ISO parents of Salome Lauer Gerhard (1751-1821) Berks, PA, USA

Question

b. 23 Dec 1751 • Stouchsburg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA

d. 26 May 1821 • Wernersville, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA

buried: St. John's Cemetery, Wernersville, Berks, PA, USA

m. Johann Peter Gerhard (1744-1813) from Zweibruchen, Deutchland; arr. 1764; Pvt. in Rev War

Sons: Mathias, Henry, Peter, John, Dennis, Bastian

Daughter: Catharina m. Jacob Gaul

Children baptized in Cacusi (Hain's) Reformed Church, Lower Heidelberg, Berks, PA, USA

1801 Husband purchased Lauer-Gerhard farm (images LOC) from George Kalmbach, who purchased from: Adam Kalmbach - Christian Lauer - Michael Lauer - John Adams - William Penn.

Have exhausted Ancestry, no similar profiles or DNA matches here on WikiTree; cannot hook her up to extensive Berks Co Lauer family.

Answer 1

You can try applications for Sons of the American Revolution. One of her descendants, Herbert Gerhard, files under her name. Check Lauer men who served from Berks,PA. Possibly Major Johann Christian Lauer.

Comments

The problem with Johann Christian Lauer is that he has another child born the same year. Could be twins, I suppose?  JCL is very well documented due to his group keeping a diary of their crossing and his sisters' marriages to Thiess and Ruth. There is no mention of Salome.

Answer 2

 

Source Citation for U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

 

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

 

Name	Salome Lauer
Birth Date	24 Dec 1751
Death Date	26 May 1821
SAR Membership	60648
Role	Ancestor
Application Date	15 Jul
Spouse	Peter Gerhart
Children	Peter Gerhart
Household Members	Name Age Herbert B Gerhart   Amelia Lambert   Calvin E Gerhart   Caroline Werner   John Peter Gerhart   Eva Catherine Seibert   Benjamin Gerhart   Catherine Gaul   Peter Gerhart   Salome Lauer   Peter Gerhart

 

Answer 3

This doesn't answer your question, but found this on her husband:

https://archive.org/stream/historyofstjohns00kers/historyofstjohns00kers_djvu.txt

John Peter Gerhard, who came to America in 1764, gave a 
long line of descendants to the Hain's Congregation. His home- 
stead was the farm until lately owned by Adam Gerhart, with the 
large farm adjoining owned by Edwin G. Ruth (tenanted by Jo- 
seph Sheidy) , and the land comprised in the tract owned by John 
Gerhard (tenant, Clyde Schell). The present barn on the Adam 
Gerhart farm was built by the ancestor Peter, though this tract 
was not his first homestead in America. The Arbogast family 
was the first owner of these hills and meadows later tilled by the 
Gerharts. The name is mentioned in the earlier baptismal rec- 
ords of the Hain's Congregation, but is now extinct in the neigh- 
borhood. The family in early times married into the Reber 
family.