Benjamin Hilbert
(1819-1892)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catharine Boyer

Benjamin Hilbert 1 2 3

  • Born: 17 Dec 1819, , , Pennsylvania, USA 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Catharine Boyer on 12 Oct 1845 in Reading: Trinity Lutheran Church, Berks, PA 1
  • Died: 15 Sep 1892, , Berks, PA at age 72 3
  • Buried: Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald Cemetery, Berks, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: MRDZ-9KL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA. 4 The 1860 census recorded Benjamin HIlbert, 40, living with wife Catharine, 31; daughter Catharine A., 12; Henry, 9; Mary E., 7; Isaac, 4; and George, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Benjamin Hilbert on 17 Sep 1892 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 5 Benjamin Hilbert, aged 72 years, of Stonetown, died of apoplexy after an illness of 36 hours. Deceased was well known and highly respected. He leaves a widow and the following children: Henry, of Birdsboro, Isaac, Jerome and Charlotte, of Stonetown; Mrs. John Bechert and Mrs. Benjamin Blatt, both of Birdsboro. Deceased was a member of Schwartzwald Lutheran Church.


Benjamin married Catharine Boyer on 12 Oct 1845 in Reading: Trinity Lutheran Church, Berks, PA.1 (Catharine Boyer was born on 30 Nov 1822 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA,4 6 died on 18 Aug 1896 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA 6 and was buried in Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald Cemetery, Berks, PA 6.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Marriage of Benjamin Hilbert and Catharina Boyer.

2 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 82554. Catherine Beecher. Father Benjamin HIlbert. Mother ___ Boyer.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96389916.

4 1860 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXP8-MCZ Catharine Hilbert in household of Benjamin Hilbert, Exeter Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.

5 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 17 Sep 1892. Obituary of Benjamin Hilbert.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98689794.



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