Christophel Wimer

The Wimer name is of German origin. Variant spellings as Weimer and Weimert are found in the records. Christopher Wimer's name is found as Christophel Weimert, and he went by "Stophel" rather than the Anglicized "Christopher". He was from eastern Pennsylvania, possibly Lancaster County. His birthplace and parentage are not yet known, nor which generation of the family immigrated from Germany. Christopher apprenticed to learn the blacksmith trade, and once established, he married Maria Sophia Scneider, a daughter of Johann Phillip Scneder and Dorothy Miller, also from Lancaster County. In 1793 Christopher and Sophia resided in Earl Twp., Lancaster County. On Oct. 22, 1793 they purchased a small 12 acre plot in Codorus Twp., York, Co. where they lived until selling it in December of 1795. The writers of the 1883 History of Butler County, on interviewing the grandchildren of this couple, were told that they arrived in Butler County in 1798 from Adams Co. PA. However, the 1800 census indicates that Christopher was still in residence in Hamilton's Bunn, Adams, Co. that year. He does appear in the 1805 tax assessment of Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co., as a blacksmith. They resided north of present day Jacksville.
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	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	4 Dec 1770	Southeastern PA	of German ancestry
Marriage	~1793		To Mary Sophia Snyder
Death	4 Apr 1842		no will

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6       Generation 7            Generation 8
 
                                        +-- [unknown]
                                        |   (????-????)
                +-- Christophel Wimer --+ 
                |   (1770-1842)         |
 Samuel Wimer --+                       +-- [unknown]   
 (~1793-~1872)  |                           (????-????)
                +-- Mary Sophia Snyder
                    (1769-1842)             

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Children

(all children with Mary Sophia Snyder)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Samuel Wimer	M	1792	York Co. [now Adams Co.], PA	Elizabeth Hines	Direct line
Peter Wimer	M	10 Oct 1795	Codorus Twp., York Co. [now Adams Co.], PA	-never married-
John Wimer	M	20 Feb 1797		Nancy Coulter
Rebecca Wimer	F	23 Apr 1799		Thomas Kelly
Jonathan Wimer	M	31 Oct 1802	Butler Co., PA	Ann Hockenberry
William Wimer	M	5 Jul 1807	Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA	Elizabeth [unknown]
Isaac Wimer	M	15 Jan 1808	Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA	Mary Pisor

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
birth 1770 - 1793	eastern Pa, possibly Earl Twp., Lancaster Co. PA
1793-1795	Codorus Twp., York Co.PA
by 1800	Hamiltonban Twp, Adams Co. PA
by 1805 - 1842 death	Slippery Rock Twp. (now Worth Twp.), Butler Co. PA

Photos

Gravestone of Christopher Wimer, Wolf Creek Cemetery

Photographer: Elizabeth Wilson Williams, Oct. 2006

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	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. Christopher's son Samuel Wimer was born in Adams Co. in 1792. He died in 1873. He married Elizabeth Hines, daughter of Richard Hines, and had four children: Samuel of Worth Twp., Mary J., deceased wife of James Abinett, Abner, and George. At the time of this publication (1895), Samuel Jr. was living with his brother George on the 210 acre farm they inherited from Samuel Sr.	transcript
2	Souvenir History of Slippery Rock 1825-1925, ed. Rev. George S. Bowden, p.24. Regarding the part of the original Slippery Rock Township, now known as Worth Township: "In 1798 Archibald Kelly, Michael and Joseph Kelly arrived as did thomas Clark and his two sons, Andrew and John, Thomas Humphrey, Christopher Wimer and Charles Coulter, all except Wimer natives of Ireland."
3	Gravestone of Christopher Wimer at Wolf Creek Cemetery, Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA. Inscription: Christopher Wimer died April 4, 1842 aged 71 yrs. 5 mos.
4	Pennsylvania Census Index to the federal census. 1800 Census: Christopher Wimer in Adams Co. (30010-10010-00), and a Peter Weimert in Berks Co. (31401-11010-00).(Christopher Wimer, who went by "Stophel', originally spelled his name Christophel Weimert; Christopher's 2nd son was named Peter.) Christopher would be 30 years old in 1800, with 3 boys and 1 girl under age 10; the census index agrees with our other information on him. If Peter Wiemert from Berks Co. is his father, he too has four children younger than 10, two children aged 10-16,and four children 16-26. There are no other Wimers or Weimerts in either Adams or Berks Co.PA in the 1800 census. 1810 Census: Christopher Weimer in Lancaster Co., Manheim Twp. The only Weimert listed is Catharine Weimert, Manchester Twp., York Co. Peter Weimer is in Reading Twp., Berks Co. In Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. there is a J. Wymer and a P. Wymer. 1820 Census: Christopher Wimer is in Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co.; Michael, Adam & Daniel Wimer, two John Wimers, and Isaac Wimer, Sr. in Muddy Creek Twp.,Butler Co.; Isaac Wimer in Connoquenessing Twp., Butler Co.; a variety of Weimers listed but none in Adams, Berks or Lancaster Counties. 1830 Census: Christopher Wimer (township illegible this copy). This is the last census in which Christopher is listed as head of household; he and wife Mary Sophia lived until 1842, presumably with one of their children. Possibilities: 1840 Census John Weimer, John Wimer, Jonathan Wimer, Isaac Wimer, all in Muddy Creek Twp,Butler Co.
5	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.
6	German Church Records of Westmoreland County, Pa, Vol.3, 1805-1812, by Paul Miller Ruff, p. 68. Greensburg Lutheran Church: 14 Nov. 1811, baptisms of Wilhelm Weimer, b. 5 July 1807, and Jisac Weimer, b. 15 Jan. 1810, children of Christophel Weimer and Sofia. IGI File Batch C504 761, Ser. Sheet 3865. LDS Library, Crystal, MN
7	Early bounty Hunters of Butler County, Pennsylvania 1934, ed. David K. Webb & John M. Stevens, Chillicothe, OH pg 7. John Wimer May 20 1808 - 1 wolf. pg.9 Isaa_ Weymer Feb. 10, 1812 - 1 wolf. pg. 10 John Wimer Aug. 8, 1814 - 1 wolf. pg. 20 Wm. Wimer Mar.5, 1840 - 2 foxes.
8	Personal correspondence, 1988, from Norman C. Miller Jr. (deceased), g-g-grandson of Jonathan Wimer. Ann Hockenberry, wife of Jonathan Wimer, descends from John Hockenberry (1741-1839) & Hannah Kelly; Casper Hockenberry (1785-1860) & Margaret Shaffer (1788-1852).
9	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A

Source notes

• Present day Hamiltonban Twp., Adams Co., is seen in some early documents as Hamilton's Bunn Twp. The 1800 census places Christopher Wimer in Hamilton's Bunn, Adams Co.