Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert Robinson Elder and Sarah Sherer




Husband Robert Robinson Elder 1 2

           Born: 8 Oct 1793 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Apr 1858 - near Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA


         Father: James Elder (1763-1813) 1 4 5
         Mother: Martha Robinson (1772-1812) 1 4 5


       Marriage: 8 Jun 1824 6

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Galbraith Elder (1806-1862) 1 7 - May 1840 3



Wife Sarah Sherer 1 8

           Born: 14 Mar 1797 or 1798 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Nov 1836 3
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA


         Father: Samuel Sherer (1755-1821) 10
         Mother: Elizabeth Barnett (1761-1816) 10




Children
1 M James Elder 3




           Born: 18 Aug 1826 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jan 1877 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rebecca Orth Whitehill (1828-1890) 3
           Marr: 2 Mar 1854 3


2 M Robert Elder 3

           Born: 2 May 1830 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Mar 1861 3
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA



3 F Martha Elder 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Samuel Hemphill Wallace (      -      ) 3


4 F Sarah Elder 11

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Montgomery Forster (      -      ) 11


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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 503.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 199.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 209.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 192.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 960.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 72.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 197.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 72, 199, 209.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 72, 209.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 65.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 209, 258.


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