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Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5           Generation 6          Generation 7
 
                                         
                                         
               +-- John Klein 
               |   (1801-<1877)         
 Henry Kline --+                         
 (1827-1875)   |                                 
               +-- Anna Fenstermacher
                   (18o6-????)

Sources:

Children

(all children with John Klein)

Places of Residence

Photos

Gravestone, John & Annie Kline, St Marks Lutheran, Knox, Clarion Co PA

St Marks Lutheran, Knox, Clarion Co. PA

Photos 1991 by E W Williams

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1830 United States Federal Census,PA Lehigh Co. Macungie Twp. (No. 4)-61 Family of John Kline. Lists 3 males under 5 yrs, 1 M 20-30 yrs, 1 M 30-40 yrs, 1F 20-30 yrs. This accounts for John Kline, wife Anna, and first 3 children Henry, Reuben, & Jacob. Another male age 30-40 living with them, possibly one of John's older brothers or a farm hand.
2	1850 United States Federal CensusPA Clarion Co. Elk Twp., pg 471-236. Date of census 7 Sept. 1850. John Kline age 48, Farmer, $325 value real estate; wife Anna age 44, can't read or write; children: Henry age 23, Farmer; Jacob age 19, Farmer; Maria age 18;Catherine age 12; Eliza age 10; Susanna age 8; James age 6; Elizabeth age 4; Sarah age 2. All born PA
3	1860 United States Federal Census, PA Clarion Co. Ashalnd Twp. pg.5, ln 11-22. Date of Census 5 July 1860. John Kline, 59 M Farmer, real estate value $1000, personal estate value $200; Ann Kline, 53F; Henry 33M; Rebecca 31F; Jacob 29M; Maria 27F; Catherine 25F; Susanna 23 F; James 18M; Elizabeth 14F; Sarah 12 F; William 10 M. All born in PA. Henry is enumerated at the home of his parents, although he is already married. Rebecca Kline's identity not known; born about 1829.
4	Records of Lehigh Church/Zion's Lutheran Church Marriage of Johann Klein & Anna Fenstermacher, married by Rev. Benjamin German on 25 Jan. 1827. Witness: Maria M. German Baptisms of children Jacob, Maria, Henry & Ruben with dates, birthdates, sponsors	(See text)
5	St Paul's Lutheran Church, Klein birth & baptismal records, for Catherine, Elizabeth Ann, Susannah and James, children of John and Anna Klein/Kline. This church is located at Knox, Beaver Twp., Clarion Co. PA	Memorial History of St Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Churches 1813-1960
6	Gravestone, St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery, Knox, Clarion Co. PA, "John Kline and his wife Annie", no dates. transcribed 1991 by E W Williams & N Walls.
7	Marriage notice, Unabhaengiger Republikaner (German language newspaper, Lehigh Co. PA., available at Lehigh Co. Historical Society Library; extract contributed by Jerri Burket,jlburket@prodigy.net). Marriage of John Klein to Anna Fenstermacher Jan. 1827, residence: Longswamp Twp., Berks Co. PA.
8	1887 History of Clarion County PA by Davis, p. xxx. 'Kline, Reuben, Kossuth p.o., Ashland, a merchant and farmer of Kossuth, PA., was born in Lehigh county, Pa., on December 7, 1828, and was a son of John and Anna (Fanstermacher) Kline, who settled in Clarion county, Pa., in 1837, and in Ashland, Pa., in 1847, and cleared and improved the farm which is now owned and occupied by the late Henry Kline. They had a family if eleven chldren - Henry, Reuben, Jacob, Maria, Catherine, Eliza, Susan, James, Elizabeth, Sarah and William. Reuben Kline settled in Ashland, Pa., in 1847, and was married twice. His first wife was Ann E., a daughter of John and Mary (McCleef) Measley, of Ashland, Pa. They had a family of seven children - John M., George W., Harriet L., Maggie A., Andrew C., Reuben F., and Susan L. His second wife was Harriet, a daughter of John and Mary (Kribbs) Weaver, of Ashland, Pa. They have had a family of chldren. Mr. Kline has served as constable of Ashland, Pa. for seven years, was justice of the peace for five years, and has been engaged in the mercantile business for ten years."
9	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, great granddaughter of Henry Kline.	N/A

Source Notes

Conjecture

• There is a record of one Anna Fenstermacher, born 1806, recorded in the extensive Genealogical History of the Fenstermacher Family by C. E. Beckel, 1936, available in the history room, Bethlehem PA Library. Her baptism is recorded in the records of the Heidelberg church (Reformed), Lehigh Co.PA She was the daughter of William Fenstermacher and Magdalena Bloss. However, this Anna Fenstermacher married a Daniel Peter, had 8 children, and apparently remained in eastern PA. No connection could be made between our Anna Fenstermacher and the Fenstermacher famiy in Beckel's book. Correspondence with Richard C. Bodey, a descendant of this Fenstermacher/Bloss family also revealed no connection.

Evidence of Fenstermachers in Berks County:

• History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon by I. Daniel Rupp, Publ. G. Hills, 1844, Lancaster, PA.
  p. 225: Long-swamp township. "The following named persons resided here in 1756, and many of them nearly thrity years earlier: ...Mathias Fenstermacher...Jacob Fenstermacher..."
• History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon by Alfred Mathews & Austin Hungerford, 1884, p. 290-91 Lehigh Co.
  Philip Fenstermacher, in May, 1767, warranted 67 acres, and later purchased other land. He lived here until his death, which occurred before 1812. He left two sons - Jacob and John - and 3 daughters, - Mrs. Jonathan Klotz, Mrs John George, ___(p. 291, missing from this copy).

Philip Fenstermacher Family

A History of the Wapwallopen Region, Wapwallopen Historical Society, n.d., p.38.
In 1728 there arrived at Philadelphia the ship "Glasgow" , from the German Palatinate. On board were three Fenstermacher men: Mathias Fenstermacher, age 60; his son Jacob Fenstermacher, age 29; and William Fenstermacher, age 25. The article does not state what relationship William was to Mathias Fenstermacher, and William's line of descent is not traced. Mathias and son Jacob settle in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co., PA by 1753. Jacob was a founder of the Longswamp Reformed Church. William Fenstermacher born 1740 (Jacob's son & Mathias' grandson) settled in Heidelberg Twp., Northampton Co., about 1770. William had 5 children (a daughter and 4 sons). Of these sons, only the descent of Philip, born 1771, is traced in the article. The descent of George b. 1773; William b. 1775; and Johannes b. 1781/82 are not traced. Philip (g-grandson of Mathias Fenstermacher), born 1771, married Gertrude harter and had 8 children born in the late 1790's to early 1800's. They would be of the same generation as our Anna Fenstermacher, born 1806.
It seems possible our Anna Fenstermacher born 1806 could descend from William Fenstermacher b. 1713 (possibly a second son of Mathias Fenstermacher); through other children of Jacob Fenstermacher than the William born 1740; or through George, William or Johannes Fenstermacher, sons of William born 1740. Since she married into a Lutheran family which attended the Lehigh Church (Lutheran), but her family records are not among the records of that church, it seems quite possible, even likely, that her family attended the Longswamp Church (Reformed). These two congregations did not form a Union church, but built separate churches five miles apart on the border of Lehigh and Berks Counties.
(See complete text of Philip Fenstermacher Family, in A History of the Wapwallopen Region )

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