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Jacob Frantz Hershey 1802–1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Sep 1802

Birth Location: Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 5 May 1877

Death Location: Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: Issac Hershey

Mother: Anna Frantz

Spouse(s): Nancy Hershey

Children(s): Henry Hershey

Jacob Frantz Hershey was born in 1802 in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Issac Hershey And Anna Hostetter Frantz. Jacob Frantz Hershey married Nancy Anna Hershey, and had children including Henry Hershey Hershey. Jacob Frantz Hershey passed away in 1877 in Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Biography

  • Jacob Frantz Hershey was born in 1802 in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Issac Hershey And Anna Hostetter Frantz.
  • Jacob Frantz Hershey married Nancy Anna Hershey, and had children including Henry Hershey Hershey.
  • Jacob Frantz Hershey passed away in 1877 in Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jacob Hershey's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Hershey
1802–1877
Birth Place: Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Issac Hershey
1773–1831
Derry or Spring Creek, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Anna (Hostetter) Frantz
1774–1861
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
Christian Hershey
1719–1782
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Anna Hernley
1737–1812
Lancaster, Pennsylvania,USA
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Hershey
1696–1789
Magdalena Rohde
1700–1762
Ulrich Hernley
1710–
Catherine Hernly
1715–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christian Hirschi
1660–1729
Adelheid Stauffer
1660–1729
ulrich Rhode
1682–1763

Jacob Hershey's Descendants

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Jacob (Frantz) Hershey (22 Sep 1802–5 May 1877) m. Nancy (Anna) Hershey (22 JAN 1808–3 SEP 1869)
  1. 1. Henry (Hershey) Hershey 1829–1904 m. Veronica ((Fannie) Buckwalter) Snavely 1835–1920 m. Fannie 1838–
    1. 1. Sarena Hershey 1862–1867
    2. 2. Milton ((Candy Maker) Snavely) Hershey 1857–1945

Jacob Hershey's Timeline

4 Records

1802
22 Sep 1802
Birth of Jacob Frantz Hershey in Derry, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
Derry, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
1802
22 Sep 1802
Birth of Jacob Frantz Hershey in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
1877
05 May 1877
Age 75
Death of Jacob Frantz Hershey in Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA
Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA
1877
5 May 1877
Age 75
Death of Jacob Frantz Hershey in Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1802
    Event Place: Derry, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1802
    Event Place: Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 May 1877
    Event Place: Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 May 1877
    Event Place: Cornwall, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States

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