Charles Andrew Hemler

Brief Life History of Charles Andrew

When Charles Andrew Hemler was born on 9 December 1832, in Mount Pleasant Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph E. Hemler, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Smith, was 18. He married Mary Elizabeth Rider on 11 November 1856, in Conewago Chapel Basilica Cemetery, Conewago Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Penn Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 24 November 1903, in Conewago Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Saint Josephs Catholic Cemetery, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Andrew Hemler
1832–1903
Mary Elizabeth Rider
1839–1927
Marriage: 11 November 1856
Ms. Caroline Elizabeth Hemler
1858–1956
Louisa Regina Hemler
1859–1941
Mary Jane Hemler
1861–1922
John Joseph Hemler
1862–1941
Johanna Agnes Hemler
1864–1937
Edward Augustine Hemler
1865–1934
Sarah Catherine Hemler
1867–1944
Anna Mary Hemler
1868–1952
Alice Cecelia Hemler
1870–1941
William Francis Hemler
1872–1947
Charles Thomas Hemler
1874–1971
Francis George Hemler
1877–1921
Joseph Henry Hemler
1879–1901
Rosalia Hemler
1880–1974
Estelle Elizabeth Hemler
1883–1993

Sources (20)

  • Charles Hemler, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Charles A. Hemler, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
  • Charles A Hemler, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"

World Events (8)

1833

Oldest grave seen on the memorial list

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

German: occupational name for a castrator of rams, from Middle High German hamel ‘ram’ + the agent suffix -er.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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