Rebecca (Hummel) Meiser (1842 - abt. 1921)

Born 15 Jun 1842 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died about 11 Dec 1921 at about age 79 in Meiserville, Chapman Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States

This profile is part of the Meiser Name Study.

Biography

Rebecca Hummel was born in 1842, the daughter of David and Elizabeth (Nye) Hummel.^[1]

In 1850 Rebecca was 8 and living with her parents David and Elizabeth Hummel in Pennsylvania. ^[2]

In 1880, Rebecca Meiser, 38, lived in Chapman Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, with her husband Joseph Meiser, a farmer, and 6 children Meiser children.^[3]

Their daughter Maria married in 1896. ^[4]

In 1900, Rebecca Meiser, listed as a 51 year old widow, lived in Chapman Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, with three children and a grandson (Clarence D Good).^[5] Was Clarence's mother Alice??

Her daughter Ella married in 1901. ^[6]

In 1920 she was 77 and living with her 48 year old daughter Alice in Pennsylvania. ^[7]

Rebecca passed away in Dec 1921^[1] and her obituary appeared in The Selinsgrove (Pennsylvania) Times-Tribune on January 5, 1922 (p 8, col 3-4).^[8]

"Mrs. Rebecca Meiser died at her home in Meiserville, December 11 [NOTE December 14, per death certificate, but grave marker also gives December 11], aged 79 years. She was married to Joseph Meiser in 1870. To this union were born six children. Two children and her husband preceded her in death.

"She is survived by Wm. H., of Newport; Mrs Jerome Hornberger, Milton, Mrs. C.A. Fisher, of Camden, N.J.; Alice M [Shotzberger] at home, and these step-children: Henry, of Meiserville; Thomas, of Montgomery; Reuben, of Northumberland; Mrs. J. P Wendt, of Meiserville; and Mrs. Kate Moyer, of Aline.

"Funeral services were held Thursday, December 15, at Grubb's Church. Rev. E. E. Gilbert, officiating."

Rebecca is buried in the Grubbs Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder, Pennsylvania. ^{[9] [10]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Paywall "Pennsylvania Death Certificates (1906-1967)": Rebecca Meiser; b 15 June 1842; d 14 December 1921; Chapman Township, Snyder County Certificate #117758 Ancestry.com (Image)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HR-RLS : 1 March 2020), Rebacca Hummel in household of David Hummel, Union, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 211, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVZ-12G : accessed 31 January 2016), David Meiser in household of Joseph Meiser, Chapman, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 149, sheet 81A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1194; FHL microfilm 1,255,194.

   Joseph Meiser, 53; Rebecca Meiser, 38; Thomas Meiser, 20; Reuben Meiser, 18; David Meiser, 14; Alice Meiser; 8; Maria Meiser, 6; Albert Meiser, 4. Philip Bitting, a 35 year old saddler, was a boarder with the family. All were born in Pennsylvania, as were their parents.

4. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF4C-NP2 : 7 January 2020), Meiser in entry for Jerom M. Hornberger and Mariah Meiser, 27 Jan 1896; citing Marriage, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M34M-818 : accessed 7 January 2016), William A Meiser in household of Rebecca Meiser, ChapmanTownship, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 176, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,481.

   Rebecca Meiser, 51 b. June 1849; Alice M Meiser, a 30 year old private nurse b. May 1870; William A Meiser, a 25 year old lumber dealer b. April 1875; Ellen M Meiser, a 19 year old servant b. April 1881; grandson Clarance D Good, 7 b. June 1892. All were born in Pennsylvania. The David Meiser family is enumerated immediately below Rebecca's family.

6. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF4C-5FY : 7 January 2020), Rebecca Meiser in entry for Cloyd A. Fisher and Ella M. Meiser, 5 Mar 1901; citing Marriage, Freeburg, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF15-BRY : accessed 4 March 2020), Rebecca Meiser, Chapman, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 158, sheet 6B, line 68, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1653; FHL microfilm 1,821,653.
8. ↑ Paywall Newspapers.com (Impossible to clip)
9. ↑ Joseph A. Meiser, Jr., compiler. A Genealogy Of The Meisser Family. Lancaster, PA: Meiser Genealogy Association, printed by Forrey and Hacker, 1975. Internet Archive Pages 336
10. ↑ "Rebecca Hummel Meiser (1842-1921)": Find A Grave: Memorial #111497156(Grave marker pictured; Family links)

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/G9V9-KWM