Jacob Graef
Maria Barbara Graef
(1792-1848)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. George Beecher

Maria Barbara Graef 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 12 Aug 1792, Exeter Twp., Berks, PA 2 3 7 8
  • Christened: 14 Oct 1792, Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald Reformed Church, Berks, PA 2
  • Marriage (1): George Beecher in Dec 1816 in , Berks, PA 1
  • Died: 6 Sep 1848, , Berks, PA at age 56 3 7 8
  • Buried: 6 Sep 1848, Wernersville: St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Berks, PA 3 5 7 8

   Another name for Maria was Barbara Graeff.1 7 9 10 11

   FamilySearch ID: MRZB-HZM.

  Christening Notes:

Church baptism record states "9 wks last Thursday" which calculates to 12 Aug 1792 birth date. Sponsors: Maria Barbara Moser and Weierle Moser.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1840 in Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA. 12 The 1840 census recorded George Biecher with this household:
Males (born)
5-9 (1831-1835) = 1 (son Harrison)
40-49 (1791-1800) = 1 (father George)
Females (born)
10-14 (1826-1830) = 2 (daughters Mary Ann & Catharine)
40-49 (1791-1800) = 1 (mother Maria).


Maria married George Beecher, son of John Beecher Sr. and Mary Ann Albrecht, in Dec 1816 in , Berks, PA.1 (George Beecher was born on 9 Nov 1790 in , Lancaster, PA 7 13 14, christened on 28 May 1791 in New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA,8 13 died on 10 Mar 1842 in Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA 8 14 15 16 and was buried on 13 Mar 1842 in Wernersville: St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Berks, PA 7 8 14 15 17 18.)

Sources

1 Reading Adler Newspaper (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania.), http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/berks/vitals/marberk2.txt 31 Dec 1816 Edition 31 Dec 1816 Edition.

2 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, PA > Berks > Schwartzwald Reformed Church. Maria Barbara Graef. Father Jacob Graef.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=170652700.

4 Jacqueline B. Nein, First Reformed Church, Reading, Pennsylvania, an alphabetized compilation of baptisms, marriages, and funerals from 1771-1905 (Jacqueline B. Nein, 4701 Saint George Street, Reading, PA 196060 1988. Book viewable online at LDS family history centers.), page 8.

5 Kershner, W. J. (William Jacob), 1852-1926; Lerch, Adam G., joint author, History of St. John's (Hain's) Reformed church in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Penna (Reading, Pa., I. M. Beaver. 1916. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyofstjohns00ker .), Page 272. Barbara Beecher d. 6 Sep 1848 age 56 years 0 months 25 days.

6 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2VW-N9Q Catharine Beecher, 25 Jul 1830; Christening St. Johns Hains Reformed Church.

7 St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Wernersville, Berks County, PA (Lower Heidelberg Township), http://berks.pa-roots.com/books/HainsChurch/Hains9b.html.

8 Research of John Franklin Beecher (1877-1971) (File GA-B-414 at Berks History Center library, Family tree dated 1961 of the descendants of George Beecher (1791-1842) created by John Franklin Beecher.).

9 St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Wernersville, Berks County, PA (Lower Heidelberg Township).

10 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.), Certificate 5663, Catharine Wahl, father George Beecher, mother Barbara Graeff.

11 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2451/images/40162_264326-00379?pId=19388517 PA > Berks > Reading > Lutheran > Trinity Lutheran Church and Circuit - William Bücher.

12 1840 United States Census, George Biecher Heidelberg Township, Berks PA.

13 Trinity Lutheran Church, New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Note: Some very early records that appear in this church register were from Muddy Creek Lutheran Church in East Cocalico Township, before the congregation moved to New Holland.).

14 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170652571.

15 Reading Adler Newspaper (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania.), 29 Mar 1842, page 2. Obituary of George Bicher.

16 Reading Adler Newspaper (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania.), 29 Mar 1842, Obituary of George Bicher.

17 St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Wernersville, Berks County, PA (Lower Heidelberg Township), http://archive.org/stream/historyofstjohns00kers/historyofstjohns00kers_djvu.txt.

18 Kershner, W. J. (William Jacob), 1852-1926; Lerch, Adam G., joint author, History of St. John's (Hain's) Reformed church in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Penna (Reading, Pa., I. M. Beaver. 1916. Online at http://archive.org/details/historyofstjohns00ker .), Page 270. George Beecher d. 13 Mar 1842 age 50 years 4 months 2 days.


Table of Contents | Surnames | Name List

This website was created 17 Feb 2024 with Legacy 9.0, a division of MyHeritage.com; content copyrighted and maintained by searchtrees@gmail.com