Elizabeth (Frantz) Raffensperger
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Elizabeth Christ (Frantz) Raffensperger (1814 - 1897)

Elizabeth Christ Raffensperger formerly Frantz
Born in Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married about 1832 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 82 in Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

This profile is part of the Frantz Name Study.

(Bold references: [1] indicate primary/reliable sources. All other source links are for research only.)

Name

Birth

  • Birth Date: 10 Dec 1814 [7]
  • Alternate Birth Date: 9 Dec 1814 [8]
  • Christening: 28 May 1821, Unionville,, Neffs, Lehigh, PA , at age 7 [1][8]

Parents

NOTE: More research is needed to determine which below set of parents is the correct set. Possibilities to consider:
  1. There is only one Elizabeth and therefore only one set of parents is correct. If this is the case, then Johannes and Margaret are likely the correct parents as they are the only set with primary sources connecting them together.
  2. There are two different Elizabeth FRANTZ'S. This is unlikely as both sets of parents appear to be from two different FRANTZ lines, and thus it is highly unlikely that these two different Elizabeth FRANTZ's are married into the same family, living in the same small county.
  3. Both Frantz families could be related, for Isaac's parents are unknown. In this case, Elizabeth could have been born to Johannes and Margaret, then moved in with her relatives, Isaac and Anna later in childhood where she met her husband and was eventually buried in the same cemetery as her adopted parents. Thus the confusion.
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  • Alternate Father: Johannes or John FRANTZ, (24 Apr 1789, Whitehall Twp, Lehigh, PA—13 Jul 1845, Neffs, Lehigh, PA. br: Neffs Union Cemetery, Neffs, Lehigh Co., PA) [1][10][8] (Plus 10 more FRANTZ generations. [8])
    • Grandfather: Johann Jacob FRANTZ, (1742, Northampton, PA—aft. 29 Apr 1826, Whitehall Township, Lehigh, PA
    • Grandmother, Susana Margaretha HEIL, (18 Jul 1752, Northampton, PA—1804, Unity Township, Westmoreland, PA
  • Alternate Mother: Margaret MILLER, (3 Oct 1787, Whitehall Twp., Lehigh Co., PA—14 Sep 1852) [1][10][8]
  • Alternative Siblings:
  1. Brother, Stephanus Miller FRANTZ, (23 Jun 1809, Lehigh County, PA—?) [10][8]
  2. Brother, Paul FRANTZ, (24 Feb 1811, Lehigh County, PA—?) [10][8]
  3. Brother, Abraham FRANTZ, (12 Nov 1813, Lehigh County, PA—29 Sept 1894) [10][8]
  4. Brother, Elias FRANTZ, (14 Apr 1817, Lehigh County, PA—?) [10][8]
  5. Brother, Reuben FRANTZ, (21 Mar 1822, Lehigh County, PA—?) [10][8]
  6. Brother, John FRANTZ, (21 Mar 1825, Lehigh County, PA—?) [10][8]

Life: Pre-Marriage

  • 1820: Possibly lived in Juniata township, Perry Co., PA. She would have been the female under 10 (calculated 6). She lived with: [2]
  1. Father, Isaac FRANTZ
  2. Mother (?), Mary, between 16 and 26, (calculated: age 26)
  3. Brother (?), William FRANTZ, under 10, (calculated born between 1810 and 1820)
  4. Brother (?), Jonas FRANTZ, under 10, (calculated born between 1810 and 1820)
  5. ? Who the other female between 16 and 26 is unknown.
A map from 1863 showing the home of Isaac FRANTZ. and the St John's Church
  • The above map from 1863 shows the following:
  1. Home of her fatherIsaac FRANTZ, at the age of 73, with her mother Anna Mary CRIST (FRANTZ), age 69 (see underlined). At this time, all their children had probably moved away, so they were likely living here alone. According to another map from 1877, (at which point both the FRANTZ parents had already died), the home had been sold to a George FLEISHER, who in 1863 owned a home two doors down, further towards town. But Elizabeth as well as all her siblings, probably had grown up here, having moved to the newly purchased property when she was 1 years old.
  2. Location of the church and St John's Cemetery, next door, where everybody mentioned here will be buried, (also underlined).
  3. The nephew of Mary Ann, Elizabeth's mother, David CRIST and family, lived two houses to the south.
  4. Another of her mother's nephews, David's brother, Michael CRIST lived with his wife,Elisabeth BEALOR (CRIST), a little further west, just off this map. This Elisabeth had a number of brothers living nearby:
    1. Benjamin F. BEALOR in the next house west from the church.
    2. Joseph BEALOR directly across the river from the church.
    3. Samuel BEALOR owned a home in town.
    4. David Rittenhouse Porter BEALOR owed two homes north of him.
  5. A distant relative James BLAIN lived further out of town towards the west, just before the road crosses the river. (Three years before this map was created, James' niece, Matilda McClury FLICKINGER married her youngest brother, John FRANTZ, who had seven years before, at age 21, probably moved near to Bloomfield, Perry Co, where he was confirmed in the English Lutheran Congregation there).
Aerial view of the location of the Frantz homestead in Markelsville, PA. The St John's Church cemetery where Isaac is to be buried, is across the street to the left. The location of the original St John's Church is either in the field just above the cemetery, or in the top-right corner of the cemetery as it is today.

Marriage

Children

  1. Daughter, Mary Ann RAFFENSPERGER (KINZER), 18 Feb 1836, PA—2 Jan 1904, Perry, PA), of Donnally's Mills [5][8]
  2. Son, Jonas RAFFENSPERGER, (5 Feb 1837, PA—9 May 1859, Perry, PA) [7][8]
  3. Son, John RAFFENSPERGER, (11 Nov 1842, Newport, Perry, PA—23 April 1930, McPherson, Kansas) [3][5][7][8]
  4. Son, George Dallas RAFFENSPERGER, (5 Sep 1845, PA—19 Feb 1933, Newport, Perry, PA), of Juniata township. [3][5][7][8]
  5. Son, William Hiram RAFFENSPERGER, (24 Apr 1849, Perry, PA—29 Oct 1897 or 1869) [4][5][6][7][8]
  6. Son, Isaac Newton RAFFENSPERGER, (1854, PA—?), of Kansas [3][4][5][8]
  7. Son, Samuel L. RAFFENSPERGER, (22 Jun 1857, PA—30 Oct 1916, Decatur Twp, Clearfield, PA) [3][4][5][8]

Life: Post-Marriage

  • 1860: A Elizabeth RAFFENSPERGER lived in Juniata Township, Perry, PA at age 40 (1820), of PA. She lived with: [3]
  1. Husband, William RAFFENSPERGER, age 43 (1817), of PA. A stone mason.
  2. Son, John RAFFENSPERGER, age 17 (1843), of PA.
  3. Son, George D. RAFFENSPERGER, age 15 (1845), of PA.
  4. Son, Isaac N. RAFFENSPERGER, age 6 (1854), of PA
  5. Son, Samuel L. RAFFENSPERGER, age 3 (1857), of PA
  • 1870: A Elizabeth RAFFENSPERGER lived in Juniata Township, Perry, PA at age 54 (1816), of PA. She lived with: [4]
  1. Husband, William RAFFENSPERGER, age 60 (1810), of PA. A stone mason.
  2. Son, William H. RAFFENSPERGER, age 21 (1849), of PA. A stone mason.
  3. Son, Isaaic N. RAFFENSPERGER, age 16 (1854), of PA
  4. Son, Samuel RAFFENSPERGER, age 13 (1857), of PA
  • Religion: Lutheran [5]

Death

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Christening/Elizabeth "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2J9-1PX : 15 February 2020), Elizabeth Frantz, 1821.
  2. 2.0 2.1 1820 Census "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY1-XZX?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-CX5%3A1586985402%2C1586985002%2C1586985476 : 16 July 2015), Pennsylvania /Perry/Juniata/image 2 of 4; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). ALSO: transcribed at http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/perry/census/1820/pg0349.txt
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 1860 US Census"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRL-7S5 : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth Raffensberger in entry for William Raffensberger, 1860.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 1870 US Census"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGB-W3K : 29 May 2021), Elizabeth Raffensberger in entry for William Raffensberger, 1870.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley/George, Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania. Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers, Illustrated. J.M. Runk and Company, (1897) Volume II, p1347 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062013602&seq=749&q1=1347
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley/William, Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania. Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers, Illustrated. J.M. Runk and Company, (1897) Volume Ii, p1347-48 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062013602&seq=750&q1=1348
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 FindAGrave/Elizabeth Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106800465/elizabeth-crist-raffensperger : accessed 14 February 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Crist Frantz Raffensperger (10 Dec 1814–27 Jan 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 106800465, citing Saint Johns Church Cemetery, Markelsville, Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Brenda (contributor 47531226) .
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 familysearch/KKG7-2R2 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KKG7-2R2
  9. Ancestry/Isaac https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/isaac-frantz-24-grqbp
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 FindAGrave/Johannes "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKP-6PVB : 31 May 2020), John, 1845; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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