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(→‎Sources: quote from "The Wimer Family" re. Rebecca Wimer)
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| '''Birth'''  || 23 Apr 1799  ||expect Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA <br>(present-day Worth Twp.) ||  || <sup class="reference">[2][3][4]</sup>
 
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| '''Marriage''' || expect ~1822 || || To [[Thomas Kelly]] || <sup class="reference">[2][3][4]</sup>
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| '''Death''' || 8 Oct 1836 || || no will || <sup class="reference">[3]</sup>
 
| '''Death''' || 8 Oct 1836 || || no will || <sup class="reference">[3]</sup>
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| Butler Co. PA,<br>expect Worth Twp. ||1799 || || <sup class="reference">[2][4]</sup>
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|'''''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.<br>"Rebecca Wimer, the only daughter of Christopher and Sophia Wimer, was born on April 23, 1799, and (grew up) on the Wimer homestead in Worth Twp. In ca. 1820 she married Thomas Kelly, a pioneer settler of Wroth Twp...Rebecca Kelly died on October 8, 1836, shortly after giving birth to her 7th child.  the infant, named Isaac Eli Kelly, was adopted by Rebecca's brother and sister-in-law, Isaac and Mary Wimer.
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|'''''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.<br>"Rebecca Wimer, the only daughter of Christopher and Sophia Wimer, was born on April 23, 1799, and (grew up) on the Wimer homestead in Worth Twp. In ca. 1820 she married Thomas Kelly, a pioneer settler of Worth Twp...Rebecca Kelly died on October 8, 1836, shortly after giving birth to her 7th child.  the infant, named Isaac Eli Kelly, was adopted by Rebecca's brother and sister-in-law, Isaac and Mary Wimer.
  
 
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* The Wimer and Kelly families resided in Slippery Rock Twp., in an area that is today in Worth Twp., created in 1854.
 
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=Research Wishlist=
 
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Revision as of 14:18, 26 February 2008

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NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR

Rebecca Wimer is not in my direct ancestry. She is 1 step removed in the following ways:

Date Location Notes Sources
Birth 23 Apr 1799 expect Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA
(present-day Worth Twp.) 		[2][3][4]
Marriage ~1820 To Thomas Kelly [2][3][4]
Death 8 Oct 1836 no will [3]

Ancestry chart segment 

 Generation 6       Generation 7            Generation 8
 
                                         +-- [unknown]
                                         |   (????-????)
                 +-- Christophel Wimer --+ 
                 |   (1770-1842)         |
 Rebecca Wimer --+                       +-- [unknown]   
 (1799-1836)    |                           (????-????)
                 +-- Mary Sophia Snyder
                     (1769-1842)             
Sources: [2][3][4]

(all children with Thomas Kelly)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Mary S. Kelly F 1822-???? PA, expect Butler Co. Archibald Hoge [1][3]
Samuel Kelly M 1823-???? PA, expect Butler Co. Jane Hogue [1][3]
Else E. Kelly F 1820/25-???? PA, expect Butler Co. Unknown Martin birth order unknown [1][3]
Thomas L. Kelly M 1827-1895 PA, expect Butler Co. [1][3] [5]
Rebecca Kelly F 1831-???? PA, expect Butler Co. [3]
Hannah Kelly F 1834-???? PA, expect Butler Co. Unknown Douglass [3]
Isaac Eli Kelly M 1836-???? PA, expect Butler Co. [3]


Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources
Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA 1799 - 1836 [2][4]

Photos

Gravestone of Thomas L. Kelly (son), Wolf Creek Cemetery, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA
Inscription, gravestone of Thomas L. Kelly

Sources

Ref. Num. Description Image of original
1 1830 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 5. Family headed by Thomas Kelly: 1 male <5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 40-50, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 30-40.Families headed by John and Joseph Kelly are nearby as is the family of Christopher Wimer
This corresponds to Mary (8), Samuel (7), Else (age 5-10), and Thomas (3) and Rebecca Wimer Kelly (31). Christopher Wimer is her father.
1830 census pa butler slippery rock pg 5.jpg
2 History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895, page 610, indicates that Thomas Humphrey, Andrew, Edward, and James Douglass, Christopher Wimer, and, it is said, Charles Coulter, arrived [in Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA] in 1798, all except one being natives of norther Ireland. Then, on page 1240, it indicates that 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.
3 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.
"Rebecca Wimer, the only daughter of Christopher and Sophia Wimer, was born on April 23, 1799, and (grew up) on the Wimer homestead in Worth Twp. In ca. 1820 she married Thomas Kelly, a pioneer settler of Worth Twp...Rebecca Kelly died on October 8, 1836, shortly after giving birth to her 7th child. the infant, named Isaac Eli Kelly, was adopted by Rebecca's brother and sister-in-law, Isaac and Mary Wimer.
4 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.
(Complete text)
5 Gravestone of Thomas Kelly, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co. PA, transcribed June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams.
  • Thomas L. Kelly born Mar.. 14, 1827, died July 19, 1895.
    (This is a son of Thomas & Rebecca Wimer Kelly.)
6 Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]
N/A

Source notes

  • The Wimer and Kelly families resided in Slippery Rock Twp., in an area that is today in Worth Twp., created in 1854.

Conjecture

Research Wishlist

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