Elisabeth (Getman) Saltsman (1771 - 1857)

Born 26 Dec 1771 in New York

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Saltsman — married 1 Nov 1790 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, NY

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1857 at age 85 in New York

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Biography

Per History of Montgomery County: "Johannes Saltsman, whose father came from Germany, settled on the farm of 100 acres now owned by Jeremiah Saltsman. Johannes Saltsman was born in 1767, reared on a farm and, November 1, 1791, married Elizabeth Getman (born December 26, 1772, in Palatine), who bore him two sons and two daughters. He died July 6, 1822, and she in 1857." Note, it was his grandfather who came from Germany. In the 1850 Census, she is living with her son Daniel's family in Palatine, NY. She is buried in Fort Plain Cemetery, Fort Plain, NY.

Sources

• Grave Marker (Fort Plain Cemetery, Fort Plain, NY)
• Information from Michael Bernstein, via Find-A-Grave (Find A Grave Memorial# 14421540)
• History of Montgomery County, by Washington Frothingham, Syracuse, NY, D. MASON & CO., Publishers and Printers., 1892.
• Descendants of Caspar Getman, Wayne A. Getman, Getman Family Association, 2013.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCT7-S49 : 12 April 2016), Elizabeth Saltsman in household of Daniel Saltsman, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States; citing family 248, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Early Families of Herkimer County, New York by William V.H. Barker Published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996. #3542, page 105
• The Getman Family Genealogy 1710-1974 Copyright 1975 by Borden Getman Compiled and Edited by William Laimbeer, #A7, page 21