Rebecca Willenbruch
(1789-1875)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Andreas Echternacht

Rebecca Willenbruch 2 3 4

  • Born: 19 Aug 1789, , , Pennsylvania, USA 2
  • Marriage (1): Andreas Echternacht in 1795 in , Lancaster, PA 1
  • Died: 19 Feb 1875, , Lancaster, PA at age 85

   FamilySearch ID: L8MS-2HX.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. 5 The 1850 census recorded Henry Echternach, farmer, 29, living with Elizabeth, 34; William, 24; Rebecca Echterroch, 60; Catherine, 28; and George, 18. Also in the home was Elizabeth Tarucry, 18; Elizabeth Sence, 11; and Joel Kind, 30. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.


Note: The Ass't Marshal listed atop the census page is Jacob Echternacht and John Echternacht.

2. Census in 1860 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. 2 The 1860 census recorded Henry Bicher, day laborer, 30, living in the household headed by his brother-in-law, Henry Echternach, farmer, 39 and his wife Catherine, 41; and their daughter Elizabeth, 18. Also in the home is Delilia Staffer, 13; George Echternach, hatter, 24; and Rebecca Echternach, 58, widow.


Rebecca married Andreas Echternacht, son of Johann Peter Echternach and Anna Elizabetha Rodenbach, in 1795 in , Lancaster, PA.1 (Andreas Echternacht was born on 16 Apr 1770 in Wöllstein, Alzey-Worms, RP, DEU 1 and died on 22 Jul 1833 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA 1.)

Sources

1 Wegner, Samuel E., Echternach Family History Report (Akron, Pennsylvania : S.E. Wenger, 2001. 57 p.).

2 1860 United States Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Adamstown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1124; Page: 3; Image: 8; Family History Library Film: 805124.

3 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 20878, Sallie Echternacht Bicher, father Andrew Echternach, mother Rebecca Willenbruch.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Muddy Creek Lutheran Church baptisms, printed page 103, online image 7251. Indexed incorrectly as PA > Adams> Gettysburg Theological Seminary [repository of Muddy Creek records]. Sarah Echterbach, parents Andrew and Rebecca.

5 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4HP-YL6 Henry Echterrach, East Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 225, NARA microfilm publication M432.


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