a statue erected in his honor in the City of Baltimore, on Federal Heights, overlooking the Inner Harbor.

 

Carl served in World War II in General George Patton's Third Army.  He was in the 86th Reconnaisance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division.  Since Carl was a Tank Driver in the 86th Recon Sq., he was always "out in front", and he saw lots of action.  Although his unit was involved in the famous drive to relieve the folks trapped in the Ardenne Forest, Carl was not involved in the fighting, since he was recovering from an emergency appendectomy.  Late in life Carl was very active in veterans organizations, in particular the American Legion and the "40 & 8", where he served as Chaplain for his local organization and the Northeast District.  The "40 & 8" was begun in WWI in France to commemorate movement of Cavalry Troops by boxcar.  Each boxcar contained 40 men and 8 horses, which left them somewhat crowded, but engendered a spirit of commaraderie, which is carried on by the current membership.

 

Issue:  (1) David  Wayne,  b 5 Dec 1951, married 11 May 1989 to Marie Prentiss

            (2) Carla Margaret (week old infant, b 2 Mar 1962, d 8 Mar 1962, bur Hummels Cem)

            (3) Karen, b 11 Feb 1964

 


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Roy Lester Heimbach **                                   m (1)                            Alice Marguerite Zimmerman

b  3 Jan 1916                                                    26 Oct 1935                   b   7 Jul 1915

d  28 Nov 1998                                                                                      d   3 Feb 1997

father  Frank Heimbach                                                                          father  Ralph Washington Zimmerman

mother  Verdie Kessler                                                                         mother  Minnie Susan Sauer

 

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CHILDREN:

 

1.  Paul Joseph                                                m                                 Donna Kay Jamison

b  25 Dec 1938                                                  24 Apr 1959                  b  28 May 1941

living                                                                                                    living

father  Donald Edward Jamison

                                    mother  Virginia Catherine Lewis

 

Issue:   (1) Paul Philip

     b    3 Sep 1960                     

     d  20 Jul 1969

 

            (2) Thomas Dean                                  

                  b 27 Mar 1963                                

                  living

 

2.  Gary Wayne                                                m                                 Sharon Lorraine Spalding

      b  26 Apr 1945                                            21 Jun 1968                  b  14 Feb 1949

      living                                                                                              living

father  John Spalding

mother

 

Issue:   (1) Gary Wayne Jr.                                m                                 Rae Lynn Cunningham              

                   b 16 Sep 1970                               3 Jul 1993                     b  5 Jan 1974

 

            Issue:  (1)  Hannah Rose Heimbach, b 26 Jun 1996

                       (2)  Abraham Levi Heimbach, b  3 Jan 2001

 

(2)     Andrew Jonathan

       b  25 Sep 1977

 

 

3.  Naomi Ruth                                                  m                                 Gary Robert Dean

     b   2 Sep 1951                                             21 Sep 1973                 b   3 Mar 1952

     living                                                                                               living

father  Robert Eugene Dean

mother  Betty Ilene Hook

 

Issue: (1)  Crystal Renee

b  7 Dec 1978  

 

(2)     Nicole Rachelle

  b  15 Apr 1982 

 

4.  Phillip Roy

     b  27 Jun 1955

     d  10 Aug 1955 of pneumonia.  Immediate cause of death was from allergic reaction to a shot administered by Dr. A. Kunkle, Liverpool, Pa. at approximately 12:15 AM

      age 1m 14d

      bur  Mifflinburg Cemetery

 

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Paul Joseph Heimbach                                               m                                 Donna Kay Jamison

b 25 Dec 1938                                                               24 Apr 1959                  b  28 May 1941

living                                                                                                                living

father Roy Heimbach                                                                                         father  Donald Edward Jamison

mother Alice Zimmerman                                                                                  mother  Virginia Catherine Lewis

 

 

CHILDREN:

1. Paul Philip                

b 3 Sep 1960

d 20 Jul 1969

bur Mifflinburg Cemetery

 

2. Thomas Dean                                                            m (2)                             Amy Marie Blum

b 27 Mar 1963                                                               8 Nov 1997                   b 8 Jun 1974

living                                                                                                                living

father Ronald Evan Blum

                                                                                                            mother Helen Louise Ketchum

 

  Issue:  Abigail Marie Heimbach

            b 21 Nov 2000

  Issue:  Allison Elizabeth Heimbach

            b 5 Oct 2003

 

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