Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameRebecca Hess
Birth1805, Donegal Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
Census21 Aug 1850, Donegal Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
Memoroll#836, pg 79
Census15 Jun 1860, Donegal Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
Memoroll#1195, pg 870
Census3 Jun 1880, Donegal Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
Memoroll#1203, pg 48
DeathWestmoreland Co, PA
BurialBerger Cem, Westmoreland Co, PA
FatherDavid Hess (1780-1862)
MotherCatherine Boyer (1784-1835)
Misc. Notes
Married Joseph Berger (1805 Schuylkill Co, PA - 4 Dec 1877 Westmoreland Co, PA)
They are listed in 1850 as Joseph Barger (45, PA) a farmer and Rebecka (45, PA) with children William (15), Elias (13), Michael (9), Joseph H. (6), and Rebecka (3). Also with them is his father Godfrey (77, PA).
Recorded then as Joseph Bergor (indexed as Berger) in 1860 with Rebecca (54, PA) and children Elias (21), Michael (19), Joseph (16), Rebecca (13) and granddaughter Susan Mourer (6). Their son William W. Bargor is listed after them on the census roll, with his family.
Rebecca (74, PA) is widowed and listed as mother of Joseph H. Burger (36, PA) with his family in 1880. Joseph is a farmer with his wife Catherine (32, PA), 4 sons and 4 daughters.
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