Maria (Moyer) Hunsberger (1800 - 1885)

Born 9 Apr 1800 in Pennsylvania, USA

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Died 2 Oct 1885 at age 85 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Mary Moyer, daughter of Heinrich Moyer (1774-1857) and Salome Stover (1771-1855), was born on 9 April 1800. She married Jacob Hunsberger (1788-1878), an elder in the Mennonite Church.^[1] They were the parents of :

1. Salome (1820-1892) m. Samuel W. Moyer ^[1]
2. Esther b.1824 m. Abraham F. Moyer ^[1]
3. Mary m. Enos W. Moyer ^[1]
4. Anna m. (1) Abraham G. Moyer (2) William S. Moyer ^[1]
5. Henry (1831-1873) m. Anna S. Angeny ^[1]

Mary died on 2 Oct 1885 ^[1] and is buried in the Booming Glen Mennonite Meetinghouse Graveyard in Bucks, PA.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Fretz, Abraham James. "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers: Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches, Illustrated with Eighty-seven Portraits and Other Illustrations" p.260. Harleysville, Pennsylvania: News Printing House, 1896. (Available online at Google Books.)
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115402297/maria-hunsberger: accessed 08 July 2023), memorial page for Maria Moyer Hunsberger (9 Apr 1800–2 Oct 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115402297, citing Blooming Glen Mennonite Meetinghouse Graveyard, Blooming Glen, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Tom Myers (contributor 47272121). Entry includes image of grave marker which appears to be original and carries a German language inscription which is still legible.

See also :

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPC-852 : 30 December 2015), Mary Hunsberger in entry for Jacob Hunsberger, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZLY-W46 : 17 October 2014), Mary Hunsberger in household of Jacob Hunsberger, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 48, family 389, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,812.