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Larry Kerkendall¹

• Last Edited: 6 June 2018 14:29:00

Citations

1. [S445] Mallett, LaRee, E-mail correspondence with Debbie Jorgenson. Privately held by Jorgenson, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] LaRee Mallett [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Debbie Jorgenson, e-mail<; privately held by Jorgenson, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Norwalk, IA., 5 Jun 2018>, "(no subject),"

• Relationship: 3rd great-granduncle of Debra Sue Loghry

Michael Roush^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Michael Roush was born on 17 May 1815 in Sugar Creek, Athens, Ohio, United StatesBGO.³
• Marriage: He and Mary Remer were married on 11 July 1837 in Burgoon, Sandusky, Ohio, United StatesBGO.³
• Death: He died on 30 September 1899, at age 84, in Carlton, Barry, Michigan, United StatesBG.¹

• Person Source: Michael Roush had person sources.⁴
• Alt. Birth: He has conflicting birth information of 17 May 1815 and Scott, Holmes, Ohio, United StatesBG.¹
• Alt. Death: He has conflicting death information of 30 September 1899 and Hastings, Barry, Michigan, United StatesBG.³

• Last Edited: 10 July 2018 09:01:00

Citations

1. [S1888] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950
2. [S76] L. L. Roush, The Roush Family In America, 4 volumes, Vol. II: p. 102.
3. [S109] MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc., MyHeritage Family Trees., accessed 13 Jun 2018), Whitacre Web Site, managed by Matthew Whitacre
4. [S834] Ancestry Family Trees, This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created., Ancestry Family Tree

• Relationship: 3rd great-granduncle of Debra Sue Loghry

Conrad Roush¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Conrad Roush was born on 18 May 1815 in Freeburg, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United StatesBGO.
• Marriage: He and Anna Caroline Taylor were married on 15 March 1836 in Burgoon, Sandusky, Ohio, United StatesBGO.²
• Death: He died in April 1883, at age 67, in McBride, Montcalm, Michigan, United StatesBG.²

• Person Source: Conrad Roush had person sources.³
• Alt. Birth: He has conflicting birth information of 18 May 1817 and Sugar Creek, Athens, Ohio, United StatesBGO.²

• Last Edited: 15 June 2018 12:54:00

Citations

1. [S76] L. L. Roush, The Roush Family In America, 4 volumes, Vol. II: p. 102.
2. [S109] MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc., MyHeritage Family Trees., accessed 13 Jun 2018), Whitacre Web Site, managed by Matthew Whitacre
3. [S834] Ancestry Family Trees, This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created., Ancestry Family Tree

• Relationship: 3rd great-granduncle of Debra Sue Loghry

Andrew Roush¹

Parents

• Last Edited: 12 June 2018 09:26:00

Citations

1. [S76] L. L. Roush, The Roush Family In America, 4 volumes, Vol. II: p. 102.

• Relationship: 6th great-grandfather of Debra Sue Loghry

George Casper Rausch¹

• References: Ancestors of Debra S. Loghry

Biography

• Birth: George Casper Rausch was born about 1721 in Nordstrand, Schleswig-Holstein, GermanyBGO.^1,2
• Marriage: He and Barbara were married.
• Marriage: He and Anna Maria Row were married about 1739.
• Death: He died before 27 April 1811 in Freeburg, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United StatesBGO.¹

• Story:
  George "Casper" Rausch was born about 1721 in Germany. He was married to Anna Maria UNKNOWN. They came to America from Germany, arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the British ship "Robert and Alice" from Rotterdam, Holland. He took the English oath of allegiance on 24 Sep 1742. He served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Michael Weaver's Company. Casper died about 27 Apr 1811 in Freeburg, Snyder, Pennsylvania. He and his wife were buried in Zion (Morr's) Lutheran Cemetery, Freeburg, Snyder, Pennsylvania.³
  
• Immigration: He immigrated about 1743 to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesBGO. Casper, or George Casper, Rausch sailed for America from Rotterdam, Holland, in the British ship "Robert and Alice" and arrived at Philadelphia where he took the English oath of allegiance on 24 Sep 1743.⁴
• Residence: He had a residence in 1743 in Lebanon Township, Lancaster, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial AmericaBG. Baptismal records indicate that he lived in Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania as early as 1743, and in 1749 he was the owner in that county of 100 acres of land. The last baptism for his youngest child was in 1760, in Hill Lutheran Church, Lebanon Township.¹
• Residence: He had a residence about 1769 in Penn Township, Northumberland, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial AmericaBG. In 1769 or 1770, he moved to a new tract of land in Penn's Township, in the section around Freeburg, now known as Snyder County, Pennsylvania. In 1770 Casper Roush, Andrew Morr, Sr., and Peter Straub made application to the proprietors of the state for some land on which to build a church and school.¹
• Story:
  In 1774, forty two acres were granted to them about a mile north of Freeburg. About 1780 they began a church and school there, but the church was never completed. It was used for 25 years in the unfinished condition.
  
  On the ground granted them a school house was erected in which were held worship, school and lectures. Pastors Enterlein for the Lutherans and Hendell for the Reformed were ministers. This community was settled soon after the Revolution "by the people who believed in the Christian religion."
  
  The Reformed Congregation was organized in 1791. Andrew Straub donated one acre of ground for the church and school purposes and the Lutheran and Reformed built a union church in the village of Freeburg, known as St. Peter's. Jacob Roush, son of Casper, was on the building committee for the Lutherans. This church was taken down in June, 1868, St. Peter's Church was completed in 1815. In 1812, among church officers were Jacob Roush, Reformed: Philip Roush, Philip Morr, Lutheran, Freeburg.
  
  The small record book of Zion's Church gave a limited number of baptisms and names of parents, which were published in 1891, in a volume, "The Freeburg Charge," by Rev. J. F. Wampole and Prof. D. S. Boyer and made available for general use. These are very scarce today. A few baptisms of children of Jacob and George Roush, sons of Casper and Anna Maria Roush are recorded, but only the year is given.
  
  In 1787, Casper Roush was assessed with 100 acres and personal property. Accounts indicate that he was a thrifty, industrious farmer amply providing for his family's material necessities.
  
  George Casper Rausch is thought by some to be a son of John Casper Rausch, (see "The Forebears and the Descendants of Michael and Eve Breon Roush" by Jessie Elizabeth Roush, Mary Etta Bordner, and Lucy Margaret Roush, 1938). Others have made this assumption. Compilers of this volume fail to find factual evidence of this relationship. There is evidence that this John Casper Rausch (?) was from the Palatinate, that he lived at Haysburg, New York, that he had service with the Canadian Expedition, 1711, and that he was head of a family living in East Camp, New York. Tradition among some branches of the family places him among the Palatines who because of unfavorable living conditions and uncertain land titles moved south into the Penn colony.
  
  Facts are lacking to sustain this belief. It is hoped that records may yet be found to clarify this mooted question. Because of this, this John Casper Rausch record was not made a part of Volume One of the Roush Family History. (See Chapter, John Casper.)
  
  Prior to the settlement of Casper in this community worship was conducted on the Morr farm, later owned by Augustus Springman, without a church.
  
  Of the first four children of George Casper Rausch very little is known. It is believed that the first child was Juliana, but the name was not found in the records of the Hill Church, Lebanon, with those of the other children.⁵
  
• Residence: He had a residence in 1782 in Penn Township, Northumberland, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial AmericaBG.⁶
• Story:
  In a list of traveling companions to America, the author of the Register, Ulrich Simmindinger, wrote, "In the year 1709, when in consequence of the most golden promises of the English letters, many families departed from the Palatinate, ... down the Rhine to England, in order to embark there for Pennsylvania, which land Queen Anne of Great Britain had granted sundry privileges, ... I resolved to go to England, with God's will, with the intention of enjoying a better living perhaps, by the grace of the Queen, and so in the year mentioned and on the 31 of July, I set out on my journey in the name of God....
  
  "During this time, because it was planned to seize Canada or New France, which had been discovered and occupied by the French in the year 1504, ... equipment, bread and other necessities of life were provided us, but this Expedition did not succeed as expected.... Thereupon each one received his freedom to the extent that he might seek his own piece of bread in his own way within the Province until the Queen should again need our services.
  
  "These are they who are left of my traveling companions to America and who are still alive." (1717)
  
  Then followed a list of his companions and the camp or settlement along the Hudson in which each lived. In this list is the name Casper Rausch (later spelled Roush), who, with his wife and four children, was living at Hayesbury, New York.
  
  In this same volume is included a copy of Governor Hunter's Ration Lists, June, 1710, to September, 1714, now in the Records of the British Museum, London, and in it is found the name of Casper Roush, a soldier in the Canadian Expedition, 1711, and the head of a family then at East Camp, New York.
  
  After his service in the Canadian Expedition had been completed, the Palatines did not find living conditions in the Province of New York to their liking, and having heard of the fair dealing of William Penn and the religious liberty accorded to those living in his domain, many came to Pennsylvania to make their homes.
  
  From Dr. George Moyer of Freeburg, Pennsylvania, who through his mother is a descendant of Casper Roush, it was learned that Casper Roush, with his family, settled in what was known in colonial times as Penn's Township, Northumberland County, now Snyder County, and owned about 304 acres along the ridge one mile north of where Freeburg now stands. He was buried in Old Zion's Church Burying Ground near his farm.
  
  Casper Roush's son, known as George, Casper, or George Casper, remained in that locality as is shown in the record contained in "The History of Freeburg Charge," by Rev. J. F. Wampole. The following is quoted from p. 3 of the above mentioned booklet:
  
  "Inasmuch as shortly before the Revolutionary War this neighborhood was settled with people who believed in the Christian religion, the Lutherans, through Andrew Morr, Peter Straub and Casper Roush, the later a soldier in the Revolutionary War, applied in the year 1770, and had patented for the use of the Lutheran Church in the year 1774, 42 acres of land one mile north of Freeburg, then in Penn's Township, Northumberland County, now Washington Township, Snyder County. On this ground they erected a school house in which they held church services, school and lectures."
  
  In the same booklet we are told that George Casper Roush was one of three men to give a glebe of six acres of ground to be used as a cemetery. This is known as Old Zion Cemetery.
  
  Mention is made of this ancestor, George Casper Roush, in Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 23, p. 256, as belonging to the Northumberland Rangers in the Revolutionary War, 1778-1783; in Vol. 19 (ibid), p. 453, as having been assessed a tax of 2 pounds and 13 shillings on 100 acres of land and 3 head of cattle in the year 1781.
  
  In Vol. 15 (ibid), p. 273, it is recorded that he signed the Oath of Allegiance 10 April 1746. Since by that time a great number of Palatines had come into Pennsylvania, they were asked to subscribe to the following:
  
  "We, subscribers, natives and late inhabitants of the Palatinate of the Rhine and places adjacent, having transplanted ourselves and families into this Province of Pennsylvania, a colony subject to the crown of Great Britain, in hopes and expectation of finding a retreat and peaceable settlement therein, Do Solemnly Promise and engage that we deem ourselves peaceably to all His said Majesty's subjects, and strictly observe and conform to the Laws of England and of this Province." (Rupp's Collection of 30,000 Names of German, Swiss and Other Immigrants. Pp. 48-49.)
  
  The first census of the United States, ordered by President Washington and issued in 1790 contains the names George Casper Roush and his son, John Jacob Roush.
  
  George Casper Roush is buried in Old Zion's Cemetery, one mile north of Freeburg, near the grave of his father, Casper Roush.⁴
  

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Citations

1. [S76] L. L. Roush, The Roush Family In America, 4 volumes, Vol. II: p. 75.
2. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 12 Jun 2018, George Casper Rausch (1721-unknown), 77486060, citing Old Zion Cemetery, Penns Creek, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Kathy Line (contributor 47246679).
3. [S1890] Exhibit., "Life Story," 10 Apr 2011; document shared by rose_kerry48
4. [S1889] and, The Forebears and the Descendants of Michael and Eve Breon Roush, Compiled by Their Grand-Daughters: Mary Etta Bordner Coons (Beloit, WI), Jessie Elizabeth Roush (Chicago, IL), and Lucy Margaret Roush (Chicago, IL), pp 9-11.
5. [S76] L. L. Roush, The Roush Family In America, 4 volumes, Vol. II: pp. 75-76.
6. [S960] Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, "Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 331." Digital images., George Casper Rausch (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 Mar 2019)

Elisha Ilsley¹

Parents

Biography

• Marriage: Elisha Ilsley and Hannah Poore were married on 14 March 1668.¹
• Death: He died on 16 January 1691.¹

• Last Edited: 16 October 2019 08:18:00

Citations

1. [S431] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com. U.S>, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]., p. 7.

• Relationship: 6th great-grandmother of Debra Sue Loghry

Anna Maria Row^1,2,3

• References: Ancestors of Debra S. Loghry

Biography

• Birth: Anna Maria Row was born about 1722 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial AmericaBG.^2,3
• Marriage: She and George Casper Rausch were married about 1739.
• Death: She died in 1812, at age ~90.²

• Last Edited: 9 August 2023 11:34:00

Citations

1. [S76] L. L. Roush, The Roush Family In America, 4 volumes, Vol. II: p. 75.
2. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 12 Jun 2018, Anna Maria Row Rousch (1722-1812), 154424384, citing Old Zion Cemetery, Penns Creek, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Kathy Line (contributor 47246679).
3. [S196] National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution., Members' Genealogical Research System (GRS). Digital images., "Application for Membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution"; George Roush (A098963) (www.dar.org : accessed 9 Aug 2023)

George R. Howard¹

Biography

• Birth: George R. Howard was born on 1 August 1915.¹
• Marriage: He and Elnora A. Loghry were married.
• Death: He died on 15 February 1988, at age 72.¹

• Last Edited: 5 October 2017 19:51:00

Citations

1. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 5 Oct 2017, Elnora A. Loghry Howard, 66563315.

Edwin Lyle Myers¹

Biography

• Birth: Edwin Lyle Myers was born on 10 May 1913 in Griswold, Cass, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹
• Marriage: He and Wilma Mae Ekstrand were married.
• Death: He died on 31 March 1986, at age 72, in Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 6 October 2017 07:45:00

Citations

1. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 6 Oct 2017, Wilma Mae Ekstrand Myers, 93044188.

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Debra Sue Loghry

Doris Jean Myers¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Doris Jean Myers was born on 26 November 1939 in Adams County, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹
• Death: She died on 13 September 1941, at age 1, in Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 6 October 2017 07:46:00

Citations

1. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 6 Oct 2017, Doris Jean Myers, 91198827.

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Debra Sue Loghry

LaDonna Lee Myers¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: LaDonna Lee Myers was born on 23 October 1944 in Wallin, Montgomery, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹
• Marriage: She and Kenneth Harlan Spooner were married.
• Death: She died on 9 November 1987, at age 43, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Story:
  CORRECTIONVILLE, IA. (AP) -- Authorities have identified the victims of a fiery accident near here Monday as Kenneth Spooner, 47, and LaDonna Spooner, 43, both of Council Bluffs. They died Monday when their car flipped and exploded after being struck by a truck at the intersection of U.S. Highway 20 and Iowa Highway 31. The truck driver was uninjured.²
  

• Last Edited: 6 October 2017 07:58:00

Citations

1. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 6 Oct 2017, LaDonna Lee Myers Spooner, 44113228.
2. [S18] Iowa. Des Moines., The Des Moines Register, "Fiery car-truck crash kills Council Bluffs pair," 11 Nov 187, p. 17, col. 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 6 Oct 2017).

Kenneth Harlan Spooner¹

Biography

• Birth: Kenneth Harlan Spooner was born on 18 April 1940 in Montgomery, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹
• Marriage: He and LaDonna Lee Myers were married.
• Death: He died on 9 November 1987, at age 47, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United StatesBGO.¹

• Last Edited: 6 October 2017 07:50:00

Citations

1. [S93] Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 6 Oct 2017, Kenneth Harlan Spooner, 44113140.

Barbara¹

Biography

• Marriage: Barbara and George Casper Rausch were married.

• Last Edited: 12 June 2018 15:26:00

Citations

1. [S76] L. L. Roush, The Roush Family In America, 4 volumes, Vol II: p. 75.

• Relationship: 5th great-grandaunt of Debra Sue Loghry

Juliana Rausch¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Juliana Rausch was born about 1740.¹

• Last Edited: 12 June 2018 15:27:00

Citations

1. [S76] L. L. Roush, The Roush Family In America, 4 volumes, Vol II: p. 76.

• Relationship: 5th great-granduncle of Debra Sue Loghry

John Martin Rausch^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: John Martin Rausch was born on 24 September 1743.^1,2

• Christening: John Martin Rausch was christened on 18 December 1743 in Lebanon Township, Lancaster, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial AmericaBG.^1,2

• Last Edited: 23 March 2019 09:55:00

Citations

1. [S76] L. L. Roush, The Roush Family In America, 4 volumes, Vol II: p. 76.
2. [S958] Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records." Database and images., (https://www.anestry.com : accessed 12 Jun 2018); John Martin Raush birth and baptismal records; citing Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History.

• Relationship: 5th great-grandaunt of Debra Sue Loghry

Elizabeth Rausch^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Elizabeth Rausch was born on 29 January 1745.^1,2

• Christening: Elizabeth Rausch was christened on 1 May 1745 in Lebanon Township, Lancaster, Province of Pennsylvania, Colonial AmericaBG.^1,2

• Last Edited: 12 June 2018 16:06:00

Citations

1. [S76] L. L. Roush, The Roush Family In America, 4 volumes, Vol II: p. 76.
2. [S958] Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records." Database and images., (https://www.anestry.com : accessed 12 Jun 2018); Elisabetha Raush birth and baptismal records; citing Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History.