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Abraham Danner (1732 - 1789)

Abraham Danner aka Dohner
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 57 [location unknown]
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Biography

Abraham Donner was b.c.1732 and d.1790, and married Magdalena Landis (c.1744 - 1798), daughter of Henry Landis and Fronica Groff. [1][2]

Best notes that Abraham and Magdalena had 9 children, although she does not name them in the Groff Book. [1] The Mennonite Vital Records [2], cryptically citing "H. D. Dohner Gen. p.37", "Wanger, Desc.", and "MRJ, XVIII, p.13" identify the children as :

1. Christian (1762 - 1831) m. Nancy Friesner
2. Elizabeth (1763 - ?)
3. Abraham (1765 - ?) m. Anna [LNU] (1 Oct 1762 - 24 Sep 1825)
4. Anna (1767 - ?) m. Martin Myers
5. Esther (1770 - ?)
6. John (1773 - ?) m. Elizabeth Shertzer (15 Apr 1781 - 29 Apr 1847)
7. Henry (1777 - 12 Feb 1855) m. Susanna (27 Aug 1775 - 29 Dec 1845) [3]
8. David (1779 - ?) m. Anna Neff
9. Daniel (15 Dec 1781 - 25 Feb 1853) m. Elizabeth Musser (11 Jan 1779 - 8 Mar 1875), Cumberland Co.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jane Evans Best, "The Groff Book, Volume 2: A Continuing Saga", Groff History Associates, 1997, Ronks, Pennsylvania
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014. On-line database viewed via Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  3. "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5X6-3VN2 : Wed Oct 04 19:53:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Henry Doner and Abraham Doner, 12 February 1855.

See also :

  • The FamilyHart Online Database, World Connect, Rootsweb, no longer accessible




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Name Henry Doner Age 79 years Birth Date 18 September 1776 Birthplace Lampeter Township Occupation Farmer Race White Father's Name Abraham Doner Father's Sex Male Event Type Death Event Date 12 February 1855 Event Place East Lampeter Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Event Place (Original) East Lampeter Township, Lancaster, Pa Source Details p 197

"Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5X6-3VN2 : Wed Oct 04 19:53:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Henry Doner and Abraham Doner, 12 February 1855.

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