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Abraham Moyer[1,2,3]

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Birth  14 Jul 1803  , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania  [4
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00081-4812 
Died  20 Nov 1893    [5
Person ID  I21926 
Last Modified  20 Aug 2004 
 
Father  Henry Moyer, b. 1778, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Susannah Souder, b. 1 Apr 1779 
Group Sheet  F4503 
 
Family 1  Barbara Shantz, b. 6 May 1812 
Married  28 Nov 1830    [6,7
Children 
 1. Moses Moyer, b. 6 Apr 1842, Waterloo Twp, Waterloo Co., Ontario
 2. Nancy Moyer, b. 2 Sep 1835
 3. Mary Ann Moyer, b. 9 Jan 1833
 4. Isaac Moyer, b. 8 Mar 1834
 5. Aaron S. Moyer, b. 8 May 1837
 6. Hettie Moyer, b. 4 Nov 1838
 7. Magdalena Moyer, b. 12 Oct 1840
 8. David Moyer, b. 29 Nov 1845
 9. Sallie Moyer, b. 1 Jan 1847
 10. Samuel S. Moyer, b. 1 Mar 1849, Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario
 11. Lovina Moyer, b. 12 Feb 1851
 12. Abraham Moyer, b. 9 Nov 1853
 13. Levi Moyer, b. 25 Jun 1856
Group Sheet  F2073 
 
Notes  Abraham Moyer, "the eldest in the family, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, July 14th, 1803. On March 7th, 1825, he, in company with Samuel Fried, left his home and walked to Canada, arriving at Preston, Ontario, March 20th, making the trip in thirteen days. He purchased the farm on which his parents moved a few months later. On November 28th, 1830, he was married to Barbara, daughter of Isaac and Esther (Bechtel) Shantz. She was born May 6th, 1812, and died April 22nd, 1887. They resided on a farm within the corporation of Berlin. Their old homestead is now owned by Joseph Schohn. He died November 20th, 1893. To him and his wife were born thirteen children."
 
Sources  1. [S2]   Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 418   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1]   Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 122   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S2]   Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 660   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S2]   Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 101   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S2]   Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 101   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [S2]   Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 418   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [S2]   Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 101   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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