Anna Margaretha "Margaret" "Maggie" Frank b. 17 Apr 1836 Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany; immigrated to USA October 21,1853 d. 19 Apr 1913 Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA; burial: Etters Cem.,Salem, 3M N/Chambersburg, PA: Forney & Clark Genealogy Pages

1836 - 1913 (77 years)

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Frank, Margaret A. (1836-1913)
Margaret A. Frank Forney (1836-1913); Etters Cemetery, Salem, 3M N/Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA, USA. Photo was taken by David R. Clark, M.D.

Name	Anna Margaretha "Margaret" "Maggie" Frank
Birth	17 Apr 1836	Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany; immigrated to USA October 21,1853
Gender	Female
Death	19 Apr 1913	Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA; burial: Etters Cem.,Salem, 3M N/Chambersburg, PA
Person ID	I0013	forneyclark
Last Modified	12 Apr 2024

Father	Johann Nicolaus Frank, b. 30 Mar 1812, Laudenau / Odenwald / Hessen / Deutschland d. 10 May 1852, Laudenau / Odenwald / Hessen / Deutschland (Age 40 years)
Mother	Anna Elisabetha Röder, b. 18 Jun 1816, Laudenau / Odenwald / Hessen / Deutschland; immigrated to USA October 21,1853 d. 31 Jul 1857, Burial: (First) Lutheran Church, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA (Age 41 years)
Marriage	21 Jun 1838	Reichelsheim Evangelical Church / Odenwald / Hessen / Deutschland
Family ID	F0656	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family John Martin "Mark" Forney, b. 29 Jul 1841, LetterkennyTwp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Rocky Springs & Upper Strasburg, PA d. 15 Jan 1927, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA; burial: Etters Cem., Salem, 3M N/C-burg, PA, GAR (Age 85 years)

Marriage 9 Jun 1863 Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA

Children

	1. Mary "Catherine" Forney, b. 10 Feb 1864, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Rocky Spring, Franklin Co., PA d. 6 Jan 1948, Burial: Lincoln Cem., Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA (Age 83 years)
	2. Frederick Frank Forney, b. 15 Apr 1866, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA d. 4 Dec 1939, PA; burial: Norland Cem., Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA (Age 73 years)
	3. Jennie E. Forney, b. 4 Sep 1868, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in New Haven, NH Co., CT
	4. John "Elmer" Forney, b. 3 Apr 1871, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Cordova, Rock Island Co., IL d. Davenport, Scott Co., IA
	5. Clara Adaline Forney, b. 18 Jul 1873, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA d. 4 Mar 1903, Franklin Co., PA; burial: Etters Cem., Salem, 3M N/Chambersburg, PA (Age 29 years)
	6. Ira James Forney, b. 19 Jan 1876, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA d. 17 Sep 1944, Burial: Lincoln Cem., Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA (Age 68 years)
	7. Abraham Lehman Forney, b. 21 Jul 1878, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Dixon, Lee Co., IL d. 12 Mar 1915, Dixon, Lee Co., IL; burial: Oakwood Cem., Dixon, Lee Co., IL (Age 36 years)
	8. Martin L. Forney, b. 29 Oct 1882, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA d. 1882, PA; burial: Etters Cem., Salem, 3M N/Chambersburg, PA

Family ID F0009 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Apr 2024

Notes

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Source:
Donna Forney Clark:
The Death Certificate for John Martin Forney (1841-1927) which is posted at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=forney&GSfn=john+&GSmn=n&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSst=40&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=142267621&df=all& cites Margaret A. Frank as John Martin Forney's mother. Margaret A. Frank (1836-1913) was the wife of John Martin Forney, not his mother. The family headstone has the correct information at http://forneyclarkgenealogy.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=1694&medialinkID=3109
Margaret A. Frank's Death Certificate is posted at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=142270005&PIpi=116653126

Also the death certificate posted at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi? states that John Martin Forney's (1841-1927) father was born in Scotland. I believe he was born in Scotland, Franklin County, PA. Each census where John Martin Forney (1841-1927) appears lists his father as having been born in PA.

The death informant is listed on the death certificate of John Martin Forney (1841-1927) is H. C. Kraiss of Kraiss Brothers Undertakers of Chambersburg, PA.

Source:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9586-9GMC?cc=1589502
#578 Application for marriage for Uriah J. Rife and Clara Adeline Forney: Maggie Forney is listed as the lmother of Clara Adeline Forney.
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Source:
Donna Forney Clark: PART ONE contains initial info about John Martin Forney that we found from 1995-2005. PART TWO, 2005, by Andrew J. Weyer, Sr. contains, among other things, obituaries, birth and death places, specific death dates, and marriage dates and places relating to John Martin Forney and his family. PART THREE contains information about Margaret A. Frank from Jay E. Frank at World Connect. PART FOUR contains information about the Frank Family that came from "History of the Frank Family," a brief family document, compiled by (Nellie) Grayce Eberley Stambaugh (1920-2001), a granddaughter of Adam Frank (1840-1924), via Ramsey Frank. PART FIVE: contains further information by Ditmar Frank, particularly about the Roeder/ Frank/ Keil family's arrival in the USA.

PART ONE: John Martin Forney
Source:
US 1860/1870/1880/1900/1920 Census:
Barbara Brummett:
JOHN MARTIN FORNEY BORN JULY 1841

(In the 1860 census, John Martin Forney was listed erroneously as only John Martin).
There was a Frederick Forney living in Letterkenny Township, Franklin Co., PA, born in 1810, married to Mary Unknown, born 1808. They lived near John Martin Forney, born 1841, who was married to Margaret N. , born April, 1836 in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany.

In the 1870 census of Franklin Co., PA, Letterkenny, children of John M. Forney and Margaret Forney are listed as Catherine 6, Frederick 4, and Jane 2. (Donna Forney Clark: These are the same children my father, Fredric John Forney, listed in the family Forney Family Bible.)

In the 1880 census of Franklin Co., PA, Letterkenny, children of John M. Forney, a farmer, and Margaret A.(?) Forney are listed as Fredric F., Jennie E. 11, John E. 9, Clara A. 6, Ira James 4, and Abraham L. (Donna Forney Clark: These are the same children my father, Fredric John Forney, listed in the family Forney Family Bible.)

1900c still in Letterkenny Twp, John is 58, b. Jly 1841 PA and Margaret 64, b. Apr 1836 Germany and Irah (as it was spelled) was 24 and b. Jan 1876 PA.

no index for the 1910c

1920c John M, father, 77, is living with Ira J 43, wife, Minnie, 40, & daughter Margaret 16. (Wife is obviously dead)

Source:
Donna Forney Clark:
Headstone reads: Margaret Frank Forney 1836-1913.

Source:
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
Franklin Repository Newspaper, July , 1863
Married(Column 2)
July 8, 1863 (page 05, column 2)
On June 9, at the Lutheran parsonage, by Rev. J. Steck, John M. Forney, of Strasburg, married Margaret A. Frank, of Chambersburg.
(Names in announcement: Rev. J. Steck , John M. Forney , Margaret A. Frank )

Source:
Census info from Barbara Brummett:
In the 1850c PA Franklin Co/Letterkenny T were: FORNEY
Frederick 40 PA
Mary 43 PA
Martha 18 PA
Maria 16 PA
John 10 PA

1860c Franklin Co/Letterkenny T/ P.O. Upper Strasburgh:
Fred 47 (Day Laborer) PA
Mary 50 PA
John Martin 18 PA

In Franklin Co/Green Twp:
Salem Cemetery (3 mi N/Chambersburg)
John M Forney 1841-1927
wife: Margaret Frank 1836-1913
son Martin L Forney 1882 (age 1m 28d)

Source:
Carol Lougene Wolf Britton:
John M. Forney, Letterkenney, 279, 30, 2 Sgt. D 126th PA.

On John M. Forney's tombstone at Salem Cemetery: Co. G, 126th Regiment PA Volunteers.
He enlisted: Forney John M. Sgt. G 126th Pa. Chambersburg, Pa. enlisted on 8/4/1862 from
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/govdoc/soldiers_dossier.html

126th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Harrisburg August, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., August 15, and duty there until September 12. Moved to Sharpsburg, Md., and attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., until October 30, 1862. Reconnaissance from Sharpsburg to Smithfield, W. Va., October 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Duty at Falmouth until April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Mustered out May 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 30 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 34 Enlisted men by disease. Total 65.

Source:
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1870 Population Census, Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia ( http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/govdoc/pop_census.html ):
Donna Forney Clark:
In the 1870 census, these are all the Forneys living in Upper Strasburg, PA. I suspect that Adam Forney may be the brother of John Forney, son of Frederick and Mary Forney. (The number that preceeds each name is the family number):
276 1 Forney Adam 24 M white Laborer Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg
276 2 Forney Eliza 21 F white Housekeeper Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg
396 1 Forney John 28 M white Laborer Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg
396 2 Forney Margaret 31 F white Housekeeper Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg
396 3 Forney Catharine 6 F white Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg
396 4 Forney Frederick 4 M white Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg
396 5 Forney Jane 2 F white Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg
403 1 Forney Frederick 60 M white Laborer Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg
403 2 Forney Mary 62 F white Housekeeper Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg

Adam and Eliza seem to appear with their niece in the 1880 US Census of Guilford, Franklin, Pennsylvania PA :
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Adam FORNEY Self M Male W 33 PA Laborer PA PA
Elizabeth FORNEY Wife M Female W 32 PA Keeping House PA PA
Niece KELLY Other S Female W 6 PA PA PA
(Other families nearby are Forneys, Dyserts, and McFerrens.)

Source:
Barbara Brummett:
Barbara gave me the info from 1880 census that John Mark Forney was married to Margaret N. ( b. 1836). The census reference gave location of the family in Letterkenny Twp, Franklin Co., PA. Headstone reads: Margaret Frank Forney 1836-1913.

Source:
1880 United States Census of Letterkenny, Franklin, Pennsylvania:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John M. FORNEY Self M Male W 38 PA Farmer PA PA
Margaret A. FORNEY Wife M Female W 43 HES. DARMSTADT Keeping House HES. DARMSTADT HES. DARMS.
Frederic F. FORNEY Son S Male W 14 PA Farm Laborer PA H. DARMSTADT
Jennie E. FORNEY Dau S Female W 11 PA PA H. DARMSTADT
John E. FORNEY Son S Male W 9 PA PA H. DARMSTADT
Clara H. FORNEY Dau S Female W 6 PA PA H. DARMSTADT
Ira James FORNEY Son S Male W 4 PA PA H. DARMSTADT
Abraham L. FORNEY Son S Male W 1 PA PA H. DARMSTADT
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PART TWO: John Martin Forney
Source:
Andrew J. Weyer, Sr.:
Descendants of JOHN MARTIN FORNEY:
From the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Concerning the family of John Martin Forney:
1. John was born 29 July 1840 or 1841 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (pension application says 1841, his death certificate says 1840).
2. John married Margaret in Chambersburg.
3. John died 15 January 1927 in Chambersburg.
4. List of children made on March 22nd 1915 including their birth dates:
Mary C. Bishop 10 FEB 1864
Frederick F. Forney 15 APR 1866
Jennie E. Shaffnit 04 SEP 1868
John E. Forney 03 APR 1871 (DECEASED)
Clara A. Rife 18 JUL 1873 (DECEASED)
Ira J. Forney 19 JAN 1876
A. Lehman Forney 21 JUL 1878 (DECEASED)
Martin L. Forney 29 OCT 1882 (DECEASED)
5. John was wounded in the shoulder by a fragment of artillery shell during a charge at the battle of Fredricksburg on 13 December 1862.
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Source:
Andrew J. Weyer, Sr.:
Descendants of JOHN MARTIN FORNEY:

Generation No. 1
JOHN MARTIN1 FORNEY was born Jul 1841 in PENNSYLVANIA, and died Jan 1927 in FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. He married MARGARET A. FRANK 09 Jun 1863 in FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, daughter of MR. FRANK. She was born Apr 1836 in HESSE DARMSTADT, GERMANY, and died 19 Apr 1913 in CHAMBERSBURG, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

Notes for MARGARET A. FRANK:
IN THE 1870 CENSUS OF LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (P.O. UPPER STRASBURG) IS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY:
JOHN FORNEY 28 LABORER $200 PA
MARGARET 31 GER
CATHARINE 6 PA
FREDERICK 4 PA
JANE 2 PA

IN THE 1880 CENSUS OF LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA IS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY:
JOHN M. FORNEY 38 FARMER PA PA PA
MARGARET A. 43 HD HD HD
FREDERICK F. 14 FARM LABORER PA PA HD
JENNIE E. 11 PA PA HD
JOHN E. 9 PA PA HD
CLARA H. 6 PA PA HD
IRA JAMES 4 PA PA HD
ABRAHAM L. 1 PA PA HD
HD = HESSE DARMSTADT

IN THE 1900 CENSUS OF LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA IS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY:
JOHN FORNEY JUL 1841 DAY LABORER PA PA PA
MARGARET APR 1836 GM GM GM
IRAH JAN 1876 DAY LABORER PA PA GM
GM = GERMANY. JOHN AND MARGARET HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 37 YEARS. MARGARET WAS THE MOTHER OF 8 CHILDREN, 7 STILL LIVING. THE CENSUS STATES THAT MARGARET HAD IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1840. IT STATES THAT SHE HAD BEEN IN AMERICA FOR 60 YEARS.
IN THE 1910 CENSUS OF CHAMBERSBURG, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA IS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY:
JOHN FORNEY 68 OWN INCOME PA PA PA
MARGARETE 74 GM GM GM
JOHN AND MARGARET HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 47 YEARS. MARGARET WAS THE MOTHER OF 8 CHILDREN, 6 STILL LIVING. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A COLUMN FOR YEAR OF IMMIGRATION THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT RECORDED.

MARGARET'S OBITUARY IS IN THE CHAMBERSBURG NEWSPAPER "PUBLIC OPINION" ON MONDAY THE 21ST OF APRIL, 1913: "MRS. JOHN M. FORNEY" MARGARET A. WIFE OF JOHN M. FORNEY, DIED SATURDAY AT HER HOME, 51 WEST GERMAN STREET, AGED 77 YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND AND THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: FRED, CHAMBERSBURG; ELMER, DORDOVA (SIC), ILL; R. J., CHAMBERSBURG; A. L., DICKSON, ILL; MRS. WESLEY BISHOP, ROCKY SPRING; MRS. JENNIE SCHAFFNIT, NEW HAVEN, CONN; ALSO BY ONE BROTHER, MR. ADAM FRANK, CHAMBERSBURG, AND ONE SISTER, MRS. WILLIAM F. SMITH, IN INDIANA; ALSO BY TWENTY FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND SIX GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH. FUNERAL MONDAY, LEAVE THE HOUSE AT 10:00 A. M. SERVICES AT SALEM CHURCH AT 11:00 A. M. CONDUCTED BY THE REV. O. C. ROTH, INTERMENT IN SALEM CEMETERY. "NOTE: I BELIEVE THAT R. J. FORNEY OF CHAMBERSBURG IS ACTUALLY IRA J. FORNEY."

IN 1920 JOHN WAS LIVING WITH HIS SON IRA IN CHAMBERSBURG.

JOHN'S OBITUARY IS IN THE CHAMBERSBURG NEWSPAPER "FRANKLIN REPOSITORY" ON SATURDAY, THE 15TH OF JANUARY, 1927: JOHN M. FORNEY DIED OF THE INFIRMITIES OF AGE AT 1 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. WESLEY BISHOP, IN NORTH FRANKLIN STREET. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR, HAVING SERVED DURING THE ENTIRE WAR, PART OF THE TIME IN COMPANY G, 126TH REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY AND PART IN COMPANY D, 21ST PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COLONEL HOUSUM POST, NO. 309, G. A. R. AND SERVED AS COMMANDER FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. HE WAS 87 YEARS OF AGE AND WAS BORN IN LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL FIFTEEN YEARS AGO WHEN HE REMOVED TO CHAMBERSBURG. HE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR CHILDREN, MRS. BISHOP AT WHOSE HOME HE DIED, MRS. JENNIE SCHAFFNIT OF NORTH HAVEN, CONN., FRED AND IRA FORNEY, BOTH OF TOWN. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE HOME OF MRS. BISHOP AT 2 O'CLOCK TUESDAY AFTERNOON; INTERMENT AT SALEM.

Children of JOHN FORNEY and MARGARET FRANK are:
+2 i. CATHERINE2 FORNEY, born Nov 1863 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA; died 06 Jan 1948 in FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
+3 ii. FREDERICK FRANK FORNEY, born Jan 1866 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA; died 04 Dec 1939.
+4 iii. JENNIE E. FORNEY, born Sep 1868 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.
+5 iv. JOHN ELMER FORNEY, born 1871 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.
+6 v. CLARA A. FORNEY, born 18 Jul 1873 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA; died 04 Mar 1903 in FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
+7 vi. IRA JAMES FORNEY, born 29 Jan 1876 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA; died 17 Sep 1944.
8 vii. ABRAHAM LEHMAN FORNEY, born 1879 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

Notes for ABRAHAM LEHMAN FORNEY:
IN 1913 A. L. FORNEY WAS LIVING IN DICKSON, ILLINOIS.
CAN NOT FIND ABRAHAM IN THE 1920 CENSUS.
IN 1927 ABRAHAM IS NOT LISTED IN HIS FATHER'S OBITUARY.

9 viii. MARTIN L. FORNEY, born 1882 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA; died 1882 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.
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PART THREE: Margaret A. Frank
Source:
SEE JAY E. FRANK'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jfrank39-b&id=I70
Odenwald Evangelical Records:
Jay E. Frank: (Original information came from the family register for Laudenau, Germany. Those records were on LDS Film 1577008, Item 6, Section KB48. Johann Nicolaus [Frank] was family No. 1 on the file.)
Odenwald Evangelical Records:
ID: I70
Name: Anna Elisabetha RÖDER
Sex: F
Birth: 18 JUL 1816 1
Note: 2 3
Anna Elisabetha had previously been married to a HUFER.
She was listed as being 22 years old when she married Johann Nicolaus.
I can not find her birth on the day listed in the Reichelsheim Records for this period. I have found two other Anna Elisabetha RÖDERs, one born in 1813 to Johann Georg RÖDER and Anna Catharina HÖRR and the other born in 1816 to Johann Adam RÖDER and Anna Maria VOLLRATH.
Text: Section KB48 Item 1
Change Date: 29 NOV 2005
Father: Johann RÖDER b: 6 JUL 1787 in Reichelsheim, Hesse Darmstadt
Mother: Catharina Margaretha VETTER
Marriage 1 Johann Nicolaus FRANK b: 30 MAR 1812 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt
Married: 21 JUN 1836 in Reichelsheim Evangelical Church 1
Children
Anna Margaretha FRANK b: 17 APR 1836 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt
Johann Peter FRANK b: 26 APR 1838 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt
Adam FRANK b: 26 APR 1840 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt
Eva Catharina FRANK b: 20 JUN 1843 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt
Anna Elisabetha FRANK b: 29 AUG 1846 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt
Jay E. Frank's sources:
Type: Vital Record
Text: LDS Film 1577008; Reichelsheim Familienbuch
Text: Section KB48 Item 1
Type: Vital Record
Text: LDS Film 1577008; Reichelsheim Familienbuch
Text: LDS - International Genealogy Index

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jfrank39-b&id=I187
Odenwald Evangelical Records:
Jay E. Frank:
ID: I187
Name: Anna Margaretha FRANK
Sex: F
Birth: 17 APR 1836 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt 1
Note: 2 3
She was confirmed in the Reichelsheim Evangelische Kirche in 1850.
She was married in 1850.
[Donna Forney Clark: John Martin "Mark" Forney must have been the second husband of Anna Margaretha "Margaret" Frank. Anna Margaretha "Margaret" Frank would have been 14 y/o at the time of her first marriage in Germany and 27 y/o at the time of her second marriage in Franklin Co., PA.]
Text: Section KB29, 1850 Item 28
Text: Section KB 48 Family 1
Change Date: 11 NOV 2005
Father: Johann Nicolaus FRANK b: 30 MAR 1812 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt
Mother: Anna Elisabetha RÖDER b: 18 JUL 1816
Jay E. Frank's sources:
Text: LDS Film 1577008 Reichelsheim Familienbuch
Text: Section KB 48 Family 1
Text: LDS Film 1577007 Reichelsheim Evangelical Church
Text: LDS Film 1577008 Reichelsheim Familienbuch
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Source:
SEE JAY E. FRANK'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=jfrank39-b&id=I730
Odenwald Evangelical Records:
Jay E. Frank:
1 Johann Adam RÖDER b: ABT 3 OCT 1744 d: 20 DEC 1805
2 Elisabetha Catharina RÖDER b: ABT 1777 d: 1837
+ Johann Adam NAGEL b: 28 FEB 1764 d: 18 DEC 1827
3 Anna Margaretha NAGEL b: 30 APR 1789
3 Eva Catharina NAGEL b: 9 JUN 1792 d: 1 FEB 1828
+ Johann Georg FRANK b: 9 DEC 1784 d: 2 JAN 1837
4 Johann Nicolaus FRANK b: 30 MAR 1812 d: 10 MAY 1852
+ Anna Elisabetha RÖDER b: 18 JUL 1816
5 Anna Margaretha FRANK b: 17 APR 1836
5 Johann Peter FRANK b: 26 APR 1838
5 Adam FRANK b: 26 APR 1840
5 Eva Catharina FRANK b: 20 JUN 1843
5 Anna Elisabetha FRANK b: 29 AUG 1846
4 Margaretha Elisabetha FRANK b: 5 SEP 1817 d: 19 SEP 1817
3 Johann Adam NAGEL b: 1 APR 1795 d: 7 MAY 1795
3 Anna Elisabetha NAGEL b: 13 APR 1796 d: 19 MAY 1797
3 Johann Georg NAGEL b: 29 APR 1798 d: 1 MAY 1859
+ Anna Elisabetha HILS
4 Johann Adam NAGEL b: 11 DEC 1828 d: 27 JAN 1829
3 Johann Adam NAGEL b: 15 MAY 1805
2 Anna Margaretha RÖDER
2 Johann Nicolaus RÖDER
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PART FOUR: Frank Family
Source:
"History of the Frank Family," a brief family document, compiled by (Nellie) Grayce Eberley Stambaugh (1920-2001), a granddaughter of Adam Frank (1840-1924),
via Ramsey Frank:
Name & burial place & the following information:

(First, the updates to "History of the Frank Family":
1. (Donna Forney Clark's UPDATE: SEE DITMAR FRANK'S REFERENCE FURTHER DOWN ON THIS PAGE FOR THE CORRECT DATE AND CORRECT AGES OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS UPON ARRIVAL TO THE USA, AS WELL AS OTHER INFORMATION.]

2. (Donna Forney Clark's UPDATE: JACQUE SIKORA: "ELIZABETHA KEIL GAVE BIRTH TO TWO SONS WITH KEIL AFTER ARRIVING IN CHAMBERSBURG. GRAYCE STAMBAUGH'S "HISTORY OF THE FRANK FAMILY" INDICATES THAT ELIZABETHA DIED AND KEIL REMARRIED AND HAD A SON HENRI PRIOR TO RELOCATING TO ILLINOIS. ACCORDING TO THE GETTYSBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY RECORDS, THE FOLLOWING SONS WERE BORN TO KEIL AND ANNA ELIZABETHA:

HENRY (HERVIE) KEIL - B: 19 JAN. 1855
CHRISTENED AT SECOND EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CHAMBERSBURG 26 MAY 1855
D: MARCH 20, 1944 AT 90 Y/O
LIVED AND DIED IN GENESEE TWP. ILLINOIS
NEVER MARRIED

BENJAMIN FRANK KEIL - B: 1 APR. 1857
D: SEPT. 30, 1941
LIVED AND DIED IN MORRISON ILLINOIS
NEVER MARRIED
BURIED IN GROVE HILL CEMETERY, WHITESIDE CO., ILL
HE WAS 3 MONTHS OLD WHEN ELIZABETHA DIED.")

"History of the Frank Family," a brief family document, compiled by Grayce Stambaugh:

"The family of Nickloes Frank lived in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, during the years of 1830-1840. Mrs Frank's Father was (?) Rader [ROEDER]. They owned a great deal of land which was very valuable.
Nickloes Frank (surnames unknown) had five children born to them -- Margaret, Peter, Adam, Eva Catherine and Elizabeth. They owned and operated a Hotel or Inn in Hesse Darmstadt.
Early in life death took the father and the mother remarried. In order to avoid conscription of her sons into the German Army, the family came to America. That would have been about 1851. Margaret was 16 years old, Peter was 14 years old, Adam 11 years, Eva Catherine about 8 years and Elizabeth about 6 years old. They also brought two neighbor boys with them. The voyage in a sailboat took six weeks.
From New York they went to Pennsylvania and took up residence at Chambersburg. Not many years afterward the mother died leaving the five children with their step-father. The mother is buried in the First Lutheran Cemetery in Chambersburg. A short time later the stepfather remarried and to them a son was born -- Henry Keil. In due course the Keils decided to move to Iowa. They wanted to take the youngest, Elizabeth, with them but the sisters and brothers would not hear to it and managed to keep all five together in Chambersburg. [Sentence omitted.]"

"The Civil War came along and Adam enlisted. Eva Catherine stayed with a family by the name of Frondoe who were very good to her. She attended the Lutheran Church. It was there that she met her future husband, Wilhelm F. Schmidt. He also served in the Union Army. They were married on a Sunday evening at the parsonage of the First Lutheran Church by the Rev. Rhodes, Pastor. They went to housekeeping in Chambersburg and in 1875 moved to Indiana. Here they built a home and reared their famly.
Adam Frank enlisted on February 5, 1864 and was mustered in at Pottsville, Pa. He served under Captain Frank D. Wetherill's Company F. 3rd Regiment Pa. Vol. Cavalry under the command of Col. J. B. Mcintosh. Comrade Frank shared in the battles of the Wilderness May 5, 1864 - Cold Harbor June 12, 1864, - Boydton Plank Road October 8, 1864 - Thatchers Run October 22 to 28thm 1864.
Taken sick and being unfit for service Adam was Honorably Discharged December 10, 1864 at Petersburg, Va. by reason of Surgeon Certificate of Disability.
After his return, he married Rachel Kell of Roxbury, Pa. Through this union 11 children were born -- James K., Robert L., Maretta B., Ida V., William N., Charles G., the twins - Mary S. and Sadie C., Florence G., Nellie Grace and one daughter Annie Elizabeth who died at the age of 14.
Adam Frank was born April 2, 1840 and died July 20, 1924.
Rachel V. (Kell) Frank was born January 27, 1845 and died March 14, 1901."
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PART FIVE: Further information by Ditmar Frank, particularly about the Roeder/ Frank/ Keil family's arrival in the USA.
Source:
Ditmar Frank:
After the death of Johann Nicolaus Frank 1852, Anna-Elisabeth Röder married in 1853 Johannes Keil. In the document Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929, Anna-Elisabeth Roeder is named Anna-Elisabeth Frank, which would have been the surname of her deceased husband.

Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929:
Anna Elisabetha Roeder:
1st MARRIAGE: 21 Jun 1838 Evangelisch, Reichelsheim Odenwald, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt
parents: Johannes Roeder, Katharina Margaretha Vetter
spouse: Johann Nikolaus Frank
groom's name: Johann Nikolaus Frank
groom's age: 26
bride's name: Anna Elisabetha Roeder
bride's age: 22
marriage date: 21 Jun 1838
marriage place: Evangelisch, Reichelsheim Odenwald, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt
groom's father's name: Johann Georg Frank
groom's mother's name: Eva Katharina Nagel
bride's father's name: Johannes Roeder
bride's mother's name: Katharina Margaretha Vetter
indexing project (batch) number: M92566-6
system origin: Germany-ODM
source film number: 1195021

2nd MARRIAGE: Anna Elisabetha Frank (maiden name Anna Elisabetha Roeder )
Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929
marriage: 26 Jun 1853 Evangelisch, Reichelsheim Odenwald, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt
parents: Johann Nikolaus Frank (remarks: it´s the name of the first husband and not the bride´s father name!)
spouse: Johannes Keil
groom's name: Johannes Keil
bride's name: Anna Elisabetha Frank
bride's age: 37
marriage date: 26 Jun 1853
marriage place: Evangelisch, Reichelsheim Odenwald, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt
groom's father's name: Georg Keil
groom's mother's name: Elisabetha Blumenschein
bride's father's name: Johann Nikolaus Frank
indexing project (batch) number: M92566-6
system origin: Germany-ODM
source film number: 1195021

Remarks of Ditmar Frank 15.Oct. 2012, Trebur,Gross-Gerau,Hessen,Germany.
1. Anna Elisabetha had not married with her maiden name Röder but with her former married surname Frank.
2. Also, it's now clear that the emigration date of the Frank children, together with their mother and stepfather Johannes Keil, was after the marriage date 26 June 1853.
3. Recommended free site:
http://www.germanimmigrants1850s.com/index.php?f=ship&q=Linden&p=1
4. At the above site, I found:
19th Century Germanic Immigrants to USA on the ship LINDEN
242 records found - page 1 of 10 = total passengers on the ship Linden arrived New
York on 21 October 1853
# NAME AGE GENDER FROM DEST COMPT SHIP ARRIVED

0053 Adam Frank 13 M Wurtemberg USA Steerage Linden 10-21-1853

0054 Catherine Frank 10 F Wurtemberg USA Steerage Linden 10-21-1853

0055 Elisabeth Frank 06 F Wurtemberg USA Steerage Linden 10-21-1853

0056 Marguerite Frank 17 F Wurtemberg USA Steerage Linden 10-21-1853

0057 Peter Frank 15 M Wurtemberg USA Steerage Linden 10-21-1853

0129 Elisabeth Keil 27 F Wurtemberg USA Steerage Linden 10-21-1853

0130 Johann Keil 35 M Wurtemberg USA Steerage Linden 10-21-1853
The list shows the origin from Wurtemberg. This name is not correct. It must be Hessen or Hessen-Darmstadt.

Further research shows:
http://www.germanimmigrants1850s.com/index.php?do=ships&p=28
#686, Ship named Linden, 10-21-1853 with 242 passengers, departing from Havre, from native countries of Baden, France, Hessen, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, with a destination of USA
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