Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Gottshall Gottshall and Elizabeth Ziegler




Husband Gottshall Gottshall 1

            AKA: Godshalk Godshalk,2 3 Godshall Godshall 4
           Born: 8 Apr 1753 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Mar 1824 1 3
         Buried: 


         Father: William Gottshall (      -1781) 1
         Mother: Gertrude Hunsicker (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 



Wife Elizabeth Ziegler 2 3 4

           Born: 1761 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1847 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Dillman Ziegler (Abt 1734-Bef 1797) 2 5
         Mother: Barbara Lederach (1739-1807) 6




Children
1 M William Z. Gottshall 8

            AKA: William Godshalk,7 William Godshall,4 D. H. Gottshall
           Born: 25 Aug 1784 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Mar 1875 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Magdalena Hunsperger (1787-1864)
           Marr: 18 Oct 1807 8


2 M Dillman Z. Gottshall 8

            AKA: Dillman Godshalk,9 Dillman Godshall 4
           Born: 26 Mar 1787 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Oct 1860 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hannah Umstead (      -1867) 7 8


3 F [Unk] Gottshall 8

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Gottshall Gottshall

Lower Salford Twp, Montgomery Co, PA; Schwenksville, Montgomery Co, PA

He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

After the death of his father, William, he purchased land in Frederick Township, near Schwenksville, and moved there in 1781. He purchased land from time to time until he owned 400 acres. Most of this land had belonged to the Perkiomen Copper Mine Company, chartered by Act of Assembly in 1772. At his death he had left 246 acres of land. This was equally divided between his two sons, Dillman and William.

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Sources


1 Rev. N. B. Grubb, A Genealogical History of the Gottshall Family (Gottshall Family Association, 1924), Pg 16.

2 Jacob Andrew Strassburger, The Strassburger Family and Allied Families of Pennsylvania (Gwynedd Valley, PA: Privately printed, 1922), Pg 440.

3 Gertrude Mohlin Ziegler, The Ziegler Family and Related Families in Pennsylvania (Zelienople, PA: Charles Campbell Printing Co., 1970), Pg 96.

4 Daniel Kolb Cassel, A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp Family (Norristown, PA: Morgan R. Wills, Publisher, 1895), Pg 490.

5 Daniel Kolb Cassel, A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp Family (Norristown, PA: Morgan R. Wills, Publisher, 1895), Pg 489.

6 Gertrude Mohlin Ziegler, The Ziegler Family and Related Families in Pennsylvania (Zelienople, PA: Charles Campbell Printing Co., 1970), Pg 94.

7 Gertrude Mohlin Ziegler, The Ziegler Family and Related Families in Pennsylvania (Zelienople, PA: Charles Campbell Printing Co., 1970), Pg 99.

8 Rev. N. B. Grubb, A Genealogical History of the Gottshall Family (Gottshall Family Association, 1924), Pg 17.

9 Gertrude Mohlin Ziegler, The Ziegler Family and Related Families in Pennsylvania (Zelienople, PA: Charles Campbell Printing Co., 1970), Pg 98.


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