Saturday, March 26, 2011

Surname Saturday - RITTER (Germany > Pennsylvania)

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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 193,  who is the mother of #96 Martin Carringer, whose name I don't have a clue about!  Number 195 is the mother of # 97 Mary Hoax, who I ave no clue about.  #197 is the wife of #98 Stephen Feather, whose name I don't know (another FNU LNU).  #199 is the mother of the wife of #98 Cornelius Feather, who is another FNU LNU.  Finally, #201 is Maria Magdalena RITTER (about 1706 - about 1784), another of my 5th-great-grandmothers. [Note: The 5th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] 

My ancestral line back to Maria Magdalena RITTER is:

1.  Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-....)

2.  Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3.  Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

12.  Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)
13.  Abbie Ardell "Della" Smith (1862-1944)

24.  David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902)
25.  Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901)

50.  John Daniel Spangler (1781-1851)
51.  Elizabeth King (1796-1863)

100.  Rudolf Spangler (1738-1811)
101.  Maria Dorothea Dinkel (1748-1835)

200.   Johann Balthazar Spengler, born 29 November 1706 in Weyler, Hilsbach, Rhine, Germany; died 1765 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of 400. Hans Rudolf Spengler and 401. Marie Saeger. He married 29 April 1732 in Weyler, Hilsbach, Rhine, Germany.
201. Maria Magdalena Ritter, born about 1706 in Germany; died about 1784 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.

Children of Johann Baltzer Spengler and Maria Magdalena Ritter are:

i. George Spengler, born 20 March 1732 in Weyler, Hilsbach, Rhine, Germany; died 02 October 1810 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Anna Maria Schultz; born 03 June 1735; died 22 January 1803 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
ii. Juliana Spengler, born 25 October 1734 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 1770 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Johann Frantz Wilhelm Bickle 12 December 1757 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; born 25 October 1734 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 1770 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
iii. Johann Baltzer Spengler, born 16 April 1735 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 01 August 1798 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Christina Messerschmidt; born February 1741; died 24 August 1821 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
iv. Michael Spengler, born about 1737 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died August 1793 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Margaret Dinkel; born 23 December 1760 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 01 April 1822 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
v. Rudolf Spangler, born 08 August 1738 in Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States; died 05 August 1811 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Maria Dorothea Dinkel 01 January 1767 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
vi. Elizabeth Spengler, born 1740 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 25 November 1825 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Francis Koontz 05 November 1764 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; born about
vii. Daniel Spengler, born about 1742 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 1783 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Mary Elizabeth Leightner 29 December 1765 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
viii. John Spengler, born 29 June 1747 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 11 October 1796 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; married Margaret Beard 1777 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; born 01 September 1753 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States; died 01 September 1845 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.

All I know about the Spangler families and their wives came from the book:

Edward W. Spangler, The Annals of the Families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events (York, Pennsylvania : York Daily Publishing Company, 1896).

1 comment:

Colleen G. Brown Pasquale said...

I have many Ritters and I was hoping to match up with your Maria M Ritter but not a match.