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Anna Elizabeth Yoder

Anna Elizabeth Yoder (I33161)

Female 1728 - 1790  (62 years)

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  • Name Anna Elizabeth Yoder  [1
    Relationshipwith Albert Leopold Vitter
    Birth 1728  Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 Sep 1790  Cumru, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 4 brothers and 4 sisters 
     1. Catherine Rupp Yoder,   b. Mar 1720, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1790, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years)
    Isaac Kauffman, III,   b. 29 May 1718, Trütschen, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1798 and 1802, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years),  m. 1748, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     2. Christian Yoder,   b. 1722, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1772, Hamburg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    Barbara Beiler,   b. 1723, Bern, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1781, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years),  m. 1743, (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     3. Magdalena Rupp Yoder,   b. 1724, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1772, Maiden Creek, Maidencreek, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Christian Fisher,   b. Abt 1724, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1768, West Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years),  m. 1749, (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     4. Jacob Rupp Yoder,   b. 28 Oct 1726, Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1790, Caernarvon, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Anna Beiler,   b. Abt 1723, Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1804, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years),  m. Abt 1747  
     5. Anna Elizabeth Yoder (current person),   b. 1728, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1790, Cumru, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Samuel Koenig,   b. Abt 1724, Europe Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1783, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years),  m. Abt 1745, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     6. Michael Rupp Yoder,   b. 1730, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1795, Union, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Maria Young,   b. Abt 1730   d. Bef 1810, Union, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years),  m. Abt 1760, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     7. John Yoder,   b. 1732, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1804, Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Anna Berkey,   b. Abt 1740, (Berks County was formed in 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties), Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1807, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years),  m. Between 1761 and 1762, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     8. Barbara Yoder,   b. 1734, Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1790, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     9. Veronica Reichenbach Yoder,   b. 1736, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1806, Belleville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    John R. Hertzler,   b. 1729, Hinterwil, Uerkheim, Aargau, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1801, Womelsdorf, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years),  m. 1756, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     
    Person ID I33161  Vitter-Weaver Genealogy | Sharon Vitter's Relative
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

    Father Jacob Yost Yoder,   b. 1695, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1742 (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Barbara Rupp,   b. 3 Mar 1698, Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1751, Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 1719  Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Family ID F25098  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Koenig,   b. Abt 1724, Europe Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1783, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1745  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Maria Magdalena King,   b. 1745, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1814, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     2. Anna King,   b. 1749, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1816, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     3. Barbara King,   b. 1753, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1794, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     4. Elizabeth Y. King,   b. 1755, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1823, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     5. Johannes Yoder King,   b. 1757, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Apr 1829, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     6. Jacob Koenig (King),   b. 1758, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1822, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     7. Christian Y. King,   b. 1761, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1838, Fairfield, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     8. Samuel King,   b. Abt 1763, Cumru, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1833, Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)
     9. Catherine King,   b. Jun 1763, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1812, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years)
     10. Abraham King,   b. 5 Jan 1767, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1841, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     11. Michael King,   b. 1770, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1835, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     12. Veronica King,   b. Abt 1772, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1827, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years)
     13. David King,   b. Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     14. Solomon King,   b. Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1804, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F35175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1728 - Bern, Switzerland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1745 - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Sep 1790 - Cumru, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1037] James C. Hostetler, Family Database of James C. Hostetler, (Name: Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association;), Anna Elizabeth Yoder.

    2. [S1248] WikiTree.com, Widow Barbara Rupp.
      https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/UNKNOWN-57007

    3. [S1251] Find A Grave, Jacob Yoder.
      See Yoder Newsletter, issue 2, YoderNewsletter.org
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55838844

    4. [S1199] Yoder Newsletter, (Location: Goshen, Indiana, USA;), "Hamburg Christian Yoder," Issue No. 30, October 1997, page 1.
      For years the story was handed down that one Barbara Yoder, whose husband died at sea,landed in America some time before 1720. with nine small children--eight sons and a daughter--and that they settled in the Oley Valley, where sons Hans and Yost became well- known. Eventually an alert descendantpublicized a discrepancy in the story and family historians began to chip away at this garbled mixing of two lines of Y oder immigrants.

      Although there has never been any documentation available about the "Widow Barbara", it is agreed that she did exist.We know that "Widow Barbara" arrived not prior to 1720, but on September 21, 1742, on the Francis and Elizabeth. Three Yoder men signed the ship list upon their docking in Philadelphia. Through the efforts of Dr. Hugh Gingerich, we now know there were eight Amish Yoder men of the first generation, and we know that two of these 1742 signatories (Jacob and Christian Joder) were sons of "Widow Barbara" , We now know that Barbara did indeed have nine children (seeYNL 2, Oct. 83), but only four of those sori5 were hers. The other four belonged to the other Yoder family aboard ship. This second Yoder family was once said to have been that of "Strong Jacob" Yoder, but now we know the head of the second family was the Christian Jotter on the ship list . For some reason a clerk wrote Jacob's name for him and it appears directly above that of his older brother, who wrote his name Christian Joder (SeeYNL 20). It is interesting to see this mix of spelling---Joder ,the spelling used by their Swiss forebears,and Jotter, a spelling adopted by some of the family in Alsace and also in Eppstein, Germany (YNL 10)

      The older Christian Jotter located in Berks County on land situated where the present day township sof Upper Bern, Center, and Penn come together, but Barbara's family settled closer to the village of Hamburg, which is no doubt the reason that her son was known as
      "Hamburg Christian" to distinguish him from the others. As these sons became of age they took farms of their own, Christian "on the twenty-ninth day of the eighth month, 1743" and Jacob on October 28, 1147. One old diagram in the archives at Harrisburg shows Christian's land bounded by the farms of Isaac Kauffman, Stephen Kauffman. Hans Ilertzler and vacant land. Soon afterward the map shows that the farms of his brother Jacob, and Christian Fisher (apparentty a brother-in-law), adjoining his. The Hertzler property was now in the name of Jacob Hertzler.

      By 1767 Jacob Yoder was living farther south, in Lancaster County, but as far as we know, Christian stayedon his original farm as long as he lived. Hamburg Christian's wife was named Barbara. Dr. Gingerich felt it was probable that Barbara was the daughter of Jacob Beiler and that her sister married his brother Jacob Yoder. There is no proof of this, but it seems possible given the known connections and proximity of the families. Christian and Barbara reared eleven children in this home, but as time went on most of them left the community. The chief reason was probably the lure of more and cheaper land' but the tensions of the American Revolution no doubt exerted an influence as well.

      Hamburg Christian" died in his fifties (probably in 1772, although some records say l77l). His will was dated December 10, 1771.The scribe wrote it out in beautiful English script. From the details in this will, in which Christian reflected his concern that his beloved Barbara be well-cared for after his death, we can get a glimpse of how the pioneers in his time were living.
      https://www.yodernewsletter.org/ynlpdf/YNL30.pdf



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