Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George Beaver and Catharine Kieffer




Husband George Beaver 1 2 3

           Born: 1 May 1755 - Chester Co, PA 1 4
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           Died:  - Upper Strasburg, Franklin Co, PA
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         Father: George Beaver (      -      ) 1 2
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Wife Catharine Kieffer 2 3

            AKA: Barbara Keefer,1 Catharine Keefer,1 Katherine Keiffer 5
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         Father: Dewald Kieffer (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Hannah Fox (      -      ) 3 6




Children
1 M Rev. Peter Beaver 1 4 7

           Born: 25 Dec 1782 - Upper Strasburg, Franklin Co, PA 1 8
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           Died: 25 Aug 1849 - Pfoutz Valley, Perry Co, PA 1 8
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Gilbert (      -Bef 1849) 1 8
           Marr: 1801 7


2 F Mary Beaver 1 4

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         Spouse: [Unk] Gudekuntz (      -      ) 1 4


3 M Samuel Beaver 1 4

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4 F Hannah Beaver 1 4

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         Spouse: [Unk] Gudekuntz (      -      ) 1 4


5 F Elizabeth "Betsey" Beaver 1 4

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         Spouse: [Unk] Edwards (      -      ) 1 4


6 F Margaret "Peggy" Beaver 1 4

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         Spouse: [Unk] Gudekuntz (      -      ) 1 4


7 M George Beaver 1 4

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           Died: 1868 - Shippensburg, Cumberland Co, PA 1 4
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8 F Sarah Beaver 1 4

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         Spouse: [Unk] Delaney (      -      ) 1 4


9 M David Beaver 1 4

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10 F [Unk] Beaver

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11 F [Unk] Beaver

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12 F [Unk] Beaver

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General Notes: Husband - George Beaver


He was a Revolutionary War soldier. He enlisted in Capt. Thomas Church's Company, of the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion, Col. Anthony Wayne, and served in the Second Canada Expedition, in 1776. He was afterward a captain in the 6th Battalion, Berks County Associators, in 1778. and in the 1st Battalion, in 1780. After the Revolution he settled near Strasburg, in Franklin County.

He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and removed to Franklin County, settling at Keefers church, near Strasburg, where he died.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 1283.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 466.

3 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 112.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 467.

5 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 206.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 465.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1275.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 472.


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