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ii. LAWRENCE POTTEIGER, son of Mabel and Harvey: b. Aug. 13, 1918; m. Mildred Marlot b. Mar. 10, 1922. Issue : JANET, 1947; LARRY, 1950; KAREN, 1953.
(3) THOMAS KALBACH, son of Amelia and Nathaniel: b. Nov. 11, 1874; d. Oct. 23, 1927; m. Hettie Rahn 1875-1952. 46
Issue :
(a) WILLIAM N. KALBACH, son of Thomas and Hettie: b. Aug. 30, 1898; d. Apr. 30, 1920.
(b) TWIN, ALBERT ADAM KALBACH, son of Thomas and Hettie: b. June 22, 1901; m. 1st Bertha Kaufman who was b. Aug. 26, 1901; d. Apr. 10, 1930; m. 2nd Florence Dries. Issue by 1st w. : WALTER KALBACH
b. Aug. 7, 1931; m. Dorothy
Shapell b. June 20, 1931 whose children were PATRICIA, PHYLLIS, WILLIAM. BARBARA A. KALBACH.
(c) TWIN, ALICE KALBACH, dau. of Thomas and Hettie: b. June 22, 1901.
(d) LIZZIE KALBACH, dau. of Thomas and Hettie: b. Sept. 16, 1907; m. Edmund Pinkerton 1902-1958.
(4) ALICE CORA KALBACH, dau. of Amelia and Nathaniel : b. Nov. 27, 1875.
(5) HERBERT KALBACH, son of Amelia and Nathaniel. Issue : STELLA, WAYNE, DENTON, another.
(6) CHARLES KALBACH, son of Amelia and Nathaniel m. Ella.
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Issue :
(a) NAOMI KALBACH, dau. of Charles
and Ella: b. Feb. 21, 1903; m. Arthur Yerger b. Dec. 1, 1901. Issue :
i. MABEL YERGER, dau. of Naomi and Arthur : 1921-1923.
ii. JAMES YERGER, son of Naom '
and Arthur : b. Apr. 4,
1922; m. Arlene Felty b.
Feb. 24, 1917. Issue : HAROLD, 1933; KENNETH,
1936; RONALD, 1943; MAMIE,
1945; RUTH, 1946; JAMES, 1950.
iii. ROBERT YERGER, son of
Naomi and Arthur: b. Feb. 17, 1924.
iv. ELIZABETH YERGER, dau. of Naomi and Arthur: b. Apr. 3, 1925; m. Ray Minnich b. Mar. 15, 1924. MINNICH
issue : ARTHUR, 1947;
STANLEY, 1948; DOROTHY; 1949; LUCILLE, 1955; ALBERT, 1957.
v. IVA YERGER, dau. of Naomi and Arthur: 1926; d. y.
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vi. MAUDE YERGER, dau. of
Naomi and Arthur: b. Mar. 4, 1928; m. Leroy Wenrich b. Apr. 22, 1922. Dau., JOANNE, b. May 16, 1947.
vii. CLARA YERGER, dau. of
Naomi and Arthur: b. Feb. 23, 1929; m. Robert Ly- master b. Sept. 21, 1928.
LYMASTER issue : MARGARET, 1948; HARRIET, 1951; DAVID, 1958.
viii. EVELYN YERGER, dau. of
Naomi and Arthur: b. Feb. 16, 1930; m. Ernest Morgan b. May 7, 1928. MORGAN
issue: ERNEST, JR., 1948; PATRICIA, 1954; WILLIAM, 1956.
ix. VIVIAN YERGER, dau. of Naomi and Arthur: b. Sept. 19, 1931; m. Charles 1 Bohr b. June 3, 1929.
BOHR issue : GLORIA, 1952; VANISSA, 1954; ANDREW, 1956.
x. ALMA YERGER, dau. of
Naomi and Arthur: b. Apr.
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24, 1933; m. Earl Schwalm b. Apr. 9, 1924. £ Dau., KATHLEEN, b. Mar. 18, 1953.
xi. ARTHUR YERGER, JR., son of Naomi and Arthur: b. Feb. 24, 1936; m. Elaisa Saucker b. Dec. 1, 1937. Son, JUAN ANTONIO, b. 1953.
xii. CHARLES YERGER, son of Naomi and Arthur: b. Mar. 21, 1937.
xiii. ELLA YERGER, son of Naomi and Arthur: b. Dec. 19, 1938; m. Robert Donmoyer b. Feb. 28, 1933.
xiv. GEORGE YERGER, son of
Naomi and Arthur: b. Dec. 18, 1939.
c. EMMA CLAUSER (Simon5, Wm.4, P. A. 3, Johannes 2 Hans1), dau. of Simon and Maria: b. 1851; m. Henry Weidman who was b. Jan. 5, 1849, son of Benjamin and Anna Weidman
of Bern Station. Issue : CLAUDE WEIDMAN,
Hamburg;
MINNIE WEIDMAN b. Feb. 25, 1873.
d. SIMON J. CLAUSER (Simon , 5 Wm. .4, P. A. 3, Johannes2, Hans1), son of Simon and Maria: b. Dec. 23, 1852; d. May 7, 1935; m. Sarah Kremer who was b. Oct. 11, 1856; d. Sept. 18, 1934. Summit Station, Schuylkill Co. 50
Issue :
(1) FLORA CLAUSER, dau. of Simon and Sarah: b. Aug. 8, 1876; d. 1952; m. London Bensinger. Schuylkill Haven. Five issue.
(2) WILLIAM F. CLAUSER, son of Simon and Sarah: b. Sept. 10, 1878; d. 1944; m. Minnie Fidler. Pottsville, Pa. Ten issue.
(3) CHARLES S. CLAUSER, son of Simon and Sarah: b. Jan. 28, 1881; m. Carrie He im. Schuylkill Haven. Son, PAUL J. CLAUSER.
(4) SALLIE CLAUSER, dau. of Simon and Sarah: b. Sept. 10, 1883; m. William F. Kerschner. Schuylkill Haven. One son.
(5) HARRY CLAUSER, son of Simon and Sarah: b. Mar. 12, 1886; d. 1936; m. Annie Warner. Schuylkill Haven. One son, three daughters.
(6) KATE M. CLAUSER, dau. of Simon and Sarah: Sept. 27, 1889; m. Herbert Runkle. Schuylkill Haven. Two daughters.
(7) £ HERMAN CLAUSER, son of Simon and Sarah:
b. Apr. 6, 1892; m. Carrie Reber who d. 1949. Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Issue:
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RETA V. CLAUSER b. Aug. 10, 1919 m. Shollenberger; DORIS E. CLAUSER, b. Feb. 28, 1927, m. Halye.
(8) GEORGE G. CLAUSER, son of Simon and Sarah: £ b. May 18, 1895; d. Dec. 17, 1955; m. Esther Marburger. Reading. One son, three daughters.
(9) PAUL F. CLAUSER, son of Simon and
Sarah: b. Dec. 13, 1898; m. Luella
Schaller. Schuylkill Haven. Three sons, three daughters.
e. FRANK CLAUSER (Simon, Wm. 4, P. A.3, Johannes 2, Hans-), son of Simon and Maria:
b. Apr. 11, 1855; m. Amelia Knoll. Lived in Tulpehocken Twp. and Bernville (St. Mich. Ch.).
f. ALICE MATILDA CLAUSER (Simon5, Wm. 4, P. A. 3, Johannes 2 Hans 1 , 1), a dau. of Simon and
Maria: b. Nov. 18, 1856; m. William Kirst.
Hamburg. Issue : WILLIAM KIRST: GERTRUDE KIRST m. Howard Blackwell; HELEN KIRST b. Oct. 3, 1899, single.
g . JOANNA MARY CLAUSER (Simon5, Wm. 4, P. A. 3, Johannes2, Hans1), dau. of Simon and Maria: b. Jan. 24, 1859; d. Mar. 26, 1877; m. Frank Dunkelberger b. Oct. 5, 1855, son of John and Mary. Issue : MAHLON DUNKELBERGER.
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h. AGNES CLAUSER (Simon', Wm. 4, 5 3 P. A. , Johannes .2 , Hans 1 1), dau. of Simon and Maria: b. Mar. 11, 1861; d. y.
i. MARY ANN D. CLAUSER (Simon5, Wm. 4, P. A. 3, Johannes 2 Hans1), dau. of Simon and Maria: b. Sept. 5, 1862; d. Dec. 20, 1909; m. Joseph Bauer who was b. Dec. 4, 1871; d. 1953. No issue.
j. SARAH LOUISA CLAUSER (Simon5, Wm. 4, P. A. 3, Johannes2, Hans1), dau. of Simon and Maria: b. Mar. 28, 1865; d. Sept. 1, 1911; 1st Levi B. Seaman, brother of Moses; 2nd Frank Strause; 3rd m. on July 26, 1890 by Rev. Benj. D. Zweizig at Reading to Howard Nunemacher who was b. Apr. 14, 1865; d. Nov. 10, 1915; son of Monroe and Sarah Ann (Kaufman) Nunemacher. (M. Vol. 7, No. 492: 492, Berks Co. C. H.)
Issue :
(1) WILLIAM SEAMAN, son of Sarah and Levi: b. Dec. 18, 1883; m. Minnie Rentschler who was b. Apr. 2, 1874; d. Sept. 1957 (St. Mich. Ch.).
Note: Minnie was the dau. of Joseph Rentschler b. July 26, 1833; d. Mar. 18, 1903; m. Mary Ann Seiffert who was b. Nov. 14, 1842; d. May 12, 1888. £ Joseph was the son of Johannes
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Rentschler b. Mar. 30, 1786; d. Apr. 1, 1844; m. on Nov. 13, 1810 to Anna Maria Geiss b. May 19, 1791; d. July 28, 1857 (St. Mich. Ch.).
Johannes was the son of (Johan) George Rentschler b. Oct. 11, 1756; d. Mar. 24, 1827; m. Catharine b. Dec. 23, 1765; d. June 2, 1847 (St. Mich. Ch.).
George Rentschler appears on the muster rolls, First Company, Third Battalion, Berks Co. Militia, Apr. 15, 1779; Sergeant, May 4, 1782; Lieutenant Aug. 12, 1794 (D. A. R. Mag. Vol. 24: 497; Pa. Arch. Ser. 6, Vol. 3:85 and Vol. 4 :440).
Joh. Jurg bap. Nov. 17, 1756, 5 wks. old, son of Michael Rentschler and w. Rosina (Rev. Daniel Schumacher Bap. Rec. 1754-1774). Michael owned two tracts of land, 1755, in what is now northern Tilden Twp.
Issue : (a) CLARENCE SEAMAN, son of Wm. and Minnie: m. Mamie Brobst b. Apr. 3, 1910. Issue :
i. LAWRENCE SEAMAN, son of Clarence and Mamie: b.
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Mar. 6, 1930; m. Helen
Christ. Issue : Twins, HELEN and STERLING b. Feb.
8, 1950; BETTY b. Mar. 27, 1952; NORMAN.
ii. HARLAN SEAMAN, son of Clar- ence and Mamie : b. 1932; d. y.
iii. ELEANOR SEAMAN, dau. of Clarence and Mamie. .
iv. MARLENE SEAMAN, dau. of
Clarence and Mamie: b. May 15, 1934; m. Daniel Kline. Son, BARRY, b. Jan. 15, 1959.
v. ESTHER SEAMAN, dau. of Clar- ence and Mamie: b. Feb. 11,
1935; m. George Bingamen.
Issue : DARYOL,,1959; JEAN.
vi. LLOYD SEAMAN, son of Clar- ence and Mamie: b. Mar. 14, 1941; m. Mabel Williams who was b. Oct. 8, 1938.
vii-xiv. Remaining issue of Clar-
ence and Mamie: WAYNE b. Nov. 5, 1943; FAY, b. Jan. 29, 1944; MARIE b. Nov. 3, 1947; CURTIS b. Feb. 2, 1952; Twins, CARROL and CARL b.
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Mar. 2, 1954; Twins, JANE and JOAN b. Oct. 30, 1955.
(b) CALVIN J. SEAMAN, son of Wm. and
Minnie: b. June 1, 1906; m. Esther Reber b. May 10, 1910.
(c) ROBERT SEAMAN, son of Wm. and Minnie; b. Oct. 4, 1910; m. Alma F. Wagner b. Mar. 1, 1913. Issue : HAROLD b. 1931; LORRAINE b. 1934, m. Richard Roth. Son, ROBERT P. ROTH b. 1957.
(d) GEORGE SEAMAN, son of Wm. and P
Minnie: b. Aug. 2, 1913; m. Arlene E. Werley b. Oct. 24,
1915. Issue : RUTH, 1939; JEAN, 1945; GEORGE, 1946.
(e) -(h) Remaining issue of William
and Minnie: WALTER, ARLAN, RAY- MOND, LAWRENCE.
(2) KATE REBECCA STRAUSE, dau. of Sarah and Frank Strause: b. Nov. 13, 1885; m. Charles Ammon Weaver who was b. Oct. 15, 1877; d. Feb. 22, 1958.
Issue : PAUL WEAVER b. Sept. 4, 1917 m. Fern Lutz who was b. Feb. 10, 1927. (3) HERBERT M. NUNEMACHER, son of Sarah L. and Howard : b. June 19, 1891; m. Katharine Crimer b. Dec. 22, 1894.
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(4) £ HARRY MONROE NUNEMACHER, son of Sarah
and Howard: b. Mar. 12, 1895; d. July
2, 1948; m. Carrie. Issue : HELEN, KATHARINE, HARRY, RAYMOND.
(5) ADA NUNEMACHER, dau. of Sarah and
Howard: b. Feb. 9, 1897; m. Jacob Madara, b. Sept. 3, 1896. Issue: DOROTHY MADARA b. Sept. 11, 1915, m. Carl Kutz b. June 6, 1915.
(6) HELEN M. NUNEMACHER, dau. of Sarah and Howard: b. June 1, 1900; m. Salvatore Coffidente b. Feb. 20, 1901. Issue : VIRGINIA COFFIDENTE b. Aug. 18, 1917 m. Stephen Larrabbe, a dau. BARBARA LARRABBE b. Dec. 3, 1940; ROBERT COFFIDENTE b. Aug. 30, 1919.
k. JACOB WILLIAM CLAUSER (Simon5, Wm. 4, P. A. 3, Johannes 2, Hans-), son of Simon and Maria: b. Oct. 5, 1867; d. June 23, 1954; m. Carrie V. Krammer who was b. July 2, 1869, dau. of C. H. Krammer of Auburn. Jacob was on the city Council of Auburn and auditor of Wayne Co. for six years. He was bap. at St. Michael's .Ch.
Issue :
(1) ALBERTA AGNES CLAUSER, dau. of Jacob and Carrie: £ b. Oct. 13, 1887;
Wilson Reed. Sunbury, Pa.
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Issue :
(a) LETHA ALBERTA REED, dau. of Alberta and Wilson: b. Jan. 27, 1915 m. on Nov. 25, 1934 to Robert Henry Hoover of Northumber- land. £ Son, ROBERT LEE HOOVER b. Jan. 31, 1936.
(b) BRUCE WILSON REED, son of Alberta and Wilson: b. Feb. 23, 1921; m. on Oct. 27, 1940 to Ruth M.
Confer. Newberry. Issue : PATRICIA REED, b. Dec. 13, 1941; BARBARA ANN REED, b. May 28, 1943; CHARLES B. REED, b. Dec. 15, 1945; RICHARD LEE REED, b. Oct. 9, 1947; DOROTHY REED, b. Apr. 18, 1949; LINDA K. REED, b. Sept. 21, 1950; ROBERT REED, b. Apr. 18, 1954; JEFFERSON REED, b. Mar. 15, 1956; KATHELEEN REED, b. Mar. 21, 1958.
(2) EARLIN CLAUSER, son of Jacob and Carrie .: b. July 8, 1891. Newark, N.
J. No issue.
(3) CLARENCE CLAUSER, son of Jacob and
Carrie: b. July 17, 1899; m. Edna
Roeder . Son, CULLEN CLINTON CLAUSER, b. June 18, 1926. Auburn.
(4) REYNOLD CLAUSER, son of Jacob and
Carrie: b. Mar. 30, 1905; m. Anna M.
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who was b. June 11, 1907 at Hamburg. Lived at Auburn, Reading and now Oley.
Issue :
(a) MARGUERITE CLAUSER, dau. of
Reynold and Anna: b. Sept. 15, 1926; m. Daniel Weiser b. Mar. 6, 1923. Son, SCOTT WEISER. Oley, Pa.
(b) ETHEL CLAUSER, dau. of Reynold and Anna: b. Nov. 22, 1927 in Reading; m. Carl Harter. Penn-
burg. Issue : CARL HARTER, DEBORAH HARTER.
(c) RAY A. CLAUSER, son of Reynold and Anna: b. Aug. 30, 1929 in Auburn; m. Patricia. Baltimore, Md . No issue.
(d) DOROTHY A. CLAUSER, dau. of Reynold and Anna: b. Feb. 18, 1932; m,; div .; son, JAMES.
(e) RUSSELL CLAUSER, son of Reynold
and Anna: b. Feb. 13, 1935; m. Harriet. Fleetwood, Pa. No issue.
(f) CURTIS CLAUSER, son of Reynold and Anna: b. June 28, 1938; m. Janet. Oley, Pa. Son, RICHARD CLAUSER.
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(5) ARTHUR J. CLAUSER, son of Jacob and Carrie: b. June 26, 1908. Auburn, Pa. No issue.
1. LILLIE JANE CLAUSER (Simon, Wm. , P. A.>, 5 4. 3 Johannes' 2 Hans1), dau. of Simon and Maria: b. 1871; m. Claude Reber. Hamburg. Issue : HELEN REBER b. Oct. 10, 1899, single; ESTHER REBER m. 1st William Rittenhouse whose issue were WM. RITTENHOUSE, JR. who had a son, RENNIS, b. 1945; and ARTHUR RIT- TENHOUSE who m. Shirley Stiles who had issue HANNAH and ARTHUR, JR. Esther m. 2nd to Robert Deisher, son of William and (Forrest) Deisher; FLORENCE MAE REBER m. Homer Hipple whose issue were ROBERT HIPPLE m. Alice Campell, Children, ROBERT HIPPLE, JR. b. 1956, MARIAN HIPPLE b. 1957; and MARIAN HIPPLE who m. Louis Giosa: ROBERT CALVIN REBER; ARLINGTON REBER; SALLIE REBER; AGNES REBER; BESSIE REBER.
HARRISON CLAUSER (Wm.4, P. A.3, Johannes2,
7.
Hans1), son of William and Elizabeth: b. June 22, 1825; d. May 19, 1904; m. on Mar. 17, 1849 to Rebecca Snyder who was b. Apr. 1825; d. June 2, 1901, dau. of William b. ca. 1792, and w. Catharine Snyder (St. Mich. Ch., Rev. A. R. Herman Rec.).
Issue :
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a . ELMIRA CLAUSER (Harrison5, Wm. 4, P. A. 3, Johannes ,
2 Hans 1), dau. of Harrison and
Rebecca: b. 1849; m. George Reinsel.
Shartlesville. RENSEL issue : HOWARD b. 1880; d. July 5, 1941; m. Marietta M. Shade of Shartlesville, whose issue were DANIEL,
EDNA, and step-children, GEORGE and HOWARD KAUFMAN. EDWIN REINSEL; GEORGE REINSEL;
NEWTON REINSEL, 1874-1940, m. Clara Balt-
haser; KATE REINSEL b. Dec. 13, 1872;
BESSIE REINSEL; LEWIS REINSEL, Bernville (Hamburg Item, July 10, 1941).
b. MARY ANN CLAUSER (Harrison5, Wm. 4, P. A. 3, Johannes 2, Hans1), dau. of Harrison and
Rebecca : b. Oct. 4, 1851; d. Feb. 13, 1914; m. Orlando F. Berger a teacher and also owner of a number of farms, among them the old Jacob Shartle and Kaufman tracts.
Issue : AUSTIN BERGER, teacher in Philip- pine Is .; LEWELLYN BERGER, near Shartles- ville; MARY BERGER; SAMUEL BERGER m. Sallie Stoudt and farmed old Shartle homestead; ROBERT BERGER; JOHN BERGER; ELIZABETH BERGER.
c. HARRISON S. CLAUSER (Harrison5, Wm. 4, P. A.3, Johannes2, Hans1), son of Harrison and Rebecca: b. Dec. 28, 1853; d. July 25, 1894; m. Amelia (Emma) Kaufman who was b.
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Apr. 11, 1858; d. May 22, 1923. Harrison
Was a teacher. £ Amelia m. 2nd to Frank
Schock. Issue : ANNA M. CLAUSER d. Feb.
18, 1940, aged 63 yrs. She left her estate
to St. Michael's Church. A cousin, Sadie Kaufman, Mohnton, Pa. received her antique dishes, and cousin, Florence Moyer Wagner, Shartlesville, received her quilts.
d. REBECCA CLAUSER (Harrison', Wm. 4, P. A. 3,
2 Johannes , Hans $1), dau. of Harrison and
Rebecca: b. Sept. 28, 1856; m. Moses B. Seaman b. Aug. 14, 1854, son of David and
Mary (Becker) Seaman.
Issue :
STEPHEN
SEAMAN; KERMIT SEAMAN; CLAUDE SEAMAN; DAVID SEAMAN; AARON SEAMAN; HENRY SEAMAN; THOMAS SEAMAN; HARRISON SEAMAN; TWINS, EVAN and
EVA SEAMAN; FLORENCE SEAMAN; MAY SEAMAN.
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e . DARIUS CLAUSER (Harrison , 5 Wm.", , P. A.
Hans1), son of Harrison and Johannes -,
Rebecca: b. Oct.' 19, 1858; d. 1860.
DANIEL CLAUSER (Harrison', Wm. 4, P. A.3,
f.
, Hans 1 "), son of Harrison and Johannes 2
Rebecca : b. June 4, 1861; d. June 2, 1938; m. Mary Haag. Had 6 children, 10 grand-
children in 1938. Hamburg. Issue : WARREN
CLAUSER, Hamburg; EDNA CLAUSER m. Dr. A. J.
Bauer, Lafayette, Ind .; ELLEN CLAUSER m.
Dr. Geo. Parker, Huntington, Pa .; REBECCA
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CLAUSER m. Charles Fisher, Brooklyn, N. Y .; MARY CLAUSER m. W. A. White, Pottsville, Pa .; LEAH CLAUSER m. Walter Scott, Marcel- lus, N. Y.
g . HENRY S. CLAUSER (Harrison5, Wm.4, P. A. 3, Johannes 2 Hans"), son of Harrison and
Rebecca : b. May 20, 1864; d. 1917; m. Anna
Hull who d. 1917 dau. of Hiram Hull. Both died of Parrot's Disease. Henry graduated from Keystone Normal. Taught at Sinking
Springs . Issue : ROBERT R. CLAUSER b. 1887. Danville, Pa.
8. SARAH CLAUSER (Wm. 4, P. A.3, Johannes2, Hans1), dau. of William and Elizabeth, b. Feb. 9, 1828 (St. Mich. Ch.).
9. ADAM CLAUSER (Wm.4, P. A.3, Johannes 2, Hans-), son of William and Elizabeth: b. Mar. 28, 1831; d. June 3, 1912; m. Matilda Nunemacher who was b. Sept. 1, 1832; d. Oct. 6, 1883 (bap. St. Mich. Ch.). She was on the communion list of Rev. Daniel Drexler, Lutheran, Shartlesville. She is buried at St. Michael's Church (Rec. Rev. T. T. Iager). Adam is buried on the Hix plot at Shartlesville. He was a contractor. He built Frieden's Church at Shartlesville and most of the large buildings and Dutch-roofed barns in the area of this period. He died at the home of his daughter, Jane Ritzman, of Reading.
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Adam was of the Reformed faith. He and Matilda had nine children, four of whom reached matur- ity.
Issue :
a. CHARLES WM. CLAUSER (Adam , Wm. 5 4 P. A. 3, , Johannes2, Hans-), son of Adam and Matilda: b. Mar. 26, 1854; d. May 20, 1922; m. Ida Machmer who was b. Jan. 9, 1855 (St. Mich. Ch.). Buried in Alsace Cem., Reading.
Issue :
(1) HOWARD G. CLAUSER, son of Charles and
Ida: b. Jan. 4, 1878; m. Anna Potteiger who was b. Feb. 4, 1876. Reading.
Issue :
(a) PAUL P. CLAUSER, son of Howard and Anna: b. Aug. 1, 1902.
(b) KATHRYN CLAUSER, dau. of Howard and Anna: b. July 14, 1903, m.
Russell Kleckner. Reading. Issue :
i. EVELYN JANE KLECKNER, dau. of Kathryn and Russell: b. Jan. 10, 1924; m. Charles
Sassman. Boyertown, Pa.
SASSMAN Issue : LINDA, 1948; WILLIAM, 1952; JOHN, 1954; CANDICE, 1955; RICHARD,
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1956; TWINS, MARGARET and PHILIP b. Oct. 22, 1957.
ii. MARY LOUISE KLECKNER, dau.
of Kathryn and Russell: b. Oct. 13, 1925; m. Horace Johnson, Palo Alto, Cal.
JOHNSON Issue : LUCINDA, 1952; KAREN, 1953; RICHARD, 1954; TWINS, RUSSELL and DAVID, b. Aug. 30, 1955.
iii. ANNA RUTH KLECKNER, dau. of Kathryn and Russell: b. Sept. 4, 1929; m. John F. Lubas. Reading. LUBAS
Issue :
DEBORAH, 1949;
MELODIE, 1951; BARRY, 1958.
iv. JOSEPHINE KLECKNER, dau. of
Kathryn and Russell:
b.
Sept. 23, 1927; m. Paul Gehrig. Reiffton, Pa. Dau. JUDITH, b. Jan. 30, 1952.
v. PATRICIA KLECKNER, dau. of Kathryn and Russell: b. July 2, 1941.
(c) EMILY CLAUSER, dau. of Howard and Anna: b. July 3, 1904; d. y.
(d) ANNA RUTH CLAUSER, dau. of Howard and Anna: b. Aug. 15, 1905; m.
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Russell Sweitzer. Reading.
SWEITZER Issue : £ RUSSELL, 1934; EMILY RUTH, 1937, m. Louis
Feicht, son LOUIS, JR. 1958;
SUSAN S. b. Dec. 11, 1944.
(e) JOHN P. CLAUSER, son of Howard and Anna: b. Apr. 4, 1907
(2) LOTTIE CLAUSER, dau. of Charles and Ida : b. May 14, 1881; m. George Koons .
(3) LAURA CLAUSER, dau. of Charles and
Ida: b. May 1, 1885; m. Carl Flammer who was b. Feb. 22, 1880 in Wurtemburg,
Germany. FLAMMER Issue : CARL b. Jan. 11, 1905; ROBERT, b. Oct. 13, 1909; ELSIE b. July 10, 1911, m. Harold Zerby; CATHARINE, b. Sept. 6, 1913; JOHN, b. Sept. 15, 1915; GRACE, b. Dec. 31, 1917, m. Paul Adams; RALPH, b. Jan. 18, 1922.
(4) WM. EARL CLAUSER, son of Charles and Ida: d. Dec. 25, 1936. No issue.
(5) TWIN. HARRY OSCAR CLAUSER, son of
Charles and Ida : b. Apr. 25, 1889; m. Carrie Becker who was b. July 15, 1893. Issue :
(a) VINCENT CLAUSER, son of Harry and Carrie: b. Oct. 31, 1915; m.
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Hester Field who was b. Mar. 6, 1917. Issue : MARYLN, b. 1945; THOMAS, 1950.
(b) JANE L. CLAUSER, dau. of Harry and Carrie: b. Oct. 6, 1926; m. John C. Miller who was b. Feb.
21, 1924. Issue : THOMAS ; MARILYN; NANCY; KATHLEEN, 1951; RICHARD, 1954; VINCENT, 1956.
(6) TWIN. PARRY J. CLAUSER, son of Charles and Ida: b. Apr. 25, 1889; m. Edith Becker.
Issue :
(a) CHARLES W. CLAUSER, son of Parry and Edith: Mar. 16, 1911; m. Elizabeth Zempelli. £ Issue : CHARLES CLAUSER, b. Sept. 20,
1933; JUNE CLAUSER, b. June 17, 1937; PARRY CLAUSER.
(b) SARAH CLAUSER, dau. of Parry and Edith: b. Sept. 18, 1912; m. Clarence Raegon.
(c) ELSIE CLAUSER, dau. of Parry and Edith: b. Nov. 24, 1914, m. Robert Smith. Issue : JANET SMITH, ROBERTA SMITH.
(d) BEATRICE CLAUSER, dau. of Parry and Edith: b. Dec. 20, 1915, m. McDonald.
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(e) HELEN CLAUSER, dau. of Parry and Edith: b. Dec. 2, 1917, m. Melvin Dillinger. Dillinger
issue : NANCY, 1933; LARRY, 1936 who had a dau., Diana Jean, b. May 16, 1956.
(f) PARRY CLAUSER, son of Parry and Edith: b. July 10, 1925; m.
Julia Rafawki.
Issue :
PATRICIA
ANN b. Mar. 11, 1947; CHRISTINA MONICA b. Sept. 23, 1949; a son; SUSAN; RUTH; TWINS, VICTORIA and VERONICA.
b. - c. TWINS . LEWISTUS and SYLVESTER CLAUSER
(Adam" 5 5, Wm. 4, P. A. 3, Johannes , Hans
2 ,1),
issue of Adam and Matilda: b. Sept. 24, 1855; bap. Feb. 10, 1856; d. y. (St. Mich. Ch.).
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d. HENRY CLAUSER (Adam , Wm. ", P. A. ', Johannes-, Hans-), son of Adam and Matilda: b. Aug. 23, 1857; d. y. (St. Mich. Ch.).
e. JANE REBECCA CLAUSER (Adam, 5 Wm. 4
P. A. 3, Johannes 2, Hans1), dau. of Adam and
Matilda: b. Jan. 23, 1860 in Upper Bern; d. Jan. 3, 1930 in Reading; m. Israel Ritz- man. They lived in Strausstown and Reading.
Note : Israel Ritzman was the son of Jacob b. 1825 of Upper Tulpehocken, and his
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wife, Sarah Wagner, 1823-1885. Other issue of Jacob and Sarah were Nicholas, William, Levi, Abraham, Hannah m. Aaron Henne. Jacob Ritzman was the son of Jacob b. ca. 1797 and his wife, Barbara Schaffer, who lived near Rehrersburg. Jacob 1797, was the son of Michael Ritzman, distiller, near Rehrersburg. Israel's father, Jacob, owned the farm upon which Fort Northkill was built in the 1760's.
Issue :
(1) GEORGE RITZMAN, son of Jane and Israel, served in the Field Artillery, World War I. Issue: JANE RITZMAN, DOROTHY RITZMAN, ROY RITZMAN.
(2) OLIVER RITZMAN, son of Jane and Israel. Reading.
(3) . TAMA RITZMAN, dau. of Jane and Israel.
(4) FLOYD RITZMAN, son of Jane and Israel. Issue : WILLARD, MILDRED, JANE.
(5) ELIZABETH RITZMAN, dau. of Jane and Israel, m. Hess. HESS issue: ROBERT, RUTH, JANE.
(6) JACOB ADAM RITZMAN, son of Jane and Israel.
(7) CHARLES RITZMAN, son of Jane and Isra- el.
(8) MARTHA RITZMAN, dau. of Jane and Israel : M. Jacob Lutz.
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(9) WILLIAM RITZMAN, son of Jane and
Israel : b. June 8, 1899; killed in action June 7, 1918. He was youngest member of the "Fighting Ninth" Infan- try Regiment. Killed in France, buried at Strausstown, Pa.
f. ELIZABETH ESTHER CLAUSER (Adam-, Wm.", P. A. 3, Johannes-, Hans1), dau. of Adam and
Matilda: b. Jan. 27, 1864, Upper Bern; d. Dec. 16, 1952, Colorado; m. Nov. 1, 1881 to Franklin S. Hix who was b. Sept. 9, 1854;
d. June 16, 1902. Elizabeth was baptized and confirmed by Rev. Thomas Calvin Lein- bach, Reformed, St. Michael's Ch. She was
married by Rev. R. S. Appel. After her husband's death she came to Denver, Colo- rado in April 1903 where her brother,
Milton Clauser, was living. She took up a homestead of 160 acres in Estes Park. She was buried at Mt. View Cemetery, Longmont, Colo. Rev. John A. McAfee officiated. (See Hix line.)
Issue : (1) WILLIAM HIX (HICKS), son of Elizabeth and Frank: b. Apr. 6, 1883, Shartles- ville, Pa .; d. July 31, 1910 at Ithaca, N. Y .; m. 1908 to Maria, a
Catholic. Issue : infant son. He is buried at Shartlesville, Pa.
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(2) STEVEN HIX, son of Elizabeth and Frank: b. Aug. 5, 1884; d. Feb. 25, 1885. Shartlesville.
(3) CORA HIX, dau. of Elizabeth and Frank: b. Sept. 11, 1889; d. Dec. 4, 1891. Shartlesville.
(4) BEULAH CLAUSER HIX, dau. of Elizabeth and Frank: b. Aug. 22, 1893; bap. Oct. 28, 1893 by Rev. R. S. Appel; m. on June 28, 1924 to Dr. Julian MacFarlane Blair by Rev. George Earl Harris, Estes Park, Colo.
Note : Julian Blair, Ph. D., is son of Edgar A. Blair and wife, Sarah Williamson, Nashville, Tenn., a descendant of the Blairs of Williams- burg, Va. He received two degrees from Vanderbilt University, his Ph. D. from Leland Stanford University. Beulah received her two degrees from the University of Colorado. No issue.
(5) CHARLES FRANKLIN HIX, son of Elizabeth and Frank: b. May 11, 1896; bap. by Rev. R. S. Appel, Shartlesville; m. on Oct. 3, 1923 to Elsie Johnson by Rev. George Earl Harris, Estes Park, Colo- rado. See Hix line.
Issue :
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(a) CHARLES FRANKLIN HIX, son of Charles and Elsie: b. Feb. 28, 1926; m. June 20, 1951 to Patsy Jane Coates, dau. of John Oatman Coates, Denver.
Issue :
i. CLAUDIA' GEORGIA HIX, dau. of Frank and Patsy : b. Nov. 28, 1953, Schenectady, N. Y.
ii. LIZA CHRISTINE HIX, dau. of Frank and Patsy: b. May 30, 1956, Schenectady, N. Y.
iii. JULIE ELLEN HIX, dau. of Frank and Patsy: b. Dec. 4, 1957, Wayne, Pa.
(b) GEORGE JOHNSON HIX, son of Charles and Elsie : b. Mar. 24, 1928; m. Sept. 4, 1954 to Carolis Elizabeth Wallis, dau. of Frank Boyd Wallis, Fort Madison, Iowa. See Hix line. Live in Estes Park, Colo. - Issue:
i. CYNTHIA CHRISTINE HIX, dau.
of George and.Carolis: b. Sept. 1, 1959.
g . MILTON CLAUSER (Adam5, Wm.4, P. A.3, Johannes2, Hans1), son of Adam and Matilda: b. Dec. 30, 1867; bap. Apr. 3, 1867, St. Michael's Ch .; d. Apr. 15, 1948 in Los Angeles, Cal .; buried in Fairmont Cem.,
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Denver, Colo. Married 1st on May 22, 1888
by Rev. R. S. Appel to Anna Hettinger aged 21 who was b. 1866 in Berks Co .; d. July 12, 1899 in Estes Park, Colo. and buried there, but remains moved Oct. 19, 1920 to Fairmont Cem. , Denver. See Hettinger line. Married 2nd to Winnie A. (Todd) Wells, widow, on Aug. 24, 1900, Denver (Bk. 1300: 428) who was b. July 9, 1861, Mechanics - ville, Iowa; d. Aug. 16, 1949, buried in Glenns Ferry, Idaho .. She was a sister of Clifford Todd of Denver. Married 3rd to Florence Yocum b. Jan. 10, 1884, Reading, Pa., dau. of Nicholas and Hannah (Wenrich) Yocum. £ No issue by 3rd marriage.
Milton Clauser attended Orlando
Berger's school, Shartlesville; graduated from Keystone Normal, Kutztown; graduated from Haverford College in 1896. He won the oratorical contest at Haverford in 1896; won first place in a one mile walk in which four states were competing, an event sponsored by the Athletic Club of the Schuylkill Navy, Phila .; won a number of other scholastic and athletic contests. Milton belonged to the Reformed faith but
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