Sarah (Fenstermacher) Bittenbender (1839 - 1905)

Born 26 Oct 1839 in Salem Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Aaron Bittenbender — married 13 Dec 1859 in Hollenback, Luzerne, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1905 at age 65 in Hobbie, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Sarah Fenstermacher was born on 26 Oct 1839 in Salem, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, USA as the fifth child of William Fenstermacher and Margaret Hess. She had seven siblings, namely: Aaron, Catharine, Maria, Savilla, Permelia, Michael, and Maria Margaret. She died on 01 Jan 1905 in Hobbie, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA. When she was 20, she married Aaron Bittenbender,son of John Bittenbender and Margaret, on 13 Dec 1859 in Hollenback, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA.^[1]

Sarah Fenstermacher lived in Hollenback, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA in 1860.^[2] She lived in Hollenback, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA in 1870.^[3] She lived in Hollenback, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA in 1880.^[4] She lived in Hollenback, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA in 1900.^[5] She was buried in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA (St. Peters Cemetery).^[6]

Aaron Bittenbender and Sarah Fenstermacher had the following children:

1. Addie E Bittenbender was born about 1861 in Pennsylvania. She died in 1920.
2. Wilson Kemery Bittenbender was born on 24 Aug 1862 in Pennsylvania. He died on 26 Mar 1922 in Nescopeck, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA.
3. Milton Washington Bittenbender was born on 24 Sep 1863 in Hollenback Tsp, Pennsylvania. He died on 25 Feb 1942 in Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA.
4. Harvey Ellsworth Bittenbender was born on 07 May 1866 in Hollenback T, Pennsylvania. He died on 28 Jun 1950 in Hobbie, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA.
5. Laura Minerva Bittenbender was born on 14 Jul 1870 in Pennsylvania, United States of America. She died on 06 Dec 1897 in Pennsylvania, USA.
6. Frances Rebecca Bittenbender was born on 04 Jul 1872. Frances Rebecca died on 12 Feb 1878.
7. Calvin L Bittenbender was born in Feb 1881 in Pennsylvania. He died in Nov 1967 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ Star of the North: Marriages, Location: Pennsylvania, Publication December 21, 1859.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXTZ-692 : 30 December 2015), Sarah N Bittenbender in entry for Anthony Good, 1860.
3. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, NARA microfilm publication M593, Roll 1365, Pennsylvania, Luzerne, Hollenback, page 710B, dwelling 27, family 27, Aaron Bittenbender, Sarah Bittenbender, Adda E Bittenbender, Kemery W Bittenbender, Milton W Bittenbender, Harvy E Bittenbender; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWN4-4TZ : 16 July 2017), Sarah A Bittenbender in household of Aaron Bittenbender, Hollenback, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 99, sheet 305A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1148; FHL microfilm 1,255,148.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3QM-1C1 : accessed 4 July 2018), Sarah A Bittenbender in household of Aaron Bittenbender, Hollenback Township Hobbie village, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70, sheet 2B, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,432.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 March 2019), memorial page for Sarah Ann Fenstermacher Bittenbender (26 Oct 1839–1 Jan 1905), Find A Grave: Memorial #28474358, citing Silver Maple Cemetery, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Robert Hess (contributor 47209354) .