John George Matter (1771 - 1855)

Born 16 Jan 1771 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Died 11 Oct 1855 at age 84 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

JOHN GEORGE MATTER was born on 16 Jan 1771 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 11 Oct 1855 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Anna Catharina Romberger, daughter of Balthaser Romberger and Anna Maria Bricker, on 10 Sep 1792 in Pennsylvania. She was born in 1777 in New Holland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She died on 24 Oct 1851 in Pennsylvania.

John George Matter and Anna Catharina Romberger had the following children:

1. MICHAEL MATTER was born on 12 Apr 1794 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He died on 14 Jan 1880 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania (Burial Date: 14 Jan 1880 Burial Place: Berrysburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania). He married Sarah Crum in 1816 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. She was born on 04 Mar 1799 in Pennsylvania. She died on 10 Jun 1876 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
2. JOHANNES MATTER was born on 25 Oct 1795 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He died in 1796 in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio.
3. JOSEPH MATTER was born on 16 May 1797 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He died in 1842 in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He married (1) SUSANNA RITZMAN, daughter of Peter Ritzman and Catharina Kern, in 1814. She was born on 27 Feb 1799 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania She died on 22 Oct 1821 in Berrysburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He married (2) CATHARINA "KATIE" SCHUPP SHOOP in 1823 in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. She was born on 12 Mar 1804 in Lykens Valley, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. She died on 19 Aug 1879 in Novinger, Adair, Missouri.
4. GEORGE MATTER was born on 11 Jun 1798 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He died on 15 Jun 1872 in Napoleon, Henry, Ohio.
5. DANIEL MATTER TWIN was born on 04 Feb 1801 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
6. ANNA CATHARINA MATTER TWIN was born on 04 Feb 1801 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. She died in 1838 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
7. ANNA MARIA MATTER was born on 04 Feb 1803 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. She died in 1838 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. She married Abraham Miller, son of Balthaser Miller and Barbara Witman, in 1817. He was born on 04 Dec 1799 in Lykens, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He died on 01 Feb 1867 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
8. BALTHASAR/BOLSER MATTER MOTTER was born on 04 Feb 1805 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He died on 03 Jan 1880 in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio. He married (1) BARBARA MOTTER (UNKNOWN MAIDEN NAME) * in 1827. She was born in 1805. She died in 1829 in Pennsylvania. He married (2) SARAH PHILLIPS * in 1832. She was born in 1810 in Pennsylvania. She died in 1844 in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio. He married (3) SUSANNAH SINGER on 23 Jul 1846 in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio. She was born in 1828 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. She died in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio.
9. ELIZABETH MATTER was born on 21 Aug 1807 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
10. SALOME MATTER was born on 15 Jul 1810 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
11. JONAS MATTER was born on 06 Jul 1812 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He died in 1887.
12. JACOB MATTER was born on 04 Nov 1814 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He died on 24 Jul 1816 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
13. HANNA MATTER was born on 26 Nov 1817 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. She died on 28 Nov 1880 in Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Married Henry Martin (1812 - 1891),
14. SUSANNA MATTER was born on 11 May 1831 in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. She died on 20 Mar 1882 in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Married Jacob Rowe (1812 - 1894).

He is buried in the Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States of America^[1]

Will of John George Matter

Census

1820 Mifflin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States^[2]

1830 Mifflin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States^[3]

1840 Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States^[4]

1850 Washington, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States^[5]

Notes

There are many confusions in the Matter line that need to be investigated carefully. Due to many having the same first name and going by middle name which is tradition they have been confused. Some have combined the wives of various brothers to one and hence cause confusion.

John George Matter was married to 5 women.

Catherina Eicholz 0 children

Anna Maria Mater 13 children ( Married to John Michael not George)

Elizabeth Berger 9 children (Married to JOHANNES "JOHN" MATTER)

Catharina Bitterman 5 children (Married to JOHANNES JACOB MATTER)

Anna Catharina Romberger 5 children actual wife of this George.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #28335646
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL4-BXG : 16 July 2015), George Matter, 1820.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH57-X1N : 18 August 2015), George Matter, Mifflin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 151, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 151; FHL microfilm 20,625.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTY-25B : 24 August 2015), George Matter, Mifflin Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 349, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 456; FHL microfilm 20,543.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HC-K16 : accessed 14 April 2016), George Mattes, Washington, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 716, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).