Magdalena Dockey1

F, #29763, b. 21 October 1827, d. 28 February 1903
  • Last Edited: 18 Jun 2019
  • Magdalena Dockey is also referred to as Mary or Magdalene in some sources.2,3
  • She was born on 21 October 1827, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of Johannes Dockey and Anna Maria Schaffer.1
  • Magdalena Dockey married David S. Underkoffler, son of John Underkoffler and Anna Maria Soloman, on 3 February 1845.2,3
  • Magdalena Dockey died on 28 February 1903, Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 75. Newspaper article:
    Ill, She Strangled Herself
    Special to The Inquirer.
    TOWER CITY, Pa., Feb. 28.-Mrs. Elias [David] Underkoffler, aged 75, the mother of thirteen married children, complained after breakfast of being ill and said she would retire to her, bed. Instead, she ascended to the garret, placed a rope about her neck and strangled herself to death.
    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 01 Mar 1903, Sun, Page 3.
    Funeral records at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Tower City, PA, corroborate that she died "at her own hand."3,4
  • She was buried on 3 March 1903, at Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA.3,5

Children of Magdalena Dockey and David S. Underkoffler

  • Lusette Underkoffler1 b. 17 May 1848, d. 11 May 1911
  • Benjamin Underkoffler1 b. 22 Jul 1849
  • David D. Underkoffler Jr1 b. Jan 1851, d. 30 Mar 1909
  • Elias Underkoffler+1 b. 23 Dec 1852, d. c 1899
  • Martha Jane Underkoffler1 b. 14 Jun 1854, d. 4 Jun 1944
  • Milton D. Underkoffler+1 b. 21 Oct 1855, d. 9 Jul 1933
  • Lena Underkoffler1 b. 13 Aug 1857, d. 30 Jan 1937
  • Ischabad Underkoffler1 b. 1858
  • Franklin Underkoffler1 b. 24 May 1860, d. 3 Nov 1923
  • Emma Underkoffler1 b. 19 Sep 1861
  • Amelia Underkoffler1 b. 1863
  • Allen Underkoffler1 b. 16 Mar 1865
  • Elmer Underkoffler1 b. Feb 1867
  • Mary Underkoffler1 b. 1870
  • John Underkoffler1 b. 1872

Citations

  1. [S314] Bruce Travis Hall, "Genealogical Database," Bruce Travis Hall (Annapolis MD), data uploaded from CD December 2, 2005.
  2. [S190] 1870 US Census, Hegins Post Office, Hegins Twp., Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1449; Page: 371; Image: 747.
  3. [S932] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online www.ancestry.com (Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records Reel: 267), Funeral record for Magdalene Underkoffler, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Tower City, PA; https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2451/…. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985.
  4. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Ill, She Strangled Herself," The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 01 Mar 1903, Sun, Page 3.
  5. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129997427/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Johannes Dockey1

M, #29786, b. 17 July 1787, d. 28 July 1858
  • Last Edited: 18 Jun 2019
  • Johannes Dockey is also referred to as John Adam Dockey in some sources.
  • He was born on 17 July 1787.3,1
  • He was the son of Johann Anton Tacke and Anna Maria Rosina Schwab.2
  • Johannes Dockey married Anna Maria Schaffer.1
  • Biographical and Genealogical Annals of Northumberland County (Floyd, 1911) says:
    "John Dockey, son of John Adam, was born July 17, 1787, in the lower end of the Mahantango Valley. He died on his large farm in Lower Mahanoy township July 28, 1858. He was a lifelong farmer, and owned considerable real estate. His wife, Anna Maria Schaffer, who was of an old established Lower Mahanoy township family, was born Aug. 1,1795, and died Feb. 25, 1862. John Dockey and his wife prospered by their industry, and reared a large family of children to usefulness and thrift. They were members of the Lutheran congregation of Zion's Church, in Stone Valley, and are buried at that church. They had thirteen children, twelve of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, viz.: Michael, born March 2, 1813, who died Nov. 12, 1889 (he had two sons and three daughters); John, born March 21, 1815, who died Sept. 24, 1887 (wife Elizabeth, born Nov. 27; 1815, died Feb. 2, 1891; they had one daughter); Mary; Jonas, born Dec. 31, 1819, who died July 7, 1904 (his wife Catharine Hepner, born June 15, 1869, died Oct. 29, 1891; they had one son and one daughter); Elizabeth; Joseph, who bad two sons and four daughters; Sarah; Catharine Magdalena, who married David Underkoffler and had fifteen children; Benjamin; Annie, who never married; Elias, born June 21, 1833, who died Dec. 7, 1888 (his wife Eliza, born in 1834, died in 1898; they had two sons and five daughters); and Nathan, born Dec. 11, 1830, who died Oct. 3, 1835. Nearly all this family are buried at the Stone Valley Church."
    . . . .
    "John Dockey, son of Adam, married Mary Schaffer, and they were farming people in Lower Mahanoy township. They were members of the Mahanoy church, and both are buried at that church. Their family consisted of thirteen children, all of whom reached maturity: (1) Michael, born March 2, 1813, died Nov. 12, 1889. (Susanna, who died May 26, 1900, aged sixty years, ten months, three days, may have been his wife.) He had two sons and three daughters. (2) John, born March 24, 1815, died Sept. 24, 1887. His wife Elizabeth, born Nov. 27, 1815, died Feb. 2, 1891. They had one daughter. (3) Mary. (4) Jonas, born Dec. 31, 1819, died July 7, 1904. His wife Catharine (Hepner), born June 15, 1819, died Oct. 27, 1891. They had one son and one daughter. (5) Elizabeth. (6) Joseph had two sons and four daughters. (7) Sarah. (8) Catharine. (9) Magdalene married David Underkoffler and they had fifteen children. (10) Benjamin, born April 29, 1829, lives at Pillow. He had two sons and one daughter. (11) Annie never married. (12) Elias, born June 21, 1833, died Dec. 7, 1888. His wife Eliza, born in 1834, died in 1893. They had two sons and five daughters. (13)
    "Nathan, born Dec. 11, 1830, died Oct. 7, 1833."4
  • Johannes Dockey died on 28 July 1858, Lower Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland County, PA, at age 71.3,1
  • He was buried at Zion (Stone Vallley) Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.2,3,5
  • Father*: Johann Anton Tacke2 b. 8 Dec 1750, d. May 1816
  • Mother*: Anna Maria Rosina Schwab b. 1761, d. 1820

Children of Johannes Dockey and Anna Maria Schaffer

  • Michael Dockey1 b. 2 Mar 1813, d. 12 Nov 1889
  • John Dockey Jr1 b. 24 Mar 1815, d. 24 Sep 1887
  • Anna Maria Dockey1 b. 14 Aug 1817, d. 23 Feb 1883
  • Jonathon Dockey+1 b. 31 Dec 1819, d. 7 Jul 1904
  • Elizabeth Dockey1 b. 10 Feb 1821, d. 24 Apr 1880
  • Joseph Dockey1 b. 1822, d. 1863
  • Salome Dockey1 b. 17 Jul 1824, d. 2 May 1890
  • Catherine Dockey+1 b. 9 Feb 1826, d. 3 Oct 1887
  • Magdalena Dockey+1 b. 21 Oct 1827, d. 28 Feb 1903
  • Benjamin Dockey1 b. 29 Apr 1829, d. 8 Mar 1912
  • Nathan Dockey1 b. 11 Dec 1830
  • Elias Dockey1 b. 21 Jun 1833, d. 17 Dec 1888
  • Anne Dockey1 b. 14 May 1838, d. 3 Jul 1850

Citations

  1. [S314] Bruce Travis Hall, "Genealogical Database," Bruce Travis Hall (Annapolis MD), data uploaded from CD December 2, 2005.
  2. [S7] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume III (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 4th edition, 1997), p. 289. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials III.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39779808/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  4. [S21] Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County (Chicago, IL: J. L. Floyd & Co., 1911). Hereinafter cited as Annals of Northumberland County.
  5. [S132] Stone Valley Cemetery Book (Hickory Corners, PA: Stone Valley Church, 1933), p. 2. Hereinafter cited as Stone Valley Cemetery.