Maria Gertraut (Harter) Weiss (1775 - 1840)

Born 23 Apr 1775 in , Luzerne, Pa

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Died 18 Dec 1840 at age 65 in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

• From the book,History of the Wapwallopen Region,written by the Wapwallopen Historical Society and Published by Boyles Print Shop,Nescopeck,Pa in 1964. Pg 41 in the family biographies section,

In the baptismal records of Schlosser's Reformed Church, North Whitehall Township are listed the children of Martin and Christina Maurer Harter: Maria Catherina, born June 23, 1771, married Freder- ickHandwerk, later moved to Fairfield County, Ohio; Maria Gertraut, born April 23. 1775, married first Philip Fenstermacher and later Michael Weiss ; Johann Michael, born August 14, 1776, married first Maria Eva Handwerk and later Eva Koch, resided in Heidelberg Township; Maria Elisabeth, born August 17, 1778, married August .30, 1796 George Fenstermacher in Heidelberg Township; Martin, born December 4, 1786, married Catherine Bittenbender and lived in Nesco- peck Township; Anna Maria, born May 10, 1783, married Jacob Bittenbender (see Bittenbender). The Lutheran records of Heidelberg Church lists a son, Jacob, born May 19, 1791. He married Rachel Hess and lived in both Nescopeck and Salem Townships. (See Jacob Harter.)

• Fact: Burial Old Wapwallopen, Nescopeck, Luzerne, PA

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 November 2017, 00:27), entry for Maria Gertraut Harter(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKRF-TB3); contributed by various users.