Jacob Johann Alter and Margaret Landis
Husband Jacob Johann Alter [3551]
Born: Abt 1742 - , , , Switzerland 1 2 3 4 5 6
Christened:
Died: 18 Apr 1815 - , , Washington, PA 6 7 8
Buried: 1815 - Alter Burial Ground near Buffalo Church, Buffalo, Washington, PA 9
Married: 8 Jan 1769 - First Reformed Church, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA 1 2 10 11 12More records for this person:
Immigration - from Switzerland to USA
Biography 1 13 14 15
Wife Margaret Landis [3552]
Born: Abt 1743 - of Manheim, Lancaster, PA 2 8 12 16
Christened:
Died: 1805-1806 - , , Cumberland, PA 2 8 12 17 18
Buried: 1805-1806 - , , Cumberland, PA 2 19
Father: Henry Landis [3588] (Abt 1700/1715-1767)
Mother: Veronica Graafe [3589] (Abt 1710/1719-1746/1764) 20More records for this person:
Other references 21
Children
1 F Veronica "Fanny" Alter [3553]
Born: 9 Oct 1769 - , , Lancaster, PA 1 10 11 22 23
Christened:
Died: 15 Nov 1817 22 23
Buried: 1817 - Seitz Farm Graveyard, West Pennsboro, Cumberland, PA 22
Spouse: Lawrence Le_Fevre [74] (1764-1830) 24 Marr: 1 May 1792 - , Newville, Cumberland, PA 10 11 23
2 M John Alter [3491]
Born: 13 Sep 1771 - , , York, PA 1 6 11 25 26 27
Christened:
Died: 1834 - , , , PA 6 12
Buried: 1834 - Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
Spouse: Eleanor Sheetz [3492] (1776-1841) 28 Marr: 1794 - , , Cumberland, PA 1 11 12 26
3 M Jacob Alter II [3559]
Born: 1 Jan 1773 - , , Cumberland, PA 1 6 7 10 11 29
Christened:
Died: 29 Jun 1839 - , West Pennsboro, Cumberland, PA 1 6 7
Buried: 1839 - Plainfield Church of God Cem, Plainfield, Cumberland, PA 6
Spouse: Elizabeth Foutz [104] (1768-1855) 11 Marr: Abt 1811 1 7 10 11
4 M David Alter [3570]
Born: 7 Feb 1775 - , , Lancaster, PA 1 6 8 10 11 30 31
Christened:
Died: 1838 - , , Allegheny, PA 6 8 32
Buried: 1838 - Dugan Cemetery, Plum, Allegheny, PA 6
Spouse: Elizabeth Mell [48] (1779-1837) 33 Marr: 1 Sep 1797 8 10 11 32
5 F Esther Alter [3581]
Born: 28 Feb 1777 - , , , PA 1 10 21 34 35
Christened:
Died: 1810 35
Buried:
Spouse: Michael Baer [75] (1778-1849) 11
6 M Samuel Alter [3593]
Born: 17 Mar 1779 - , , , PA 10 11
Christened:
Died: Bef 1799 10
Buried:
7 F Susannah Alter [3603]
Born: 30 Oct 1780 - , , , PA 1 6 10 11 34 36
Christened:
Died: Abt 1840-1852 - , Mount Rock, Cumberland, PA 34 36 37 38
Buried: 1840-1852 - Mount Rock Methodist Churchyard, Mount Rock, Cumberland, PA 6
Spouse: Governor Joseph Ritner [3587] (1780-1869) Marr: 26 Apr 1801 - , , , PA 1 10 11 36 39 40
8 M Henry Alter [3554]
Born: 25 Oct 1784 - of Mt. Rock, Cumberland, PA 10 40 41 42
Christened:
Died: 11 Mar 1854 - , Tuscarawas, Tuscarawas, OH 6 40
Buried: 1854 - Sharon Moravian Cemetery, Tuscarawas, Tuscarawas, OH 6
Spouse: Maria Elizabeth Reinhard [76] (1786-1834) 11 Marr: 1806 - , , Washington, PA 10 11 40
9 M Abraham Alter [3555]
Born: 13 Mar 1787 - , , , PA 10 11
Christened:
Died: Spring 1816 6 43
Buried: 1816 - Alter Burial Ground near Buffalo Church, Buffalo, Washington, PA 6
Spouse: Did Not Marry
10 F Margaret Alter [3556]
Born: 23 Mar 1790 - , , , PA 2 10 11
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: James Samuel McCollough [77] (Abt 1786-) Marr: Abt 1812 - , , Lancaster, PA 2 10 11
Sources:
1 B007. "The Family of Alter", Notes and Queries Relating to Pennsylvania, Series 3, V. 1, by Egle, William Henry, editor (Egle: Harrisburg PA, 1895), p. 521-524.
2 M009. International Genealogical Index, database kept by LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
3 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1961 - Winfield Stark Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 87579, year 1961. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com, says Germany (error).
4 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1961 - Henry Mell Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 87563, year 1961. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com, says Germany.
5 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1966 - Hally Orval Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 94292, year 1966. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com, says b. Germany.
6 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.
7 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1961 - Winfield Stark Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 87579, year 1961. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com.
8 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1961 - Henry Mell Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 87563, year 1961. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com.
9 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, yr and place listed on family monument of 1827.
10 B062. History of Westmoreland County, PA, by Boucher, John Newton, (Lewis Publishing Co.: NY, 1906).
11 B264. A History of Jasper and Newton Counties Indiana, (The Lewis Publishing Company: Chicago and New York, 1916); a scanned copy available online by Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV4nAAAAYAAJ, p. 362.
12 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1966 - Hally Orval Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 94292, year 1966. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com.
13 B062. History of Westmoreland County, PA, by Boucher, John Newton, (Lewis Publishing Co.: NY, 1906), p. 489.
14 B264. A History of Jasper and Newton Counties Indiana, (The Lewis Publishing Company: Chicago and New York, 1916); a scanned copy available online by Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV4nAAAAYAAJ, p. 362-364 [with errors in parents and emigration].
15 Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, (Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co, 1905); available on the internet at http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/bios/zeamer/alter-fam.txt, p. 587.
16 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1961 - Winfield Stark Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 87579, year 1961. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com, 1745.
17 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1961 - Winfield Stark Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 87579, year 1961. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com, says d 1806 Washington Co, PA.
18 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, says d. 1806 on monument.
19 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, yr 1806 and place listed on family monument of 1827.
20 B264. A History of Jasper and Newton Counties Indiana, (The Lewis Publishing Company: Chicago and New York, 1916); a scanned copy available online by Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV4nAAAAYAAJ, p. 362-363.
21 B264. A History of Jasper and Newton Counties Indiana, (The Lewis Publishing Company: Chicago and New York, 1916); a scanned copy available online by Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV4nAAAAYAAJ.
22 Seitz Farm Graveyard, WestPennsboro Twp, Cumberland, PA, by Jeremiah Zemaer, compiler; published by USGenWeb, on the internet at http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/cemeteries/wpenn01.txt, circa 1905.
23 Descendants of Mathias Schleiermacher: Lawrence LeFevre (genealogy) , by Matthew L. Helm, published online by genealogy.com at http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/m/o/Michael-A-Smoke/GENE17-0012.html#ENDNOTEREF31, copyright 1997.
24 M007. "Roots Cellar," (magazine article) Genealogical Helper, V. 36, N. 3, 1982 May-June, entry by West, Merle C, compiler.
25 B012. Dictionary of American Biography, First Volumes, by Johnson, Allen, editor, 1964; Supplement Four by Garraty, John and James, Edward, Editors (Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, NY, 1974).
26 B062. History of Westmoreland County, PA, by Boucher, John Newton, (Lewis Publishing Co.: NY, 1906), p. 459.
27 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1966 - Hally Orval Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 94292, year 1966. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com, says b. Lancaster Co, PA.
28 B012. Dictionary of American Biography, First Volumes, by Johnson, Allen, editor, 1964; Supplement Four by Garraty, John and James, Edward, Editors (Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, NY, 1974), p. 230.
29 Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, (Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co, 1905); available on the internet at http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/bios/zeamer/alter-fam.txt.
30 B284. Old and New Westmoreland (PA), Vol. 4, by Boucher, John Newton (American Historical Society: NY, 1918); available on the internet at books.google.com/books?id=6s8wAQAAMAAJ, p. 1077 says b. in Cumberland Co, Pa.
31 John Newton Boucher, B285. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Volume 3 (Pittsburgh, PA: Lewis Publishing Co, 1908); available online at books.google.com/books?id=hfoMAAAAYAAJ
32 John Newton Boucher, B285. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Volume 3 (Pittsburgh, PA: Lewis Publishing Co, 1908).
33 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1961 - Henry Mell Alter (papers) SAR Membership Number 87563, year 1961. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; scanned images published online by ancestry.com, says b 1778.
34 Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Pennsylvania, by Frank Cowan (J.M Runk & Co, 1897); available online at http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/frank-cowan/commemorative-biographical-encyclopedia-of-the-juniata-valley--comprising-the-c-mah/page-44-commemorative-biographical-encyclopedia-of-the-juniata-valley--comprising-the-c-mah.shtml.
35 "Kirk Family Genealogy" (database) by James & Jennifer Kirk, published online at http://nizhonipeterbilt.homeip.net/gen4/grpf368.html, Nov. 2007.
36 Janet and Robert Wolfe, Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy: Notes for Joseph Ritner and Susan Alter (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/WolfeGenealogy.htm).
37 B007. "The Family of Alter", Notes and Queries Relating to Pennsylvania, Series 3, V. 1, by Egle, William Henry, editor (Egle: Harrisburg PA, 1895), p. 521-524, says d. 1840.
38 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, says d. 1852.
39 B284. Old and New Westmoreland (PA), Vol. 4, by Boucher, John Newton (American Historical Society: NY, 1918); available on the internet at books.google.com/books?id=6s8wAQAAMAAJ, p. 1077.
40 Ancestral File Database, "Ancestral File" database, FamilySearch; published on the internet at https://familysearch.org/.
41 B264. A History of Jasper and Newton Counties Indiana, (The Lewis Publishing Company: Chicago and New York, 1916); a scanned copy available online by Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=FV4nAAAAYAAJ, p.362.
42 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, says Aug. 26, 1784 (probably incorrect).
43 L1970.1. Joseph Alter, David Alter, (Paper) by Scott, Victoria Laverna (Burtner), "written in old age." A copy in possession of her grandson Doug Cannon, 1970s.
Rowley Genealogy Site & Family Charts, compiled by I. Rowley, version of Nov. 10, 2016.
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