John Wimer - Revision history

Liz: upload photo gravestone Jonathan Wimer & Catherine Miller at Wolf Creek

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upload photo gravestone Jonathan Wimer & Catherine Miller at Wolf Creek

Liz: format correction

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Liz: gravestone of Marinda Covert wife of Isaac Finley Wimer at Wolf Creek, June 2004 Eww

2011-02-27T21:51:02Z

gravestone of Marinda Covert wife of Isaac Finley Wimer at Wolf Creek, June 2004 Eww

Liz: photo gravestone John Wimer, Wolf Creek Cem. Worth Twp Butler Co. Pa

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photo gravestone John Wimer, Wolf Creek Cem. Worth Twp Butler Co. Pa

Liz: /* Children */ spelling correction Jonathan;

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‎Children: spelling correction Jonathan;

Liz: /* Children */ death date Marinda Covert Wimer from The Wimer Family by Paul W. Myers

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‎Children: death date Marinda Covert Wimer from The Wimer Family by Paul W. Myers

Brady: create page, tree, residences, census, etc.

2011-02-27T20:50:00Z

create page, tree, residences, census, etc.

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{| class="messagebox standard-talk"
| style="padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px;"|
==NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR==
'''John Wimer'''is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways:
* Brother of [[Samuel Wimer]]
* Son of [[Christophel Wimer]] and [[Mary Sophia Snyder]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! || Date || Location || Notes || Sources
|-
| '''Birth''' || 20 Feb 1797 || Adams County PA || || [9] 
|-
| '''Marriage''' || 1824 || || To Nancy Coulter d. July 1864|| [9]
|-
| '''Death''' || 17 May 1867 ||Butler Co., PA || || [9] 
|}

= Ancestry chart segment =

''Generation 6'' ''Generation 7'' ''Generation 8''

+-- [unknown]
| (????-????)
+-- [[Christophel Wimer]] --+
| (1770-1842) |
''John Wimer'' --+ +-- [unknown]
(~1797-1867) | (????-????)
+-- [[Mary Sophia Snyder]]
(1769-1842)

Sources:
 [9] 

=Children=
(7 children with Nancy Coulter)
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources
|-
| [[ Mary Sophia Wimer]] || F || 1825 || Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.) || ||died 1845 age 19 yrs 8 mo. || [9]
|-
| [[ Nancy Wimer]] || F || ||Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.) || ||died age 11 or 12 listed as 2nd child by Paul W. Myers || [9]
|-
| [[ Isaac Finley Wimer]] || M || 29 Sept 1827 ||Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.) || m. on 1 Oct 1864 Marinda Covert (b. 6 Oct 1837) boarded at the home of John and Nancy Wimer while teaching school. || d. 29 Feb 1904 || [6][7][9]
|-
| [[ Johnathan J. Wimer]] || M || 21 Sept 1833 || Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.) || m. Catherine Miller (b. 26 Dec 1845, d. 4 Nov 1925) || d. 4 June 1897|| [6][7][9]
|-
| [[ Nancy Rebecca Wimer]] || F || 6 Oct 1836 || Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.) || m. Cyrus Alben ||d. 4 Nov 1865 || [6][9]
|-
| [[ John W. Wimer]] || M || 18 July 1840 || Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.) || never married || d. 8 June 1918|| [6][7][9]
|-
| [[ Samuel Silas Wimer]] || M || 28 Dec 1844 || Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA (now Worth Twp.) || m. Anna Katherine Link (b. 1842, d. 1935 || d. 17 Feb 1900 || [6][7[9]]
|}

=Places of Residence=
{| class="wikitable"
! Location || Dates || Notes || Sources
|-
|Adams Co. Pa, ||birth in 1797 || ||[9] 
|-
|Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA || by 1810 || assume to be with parents ||[1][9]
|-
|Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA (Note: became Worth Twp. in 1854) || by 1830 || || [5][9] 
|-
|became Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA || in 1854 || || [7][9] 
|}

=Photos=

= Sources =
{| class="wikitable"
! Ref. Num. !! Description !! Image of original

|-
!'''1'''
|'''1800 United Stes Federal Census''', Hamilton's Bunn Twp, Adams Co, PA, Pg 4. The family headed by Christopher Wimer includes: 3 males <10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10 and 1 female 26-44.
| [[Image:1800 census pa adams hamiltonian pg 4.jpg|50px|left]]

|-
!'''2'''
|'''1810 United Stes Federal Census''', Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, Pg 3. The family headed by C. Wimer includes: 3 males <10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 26-44. This is an exact fit for the family of ''Christophel Wimer'' There is also a family headed by J. Wimer: 1 male 16-25, 1 male >45, 2 females <10, 3 females 10-15, and 1 female 26-44. This family is one away from C. Wimer.
| [[Image:1810 census pa butler slippery rock pg 3.jpg|50px|left]]

|-
!'''3'''
|'''1820 United Stes Federal Census''', Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, Pg 146A. The family headed by Chriss Wimer includes: 2 males 10-15, 1 male 16-18, 3 males 16-26, and 1 male and 1 female >44. This is an exact fit for the family of ''Christophel Wimer''
| [[Image:1820 census pa butler slippery rock pg 146a.jpg|50px|left]]

|-
! '''4'''
| '''1830 United States Federal Census''', Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 7. Family headed by John Wimer: 1 males <5, 1 male 30-40, 2 females <5, 1 female 30-40. Also on the page are families headed by Jacob Wimer (age 20-30) and Isaac Wimer (age 70-80). The children are Mary Sophia, Nancy and Isaac Finley Wimer.
| [[Image:1830 census pa butler muddy creek pg 9.jpg|50px|center]]

|-
!'''5'''
| '''1840_United_States_Federal_Census''', Muddy Creek Twp., Butler County PA. (from Ancestry.com pg. 19). Household of John Wimer: 1 male age 40-50, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 5-10, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 15-20, & 1 female <5. There is a daughter who is not found in the subsequent census. The other children match the ages found in the 1850 census.
|[[Image:1840 census pa butler muddy creek pg 19.jpg|50px|left]]
|-
!'''6'''
| '''1850_United_States_Federal_Census''', Muddy Creek Twp., Butler County PA, page 17. Census dated 29 Aug 1850. Lines 24-30: John Wimer, 58, farmer; Mary, 45; Isaac F., 22, farmer; Johnathan, 16, Nancy R., 13, John, 9; Samuel, 5. All b. PA, all children except Isaac in school. Also on page (lines 14-19) is the family of Mary Wimer, age 65. The family of Johnathan Wimer is on lines 35-42 of page 16 and lines 1-2 of this page.
| [[Image:1850 census pa butler muddy creek pg 17.jpg|50px|center]]
|-
!'''7'''
| '''1860_United_States_Federal_Census''', Worth Twp., Butler County PA, page 2. Census date 2 July 1860. Lines 9-15: John Wimer, 63, farmer, $4410 real, $2385 personal property; Nancy, 55; Isaac, 30, farmer, $2200 real, $657 personal property; Johnathan, 27, farmer, $1980 real, $343 personal property; John, 21; Samuel, 15, attended school; Priscilla Motherwell, 19, servant. All born PA; all can read and write English. Family of Johnathan Wimer, age 51 on lines 1-8.
| [[Image:1860 census pa butler worth pg 2.jpg|50px|center]]
|-
! '''8'''
| '''[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|''History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895'']]''' Page 1240: Christopher Wimer'' came from Adams Co., PA, to Butler Co., PA in 1798 and settled in Worth Twp. He married ''Miss Snyder'' of Adams Co., and together they had seven children named ''Samuel, John, Peter, Jonathan, William, Isaac,'' and ''Rebecca''. Rebecca married ''Thomas Kelly''. Christopher's son Samuel Wimer was born in Adams Co. in 1792.
| <div style="text-align: center">[[Source: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895|transcript]]</div>

|-
!'''9'''
|'''''The Wimer Family''''', by Paul W. Myers, self-published manuscript, undated(printed before 1985. Eight generations of the Wimer family charted, with biographical information on Christopher Wimer and his children, derived from interviews of descendants and extensive research of property deeds, military records, and wills. John Wimer (b. 20 Feb.1797-d. 17 May 1867, with a will), m. 1824 Nancy Coulter(d. July 1864). 7 children listed. John & Nancy buried Wolf Creek cemetery.
|[[Christophel Wimer Biography from The Wimer Family|(See additioinal notes)]]

|-
!'''10'''
|'''History of Butler County PA 1883''' by Waterman, Watkins, & Co. Chicago., p. 358 '''biography of Christopher Wimer'''. Christopher Wimer arrived present Worth Twp. in 1798. Seven children: Samuel, John, Peter, Jonathan, William, Isaac, & Rebecca wife of Thomas Kelly. John married Nancy Coulter, res. Worth Twp; seven children of John & Nancy listed. [[Biography of Christopher Wimer, 1883 History of Butler County PA p.357|(Complete text)]]

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 =Photos=
-[[Image:WLCR 09 John Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of John Wimer, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA]][[Image:WLCR 10 Nancy wife of John Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Nancy Coulter Wimer at Wolf Creek Cemetery]][[Image:WLCR 18A Marinda wife of I F Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Marinda Covert, wife of Isaac Finley Wimer, Wolf Creek Cemetery]]
+[[Image:WLCR 09 John Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of John Wimer, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA]][[Image:WLCR 10 Nancy wife of John Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Nancy Coulter Wimer at Wolf Creek Cemetery]][[Image:WLCR 01 Jonathan & Catherine Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Jonathan Wimer & Catherine Miller at Wolf Creek Cemetery]][[Image:WLCR 18A Marinda wife of I F Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Marinda Covert, wife of Isaac Finley Wimer, Wolf Creek Cemetery]]
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 = Sources =

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 =Photos=
-[[Image:WLCR 09 John Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of John Wimer, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA]]
+[[Image:WLCR 09 John Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of John Wimer, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA]][[Image:WLCR 10 Nancy wife of John Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Nancy Coulter Wimer at Wolf Creek Cemetery]][[Image:WLCR 18A Marinda wife of I F Wimer reduced.jpg|90px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Marinda Covert, wife of Isaac Finley Wimer, Wolf Creek Cemetery]]
 = Sources =

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 | [[ Isaac Finley Wimer]] || M || 29 Sept 1827  ||Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA <br>(now Worth  Twp.) || m. on 1 Oct 1864  Marinda Covert (b. 6 Oct 1837-d. 11 Dec 1872)<br>boarded at the home of John and Nancy Wimer while teaching school. || d. 29 Feb 1904 || <sup class="reference">[6][7][9]</sup>
 |-
-| [[ Johnathan J. Wimer]] || M || 21 Sept 1833  || Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA <br>(now Worth  Twp.) || m. Catherine Miller (b. 26 Dec 1845, d. 4 Nov 1925) || d. 4 June 1897|| <sup class="reference">[6][7][9]</sup>
+| [[ Jonathan J. Wimer]] || M || 21 Sept 1833  || Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA <br>(now Worth  Twp.) || m. Catherine Miller (b. 26 Dec 1845, d. 4 Nov 1925) || d. 4 June 1897|| <sup class="reference">[6][7][9]</sup>
 |-
 | [[ Nancy Rebecca Wimer]] || F || 6 Oct 1836   || Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA <br>(now Worth  Twp.) || m. Cyrus Alben   ||d. 4 Nov 1865  || <sup class="reference">[6][9]</sup>

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 | [[ Nancy Wimer]] || F ||    ||Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA <br>(now Worth  Twp.) ||  ||died age 11 or 12<br>listed as 2nd child by Paul W. Myers || <sup class="reference">[9]</sup>
 |-
-| [[ Isaac Finley Wimer]] || M || 29 Sept 1827  ||Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA <br>(now Worth  Twp.) || m. on 1 Oct 1864  Marinda Covert (b. 6 Oct 1837)<br>boarded at the home of John and Nancy Wimer while teaching school. || d. 29 Feb 1904 || <sup class="reference">[6][7][9]</sup>
+| [[ Isaac Finley Wimer]] || M || 29 Sept 1827  ||Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA <br>(now Worth  Twp.) || m. on 1 Oct 1864  Marinda Covert (b. 6 Oct 1837-d. 11 Dec 1872)<br>boarded at the home of John and Nancy Wimer while teaching school. || d. 29 Feb 1904 || <sup class="reference">[6][7][9]</sup>
 |-
 | [[ Johnathan J. Wimer]] || M || 21 Sept 1833  || Muddy Creek Twp., Butler, PA <br>(now Worth  Twp.) || m. Catherine Miller (b. 26 Dec 1845, d. 4 Nov 1925) || d. 4 June 1897|| <sup class="reference">[6][7][9]</sup>