Lot Bergstresser (1807 - 1860)

Born 4 Apr 1807 in Berrysburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Oct 1860 at age 53 in Northumberland, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Lot Bergstresser was a Pennsylvanian.

Lot Bergstresser was an Appalachian.

Lot died in about 1860 in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1]

Research Notes

Per findagrave: Lot was made the first president of the Berrysburg Seminary when the stockholders held their first election on June 10, 1859.

Husband of Jemima Snyder Bergstresser, he was the father of Peter who was also affiliated with the seminary.

Kind fellow contributor Carol Bergstresser adds that he was the son of John Philip Bergstresser (1750-1840) and Helena Heller (1748-1807).

This is slightly at odds with the book "The BERGSTRESSER Family in America", Vol II, Wayne V. JONES, 1998, pg 31-32 where he is listed as Lot Bergstresser, son of John and Phoebe (Wilkinson) Bergstreser, married to Jemima Snyder, eleven children: Peter Snyder, Henry Clay, Joanna, Sarah Jane, Mary Alice, Emeline, Phebe Ellen, Clara Estella, Edwin Lot, Charles Milford, and John Clinton.

The primary difference between Carol's account and this one is that the book is giving an additional generation, that is, the book says essentially that Helen was Lot's grandmother and John Philip his grandpa; and from there, their son John married Phoebe and had Lot, among others.

Per Ancestry: Marriage 1 Dec 1835 • Peter Snyder's by J P Shindel

Lot was born in 1807. He was the son of John Bergstresser and Phoebe Wilkinson. He passed away in 1860. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Death: "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013," database with images
   Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 364
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2451 #4547904 (accessed 6 April 2023)
   Lot Bergstresser death about 1860 in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA.
2. ↑ Source will be added by Billie (Bright) Keaffaber by 23 Jun 2018.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HC-GR4 : 21 October 2021), Lott Bergstraser, Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXP1-RZ7 : 18 February 2021), Lot Bergstreser, 1860.

• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W1H-FS5 : 3 June 2020), Lot Bergstresser in entry for Charles Milford Bergstresser, 1923.

• "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-1999," digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 July 2017), Lot Bergstresser, Nov 1860; citing Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 364.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL2-MXGL : 7 July 2020), Lot Bergstresser, 1860; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96104224/lot-bergstresser

• https://www.geni.com/people/Lot-Bergstresser/6000000065665559929

• https://www.lykensvalley.org/history-of-the-berrysburg-seminary-1/

• https://www.lykensvalley.org/berrysburg-seminary-1851-1882/

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/KZ5K-45L

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17339485/harrisburg-telegraph/?xid=865

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17339395/harrisburg-telegraph/?xid=865

• https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/220736/I6079/lot-bergstresser/individual