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Johann George DeLang

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Johann George DeLang

Birth
Bowers, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1865 (aged 85–86)
Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
Burial
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Research notes:

!BIRTH:
Born 2 (sic) Aug 1779.
Records; Delong's Reformed Church; Bowers; Maxatawny Twsp; Berks Co PA.
Berks Co Ch Recs of the 18th Century; Wright; pub. 1993; Vol.2 p.254.
Born 3 (sic) Aug 1779.
PA Births Berks Co 1710-1780; Humphrey; pub. 1997; p.59.

!CHRISTENING:
Baptized 26 Sep 1779.
Recs; Delong's Ref Ch; Bowers; Maxatawny Twsp; Berks Co PA.
PA Births Berks Co 1710-1780; Humphrey; pub. 1997; p.59.
Name was recorded as Joh. Georg De Lang.
Parents were recorded as Henrich De Lang and Susanna.
Berks Co Ch Recs of the 18th Century; Wright; pub. 1993; Vol.2 p.254.
Name was recorded as John George De Lang.
Parents were recorded as Henry De Lang and Susanna.
Sponsors were recorded as Henry Sowatch and Esther.
Research note: The sponsors/witnesses were the maternal grandparents of the child. The sponsor's surname could be a phonetic corruption of the family name Savage/Sauvage based on other sibling's baptism records. The family name is also found spelled as Sowash.

!MARRIAGE:
George Delong was married to a Susannah per 1850 census of Botetourt Co VA.
There is a record of a George Delong marrying on 6 Apr 1798 to Susannah Drescher in Berkeley Co WV (then part of VA) per WV Marriage Index 1785-1971. That marriage record could be for this family unit.

!CENSUS:
Married and head of household in 1850 census of Botetourt Co VA.
1850; District 8; Botetourt Co VA; George Delong, 74, farmer, $3625, born in PA; Susannah, 72, born in PA; Margaret, 48, born in VA; David, 45, farmer, born in VA; Christiana, 30, born in VA; George W. Pribble, 30, farmer, born in VA; and George Deaton, 15, born in VA.
Apparently a widower in 1860 census of Botetourt Co VA.
1860; Botetourt Co VA; indexed as George Dayley [actually reads as George Day Lang which phonetically is George Delang], age 83, farmer, born in VA (sic, an error), blind; Christiana, 34, born in VA; and David, 48, born in VA.

!DEATH:
Surmised to have died about 1865.
Died after 1860 census of Botetourt Co VA as he is not found in further censuses.

Above from research to date (2022) for Johann George Delang, aka Geroge Delong, done by Charles Kerchner, Emmaus PA, USA: http://www.kerchner.com/surnames.htm
Research notes:

!BIRTH:
Born 2 (sic) Aug 1779.
Records; Delong's Reformed Church; Bowers; Maxatawny Twsp; Berks Co PA.
Berks Co Ch Recs of the 18th Century; Wright; pub. 1993; Vol.2 p.254.
Born 3 (sic) Aug 1779.
PA Births Berks Co 1710-1780; Humphrey; pub. 1997; p.59.

!CHRISTENING:
Baptized 26 Sep 1779.
Recs; Delong's Ref Ch; Bowers; Maxatawny Twsp; Berks Co PA.
PA Births Berks Co 1710-1780; Humphrey; pub. 1997; p.59.
Name was recorded as Joh. Georg De Lang.
Parents were recorded as Henrich De Lang and Susanna.
Berks Co Ch Recs of the 18th Century; Wright; pub. 1993; Vol.2 p.254.
Name was recorded as John George De Lang.
Parents were recorded as Henry De Lang and Susanna.
Sponsors were recorded as Henry Sowatch and Esther.
Research note: The sponsors/witnesses were the maternal grandparents of the child. The sponsor's surname could be a phonetic corruption of the family name Savage/Sauvage based on other sibling's baptism records. The family name is also found spelled as Sowash.

!MARRIAGE:
George Delong was married to a Susannah per 1850 census of Botetourt Co VA.
There is a record of a George Delong marrying on 6 Apr 1798 to Susannah Drescher in Berkeley Co WV (then part of VA) per WV Marriage Index 1785-1971. That marriage record could be for this family unit.

!CENSUS:
Married and head of household in 1850 census of Botetourt Co VA.
1850; District 8; Botetourt Co VA; George Delong, 74, farmer, $3625, born in PA; Susannah, 72, born in PA; Margaret, 48, born in VA; David, 45, farmer, born in VA; Christiana, 30, born in VA; George W. Pribble, 30, farmer, born in VA; and George Deaton, 15, born in VA.
Apparently a widower in 1860 census of Botetourt Co VA.
1860; Botetourt Co VA; indexed as George Dayley [actually reads as George Day Lang which phonetically is George Delang], age 83, farmer, born in VA (sic, an error), blind; Christiana, 34, born in VA; and David, 48, born in VA.

!DEATH:
Surmised to have died about 1865.
Died after 1860 census of Botetourt Co VA as he is not found in further censuses.

Above from research to date (2022) for Johann George Delang, aka Geroge Delong, done by Charles Kerchner, Emmaus PA, USA: http://www.kerchner.com/surnames.htm


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