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Peter Isaac Lear 1826 – 1904 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 December 1826

Birth Location: Bairdstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 31 August 1904

Death Location: Burrell, Indiana, Pennsylvania

Father: Heinrich Lear

Mother: Maria Seyboth

Spouse(s): Nancy Nixon*

Children(s): Emma Lear

In 1826, Peter Isaac Lear entered the world in Bairdstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, born to Heinrich "Henry" Lear and Maria Catharina Seyboth. Peter Isaac Lear married Nancy Jane Nixon*, and had children including Emma Samantha Lear. Peter Isaac Lear passed away in 1904 in Burrell, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

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Biography

  • In 1826, Peter Isaac Lear entered the world in Bairdstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, born to Heinrich "Henry" Lear and Maria Catharina Seyboth.
  • Peter Isaac Lear married Nancy Jane Nixon*, and had children including Emma Samantha Lear.
  • Peter Isaac Lear passed away in 1904 in Burrell, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Peter Lear's Ancestors

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Peter Lear
1826 – 1904
Birth Place: Bairdstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Heinrich "Henry" Lear
1767 – 1832
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Maria (Catharina) Seyboth
1783 – 1850
York, York, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
John (Bernard) Lear
1739 – 1793
Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Maria (Magdalena "Mary") Tritsch
1736 – 1816
Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Tobias Seyboth
1748 – 1819
prob. Hesse, Germany
Christina (Frederica) (Seyboth)
1765 – 1819
Great-Grandparents
HENRY LEAR
1711 – 1795
Elisabeth Laer
1719 – 1785
Johann Tritsch
1719 – 1810
Anna Wolf
1724 – 1779
Peter Seyboth
1720 – 1796
Agnes PRELL
1725 – 1802
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann SEYBOTH
1690 – 1751
Catharina KETTLER
1692 – 1728
Michael Prell
1687 – 1736

Peter Lear's Descendants

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Peter (Isaac) Lear (26 December 1826 – 31 August 1904) m. Nancy (Jane) Nixon* (19 April 1825 – 18 December 1910)
  1. 1. Emma (Samantha) Lear (18 Dec 1869 – 7 Mar 1937) m. James (Moore) Ray (28 Oct 1855 – 13 Mar 1932)
    1. 1. Leonard (Nixon) Ray (26 Mar 1893 – 21 March 1978)
    2. 2. Goldie (Anna) Ray (1 Mar 1895 – 12 Jul 1954)
    3. 3. Nettie (Mabel) Ray (Oct 1896 – )
    4. 4. Mabel Ray (8 October 1896 – 1 November 1980)
    5. 5. Talmage (T) Ray (Sep 1898 – )
    6. 6. Charles (M.) Ray (1900 – )
    7. 7. Blair (Peter) Ray (27 Feb 1902 – 15 APR 1974) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Fowler (14 May 1905 – 20 AUG 1983)
      1. 1. William (Edward) Ray (30 Sep 1928 – 19 Feb 2012) m. Rita Bonny m. Jocelyn Wilson (1936 – )
        1. 1. Kendal (Lee) Ray (abt 1958 – ) m. Hamby
        2. 2. Nora Ray (abt 1959 – ) m. Richards
        3. 3. Jennifer Ray (abt 1960 – ) m. Schnieder
        4. 4. Kajsa (Rays Dad) Ray m. Kajsa (Ray's) Mum
      2. 2. Darrell (Blair) Ray (23 May 1933 – 06 Jun 2018) m. Unknown
        1. 1. Ray
      3. 3. Joseph (Alton “Joe”) Ray (2 July 1935 – 27 August 2017)
      4. 4. John (N) Ray (1939 – 27 Oct 2022)
    8. 8. Robert (Banks) Ray (2 Nov 1903 – 16 October 1975)
    9. 9. Lydie Ray (2 Jun 1907 – 15 May 1994)

Peter Lear's Timeline

2 Records

1826
26 December 1826
Birth of Peter Isaac Lear in Bairdstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Bairdstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
1904
31 August 1904
Age 78
Death of Peter Isaac Lear in Burrell, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Burrell, Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 December 1826
    Event Place: Bairdstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 August 1904
    Event Place: Burrell, Indiana, Pennsylvania

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