Allen Woodford/Aphea Woodruff

This is the last of the 4 great-grandparents.

Allen WOODFORD was born 2 Mar 1791 in Burlington, Hartford, CT.  He married Aphea Woodruff 26 Nov 1807 in Farmington, CT. They had five kids in Farmington:

Andrew – b, 1809

Lydia Ann – b, 1810

Aranda Moses – b, 1812

Harry Lee – b, 1814

Helen Maria – b, 1816

In 1817, the family moved to Marietta, Ohio.  In 1818, they moved to Olive Township, in what is now Noble County, Ohio.  They had more kids in Ohio:

Mary Leve – b, 1819 (Our 3GG)

William Jerome – b, 1822 (He also married a Wiley; Charity Wiley, Jacob’s sister)

Elmira and Elvira – b, 1825

Hiram and George P. b, 1829.

Allen died 8 Jun 1842 in Morgan County, Ohio.  He was 51 years old.  He is buried at Hutchins Cemetery in Noble County, Ohio.

Aphea WOODRUFF was born 30 Mar 1787 in Farmington, CT.  She died 21 Nov 1872 in Noble County and is buried at Hutchins Cemetery.  She was 85 years old.

On one of our drives to Vermont, we stopped in Farmington, CT for a while.  It is a typical old New England town, with many homes and churches dating several hundred years.  It is outside of Hartford, CT.

The branches of these two families go back into the early 1600’s in New England.  I have more information on these two families than any other in our family tree, thanks to excellent record keeping in the area.

William Allen/Nancy McCown

William ALLEN was born 10 Apr 1783 in Kentucky. He was married three times. First to Polly Burns on 15 Mar 1802 in Pulaski, KY.  Next to Nancy McCown on 14 Jan 1806 in Lincoln, KY.  Finally, to Rachel Viola Persinger on 8 Sep 1823 in Clay County, MO.

He had one child with Polly:

Whitley – b, 1803 (Polly died during childbirth)

He had six kids with Nancy:
James – b, 1806

Levica –  b, 1809

John – b, 1811

William M.  – b, 1816 (Our 3GG)

Nancy Jane – b, 1818

Elijah – b, 1820

He had three kids with Rachel:

Issac – b, 1824

Jessie – b, 1825

John S. – b, 1830

William Allen died 14 Oct 1866 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa.  He was 83 years old. He is buried in St. Charles, Iowa.

Nancy MCCOWN

Nancy was born 9 Jul 1787 in Kentucky.  She died 3 Mar 1820 at Missouri City, Texas.  She was 35 years old.

 

John Wiley/Charity Seevers

John WILEY was born 5 Jan 1780 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA.  His family moved to Ohio in 1795, settling near Marietta, OH.  He married Charity Seevers in Washington County, OH in 1805.  They moved to a farm, just west of Caldwell, OH in 1810. They had many kids:

Abraham – b, 1806

David – b, 1807

Thomas – b, 1809

Polly Ann – b, 1810

William F. – b, 1814

Jacob Anson – b, 1815 (Our 3GG)

James – b, 1816

Hamilton – b, 1820

Charity Ann – b, 1825

John Wiley died on the family farm 5 Feb 1872.  He was 92 years old.

Charity SEEVERS was born in 1781 in Poss, New Jersey.  She died on the family farm in Caldwell in 1853.  She was 72 years old.

Peter Piant/Elizabeth Creely

Peter PIANT was born Dec 1773 in LaPraire, Quebec, Canada. He was part of the French migration from Quebec who came to Florissant in the late 1700’s. He is the first member of our family tree to arrive in St Louis.  He married Elizabeth Creely 25 Jul 1799 at St Ferdinand Catholic Church in Florissant.

In the early 1800’s, Florissant was a small village on the Missouri River.  It is likely that Peter Piant was present when Lewis and Clark stopped in Florissant in 1804 at the beginning of their expedition.

Peter and Elizabeth had eight kids:

Pierre – b, 1800

Adele – b, 1803

Paschal – b, 1804

Anoyme – b, 1808

Catherine – b, 1811

Pariet – b, 1813

Elizabeth – b, 1816

Jean Baptiste – b, 1820 (Our 3 GGrandfather)

Peter died 21 May 1856 in Florissant.  He is buried at St Ferdinand Cemetery.

Elizabeth CREELEY was born 18 Feb 1774 in Kaskaskia, IL.  Her family was probably part of the migration from Quebec, south.  The Creely family moved from Kaskaskia to Florissant. Elizabeth died 14 Oct 1872 in Florissant.  She is buried at St Ferdinand Cemetery.

This is Peter Piant’s home in Florissant.  This picture was taken in the 1870’s, after he had died.  The man, second from right, seated in the wheelchair is probably his son Jean Baptiste Piant.  This house was built in the 1850’s.

George Heisserer/Catherine Wartman

These are the last of the 4 great-grandparents on the Fitzgerald side of the family.

George HEISSERER was born in 1781 in Schirrein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.  He married Catherine Wartman 7 Oct 1811 in Schirrein.  They had four kids.

Catharina – b, 1813 (Our 3 great grandmother)

Marie Francoise – b, 1812

Wendolin – b, 1815

Jacques – b, 1818

George died 18 Mar 1821 in Schirrein.  He left four kids under the age of nine.

Catherine WARTMAN was born in 1785 in Wuerttenburg, Germany.  She died 24 Apr 1840 in Schirrein.

Wendolin Sabel/Anna Diefenbach

Wendolin SABEL was born 3 Feb 1786 in Elz, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany.  He was a baker.  He married Anna Diefenbach 25 Feb 1811 in Elz.  They had five kids:

Anna – b, 1812

Cyrillus – b, 1815

Margaretha – b, 1817

Anna Maria – b, 1820 (Our 3 great grandmother)

George W. – b, 1825

Anna Maria DIEFENBACH was born 15 Oct 1783 in Elz.

Joseph Reiminger/Marie Hess

Joseph Francois REIMINGER was born, probably in Schirrein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace.  He married Marie Hess.  They had three kids:

Pierre – b, 1805

Elisabeth – b, 1810

Antione – b, 1813 (Our 3rd great grandfather)

Joseph died 23 Oct 1813 in Schirrein, Bas Rhin, Alsace.  That means Antoine never knew his father.

Marie Anne HESS was born.  She died 13 may 1850 in Schirrein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace.

Andrew Bradender/Ann Bixler

Andrew BRADENDER was born in 1787 in Rheinbreitbach, Germany.  He emigrated to the US in 1807.  He married Ann Bixler in April 1811 in Churchtown Erie, Pennsylvania.  They had eight kids:

Anthony, b 1814

Jacob, b,1815

Andrew b,1818

Margaret b, 1821

Rebecca b, 1822

Adam b, 1823

Mary Ann b, 1826 (Our 3 great-grandmother)

Caroline b, 1827

Andrew died 2 Dec 1868 in Erie, PA.  He was 81 years old.

Ann Margaret BIXLER was born in 1794 in Somerset County, PA.  She died 4 Dec 1874 in Erie, PA.  She was 80 years old.

Johann Blattel/Anna Maria Michel

This is the beginning of our 4 great grandparents.

Johann George BLATTEL was born 21 Jun 1783 in Elz, Nassau, Germany.  He married Anna Maria Michel 26 Nov 1812 in Elz.  They had eight kids:

Anna Margareta – b, Jan 1814

Anton – b, Nov 1814

George – b, 1817 (Our 3 great grandfather)

Anna Maria – b,1819

Peter – b,1821

Johann – b,1823

Magdalena – b, 1826

Elizabeth – b, 1828

Johann died 11 Dec 1839 in Elz.  He was 56 years old.  He is buried in St John’s Cemetery.

Anna Maria MICHEL was born 15 Jan 1788 in Elz.  She died 24 Feb 1844 in Elz.  She was 56 years old.