| Birth |
1715 |
Zweibrèucken, Germany [1] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00095-5331 |
| Died |
1771 |
[2] |
| Person ID |
I7041 |
| Last Modified |
05 Jul 2004 |
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| Children |
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| Group Sheet |
F1021 |
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| Notes |
Daniel Rosenberger, "was one of the four Rosenbergers who settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was a native of Zweibrèucken, Germany, where he was born about the year 1715. When a young man of about twenty years of age he, with others, emigrated to America and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. We find that he purchased a tract of land near a place called Hockertown in 1740, and another of 200 acres in 1769, just two years before his death. He was a member of the Mennonite body and as we have been informed attended the Line Lexington church for worship. Tradition has it that he had settled for a brief period near the county line of Montgomery and Bucks Counties, on the place now in possession of Samuel Rosenberger. From here he moved to the place now in possession of Henry Rosenberger where he erected a stone house. Here he died in 1771. He had a family of several children, the names of some were..." |
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| 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, 190 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [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, 190 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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