Sunday, April 17, 2016

This Day in Horn Family History: "Old Raven" Dies


My seventh-great-grandfather Wilhelm Kraft Rabenold [alternate spellings Rabennalt, Rabenalt, etc.] died this day in about 1749 in Lowhill Township, Northampton Co, PA [1]. My No. 568 ancestor was born Dec. 15, 1698, in Ichstedt, Germany. [2]

He married Maria Magdalena Bauer on May 30, 1730, in St. George's Chapel, Lichtenburg, Germany. [3] They Immigrated to America on the ship Samuel, landing in Philadelphia on August 30, 1730.

Descent:


284 Johann(es) Peter Rabenold/t b. 1728, Lichtenberg, Germany; d. 1807, Northampton County, PA.

142 Peter Rabenold b. 1754; d. 1828, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, PA.

71 Susanna Rabenold b. Oct. 28, 1782, ‪Lowhill Township, ‪Northampton County, ‪PA; d. January 20, 1853, South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, PA.

35 Anna (or Hannah) Koch b. Mar. 14, 1815, Macungie, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania (or Whitehall Township, Lehigh, PA); d. after 1838.

17 Mary Ann Meitzler b. Aug. 7, 1835, near Allentown, PA; d. 10/7/1910, Tiffin or “south of Tiffin,” Seneca Co., OH.

8 John Henry Franklin Horn b. Aug. 12, 1861, Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA; d. Sept. 30, 1953, Yuma Rural, Yuma Co., Arizona.

4 Frank Eugene Horn b. Nov. 9, 1882, Shenandoah, Fremont/Page Co., Iowa; d. July 8, 1960, Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa Co., California.


My dad: 2 Leroy Kenneth Earl Horn b. April 4, 1910, Douglas Co. near Girdner, Missouri; d. May 30, 1991, Richmond, Contra Costa Co., California.

[1]Book: The Descendants of Wilhelm Kraft Rabennalt & Maria Magdalena Bauer Rabennalt "Old Raven", 1698-1998 by Jessie D. & Benjamin J. Raubenolt, New Image Graphics, 1998 - 270 pages.
[2] Transcript of German birth certificate.
[3] Book: The Descendants of Wilhelm Kraft Rabennalt & Maria Magdalena Bauer Rabennalt "Old Raven", 1698-1998 by Jessie D. & Benjamin J. Raubenolt, New Image Graphics, 1998 - 270 pages.
Immigration: 30 Aug 1730, To Philadelphia on Ship Samuel. — Ancestors of Franklin Phillip Stahl354 — Jesse Dean Raubenolt, II, Research of Jesse Raubenolt,(E-mail dated May 5, 1999), "Electronic."