Andrew married HOUSEHOLDER, Lena on 13 Feb 1879. Lena (daughter of HAUSHALTER, Debold and ZEHR, Maria) was born on 13 Jun 1855 in Illinois, USA; died on 4 May 1933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Herald of Truth Obituaries, Mennonite paper. It was interesting to see that in 1886 they still spelled the name Haushalter. That site is http://mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/1886/feb1886.html HAUSHALTER - On the 14th of January, in Eureka, Woodford Co., Ill., Debold Haushalter, aged 69 years, 2 months and 4 days. He was the father of eight children, thirty-four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was born in Alsace, Lorraine, in 1816. On the 8th of May, 1838, he was married to Maria Zehr, with whom he lived forty-eight years to the time of his death. He enjoyed good health until the last year of his life. On the 14th of January, as he was about to rise, he fell back and died in fifteen minutes. He was highly respected. Funeral services were held by Christian Reeser, P. Zimmerman and others. ********************************************* Niederbetschdorf and Oberbetschdorf were 2 small villages that are now combined and called Betschdorf. The civil records are in Niederbetschdorf and the church records are on Oberbetschdorf.

Debold married ZEHR, Maria on 8 May 1838 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Maria (daughter of ZEHR, Joseph and VERLE, Magdalina) was born on 25 Sep 1816 in Germany; died on 28 Jun 1896 in Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois; was buried in (Roanoke Menonite Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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HOUSEHALTER.-Maria Zehr was born on the 25th of September 1816, in Lorraine, France, was married on the 8th of May 1838, to Theobald Househalter. The union was blessed with eleven children, of whom eight survive, also fifty-six grandchildren, and twenty-two great-grandchildren, who with many other relatives and friends mourn their loss. She died on the 28th of June 1896, near Eureka, Woodford Co., Ill., and her remains were laid away on the 30th in the Roanoke graveyard. Appropriate services were held by Valentine Strubhar at the house and by Michael Kinsinger, Emanuel Hartman and John Schmitt at the meeting house. She was a faithful member of the Amish branch of our church and bore her afflictions with fortitude, longing for her release.

Birth:
Alsace, Lorraine, France

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Niederbetschdorf and Oberbetschdorf were 2 small villages that are now combined and called Betschdorf. The civil records are in Niederbetschdorf and the church records are on Oberbetschdorf.

Theobold married GREINER, Dorothe on 7 Apr 1813 in Oberbetschdorf. Dorothe (daughter of GREINER, Georg Heinrich and BRAUNIN, Anna Catharine) was born on 1 Nov 1791 in Niederbetschdorf Bas Rhin Alsace, France; died on 30 Aug 1873 in Forward Township Butler County, Pennsylvania; was buried in New Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania (St. John?s Burry Church Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niederbetschdorf and Oberbetschdorf were 2 small villages that are now combined and called Betschdorf. The civil records are in Niederbetschdorf and the church records are on Oberbetschdorf.

Joseph married VERLE, Magdalina. Magdalina was born about 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]