Country Carpenter: Josiah C. Werner, 1863-1926Catherine M. Rhoads Gateway Press, 1991 - 128 pages Adam Werner (1800-1876) and his wife, Anna Catharine Sass, came to America from Germany in 1854 settling in Pennsylvania. This is the life story of their grandson, Josiah C. Werner, a Pennsylvania carpenter. |
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... John Smith , an immigrant from Prussia , whom she married . John and Annie Smith had ten children and lived at Shaw Mines . John was hurt in the mines and became an invalid . Annie cared for her husband and worked to support the family ...
... John Smith , an immigrant from Prussia , whom she married . John and Annie Smith had ten children and lived at Shaw Mines . John was hurt in the mines and became an invalid . Annie cared for her husband and worked to support the family ...
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... John Bittner and Rosina Shaulis . Rosina married John , a neighbor , in 1798 and lived on a 220 a . farm ( Homestead Plantation ) in Brothersvalley Twp . John and his brother George inherited this from their father Henri Bittner in 1812 ...
... John Bittner and Rosina Shaulis . Rosina married John , a neighbor , in 1798 and lived on a 220 a . farm ( Homestead Plantation ) in Brothersvalley Twp . John and his brother George inherited this from their father Henri Bittner in 1812 ...
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... John P. Walker , b . 1793 assignec of Henry Bittner , eldest son of John , petitioned court to conduct an inquest to make a partition of the John Bittner land . Twelve free , honest , and lawful men went to the farm with Judge William ...
... John P. Walker , b . 1793 assignec of Henry Bittner , eldest son of John , petitioned court to conduct an inquest to make a partition of the John Bittner land . Twelve free , honest , and lawful men went to the farm with Judge William ...
Contents
Werner Family Comes To America | 8 |
Mother Dinah Smith Werner | 16 |
Wife Lydia Stahl Werner | 28 |
Copyright | |
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