Christopher Winter and Catherine Schaeffer

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Husband Christopher Winter ¹

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           Born:  - Rhine-Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany
     Christened: 
           Died:  - ? Donegal Twp, Washington Co, PA
         Buried:  - Zion Chapel [Washington Co, PA?]

       Marriage: 

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Wife Catherine Schaeffer ²

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            AKA: Katharine Schaffer,3 Catharine Shaffer 4
           Born:  - Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died:  - ? Donegal Twp, Washington Co, PA
         Buried:  - Zion Chapel [Washington Co, PA?]

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Children

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1 M John Winter ⁴

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         Spouse: [Unk] Fremmer (      -      ) 4

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2 M David Winter ^{2 4}

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           Born:  - Donegal Twp, Washington Co, PA
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         Spouse: Elizabeth McCoy (      -      ) 2 4

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3 M Samuel Winter ⁴

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         Spouse: Catharine Ravenaught (      -      ) 4

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4 M Rev. Jacob Winter ⁵

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         Spouse: Catharine Miller (      -      ) 5

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5 M Christopher Winter, Jr. ⁴

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         Spouse: Catharine Simmons (      -      ) 6

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6 F Catharine Winter ⁴

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         Spouse: [Unk] Simmer (      -      ) 4

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7 F Elizabeth Winter ^{4 7}

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           Died: 1860 - Washington Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Samuel Sheller (      -1838) 4 8

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8 F Mary Winter ⁴

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         Spouse: Solomon Reed (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Christopher Winter

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He was a native of Germany, whence, when a young man, he came to America, and to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a tract of land in Donegal township, before the beginning of the eighteenth century.

He emigrated from Germany to America, stopping first in Pennsylvania east of the mountains. There he married and with his wife crossed the mountains, and settled in Donegal township, Washington County. He took up a tract of land containing four hundred acres, and afterwards bought three hundred acres of the McClelland tract. The land which Christopher Winter took up was later the property of the Linvilles and David Winter. The family of Christopher Winter was four sons and four daughters.
The Winter family has been intimately associated with the church of the United Brethren in Christ.

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General Notes: Wife - Catherine Schaeffer

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She was of German ancestry. Her parents resided near Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 970, 1014.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 893, 1015.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1263.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 745.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 744, 745.

6 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 112.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 970.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 970, 1263.