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Peter John Hand Rumberger

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Peter John Hand Rumberger Veteran

Birth
Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
25 Mar 1910 (aged 78)
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The son of Johannes Traut & Eva Zimmerman (Hand) Romberger, he married Matilda Kunselman and fathered George Frank (b. 07/29/54), Frank J. (b. @1855 [? - or was this George Frank?]), and Barbara Rebecca (b. 07/??/61 - married Alexander Ray). In 1860, he was a carpenter living with his family in Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Kittanning, Armstrong County, August 14, 1861, mustered into federal service there October 12 as a private with Co. B, 78th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end November 4, 1864.

By 1880, he was living in Clay County, Nebraska. Matilda's status is unknown, but he married Mary E. Everly ca. 1880 and fathered Lorena E. (b. 10/??/91). He returned to Pennsylvania and died in Harrisburg at age 78-2-7 from a "cerebral hemorrhage."
The son of Johannes Traut & Eva Zimmerman (Hand) Romberger, he married Matilda Kunselman and fathered George Frank (b. 07/29/54), Frank J. (b. @1855 [? - or was this George Frank?]), and Barbara Rebecca (b. 07/??/61 - married Alexander Ray). In 1860, he was a carpenter living with his family in Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Kittanning, Armstrong County, August 14, 1861, mustered into federal service there October 12 as a private with Co. B, 78th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end November 4, 1864.

By 1880, he was living in Clay County, Nebraska. Matilda's status is unknown, but he married Mary E. Everly ca. 1880 and fathered Lorena E. (b. 10/??/91). He returned to Pennsylvania and died in Harrisburg at age 78-2-7 from a "cerebral hemorrhage."

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aged 78y 2m 7d; 53 Regt Pa Vol Inf



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