Reuben Bortz and Mary Magdalena Kamerer

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Husband Reuben Bortz ¹

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           Born: 1 Feb 1821 - Lehigh Co, PA 1
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         Father: Henry Bortz (      -Bef 1888) 1
         Mother: Susannah Litzenberger (      -Bef 1888) 1

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       Marriage: 18 Feb 1844 1

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Wife Mary Magdalena Kamerer ²

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         Father: Samuel Kamerer (1791-1863) 2 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Lininger (1789/1790-1840) 4 5

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Children

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1 M William Allen Bortz ^{3 6}

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           Born: 17 Feb 1846 - Hempfield Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Elvina Ludwig (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 4 May 1865 3

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2 F Helen Bortz ³

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3 F Wilhelmina Bortz ³

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4 M Marcus Bortz ³

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General Notes: Husband - Reuben Bortz

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In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania Militia, and served nine months. He was a shoemaker; a life-long member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics a Democrat.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1168.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 802, 1168.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1169.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 673.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 802, 1151.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 680.