Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Peter Groff
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Peter Diller
— married
1788 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 71
in Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2012
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Biography
Magdalena Engle was born about 1743. She married first Peter Groff, and second (before 1788) Peter Diller. [1]
Magdalena Diller died 15 March 1814. She is buried in the Diller Mennonite Cemeterey in Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Her gravestone reads, "Magdalene. Wife of Peter Diller. Died March 15 1814, aged 82 [62?] years." [2]
Research Notes
A footnote on page 88 of The Groff Book 2 gives more information about Magdalena, including several deeds that could be checked: [1]
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deeds: Q-7-98, RR-83, RR-85, and RR-89.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Groff Book, Volume 2: A Continuing Saga, by Jane Evans Best (1997), page 88.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #53045634 for Magdalene Engle Diller, buried at Diller Mennonite Church Cemetery, West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA.
- WikiTree profile Engle-205 created through the import of BaxterFamilyTree.ged on Jan 27, 2012 by Jason Baxter. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jason and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Magdalena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Magdalena:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Magdalena by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Magdalena:
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~0.78%
Raymond Johnson
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~0.39%
~3.12%
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