Valentine Hummel1

M, #3561, b. 12 March 1812, d. 26 August 1880
Last Edited: 25 Aug 2014

Parents:

Father: Frederick Hummel1 b. 6 Jul 1782, d. 28 Mar 1831
Mother: Susanna Hamaker1 d. 6 Apr 1855

Notes

  • Note*: "...At the age of thirteen years he came to Harrisburg and resided with his uncle, the late Hon. Valentine Hummel, until he attained the age of seventeen years (in 1829), when the judge apprenticed him to Jacob Babb, publisher of a German weekly paper known as the Harrisburg Morgenroethe (Aurora), and who also did considerable German printing for the state legislature and the different departments "on the hill." At the age of twenty-one years, Mr. Hummel was taken as a partner into the firm afterward known as "Babb, Hummel & Bigler," German printers for the state and publishers of the German democratic organ, the "Morgenroetha."..."3

Citations

  1. [S218] Humphrey, John T., Pennsylvania Births, Dauphin County, 1757-1825 (Washington D.C.: PA Genealogy Books, 2005), p. 124-126, citing Records of the Hummelstown Lutheran Congregation, Derry Township.
  2. [S336] Patriot newspaper; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Viewed on GenealogyBank.com March 13, 1880: "Yesterday was the 66th anniversary of the birthday of Valentine Hummel, esq., of this city."
  3. [S336] Patriot newspaper; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Viewed on GenealogyBank.com, Aug. 27, 1880 - Obituary of Valentine Hummel.