This Peter Shurts is NOT the Peter Bekkar Shurts born on 13 Sep 1799, and who was baptized at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldwick, New Jersey on 3 Aug 1800. It has been proven that there were TWO Peter Shurts, and the first Peter Shurts (Peter Bekker) must have died.
This Peter Shurts, who did not have a middle name, was born on 27 Dec 1803 and baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church in Lebanon New Jersey on 13 May 1804. Note that in the census records, Peter Shurts of Iowa's birth date is about 1803 or 1804.
This Peter Shurts is NOT the Peter Bekkar Shurts born on 13 Sep 1799, and who was baptized at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldwick, New Jersey on 3 Aug 1800. It has been proven that there were TWO Peter Shurts, and the first Peter Shurts (Peter Bekker) must have died.
This Peter Shurts, who did not have a middle name, was born on 27 Dec 1803 and baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church in Lebanon New Jersey on 13 May 1804. Note that in the census records, Peter Shurts of Iowa's birth date is about 1803 or 1804.
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