Martin Weindorf marries Elizabeth Lehn in Germany, immigrate to Erie PA, have nine children, including Christina Weindorf, who later marries Eduard Keller, gives birth to Clara Katherine Keller, who marries John Wright and gives birth to Elizabeth Keller Wright who in turn marries Walter Lee Kauffman 2nd. But there is more to this story. ============================================… Continue reading The Weindorf Family
Month: May 2021
The Great Influenza of 1918
Doctors John and Katherine Wright had a longtime effect in the city BY VALERIE MYERS / VALERIE.MYERS@TIMESNEWS.COM A husband-and-wife team of doctors fought on the front lines of the Spanish influenza epidemic in Erie in 1918 and continued to lead city health efforts until as late as 1960. John W. Wright, M.D., then 50, was in… Continue reading The Great Influenza of 1918
Abbeyville Meeting House Cemetery
Plotting the Story of the Abbeyville Mennonite Meetinghouse and Cemetery … Peter Brubaker This is the burial place of Isaac Kauffman. Isaac lived on a farm with his children not far from the meeting house. When I visited the house back in 200?, I learned from Jere Dickerson that there were many graves in the area that… Continue reading Abbeyville Meeting House Cemetery
Sarah Coover
Salome Keller Coover
Martin Keller Family
My Great Grandmother Keller’s maiden name was Barbara Verts of Bausel, Switzerland. Her father was Major of the city. Her son Martin Keller came to Baltimore when eighteen years old, and worked in his trade as a turner on Gay Street. From Baltimore he came to Manheim, Lancaster Co, Pa where he was married to… Continue reading Martin Keller Family
Coover Family
Dieterich Coover
Seventy-seven Palatine Immigrants, who, with their families, numbered in all 60 persons, arrived Aug 9, 1730 at Philadelphia, PA on the ship Thistle of Glasgow. Among those was Deiterich Kober. The male passengers of the ship, from ages 16 and upwards, proceeded at once to the court house and subscribed their names under oath to… Continue reading Dieterich Coover
George Coover
(John) George Coover, son of Dietrich Kober, Palatine immigrant of 1730, was born Jan 7, 1741 and died in 1820. He was baptized by Rev. Casper Stoever Feb 2, 1741. sponsors: John Egedius Hoffman and his wife. He was born in Lancaster County, PA, moved to Allen township, Cumberland county, PA. John served as private… Continue reading George Coover
John Coover
John Coover was my Great Great Grandfather, father of Ann Elizabeth Coover, who married Levi Kauffman and were the parents of Percival Coover Kauffman, the father of my dad, Walter Lee Kauffman 2nd. His father was George Coover, who farmed the plantation at Cedar Spring. His grandfather was Dietrich Kober, Palatine Immigrant of 1730. John… Continue reading John Coover