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Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR 1741–1817 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 May 1741

Birth Location: Bern, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 13 Nov 1817

Death Location: New Ringgold, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Bernard KEPNER

Mother: Maria WEICKER

Spouse(s): Maria LINDENMUTH

Children(s): Maria KEPNER

Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR was born in 1741 in Bern, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Bernard Benedict Kepner And Maria Salome Weicker. In 1781, Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR resided in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR married Maria Elizabetha Lindenmuth, and had children including Maria Magdalena Molly Kepner. Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR passed away in 1817 in New Ringgold, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR was born in 1741 in Bern, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Bernard Benedict Kepner And Maria Salome Weicker.
  • In 1781, Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR resided in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR married Maria Elizabetha Lindenmuth, and had children including Maria Magdalena Molly Kepner.
  • Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR passed away in 1817 in New Ringgold, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Andreas SR's Ancestors

Self
Andreas SR
1741–1817
Birth Place: Bern, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Bernard Benedict KEPNER
1714–1778
Sulzfeld, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Maria (Salome) WEICKER
1721–1792
Wattenheim, Bayern, Germany?
Grandparents
Hanß (Bernhardt) KEPNER\KEPPNER
1673–1765
Sülzfeld, Baden Württemberg, Germany?
Anna (Barbara) SCHLAGMANN
1672–1718
Sülzfeld, Coburg, Bayern, Germany
Johann (Georg) WEICKER
1682–1755
Eschollbrueck, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Barbara (Elizabeth) DAECHER
1695–1750
Berkach, Groß-Gerau, Hesse, Germany
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Andreas SR's Descendants

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Andreas (Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER) SR (1 May 1741–13 Nov 1817) m. Maria (Elizabetha) LINDENMUTH (1739?–1788)
  1. 1. Maria (Magdalena "Molly") KEPNER 1776–1848 m. Isaac WHETSTONE 1774–1850
    1. 1. Benjamin (WHETSTONE ***SEE) NOTE*** 1817–1877 m. Anna (Maria "Mariah" BOYER ***SEE) NOTE*** 1816–
      1. 1. Zachariah\Zaccur (Paul "Zack" WHETSTINE\WHETSTONE\WETZSTEIN ***SEE) NOTE*** 1850–1941 m. Caroline ("Carie") HEICHBERGER\HICKBERGER 1864–1945
        1. 1. Theodore (Benjamin\Basil "Ted") WHETSTINE 1892–1965 m. Dorothy (Elma) COLLETT 1913–1958

Andreas SR's Timeline

3 Records

1741
1 May 1741
Birth of Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR in Bern, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Bern, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
1781
1781
Age 40
Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR resided here in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
1817
13 Nov 1817
Age 76
Death of Andreas Bernhardt "Barney" KEPNER SR in McKeansburg, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA
McKeansburg, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 May 1741
    Event Place: Bern, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 95
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1781
    Event Place: Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 316

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Nov 1817
    Event Place: McKeansburg, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: New Ringgold, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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