Sarah Remsberger

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Remsberger was born on 17 February 1810, in Jefferson, Ohio, United States, her father, Johannes Remsberger Sr., was 50 and her mother, Maria Christina Springer, was 36. She married Joseph Bontrager on 26 February 1829, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Goshen, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 17 November 1875, in DeKalb, Indiana, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Hamilton, Otsego Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Bontrager
1797–1879
Sarah Remsberger
1810–1875
Marriage: 26 February 1829
George Bontrager
1835–1870
Margaret Bontrager
1835–1900
Isaac Bontrager
1836–1910
Nicholas Bontrager
1838–1900
Rose Ann Bontrager
1844–1923
Mary Elizabeth Bontrager
1847–1897

Sources (6)

  • Sarah Bontrager in household of Joseph Bontrager, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Remsberg - Individual or family possessions: birth: 17 February 1810; Jefferson, Ohio, United States
  • Sarah Ramsberger, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1823

Historical Boundaries: 1823: Hamilton, Indiana, United States

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Probably an altered form of German Ramsperger or Ramsberger, habitational names for someone from any of several places in southern Germany called Ramsberg.

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

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