Rebecca Wimer

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Rebecca Wimer is not in my direct ancestry. She is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of Samuel Wimer Daughter of Christophel Wimer and Mary Sophia Snyder

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	23 Apr 1799	expect Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA
Marriage	expect ~1822		To Thomas Kelly
Death	8 Oct 1836		no will

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: 

(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
Samuel Kelly	M	1823-????	PA, expect Butler Co.	Jane Hogue
Else E. Kelly	F	1820/25-????	PA, expect Butler Co.	Unknown Martin	birth order unknown
Thomas L. Kelly	M	1827-1895	PA, expect Butler Co.
Rebecca Kelly	F	1831-????	PA, expect Butler Co.
Hannah Kelly	F	1834-????	PA, expect Butler Co.	Unknown Douglass
Isaac Eli Kelly	M	1836-????	PA, expect Butler Co.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Butler Co. PA, expect Worth Twp.	1799
Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. Pa	by 1830, possibly at marriage ~1822

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.
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.	transcript
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.
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