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Adam Diehl
(1755-)
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Solomon Diehl Sr
(1782-1865)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Zimmerman

2. Anna Elisabeth Siegfried

Solomon Diehl Sr 1 2

  • Born: 10 May 1782, Lowhill Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Zimmerman
  • Marriage (2): Anna Elisabeth Siegfried
  • Died: 19 Feb 1865, Lowhill Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA at age 82 2 3 4
  • Buried: Leather Corner Post: Lowhill Township: Morgenland Church Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA 2 3 4
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Church: Fogelsville Reformed Congregation. 2

• Census, 1820, Lowhill Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. 5 In Solomon Diehl's household:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1811-1820) = 1 son
10-15 (1805-1810) = 2 sons
26-44 (1776-1794) = 1 father Solomon
Females (born)
26-44 (1776-1794) = 1 wife

• Census, 1840, Lowhill Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA.

• Census, 1850, Lowhill Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. Solomon (age 68) heads a household that included Ann (44), Jesse (30), Eli (25, occupation mason), Solomon (23, occupation mason), Uriah (18), Sylasty? (13), and Matilda (6). Everyone's birthplace is listed as Pennsylvania. The census was recorded August 7, 1850.

• Census, 1860, Lowhill Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. 6 Solomon (age 68) is the head of the household consisting of Anna E (53), Ann (16), Uriah S. (27), and Alfred Seipel (14). All are listed as being born in Pennsylvania.

• Occupation: farmer, 1860. 2

• Book: Anniversary History of Lehigh County published, 1914. 7 Solomon Diehl, a son of Adam, was born in Lowhill Township. He was a weaver and at the same time farmed a small tact of land. His homestead was later owned by Benjamin Kressly.

He was a member of the Fogelsville Reformed Congregation. He was buried at Morgenland Church, and his first wife, nee Zimmerman, is buried at Ziegel's Church. Issue: Jessie, Jonas, and Benjamin.

Mr. Diehl was married the second time to Anna Siegfried, and they had three children; Elias, Solomon, Uriah, Celsta (Mrs. Irwin Stahler) and Matilda.


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Solomon married Zimmerman. (Zimmerman was buried in Weisenberg Township: Ziegel's Church, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA.)


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Solomon next married Anna Elisabeth Siegfried, daughter of Peter Siegfried and Susanna. (Anna Elisabeth Siegfried was born on 27 Mar 1807 in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA 8 9, christened on 6 Apr 1807 in North Whitehall Township: Egypt Reformed Church, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA,9 died in 1857 in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA 2 and was buried in Leather Corner Post: Lowhill Township: Morgenland Church Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA 2.)


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Sources


1 Jordan Reformed Church, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

2 LeVan, Russell George, Early Immigrants from Germany and Switzerland to Eastern Pennsylvania (Gateway Press Inc, Baltimore, 1990), Page 261.

3 Morganland Church Cemetery Listing (http://www.grammesgenealogy.com/morganland_cem.htm).

4 Knerr, Katie Isabelle, Notes of Katie Isabelle Knerr (Handwritten notes of her family history, in possession of her daughter, Isabel Beacher.)

5 1800 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Roll 104 Book 1, Page 172.

6 1860 United States Census.

7 Roberts, Charles Rhodes, History Of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Volume II (Allentown, Pa., Lehigh Valley Pub. Co., 1914. 3 volumes, illustrated, maps. Prepared by a committee appointed by the Lehigh County Historical Society; chapters contributed by various writers.)

8 1850 United States Census.

9 Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 6, Egypt Reformed Church Records 1734-1807 (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/lehigh/church/egyp0001.txt
http://www.geocities.com/gragor99/lehegypt.htm
"Baptismal Record of the congregation on the Lehigh, in which are recorded the names of the children baptized, the names of their parents, and also the names of the sponsors. Commenced March 22, 1739."
J. Henricus Goetschius, M. Helvetico Tigurinus.)


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