Peter Schoffstall

M, #10712, b. 1740, d. 1815
  • Last Edited: 8 Mar 2006
  • LDS sources list Peter as buried at Hoffman's Church, in Dauphin County, but the published listings for that cemetery do not include such a tombstone, although they note that there are a number of unmarked graves.

    LDS Family Ancestral File:
    Husband's Name
    Peter IM SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-RTM)
    Born: Abt 1740 Place: , Germany
    Died: 1815 Place: , Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Buried: 1815 Place: Hoffman Cem, Berrysburg, Pennsylvania
    Married: 18 Sep 1764 Place: Trinity Luth. Ch, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

    Father: Johannes SCHAFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-RR7)
    Mother:

    Wife's Name
    Anna Elizabeth KORNMAN (AFN:11T6-BQR)
    Born: Abt 1744 Place:
    Married: 18 Sep 1764 Place: Trinity Luth. Ch, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

    Children

    1. Sex Name
    M Christian IM SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-CDV)
    Born: Abt 1774 Place:
    Died: Apr 1833 Place: Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

    2. Sex Name
    M Peter IM SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-CNJ)
    Born: Abt 1775 Place:

    3. Sex Name
    M Samuel IM SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T9-437)
    Born: Abt 1778 Place:

    4. Sex Name
    M Daniel IM SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T7-TT4)
    Born: Abt 1779 Place: <, Lancaster, Pennsylvania>

    5. Sex Name
    F Elizabeth SCHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-FTW)
    Born: Abt 1779 Place: <, Lancaster, Pennsylvania>
    Died: 1824 Place: Mifflin Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

    6. Sex Name
    F Susannah SCHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-FQ9)
    Born: Abt 1784 Place: , Pennsylvania

    7. Sex Name
    M Ludwig SCHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-DRB)
    Born: 2 Feb 1780 Place: , Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    Died: 2 Mar 1861 Place: , Pennsylvania
    Buried: Place: Donaldson Cem., Frailey Twp, Schuykill, Pennsylvania

    8. Sex Name
    M Henry SCHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-C5F)
    Born: 2 Jul 1765 Place: , Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    Died: 13 May 1840 Place: Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Buried: 1840 Place: Hoffmans Cem, Loyalton, Pennsylvania

    9. Sex Name
    M John IM SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-D20)
    Born: 15 Nov 1771 Place: Strausburg Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    Died: Bef 28 1843 Jul Place: , Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Buried: Place: Hoffman Ch. Cem., Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

    10. Sex Name
    M Jonas IM SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-DGG)
    Born: 15 Nov 1771 Place: Strausburg Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    Died: 29 Jul 1840 Place: , Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Buried: Place: Hoffman Ch. Cem., Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

    11. Sex Name
    F Eva SCHOFFSTOLL (AFN:CJDX-B9)
    Born: 12 Dec 1776 Place:
    Died: 3 Feb 1853 Place:

    12. Sex Name
    M Solomon IM SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-WM3)
    Born: 15 Dec 1777 Place: Strausburg Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    Died: 4 Apr 1849 Place: Liberty Twp, Crawford, Ohio
    Buried: Place: Yeiter Cem., Liberty Twp, Crawford, Ohio

    LDS Pedigree Resource File:
    Peter Schoffstall Compact Disc #10 Pin #303173
    Sex: M

    Event(s):
    Birth: 1745 Place: Franconia or Hesse,Germany

    Parents:
    Father: Johannes Schaffstall Disc #10 Pin #303175
    Mother: Anna Gertrudt Disc #10 Pin #303176

    Marriage(s):
    Spouse: Anna Elizabeth Kornmann Disc #10 Pin #303174
    Marriage: 18 Sep 1764 Place: Upper Paxton Township,Dauphin County,PA

    Notes and Sources:
    Notes: Available on CD-ROM Disc# 10
    Sources: None

    LDS International Genealogical Index:
    Peter IM SHOFFSTALL
    Sex: M

    Marriage(s):
    Spouse: Anna Elizabeth KORNMAN
    Marriage: 18 Sep 1764
    Trinity Luth Ch, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

    Source Information:
    Film Number: 1985495
    Page Number:
    Reference Number.
  • Peter Schoffstall was born in 1740, Germany.1
  • He was the son of Johannes Schoffstall and Anna Gertrudt.
  • Peter Schoffstall married Anna Elizabeth Kornman on 18 September 1764; Some sources list the location of the marriage as Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA, but others list Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA. Dauphin County was not created until 1785; in 1745, it was part of Lancaster County, but if in fact the marriage occurred in Trinity Church. Lancaster, the listing for Upper Paxton Township would be incorrect.2,3
  • Peter Schoffstall died in 1815, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • Father*: Johannes Schoffstall b. c 1725
  • Mother*: Anna Gertrudt

Children of Peter Schoffstall and Anna Elizabeth Kornman

  • Elizabeth Schoffstall1 b. c 1765
  • Henry Schoffstall4 b. 2 Jul 1765, d. 13 May 1840
  • Daniel Schoffstall5 d. c 1832
  • Christian Schoffstall5 b. c 1767, d. Aug 1834
  • Peter Schoffstall5 b. 15 Apr 1767, d. 1 Oct 1851
  • Johannes Schoffstall+ b. 15 Nov 1771, d. 29 Jul 1843
  • Eva Schoffstall5 b. 12 Dec 1776, d. 3 Feb 1853
  • Solomon Schoffstall6 b. 15 Dec 1777, d. 1849
  • Ludwig Schoffstall7 b. 28 Feb 1780, d. 2 Mar 1861
  • Jonas Schoffstall7 b. 15 May 1782, d. 23 Feb 1856
  • Samuel Schoffstall6 b. 4 Jul 1783, d. 30 Jan 1868
  • Susannah Schoffstall1 b. c 1791

Citations

  1. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 131. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  2. [S93] International Genealogical Index (IGI) ), Film No. 1985495.
  3. [S94] LDS Pedigree Resource File (), CD #10, Pin # 303173. Hereinafter cited as LDS Pedigree Resource File.
  4. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, Comprehensive History of Gratz, p. 132.
  5. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, Comprehensive History of Gratz, p. 133.
  6. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, Comprehensive History of Gratz, p. 135.
  7. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, Comprehensive History of Gratz, p. 134.

Samuel Schoffstall

M, #10714, b. 25 February 1810, d. 9 February 1891
  • Last Edited: 23 Feb 2020
  • Samuel Schoffstall is also referred to as Samuel Imschoffstall in some sources.
  • LDS Family Ancestral File

    Husband's Name
    Samuel SCHAFFSTALL (AFN:11T8-ZXK)
    Born: 25 Feb 1810 Place: Mifflin Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Christened: 5 Aug 1810 Place: Mifflin Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Married: Bef 1841 Place:

    Father: John IM SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T6-D20)
    Mother: Mary Magdalena HOOVER (AFN:11T8-ZFG)

    Wife's Name
    Susanna KLINGER (AFN:11T8-ZZR)
    Born: Abt 1818 Place: , Pennsylvania
    Married: Bef 1841 Place:

    Father:
    Mother:

    Children

    1. Sex Name
    F Susanna SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T9-00W)
    Born: Abt 1841 Place: , Pennsylvania

    2. Sex Name
    F Elisabeth SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T9-014)
    Born: Abt 1843 Place: , Pennsylvania

    3. Sex Name
    F Catherine SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T9-02B)
    Born: Abt 1846 Place: , Pennsylvania

    4. Sex Name
    F Anna Elisabeth SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T9-03J)
    Born: Abt 1847 Place: , Pennsylvania

    5. Sex Name
    F Amanda SHOFFSTALL (AFN:11T9-04Q)
    Born: Abt 1849 Place: , Pennsylvania.
  • He was born on 25 February 1810.
  • He was the son of Johannes Schoffstall and Mary Magdalena Hoover.
  • Samuel Schoffstall married Susannah Klinger, daughter of Johann Philip Klinger and Catharina (?).1
  • Samuel Schoffstall died on 9 February 1891, at age 80.2
  • He was buried at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.3

Children of Samuel Schoffstall and Susannah Klinger

Citations

  1. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 365 (based on information in Peter Klinger's will). Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  2. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, p. 365.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29562483/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  4. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 132. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.

Susannah Klinger

F, #10715, b. 27 January 1817, d. 1 March 1885
  • Last Edited: 23 Feb 2020
  • Susannah Klinger is also referred to as Susanna Klinger in some sources.
  • She was born on 27 January 1817.1,2
  • She was the daughter of Johann Philip Klinger and Catharina (?)
  • Susannah Klinger was baptized on 14 April 1817, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She married Samuel Schoffstall, son of Johannes Schoffstall and Mary Magdalena Hoover.3
  • In 1850, Susanna and her husband Samuel Schoffstall were living in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, where Samuel was a farmer. Their household included the following children: Susanna, 9; Elizabeth, 7; Catherine, 4; Ann Eliza, 3; and Amanda, 1.4
  • Susannah Klinger died on 1 March 1885, at age 68.5
  • She was buried on 4 March 1885, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.6,7

Children of Susannah Klinger and Samuel Schoffstall

Citations

  1. [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Zion (Klinger's) Church History (Erdman, PA: Zion (Klinger's) Church, 1987), pt. II, p. 40. Hereinafter cited as Klinger's Church History.
  2. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), pp. 364-65. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  3. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, p. 365 (based on information in Peter Klinger's will).
  4. [S154] 1850 U.S. Census, Lykens Twp., Dauphin County, PA; Roll:Roll: M432_775; Page: 397; Image: 359.
  5. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  6. [S107] Newspaper Article, Burial notice for Mrs. Samuel Schoffstall, Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), 06 Mar 1885, Fri, Page 4.
  7. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29562434/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  8. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 132. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.

Jacob Huber

M, #10722, b. January 1756, d. 6 February 1849
  • Last Edited: 20 Jan 2024
  • LDS Family Ancestral File:
    Husband's Name
    Jacob HUBER (AFN:11T8-Z77)
    Born: 28 Jul 1756 Place:
    Died: 6 Feb 1849 Place: Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Buried: Place: Hoffman Ch. Cem., Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Wife's Name
    Catherine Elizabeth SIERER (AFN:11T8-Z8F)
    Born: Abt 1760 Place:
    Died: Aft 1800 Place:

    Children

    1. Sex Name
    F Susanna HOOVER (AFN:11T8-ZGN)
    Born: Abt. 1783 Place:

    2. Sex Name
    F Katharine HOOVER (AFN:11T8-ZD8)
    Born: Abt. 1798 Place:

    3. Sex Name
    M Jacob HUBER (AFN:11T8-Z9M)
    Born: 28 Jul 1788 Place:
    Died: 25 Dec 1827 Place: Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Buried: Place: Hoffman Ch. Cem., Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

    4. Sex Name
    M Christian HUBER (AFN:11T8-ZBT)
    Born: 24 Aug 1793 Place: Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

    5. Sex Name
    M John HOOVER (AFN:11T8-ZC2)
    Born: 17 Sep 1796 Place: Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Died: 17 Mar 1877 Place: , Dauphin, Pennsylvania

    6. Sex Name
    F Mary Magdalena HOOVER (AFN:11T8-ZFG)
    Born: 16 Dec 1781 Place:
    Died: 18 Aug 1855 Place: Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
    Buried: Place: Hoffman Ch. Cem., Lykens Twp, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

    From the "COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA," published in 1896 by J.M. RUNK & COMPANY
    Publishers, Chambersburg, PA:

    "Jacob Hoover settled in the "Upper End" in 1800; and built the mill now owned by Daniel Buffington. Of his children: Jacob, d. young; m. Miss Bellas; Christian, m. Miss Feagley; and their son Samuel was the first superintendent of the Short Mountain mines; he removed to Minnesota many years ago; John, m. Margaret Lebo; he owned the mill erected by his father; Mary, m. John Shoffstall; Katharine, m. George Kissinger; Mary, m. Jacob Bordner; Susanna, m. Henry Umholtz." (http://maley.net/transcription/BioEncyl/BEChapter5.htm.)

  • Jacob Huber was born in January 1756, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • He married Catherine Elizabeth Sierer.
  • Jacob Huber died on 6 February 1849, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA, at age 93.1
  • He was buried at Saint Peters Cemetery, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1

Children of Jacob Huber and Catherine Elizabeth Sierer

  • Mary Magdalena Hoover+ b. 10 Dec 1781, d. 18 Aug 1855
  • Catharina Huber2 b. 11 Apr 1783, d. 21 Sep 1861
  • Jacob Huber3 b. 28 Jul 1788, d. 25 Dec 1827
  • Maria Anna Hoover4 b. 30 Sep 1790, d. 11 Apr 1869

Citations

  1. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47583339/jacob-huber. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60408369/…
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51506742/jacob-huber
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51077873/…

Catherine Elizabeth Sierer

F, #10723, b. 22 March 1757, d. 1849
  • Last Edited: 24 Aug 2025
  • Catherine Elizabeth Sierer is also referred to as Eva Catherine Sierer in some sources.
  • She was born on 22 March 1757.1
  • She married Jacob Huber.
  • Catherine Elizabeth Sierer died in 1849.1
  • She was buried at Saint Peters Cemetery, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1

Children of Catherine Elizabeth Sierer and Jacob Huber

  • Mary Magdalena Hoover+ b. 10 Dec 1781, d. 18 Aug 1855
  • Catharina Huber2 b. 11 Apr 1783, d. 21 Sep 1861
  • Jacob Huber3 b. 28 Jul 1788, d. 25 Dec 1827
  • Maria Anna Hoover4 b. 30 Sep 1790, d. 11 Apr 1869

Citations

  1. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150317565/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60408369/…
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51506742/jacob-huber
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51077873/…