Descendants of Frederick DEEMER and Lydia EBERHART

 

as of 14 May 2002

 

Generation No. 1

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1.  Frederick1 DEEMER  He married Lydia EBERHART.  She was born in Lancaster Co. PA.

 

Children of Frederick DEEMER and Lydia EBERHART are:

 

        2                 i.    Catharine DEEMER, born ca 17851,2; died Aft. 1860.  She married Alexander FINDLEY; born Bet. 1786 - 17883,4; died 12 Mar 1876 in Brush Valley Twp. Indiana Co. PA5.

 

        3                ii.    Elizabeth DEEMER.  She married Matthias MILLER.

 

        4               iii.    Frederick DEEMER, born ca 17906; died Aft. 1850.  He married Rebecca JOHNSTON; born ca 17867; died Aft. 1850.

 

        5               iv.    George DEEMER, died ca 1835 in Kiskiminetas Twp. Armstrong Co. PA8.  He married Elizabeth AMENLONG; born Bet. 1790 - 18009.

 

        6                v.    Hannah DEEMER, born ca 179610; died 28 Nov 186511.  She married Andrew N. MILLER; born ca 179612; died 12 Mar 1864 in Kiskiminetas Twp. Armstrong Co. PA13.

 

        7               vi.    John DEEMER.  He married Barbara HAZLET.

 

        8              vii.    Lydia DEEMER.  She married Andrew DUNCAN; born ca 179114.

 

        9             viii.    Margaret DEEMER.  She married David MILLER.

 

        10             ix.    Philip DEEMER, born 3 Apr 1793 in Conemaugh Twp. Indiana Co. PA; died 20 Dec 1865 in Kiskiminetas Twp. Armstrong Co. PA15.  He married (1) Sarah MILLER 20 May 1813 in PA; born 11 Dec 1795; died 28 Oct 1850 in Kiskiminetas Twp. Armstrong Co. PA16.  He married (2) Nancy MILLER 4 Dec 1851; born 6 Jan 180416; died 5 Mar 186416,17.

 

        11              x.    Mary DEEMER, born 28 Feb 1800 in Conemaugh Twp. Indiana Co. PA18,19; died 26 Oct 1887 in Young Twp. Indiana Co. PA20,21.  She married James ROSBOROUGH; born 16 Dec 180021; died 8 Jan 1876 in Young Twp. Indiana Co. PA22,23.

 

 

Notes for Frederick DEEMER:

 

PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES: Series 5, Volume 2, p. 993

 

Non-commissioned officers and privates of the Third Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line

"Private Frederick Deemer, resided in Indiana county, 1811."

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1800 PA Census: Westmoreland County [township not stated in index], p. 100:

 

Frederick DEEMER

Males:  3 (10-16); 1 (45+)

Females:  1 (10-16); 1 (16-26); 1 (45+)

 

Frederick DEEMER

Males:  1 (<10); 2 (10-16); 1 (26-45)

Females:  3 (<10); 2 (10-16); 1 (26-45)

 

possibly Father & Son

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Tax Lists: Conemaugh Township 1807, Indiana Co

 

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Vernon Cook.

vernon9323@aol.com

 

Deemer, Frederick - farmer

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Indiana County, PA Deed Book 1, p. 278

 

4 Oct 1808

 

Deed Poll, Frederick Deamer to William Johnston

 

To All Persons whom these Presents shall come, Know Ye, that I Frederick Deamer of Indiana County, Conemaugh Township in the state of Pennsylvania, hath granted dismised and released to William Johnston of Westmoreland County and State aforesaid, all my right, title claim and interest of in & to a certain improvement made by me on a tract or piece of land in Conemaugh Township Indiana County joining lands surveyed on warrant in the name of Frederick Rhoarer and Conemaugh River including a salt spring, so termed, for the sum of five dollars lawful money of the state aforesaid to me in hand paid by the said William Johnston, and I do hereby forever quit claim to the same, and warrant and defend the same from me my heirs and assigns and all and every person claiming by from or under them or any of them.  Given under my hand and seal this fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eight.  Frederick "his mark" Deamer.

 

Present:  Charles Campbell, Andrew Ralston

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1840 PA Census index: (need to identify these people)

 

Barbara DEEMER:  Indiana Co. Young twp. p. 91

Elisabeth DEEMER:  Armstrong Co. Kiski twp. p. 3

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[CAVEAT: The following newspaper article, with its accompanying description of the Deemer origins, is a prime example of a somewhat fanciful "Family History" that, of course, provides no solid documentation of its claims. The history is to be taken with the largest possible grain of salt.]

 

The Apollo, PA "Sentinel" issue of 16 August 1918

 

DEEMER FAMILY HOLD THIRD ANNUAL REUNION

 

Interesting History Read By Miss Jennie Deemer, of Tarentum; Also Letter From Originator

 

The third annual Reunion of the Deemer family was held at Allison Park Saturday, August 10th, and was a very enjoyable affair. The forenoon was spent in making new acquaintances and renewing old ones, and at the call for dinner about two hundred and fifty members of the family and their friends gathered around the table, which fairly groaned with good things.

 

After dinner, the assemblage was called to order by the President, Adam Deemer of Spring Church. The Secretary then read the following letter from the originator, Rev. W.H. Course, of Tribune, Kansas:

 

Tribune, Kansas, Aug. 5, 1918.

 

Mr. Adam Deemer, Apollo, Pa.

 

Dear Brother:--

 

Here is my greeting to all the Deemers and friends at their third anniversary reunion next Saturday, August 10th.

 

As it will be impossible for me to be present in person I must resort to the pen method of imparting my personality and wishing everyone a very pleasant social time and the richest blessings God has in store for you.

 

With fond remembrances of the cordial receptions I have always received when it has been my privilege to visit you and with my best wishes for all I am

 

Most sincerely yours,

 

W.H. Course.

 

Miss Jennie Deemer, of Tarentum, then read the following history of the Deemer family.

 

The earliest member of the Deemar family of whom we have definite knowledge was Louis de Mar, as the name was then and for many years later, spelled, when it was spelled at all. He lived on a tract of land in Normandy, in peace and plenty, taking delight in the fine horses he raised and in his orchards of delicious apples.

 

Louis de Mar, once a devout Catholic, became a Huguenot, owing to the influence of his wife, who was a native of Bearn, which little principality was entirely Protestant. This pious woman named her first child, a daughter, for Jeanne d'Albret, who was the mother of Henry of Navarre, and a devout Protestant.

 

They had several children, how many we do not know. One son, Phillippe, lived on in the Normandy home, after the death of the father. He married a woman whose first name was Margaret.  Their son, Etienne (Stephen) was living at St. Denis, then a Janbourg of Paris, when he is supposed to have been twenty-six years old.

 

During the persecution of the Huguenots by the Catholics, Philippe de Mar had been able by paying "much money" to the king's agents, to live quietly in his Norman home until 1670, when being seriously threatened by new officers and some soldiers, he quickly took his family with what valuable they could carry, and set out for Alsace, finally locating in Strassburg, as they found old French friends there. Here it was that their German neighbors called them "Teemars" or "Deemars," their pronunciation of the name. These Deemars were peculiar people, being very clannish and clinging to old French customs in preference to those of the Germans about them.

 

Etienne de Mar was a soldier of fortune, serving under Henry of Navarre, while he was the leader of the Huguenots, whom he afterwards betrayed.

 

Philip Deemer's son, Etienne, had a son, John, who came to Philadelphia with some other French gentlemen about 1740. He worked for a time in a store. When the French and Indian War broke out in 1755, he joined the English forces and served in the Expedition against Canada, taking part in the battle of Quebec. He was an under officer and was a favorite of his comrades, being able to act as an interpreter.

 

After the war he moved to York County, Pa., and also lived for a time in Lancaster county. He served in the Revolutionary War in the American Army. Two sons and a daughter came to Westmoreland county. The daughter boiled the first salt that was ever made west of the Allegheny mountains, in that way adding greatly to the industrial value of the new country.

 

John Deemer died in York county, Pa. He always wished to return to France to see his relatives who had returned from Germany in 1787, but he never went. His son, Philip Deemer, died in Armstrong county, Pa.

 

His son Philip was born in 1820. He was a farmer living near Apollo. He married Miss Anna Black, to which union nine children were born, namely Mary, Albert, Alexander, Sarah, Melissa, Lemuel, Miriam, John and Ella, of whom five are still living. During his later life Philip Deemer retired to Apollo, where he died in 1905. My grandfather, Alexander Deemer, was born in 1849. He died in Armstrong county April 17, 1915. His four sons are James, my father, Garfield, Campbell and Philip.

 

Jennie Deemer, Tarentum.

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Endnotes

 

1.  1860 PA Census: Indiana Co. Brushvalley Twp. (Series M653, roll 1116), P.O. Mechanicsburgh, p. 60b, lines 11-12, dwelling 1864, family 1799, 26 July 1860, "Catharine, 75, b. Pa."

2.  1850 PA Census: Indiana Co. Brush Valley Twp. (Series M432 roll 785), p. 97, lines 37-40, dwelling 1369, family 1374, 12 September 1850, "Catharine, 67, Pa."

3.  1860 PA Census: Indiana Co. Brushvalley Twp. (Series M653, roll 1116), P.O. Mechanicsburgh, p. 60b, lines 11-12, dwelling 1864, family 1799, 26 July 1860, "Alexander FINDLY, 72, no occupation, $1100/$300, b. Pa."

4.  1850 PA Census: Indiana Co. Brush Valley Twp. (Series M432 roll 785), p. 97, lines 37-40, dwelling 1369, family 1374, 12 September 1850, "Alexander FINDLAY, 64, Farmer, $2000, Pa."

5.  Indiana County, PA Courthouse, Probate Index.

6.  1850 PA Census: Westmoreland Co. Unity Twp. (Series M432, roll 837), p. 342b, lines 8-10, dwelling 3, family 3, 29 July 1850, "Fredrick DEEMER, 60, Lab., b. Pa."

7.  1850 PA Census: Westmoreland Co. Unity Twp. (Series M432, roll 837), p. 342b, lines 8-10, dwelling 3, family 3, 29 July 1850, "Rebeca, 64."

8.  Armstrong County, PA Orphans Court, volume zero, p. 180.

9.  1840 PA Census: Armstrong Co. Kiskiminetas Twp. (Series M704, roll 442), p. 4, line 29.

10.  1850 PA Census: Armstrong Co. Kiskiminetas Twp. (Series M432 roll 749), p. 318, lines 24-29, dwelling 190, family 195, 27 October 1850, "Hannah, 54, b. Pa."

11.  Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church, Kiskiminetas Twp. Armstrong Co. PA, record of death.

12.  1850 PA Census: Armstrong Co. Kiskiminetas Twp. (Series M432 roll 749), p. 318, lines 24-29, dwelling 190, family 195, 27 October 1850, "Andrew MILLER, 54, Farmer, $1500, Pa."

13.  Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church, Kiskiminetas Twp. Armstrong Co. PA, record of death.

14.  1850 PA Census: Armstrong Co. Kiskiminetas Twp. (Series M432 roll 749), p. 318, lines 24-29, dwelling 190, family 195, 27 October 1850, "Andrew DUNCAN, 59, Blacksmith, Pa."

15.  Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church, Kiskiminetas Twp. Armstrong Co. PA, records, 1845 to 1903, L.D.S. film #1671244, item 6.

16.  "Old family records" of Karen (Wible) Yee (letter Aug. 1995)

17.  Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church, Kiskiminetas Twp. Armstrong Co. PA, records, 1845 to 1903, L.D.S. film #1671244, item 6.

18.  Ebenezer Cemetery, Conemaugh Twp. Indiana Co. PA, [listing states "29 Feb" but 1800 was not a leap year].

19.  1880 PA Census: Indiana Co. Young Twp. (Series T9, roll 1135), ed 133, p. 9, lines 31-35, dwelling 119, family 121, 8 June 1880, "Mary, 80, Mother, widowed, Keeping house, b. Pa., parents b. Germany."

20.  Will

21.  Ebenezer Cemetery, Conemaugh Twp. Indiana Co. PA.

22.  Will

23.  Ebenezer Cemetery, Conemaugh Twp. Indiana Co. PA.

 

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