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Johann Christian Horn 1785–1859 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1785

Birth Location: at sea between Germany and Pennsylvania

Death Date: June 1859

Death Location: Jacksonville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Ludwig Horn

Mother: Anna Drum

Spouse(s): Margaret Hassinger

Children(s): Elias Horn, Johannes Horn, Fredrick Horn, Elizabeth Rakestraw, David Horn, Amos Horn, Levi Horn, Samuel Horn, Jacob Horn, Michael Horn, John Horn, Mary Horn

Johann Christian Horn was born in 1785 in at sea between Germany and Pennsylvania, the child of Ludwig George Frederick Horn And Anna Maria Drum. Johann Christian Horn married Margaret Hassinger, and had children including Amos Horn, David Horn, Elias Horn, Elizabeth Rakestraw, Fredrick Myron Horn, Jacob Horn, Johannes John Horn, John Horn, Levi Horn, Mary Horn, Michael Horn, Samuel M Horn. Johann Christian Horn passed away in 1859 in Jacksonville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Johann Christian Horn was born in 1785 in at sea between Germany and Pennsylvania, the child of Ludwig George Frederick Horn And Anna Maria Drum.
  • Johann Christian Horn married Margaret Hassinger, and had children including Amos Horn, David Horn, Elias Horn, Elizabeth Rakestraw, Fredrick Myron Horn, Jacob Horn, Johannes John Horn, John Horn, Levi Horn, Mary Horn, Michael Horn, Samuel M Horn.
  • Johann Christian Horn passed away in 1859 in Jacksonville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Johann Horn's Ancestors

Self
Johann Horn
1785–1859
Birth Place: at sea between Germany and Pennsylvania
Parents
Ludwig George "Frederick" Horn
1760–1824
Zweibrucken, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Anna (Maria) Drum
1763–1839
Albany Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania
Grandparents
Christian Horn
1730–
Germany
George (Adam\Albert) Drum
1733–1808
Albany Twp, Berks County, Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania
Maria (Catharine) Strasser
1740–1817
Albany Twp, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Johann Drumm
1705–1757
Maria Stagern
1721–1783
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Sr
1665–1731
Anna Dromm
1674–1720
Joannes Staiger................
1680–1738
Margreth Mueller
1681–1733

Johann Horn's Descendants

1.
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Johann (Christian) Horn (1785–June 1859) m. Margaret Hassinger (ca 1795–ca 1839)
  1. 1. Elias Horn 1820–1880 m. Mary Blodgett 1824–1879
    1. 1. Eva (Melvina) Horn 1859–1933 m. Daniel (Webster) Tovrea 1855–1928 m. Martin (Luther) McIntire 1850–1929
      1. 1. Melba (Maude Miller - Tovrea (she was) adopted) 1918–1976 m. Logan (Millford) Sherriff 1902–1986
        1. 1. Glenn (Allen) Sherriff 1935–1957 m. Elsie Rees 1939–2024
        2. 2. Arland (Lee) Sherriff 1937–2008 m. Lanelle\Lannelda (Marie KLAMETH, Sherriff, Hurt, Green,) Rowland 1939–2011 m. Darlene (Lucretia) Calkins 1946–2008
        3. 3. Sharon (Annette "Lolly") Sherriff 1940–1996 m. Richard (Arnold) Dunn 1937–1985
        4. 4. Laverne (Dee) Sherriff m. Donna (Jean (Jeanne)) Wright 1938–2005 m. Sally (Jo) Thompson 1939–2012
      2. 2. Maude Tovrea 1897–1918 m. Frank (O) Miller 1896–
      3. 3. Owen (Francis Tovrea) Sr. 1887–1936 m. Jennie (B - -) Sidwell 1888–1912 m. Brenice Weymouth 1900–1987 m. Theoline (Emma (Petersen)) Tovrea-Smith 1903–1983
        1. 1. Esther (Lucille Hornburg( De )Tovrea,) Crockett 1925–1994 m. Cecil (Richard) Wigger 1917–1989
        2. 2. Catherine (Allice) Pelofski 1910–1998
        3. 3. Owen (Francis Tovrea) Jr 1937–2018
      4. 4. Raymond (Basil "Ray") Tovrea 1893–1940 m. Ruth (M) Tovrea 1903–
        1. 1. Verner (B) Tovrea 1926–
      5. 5. Daniel (R) Tovrea 1896–1977
      6. 6. Alice Tovera 1886–1932
      7. 7. Wayne (-Horn-) Tovrea 1888–
      8. 8. David (-Horn-) Tovrea 1884–
      9. 9. Ishmael (-Horn-) Tovrea 1889–
      10. 10. Charles (Arthur -Horn-) Tovrea 1891–1963
    2. 2. Laura (Duke) Horn 1848–1930 m. John (Thomas) Blackburn 1831–1900
      1. 1. Mary (Minnie Victoria) Gardner 1873–1932 m. James (Benjamin) Daigle 1870–1940
        1. 1. Hazel (Laura) Parks 1893–
    3. 3. Mary (Eliza) Horn 1857–1911
      1. 1. Lois (M.) Holt 1902–1959 m. Oray (Reed) Holt 1898–1965
        1. 1. Mary (Alice) Holt 1922–1983 m. Milford (E) Green 1923–
        2. 2. Polly (Ann) Carter 1920–1955
    4. 4. Grant (can) Flom 1849–
    5. 5. Alice (A) Flom 1854–
    6. 6. Jelly (B) Flom 1861–
  2. 2. Johannes (John) Horn 1803–1872
    1. 1. John (Hezekiah Perry) Horn 1843–1929
      1. 1. Mary (Virginia) Horn 1872–1960
        1. 1. Mary (Cordia) Harpold 1900–
  3. 3. Fredrick (Myron) Horn 1827–1911 m. Matilda Fuson 1841–1909
    1. 1. William (Franklin) Horne 1861–1928
      1. 1. Floyd (Myron) Horne 1890–1951
        1. 1. Lois (J) Runyan 1927–1995
    2. 2. George (W) Horn 1872–1952
      1. 1. Mary 1912–
    3. 3. Cora (Loretta) Horn 1877– m. John (Lewis) Seese 1874–1946
      1. 1. John (Lincoln) Seese 1909–1981 m. Juanita Seese 1921–1998 m. Mary (Etta) Seese 1911–1944
      2. 2. Melvin Seese 1909–
      3. 3. Lloyd (L) Seese 1904–1985
  4. 4. Elizabeth Rakestraw 1838–1914
    1. 1. Mary (Jane) Gantz 1867–1933
      1. 1. Hellen (D) Gantz 1901–
        1. 1. Kenneth Enoch 1925–
  5. 5. David Horn 1839–1900
  6. 6. Amos Horn 1822–1858
  7. 7. Levi Horn 1825–
  8. 8. Samuel (M.) Horn 1825–1851
  9. 9. Jacob Horn 1828–1858
  10. 10. Michael Horn 1831–1858
  11. 11. John Horn 1837–1862
  12. 12. Mary Horn 1838–

Johann Horn's Timeline

4 Records

1785
16 Mar 1785
Birth of Johann Christian Horn in Berks Co., Pennsylvania
Berks Co., Pennsylvania
1785
1785
Birth of Johann Christian Horn in at sea between Germany and Pennsylvania
at sea between Germany and Pennsylvania
1850
Mar 1850
Age 65
Death of Johann Christian Horn in Hancock County, Ohio, USA
Hancock County, Ohio, USA
1859
June 1859
Age 74
Death of Johann Christian Horn in Jacksonville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Jacksonville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Mar 1785
    Event Place: Berks Co., Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1785
    Event Place: at sea between Germany and Pennsylvania
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Berks Co., PA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Mar 1850
    Event Place: Hancock County, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: June 1859
    Event Place: Jacksonville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

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