Jacob S. Bortz and Anna M. Gangaware

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Husband Jacob S. Bortz ¹

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           Born: 12 Nov 1816 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Bortz (1790-1865) 2
         Mother: Anna M. Fry (1794-1874) 2

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       Marriage: 1 May 1848 1

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Wife Anna M. Gangaware ¹

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Children

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1 F Leah Bortz ^{1 3}

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         Spouse: William Zahniser (1830-1894) 1 3
           Marr: 1870 3

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2 M Aaron G. Bortz ¹

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         Spouse: Maggie H. Bye (      -      ) 1

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3 F Sarah Bortz ¹

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         Spouse: William Bartholomew (      -      ) 1

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4 F Phyette Bortz ¹

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         Spouse: Edward Zimmerman (      -      ) 1

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5 F Lucinda H. Bortz ^{1 4}

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         Spouse: Ephraim Zahniser (1861-      ) 1 4
           Marr: 1880 4

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6 M Martin L. Bortz ¹

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7 M John J. Bortz ¹

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8 F Lydia S. Bortz ¹

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9 F Ella E. Bortz ¹

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10 F Phoebe R. Bortz ¹

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11 M Elias M. Bortz ¹

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12 F Rachel R. Bortz ¹

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13 F Anna M. Bortz ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob S. Bortz

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After marriage, they located on a farm in Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, PA, which he purchased at the orphan’s court sale. Here they lived until 1854, when he bought the homestead in Lackawannock Township, of his father.

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General Notes: Wife - Anna M. Gangaware

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from Pymatuning Twp, Mercer Co, PA

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 880.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 802, 880.

3 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 96.

4 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 98.