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Rebecca <I>Griste</I> Fischer

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Rebecca Griste Fischer

Birth
Death
1855 (aged 87–88)
Burial
Auburn, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Wife of Johann Fischer.

Rebecca's estate file lists these heirs: eldest son John Fisher; daughter Elizabeth, wife of Henry Shollenberger; children of her deceased daughter Rebecca, wife of Isaac Gross: Isaac Gross, Washington Gross and Matilda, wife of Eugene Holtzer; children of her deceased daughter Catharine, wife of Samuel Hoffman: William, Eli, Joel, Elisha, Josephine and Catharine Hoffman (the last three were minors); child of her deceased daughter Mary, wife of Charles Kepley: Caroline, wife of Henry Woomer.

Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, edited by Henry W. Ruoff, published by Rush, West and Company 1893 - Philadelphia, Pa, Page 651:

"[Charles'] grandfather, John Fisher was a native of Long Swamp township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, born about the year 1780, and removed to Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, shortly after his marriage. He was married to Rebecca Greissinger, who was born January 16, 1767, and died at the age of over eighty- eight years. He was a farm laborer, and died near Orwigsburg. Through this marriage five children were born, — one son and four daughters. "
Wife of Johann Fischer.

Rebecca's estate file lists these heirs: eldest son John Fisher; daughter Elizabeth, wife of Henry Shollenberger; children of her deceased daughter Rebecca, wife of Isaac Gross: Isaac Gross, Washington Gross and Matilda, wife of Eugene Holtzer; children of her deceased daughter Catharine, wife of Samuel Hoffman: William, Eli, Joel, Elisha, Josephine and Catharine Hoffman (the last three were minors); child of her deceased daughter Mary, wife of Charles Kepley: Caroline, wife of Henry Woomer.

Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, by Samuel T. Wiley, edited by Henry W. Ruoff, published by Rush, West and Company 1893 - Philadelphia, Pa, Page 651:

"[Charles'] grandfather, John Fisher was a native of Long Swamp township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, born about the year 1780, and removed to Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, shortly after his marriage. He was married to Rebecca Greissinger, who was born January 16, 1767, and died at the age of over eighty- eight years. He was a farm laborer, and died near Orwigsburg. Through this marriage five children were born, — one son and four daughters. "


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