David Held and Christina Held

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Husband David Held ¹

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           Born: 16 Dec 1816 - Mensheim, near Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany 1
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           Died: 19 Feb 1882 - Burrell Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

       Marriage: Feb 1843 1

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Wife Christina Held ¹

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           Born:  - Mensheim, near Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany
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           Died: 6 Apr 1901 - Burrell Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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Children

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1 F Regina Held ¹

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           Born:  - Germany
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         Spouse: Joseph Frantz (      -      ) 1

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2 M George Held ¹

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           Born:  - Germany
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         Spouse: Helena Wall (      -      ) 1

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3 M Jacob Frederick Held ^{1 2}

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           Born: 11 Sep 1847 - Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany 1
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         Spouse: Mary Ann Shaeffer (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 16 Dec 1869 1

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4 M Frederick Held ¹

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           Born:  - Germany
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         Spouse: Susanna Lessig (      -      ) 1

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5 F Mary Held ¹

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           Born:  - Germany
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6 F Louisa Held ¹

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           Born:  - Manor Twp, Armstrong Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1914
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         Spouse: Samuel Kunkle (      -      ) 1

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7 M Hiram Held ¹

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           Born:  - Burrell Twp, Armstrong Co, PA
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         Spouse: Isabella Young (      -      ) 1

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8 U [Infant] Held ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
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General Notes: Husband - David Held

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He was a tailor by trade.
The family came to America in 1856, the voyage across the Atlantic taking forty-four days (they were on a sandbar not far from New York City for four days), and arrived in Gilpin township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, the autumn of that year. Later they moved to Manor township, and thence in 1862 to Burrell township, where he and his wife both died.

1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 835.

2 Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 310.