Susan (Kirstaetter) Weikel (1806 - 1868)

Born 9 Sep 1806 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Weikel — married about 1832 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1868 at age 61 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Susanna Kerstetter was born in 1806 at Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.^[1] She was baptized in 1807. Susanna Kerstetter was the daughter of Leonhardt Kerstetter and Susanna Gerhard.

Susanna Kerstetter was married to Peter Weikel circa 1832.^[2] They were raising their large family in Coal Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania at the 1850 Census. The children in that household are as follows:

Charles Weikel

Eliza Weikel

Daniel Weikel

Lydia Weikel Wary^[3] whose family was living with her parents at the 1860 Census.

Annette Weikel

Peter Weikel

Susanna Kerstetter and Peter Weikel still had a large household at the 1860 Census.^[4] At that time, the family was located at the Cameron Township in Northumberland County.

Susanna Kerstetter Weikel passed away in 1868.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2FH-NCX : 27 January 2020), Leonhardt Kersteter in entry for Susanna Kersteter, 1807.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CC-J27 : 31 January 2023), Susan Weickel in household of Peter Weickel, Coal Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX5J-39Z : 31 January 2023), Lidia Whery in entry for Peter Weikle, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX5J-397 : 31 January 2023), Susanna Wherkle in entry for Peter Wherkle, 1860.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53169223/susanna-weikel: accessed 08 June 2023), memorial page for Susanna Kerstetter Weikel (10 Sep 1806–14 Oct 1868), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53169223, citing United Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Gowen City, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Grave Hunters (contributor 46978735).