Elizabeth Lesher1

F, #3657, b. 1 August 1765, d. 25 August 1835
  • Name Variation: Elizabetha Läscher2
  • Name Variation: Elizabeth Lescher3
Last Edited: 25 Sep 2019
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Pedigree of Mary Repplier

Parents:

Father: John Lesher1 b. c 1739, d. 22 Aug 1811
Mother: Catharine Wolfart1 b. c Dec 1741, d. 24 Jun 1815

Family:

Christian Walborn b. 12 Dec 1759, d. 12 Dec 1841

Children:

Catharina Walborn9 b. c 1787
Johannes Walborn10,11 b. c 1791
Elisabeth Walborn+ 10 b. c 1792, d. 25 Oct 1862
Anna Maria Walborn12 b. 1 Jan 1796, d. 6 Feb 1861
Sarah Walborn12 b. 15 Jun 1798

Notes

  • Note*: Baptism record at Altalaha Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg, Berks County:

    Parent: Johannes Läscher
    Child: Eliesabetha
    Birth: Aug. 1, 1765
    Baptism: 9 S. after Trinity
    Sponsors: Phillipp Wohlfarth & Eliesabetha Reÿtzin

    [Note that Philip Wolfart is Elisabeth's maternal uncle.]6
  • Note: Marriage record at Stouchsburg Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church:
    "1786...Apr. 18, Christian Walborn, legitimate son of Christian Walborn, and Elisabeth Lescher"3
  • Note: Father's will:

    The will of John Lesher, of Tulpehocken Township, Berks county, Pa., written 20 Mar 1809, proved 11 Oct 1811, names his wife and his children, including daughter Elizabeth wife of Christian Walborn.7
  • Note: Tombstone Inscriptions:
    "Walborn, Christian, b. Dec. 12, 1759; d. Dec 12, 1841.
    Walborn, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1765; d. Aug. 25, 1835."

    [Note that it seems likely that these birth dates were calculated from their ages, rather than transcribed.]5
  • Note: Shoop Church Cemetery Reinterments, 1960s:
    "This is a record made by Walter Mader of burials from Shoop's Church Cemetery that were removed in the 1960's when the Interstate 83 cloverleaf was built. Reinterment was made in Section A in Shoop's Cemetery. When the feeder lane was added to Rts 83 and 22 in the late 1970s-early 1980s, more graves were moved. This list does not include those."

    "INDEX OF BURIALS SEE NUMBER
    Walborn, Elizabeth 287
    Walborn, Christian 287

    287. Elizabeth and Christian Walborn d. 12 Dec 1841"8

Citations

  1. [S341] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196. Berks Co., Estate files, 'Estates 1800-1850 Leiby, Jacob-Levan, Jacob L.', File: 'Lesher, John TU 1811', image 1816.
  2. [S216] Humphrey, John T., Pennsylvania Births, Berks County, 1710-1780 (Washington D.C.: Humphrey Publications, 1997), p. 203, citing #18, Altalaha Lutheran, Tulpehocken Twp..
  3. [S527] Weiser, Frederick S., Records of Pastoral Acts at Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Two volumes, 'Sources and Documents of the Pennsylvania Germans: XII & XIII". (1990- Birdboro Penn., The Pennsylvania German Society. [Viewed via FamilySearch.org catalog], ), Vol II, p. 60. m. 1786 Walborn/Lescher..
  4. [S373] Records of Christ Church in Tulpehocken, Berks Co., Pa. also known as Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tulpehocken. Typescript, translation by P. C. Croll & W. T. Stauffer of photo stat copy from Penn. Gen. Soc. FHL microfilm 20528, Item 4. [at Stouchsburg]. p. 316.
  5. [S140] Egle, William Henry, editor, Notes and Queries : Historical and Genealogical, Chiefly relating to Interior Pennsylvania; book series (S. 3 publ. 1887), Third Series, Vol. I, Tombstone Inscriptions In Shoop's Church Burial Ground, p. 196, Christian Walborn..   Egle--Notes-Queries-1898.pdf   Egle--Notes-Queries.pdf
  6. [S12] Altalaha Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg, Berks County, Pa., 1757-1842. FHL. Viewed on FamilySearch. p. 5.
  7. [S341] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196., Berks Co. 'Estates 1800-1850 Leiby, Jacob-Levan, Jacob L.' File 'John Lesher TU 1811'. images 1816-1840.
  8. [S411] Shoop Church Cemetery Reinterments, 1960s, Dauphin County, PA, a record made by Walter Mader, contributed by Donna Reichard, online http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/cemeteries/….
  9. [S375] "Records of Shoop's Church, known in the eighteenth century as the Paxton Church, Lutheran and Reformed congregations, by Frederick S. Weiser & Ruth K Quickel, FHL 974.818/L4 K2.," (MS; unknown location), p. 38, [38] List of Confirmations 3 June 1805; unknown repository reference, unknown repository; unknown repository address.
  10. [S375] "Records of Shoop's Church, known in the eighteenth century as the Paxton Church, Lutheran and Reformed congregations, by Frederick S. Weiser & Ruth K Quickel, FHL 974.818/L4 K2.", p. 39, [39] List of Confirmations 3 June 1805, p. 46, [49] List of Communicants 3 June 1805.
  11. [S557] Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Harrisburg Penn. Original records, German. FHL microfilm 1428177. [Avail. online via Ancestry 2018] Bk 1, Communicants 1796-1848. (Ancestry image 96).
  12. [S552] Wright, F. Edward, Early Church Records of Dauphin County Pennsylvania (Colonial Roots, 2003), 'Shoop's Reformed Church, p. 20..