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JOHN HILDEBRAND ?1779-1877
Fathers:ABRAHAM,JOHANN,HANS,HANS,JACOB

Search.........Person
Gender.........male
PAF-ID.........09000034
Age............98y 3m 17d
Fam-Group......WILSON
Fam-ID.........HILDEBRAND
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...widowed

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......7
#Events........1
#Images:.......9
#Comments......1
#Siblings......12
#Children......5

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

Title(s).......
Ancestor.......ancestor
RelatedToMe....3XGreat
Gen-#..........06
Ahn-#..........00000000034
Religion.......Presbyterian
PoliticParty...
Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair.
Burial.........Riverview Cemetery section 8 lot 135

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, male, born:1748 Germany, died:1833-09-01 (85y 8m 0d) Huntington Harbour (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, Anc:1, Dad:JOHANN JACOB HILDEBRAND, Mom:MARIE ELIZABETH SCHNEIDER, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:7
  2. Parent: ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, female, born:1761 Somerset county Pennsylvania, died:1822 (61y 0m 0d) Johnston (Cambria) Pennsylvania, Anc:1, Dad:JACOB PETER SHANTZ, Mom:MARIA BARBARA RUND, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:5
  3. Sibling: Christian\Kesiah Terwalt HILDEBRAND, male, born:1776 ?Pennsylvania, died:1776-1866 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #SrcDocs:2
  4. Sibling: Joseph\Jacob HILDEBRAND, male, born:1778 , died:1778-1868 (0y 0m 0d) Erie (Erie) Pennsylvania, Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #SrcDocs:2
  5. Sibling: James\Christian HILDEBRAND, male, born:1778-12-22 Somerset county Pennsylvania, died:1778-1868 (0y 0m 10d) Sandy Hook (Moniteau) Missouri, Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:2
  6. Sibling: Jacob\James HILDEBRAND, male, born:1779 Somerset (Somerset) Pennsylvania, died:1779-1869 (0y 0m 0d) Shelby (Lake) Indiana, Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:2
  7. Sibling: Abraham\Joseph HILDEBRAND Jr., male, born:1780 Lancaster county Pennsylvania, died:1780-1870 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #SrcDocs:2
  8. Sibling: Samuel HILDEBRAND, male, born:1785 Cambria county Pennsylvania, died:1785-1875 (0y 0m 0d) Carroll county Indiana, Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #SrcDocs:2
  9. Sibling: George HILDEBRAND, male, born:1787-10-12 Antrim (Franklin) Pennsylvania, died:1787-1877 (0y 2m 20d) East Trussville (Cambria) Pennsylvania, Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #SrcDocs:2
  10. Sibling: Keziah HILDEBRAND, female, born:1787-10-12 Cambria county Pennsylvania, died:1787-1877 (0y 2m 20d) Somerset county Pennsylvania, Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #SrcDocs:2
  11. Sibling: Mary HILDEBRAND, female, born:1800-03-06 Cambria county Pennsylvania, died:1800-1890 (0y 9m 26d) Winnebago county Illinois, Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #SrcDocs:2
  12. Sibling: Isaac HILDEBRAND, male, born:1801-10-25 Cambria county Pennsylvania, died:1883-05-05 (81y 6m 10d) , Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:2
  13. Sibling: Ann\Catherine HILDEBRAND, female, born:1804-04-09 Cambria county Pennsylvania, died:1804-1894 (0y 8m 23d) Johnston (Cambria) Pennsylvania, Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #SrcDocs:2
  14. Sibling: Catherine\Katharina HILDEBRAND, female, born:1804-04-09 , died:1889-05-31 (85y 1m 22d) , Dad:ABRAHAM HILDEBRAND, Mom:ANN\ANNA SHANTZ, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:2

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1808-04-26 Huntingdon county Pennsylvania
  2. Spouse: BARBARA SHULTZ, female, born:1788-01-14 ?Codorus (York) Pennsylvania, died:1864-11-25 (76y 10m 11d) Huntington Harbour (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, Anc:1, Dad:LAWRENCE\LORENTZ SHULTZ, Mom:MARIE CATHERINE HOLLANDER, #SrcDocs:6
  3. ..Child: Elizabeth HILDEBRAND, female, born:1810 Huntingdon county Pennsylvania, died:1835-1900 (25y 0m 0d) ?Huntingdon county Pennsylvania, Dad:JOHN HILDEBRAND, Mom:BARBARA SHULTZ, #SrcDocs:1
  4. ..Child: William S. HILDEBRAND, male, born:1811-01-24 Huntingdon county Pennsylvania, died:1862-11-10 (51y 9m 17d) Huntington Harbour (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, Dad:JOHN HILDEBRAND, Mom:BARBARA SHULTZ, #SrcDocs:1
  5. ..Child: KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, female, born:1816-10-25 Huntington Harbour (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1909-02-14 (92y 3m 20d) Xenia (Greene) Ohio, Anc:1, Dad:JOHN HILDEBRAND, Mom:BARBARA SHULTZ, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:7
  6. ..Child: Rebecca HILDEBRAND, female, born:1827 Huntingdon county Pennsylvania, died:1863-12-26 (36y 11m 25d) Pennsylvania, Dad:JOHN HILDEBRAND, Mom:BARBARA SHULTZ, #SrcDocs:2
  7. ..Child: Mary HILDEBRAND, female, born:1835-08-21 Huntington Harbour (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania, died:1835-1925 (0y 4m 11d) , Dad:JOHN HILDEBRAND, Mom:BARBARA SHULTZ, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:2

Events
Birth
: ?1779 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Cumberland county Pennsylvania
Census
: 1800 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Adams county Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, John family of 9 males 7 females
Married
: 1808-04-26, Age:98y 3m 17d, Huntingdon county Pennsylvania, Role:groom, A notice of the marriage of John and Barbara appeared in the May 02, 1808 Huntingdon Gazette saying that it took place the prior Thursday. See https://genealogytrails.com/penn/huntingdon/deaths/1806death_marriage.html
Census
: 1810 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Reading, Berks county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, John 025
Census
: 1810 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Richmond, Berks county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, John 063
Livedin
: 1820 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Henderson, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, owned a home there
Census
: 1820 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Woodbury, Blair county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, 034 John Hildebrand
Land
: 1825-09-19, Age:98y 3m 17d, Porter, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:grantor
Census
: 1830 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Morris, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, 080 John family of 2 males 3 females
Census
: 1840 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Walker, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, 396 John Hildebrand
Census
: 1840 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Salt Creek, Muskingum county, Ohio, Role:census federal, 469 John Hildebrand age 62 b.PA, Mary age 17 b.PA, Mathew D. Wilson age 8 b.OH, Eliza Stitt age 41 b.PA
Census
: 1850 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, John age 65 b.PA no occupation Barbara 70, Eliza Stitt age 50, Mary age 25
Census
: 1860 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, John age 75 b.PA carpenter, Barbara age 70 b.PA, Eliza Stitt age 50 b.PA, Mary age 25 b.PA, ImageID: W__0386
Census
: 1870 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Role:census federal, John age 92 b.PA retired farmer Mrs E.
Will-written
: 1876-07-06, Age:98y 3m 17d, Huntingdon county Pennsylvania, Role:writer, John left his piano to his grandchildren Annie Kate and Margaret McCollum. He left two-thirds of his real estate to his daughter Mrs. Eliza Stitt and the other one-third to his granddaughter Annie Kate McCollum. He released his son William's estate from any liability to him. John's daughter Eliza was the executrix.
Burial
: 1877-04 , Age:98y 3m 17d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, Riverview Cemetery, section 8 lot 135, ImageID: W__0468
Death
: 1877-04-18, Age:98y 3m 17d, ?Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, at his home on Church Street
Church
: ?, Age:98y 3m 17d, Presbyterian
Job
: ?, Age:98y 3m 17d, Huntington Harbour, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, carpenter

Places In
Salt Creek (Muskingum) Ohio
Adams county Pennsylvania
Reading (Berks) Pennsylvania
Richmond (Berks) Pennsylvania
Woodbury (Blair) Pennsylvania
Cumberland county Pennsylvania
Henderson (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania
Huntington Harbour (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania
Morris (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania
Porter (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania
Walker (Huntingdon) Pennsylvania

General

The census records show some interesting facts about John. His widowed daughter Elizabeth lived with him from the time her husband died until John's death. Also living with John in 1850 was his grandson, Mathew Durbin Wilson, son of John's daughter Keziah.


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W__0386 - 1860 Census for Huntingdon,Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania with JOhn Hildebrand
W__0389 - Death Record of Keziah (Hildebrand) Wilson
W__0465 - 1850 Census for Huntingdon, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania
W__0468 - Headstones of John and Barbara (Shultz) Hildebrand in Riverview Cemetery
W__0474 - Will of Lawrence Shultz
Z__0019 - Map of Pennsylvania county townships for Huntingdon
Z__0025 - Map of Counties of Ohio
Z__0033 - Map of Counties of Pennsylvania
Z__0050 - Map of Counties of Pennsylvania County Genealogies


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1867: Serbia, Turkey - The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines Its Independence from the Ottoman Empire, International recognition followed in 1878
1867: United States, Russia - The United States purchased Alaska from Russia
1868: United States - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was approved
1868: United States - The Expatriation Act is approved by Congress, guaranteeing U.S. citizens the right to expatriate, coupled with the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution approved only one day later, the Expatriation Act allows U.S. citizens to renounce federal citizenship in order to regain Constitutional rights ceded by U.S. citizens as defined by the 14th Amendment
1869: Egypt - The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea
1869: United States - First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10
1870-1871: France, Germany, Italy - The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy, the collapse of the Second French Empire, the breakdown of Pax Britannica, and the emergence of a New Imperialism
1870s-1890s: Europe, United States - Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1871-1872: Iran - Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of two million
1871-1914: Europe, United States - Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, a phase of the larger Industrial Revolution in the period from the last half of the 19th century until about the time of World War I
1872: United States - Yellowstone National Park is created
1873: England - James Clerk Maxwell publishes "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism", a set of four partial differential equations describing how the electric and magnetic fields relate to their sources, charge density and current density, and how they develop with time
1874-1875: Spain - First Republic in Spain
1874: France - The Societe Anonyme Cooperative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs, better known today as the Impressionists organize and present their first public group exhibition at the Paris studio of the photographer Nadar
1874: India, England - The British East India Company is dissolved
1875-1900: India - 26 million in India perish due to famine
1876-1879: China - 13 million die of famine in northern China
1876-1914: United States - The massive expansion in population, territory, Industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age
1876: Bulgaria - The Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike