Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameJohann Wilhelm BLASS 
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534Birth Date?
Spouses
Birth PlaceLancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Death PlaceNicholas County, West Virginia
MemoBecky Latt has death date as 1810
Burial PlaceRosedale, Braxton County, West Virginia, Methodist Cemetery
ReligionChristened In Christ Luthern Church In York May 13, 1751.531
FatherErasmus HOLTZAPFEL Sr. , 314 (1710-1793)
MotherCatherina Elisabetha RAUSCHER , 315 (1718-1792)
Family ID2505
Marr PlaceGermantown Reformed Church
Marr MemoLivingston Manor, NY
Notes for Sarah Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
Known children of Erasmus and Christina Holtzappel:
1. John Jacob- born 23 January 1739. He died on 11 March, 1739.
2. Johan "Adam"- born 25 August 1740. He died c1800-10.
He married Anna Margaret Graber on 27 May 1766.
3. Anna Maria- born 6 March 1742. She died c. October, 1815.
She married Johan "Philip" Wentz.
4. Johan Hendrich "Henry"- born 26 June 1743. He died in Monroe Co., WV in October, 1822.
5. Johan "Jacob"- born 11 October 1744. He died 31 March 1795.
He was married to Maria.
6. Johan "Bernard"- born 7 November, 1747. He died c. 1820.
He was married to Maria Magdalena Fackler.
7. Erasmus- born 5 May, 1749. He died c. 1798.
He was married to Elizabeth Messenheimer.
8. Elizabeth- born 5 April 1751.
She was married to Henry Shock.
9. Maria Barbara- born 7January, 1753. She died in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio c. 1822.
She was married to Gotlieb Fackler.
10. Catharina- born c. 1755.
She was married to Jacob Klingmann.
11. Anna Christina- born 23 January 1761.
She was married to David Stein.
12. Maria Margaret- born 30 June, 1762.
She was married to Frederick Huber (Hoover).
Six generations of Eramus' family have been uploaded to the WorldConnect Project.
This page was created by Cathy Wentz-Eisenstadt
Copyright 2001-2009.
All Rights Reserved.
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Becky Latt list the last name as Holzapfel, the original German, Holsopple she says is the way it was spelled once they were in America.533
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Sarah’s family came to the United States on “The Britannia of London” in 1731.531
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Her first marriage was to Johann Wilhelm Blass in 1757 in the Germantown Reformed Church, Livingston Manor, NY; Johann died that same year.534
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Alternative death date of Oct 18, 1855 and place Peoris, IL427
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1. John Jacob- born 23 January 1739. He died on 11 March, 1739.
2. Johan "Adam"- born 25 August 1740. He died c1800-10.
He married Anna Margaret Graber on 27 May 1766.
3. Anna Maria- born 6 March 1742. She died c. October, 1815.
She married Johan "Philip" Wentz.
4. Johan Hendrich "Henry"- born 26 June 1743. He died in Monroe Co., WV in October, 1822.
5. Johan "Jacob"- born 11 October 1744. He died 31 March 1795.
He was married to Maria.
6. Johan "Bernard"- born 7 November, 1747. He died c. 1820.
He was married to Maria Magdalena Fackler.
7. Erasmus- born 5 May, 1749. He died c. 1798.
He was married to Elizabeth Messenheimer.
8. Elizabeth- born 5 April 1751.
She was married to Henry Shock.
9. Maria Barbara- born 7January, 1753. She died in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio c. 1822.
She was married to Gotlieb Fackler.
10. Catharina- born c. 1755.
She was married to Jacob Klingmann.
11. Anna Christina- born 23 January 1761.
She was married to David Stein.
12. Maria Margaret- born 30 June, 1762.
She was married to Frederick Huber (Hoover).
Six generations of Eramus' family have been uploaded to the WorldConnect Project.
This page was created by Cathy Wentz-Eisenstadt
Copyright 2001-2009.
All Rights Reserved.
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Becky Latt list the last name as Holzapfel, the original German, Holsopple she says is the way it was spelled once they were in America.533
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Sarah’s family came to the United States on “The Britannia of London” in 1731.531
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Her first marriage was to Johann Wilhelm Blass in 1757 in the Germantown Reformed Church, Livingston Manor, NY; Johann died that same year.534
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Alternative death date of Oct 18, 1855 and place Peoris, IL427
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Research notes for Sarah Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
HOLTZAPFEL (also Holzapfel) German535