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Catharine Reuter¹

• Last Edited: 31 Mar 2018

• Catharine Reuter married Johannes Dietrich Steinbrecher.¹

Johannes Dietrich Steinbrecher¹

• Last Edited: 14 Aug 2019

• Johannes Dietrich Steinbrecher is also referred to as John in some sources.²
• He was born in 1728, Germany.¹
• He married Catharine Reuter.¹
• Arrived in America on September 17, 1753, aboard the ship "Patience."³
• Johannes Dietrich Steinbrecher died on 3 July 1804, Pennsylvania.⁴
• A listing of abstracts of Dauphin County wills, published in P. Rice, J. Dellock, "Dauphin County Archives Volume Two," pp. 325-26, includes a listing for the will of "John Deetrich Stonebreaker," of Upper Paxton Twp., who died July 3, 1804. The will was probated 26 Jan. 1805. The listing says that the will "mentions wife Catharine, son George, dau. Elizabeth, dau. Christina, w/ Henry Werfle, dau. Anna Maria, w/ Jacob Snyder, son Bastian, son John Dietrick, dau. Catharine, w/ Casar Heckard, son Adam's dau., now wife of Peter Klinger, son George, dau. Elizabeth."⁴

William Absalom Tschopp^1,2

• Last Edited: 27 Jan 2023

• William Absalom Tschopp was born on 1 December 1844, Dauphin County, PA.^3,4,1
• He was the son of Josiah Tschopp and Catherine Heckert.¹
• William Absalom Tschopp married Elizabeth Witmer, daughter of Isaac Witmer and Anna Shaffer, on 24 May 1868, St. John's Church, Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• William Absalom Tschopp died on 27 April 1915, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA, at age 70.^4,1
• Newspaper obituary:
  Absalom Chubb, aged 71 years, died at the home of his son-in-law, Philip Klinger, on South Second street. at 1.30 p. m. Monday, of pneumonia. Deceased was born in Lykens Valley and is survived by his widow (nee Elizabeth Witmer), and three sons and five daughters.
  The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. A. H. Souilliard at the Transfiguration Baptist Church at 2 p. m. this afternoon. Interment in Citizens' cemetery.
  The Standard (Lykens, Pennsylvania), 30 Apr 1915, Fri, Page 1.⁵
  
• He was buried on 30 April 1915, at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA.^4,3

• Father*: Josiah Tschopp¹ b. 4 May 1826, d. 14 Jul 1883
• Mother*: Catherine Heckert¹ b. 11 Mar 1820, d. 2 Jun 1877

Elizabeth Ida Tschopp^1,2

• Last Edited: 27 Jan 2023

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Elizabeth Ida Tschopp is also referred to as Elizabeth Ida Chubb in some sources.³
• She was born on 28 June 1883, Northumberland County, PA.^2,4
• She was the daughter of William Absalom Tschopp and Elizabeth Witmer.¹
• Some sources record that Elizabeth Ida Tschopp was born on 26 June 1884, Northumberland County, PA.⁵
• Some sources suggest that Elizabeth Ida Tschopp and Phillip Klinger were married circa 1902.^1,6
• Elizabeth Ida Tschopp married Phillip Klinger, son of Philip Klinger and Phoeby Ann Koch, on 1 October 1919, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA, but apparently they lived as husband and wife beginning around 1904.^7,8,9
• Elizabeth Ida Tschopp died on 27 November 1963, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA, at age 80.^1,4
• Some sources record that Elizabeth Ida Tschopp died on 26 November 1963 Dauphin County, PA.⁶
• She was buried on 30 November 1963, at Calvary United Methodist Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA.^6,4
• Newspaper obituary:
  Mrs. Elizabeth Ida Klinger, 80, of 530 North St., Lykens, who leaves 240 descendants, died early last Wednesday [November 27, 1963] morning in her home.
  Born near Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Mrs. Klinger was a daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Witmer Chubb.
  She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Lykens.
  Seventeen children survive. They are: Mrs. Maude Fenzel Lykens R. D; Mrs. Gertrude Lenker, Halifax R. D; Mrs Delton [Mr. Belton] Klinger, Millersburg; Mrs. Lillian Schriever and Mrs. Hattie Pickup, both of Millersburg R. D; Mitchell Klinger, Lykens; Philip W. Klinger, Lykens R. D; Stanley L. Klinger Lykens; Mrs. Elizabeth Raho and James R. Klinger, Tower City; Henry Klinger, Wiconisco; Mrs. Myrtle Rodichok, Tower City; Mrs. Martha Diakow, Lykens; Mrs. Margaret Ressler and George Klinger, both of Wiconisco; Mrs. Mildred Olsen Tampa, Fla; and Mrs. Evelyn Miller, Lykens.
  There are 79 grandchildren 111 great grandchildren, and 33 great-great grandchildren.
  Also surviving are, a brother Guerney Chubb, Spring Glen and a sister, Mrs. Katherine McClain, Sunbury.
  Funeral was held Saturday morning from Roy W. D Schaffstall Funeral Home at 406 Market St., Lykens. The Rev. Mr. John Chorney, pastor of First Baptist Church, at Lykens, officiated at services. Interment was made in Wiconisco Cemetery.³

• Father*: William Absalom Tschopp¹ b. 1 Dec 1844, d. 27 Apr 1915
• Mother*: Elizabeth Witmer¹ b. Oct 1849, d. 18 Mar 1922

Mary Diana Tschopp¹

• Last Edited: 27 Jan 2023

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Mary Diana Tschopp is also referred to as Anna in some sources.
• She was born on 27 April 1871, Northumberland County, PA.^2,1
• She was the daughter of William Absalom Tschopp and Elizabeth Witmer.¹
• Some sources record that Mary Diana Tschopp was born in April 1872.³
• She married Phillip Klinger, son of Philip Klinger and Phoeby Ann Koch, in 1890.^2,3,4
• In the 1910 Census, Mary was listed as the head of a household that included 2 children -- Belton G. and Irene S. -- along with a newborn grandson Royce C. Buffington. Mary was a dressmaker who owned her own shop. According to the Census, Mary had been married 20 years and had given birth to 4 children, all of whom were then living. Apaprently, by this time Mary had been separated from Philip.⁵
• Mary Diana Tschopp died on 22 June 1916, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 45.^6,2
• She was buried on 24 June 1916, at Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Erdman, Dauphin County, PA.^2,6

• Father*: William Absalom Tschopp¹ b. 1 Dec 1844, d. 27 Apr 1915
• Mother*: Elizabeth Witmer¹ b. Oct 1849, d. 18 Mar 1922

Elizabeth Witmer¹

• Last Edited: 27 Jan 2023

• Elizabeth Witmer was born in October 1849, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.¹
• She was the daughter of Isaac Witmer and Anna Shaffer.²
• Elizabeth Witmer married William Absalom Tschopp, son of Josiah Tschopp and Catherine Heckert, on 24 May 1868, St. John's Church, Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• Elizabeth Witmer died on 18 March 1922, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, at age 72.^3,1
• She was buried on 20 March 1922, at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin CountyPA.^4,3

• Father*: Isaac Witmer² b. 30 Jul 1818, d. 5 Jul 1901
• Mother*: Anna Shaffer² b. 29 Mar 1827, d. 7 Apr 1885