1. Peter (G2) HITCH (HUTSCH) was born in Sep 1808 in Margretenhaun, Hesse, Germany 1 2 3 and died in Mar 1863 in Cambria Co., PA 3 4 at age 54.
Death Notes: Died of smallpox.
General Notes: The following is an E-Mail to me from June 9, 2000 from Peggy Green, a descendant of Peter Hitch and his first wife Charlott Colbaugh (Goldbach):
Thanks, Mike for the info. There's been some confusion as to the name of my Peter Hütsch's wife. It's taken me a while, myself, but I finally realized that he was married twice. I'm a product of his first marriage.
Pieter Hütsch came to Baltimore from Bremen, Germany aboard the ship Louise 3 Jun 1841. He traveled with his first wife Charlott Goldbach (later known as Colbaugh). She was 27 at the time, putting her year of birth abt 1815 in Hessen, Germany. They had a daughter Agnes (my gggrandmother), who was 1 yr. old when they landed at Baltimore. They stated they were from Fulda. His naturalization papers, filed in Cambria County, PA, state that he was born in Marktown(?) (Margretenhaun, just east of Fulda).
I believe that Charlott died soon after they arrived in America. He bought a farm in Carroll Township, Cambria County (I believe Adam Goldbach lived on part). With a farm to work and a year-old child to raise, he needed a wife. He married Catherine/Charity Schart (also spelled Schade, Schaet). The only time I have seen records where Catherine/Charity had the name Colbaugh attached to her was on Agnes' death record. At that time, her son (my ggrandfather) stated that her mother was Catherine Colbaugh. Catherine was the only mother Agnes ever knew, but her birth mother was Charlott Goldbach (Colbaugh). Peter's other children were through his 2nd wife Catherine. That would be Catherine born 5 Jan 1844, Augustine born 22 Oct 1846, Mary Ann Barbara born 8 Jul 1848, and John Adam 6 Sep 1850.
Peter was born abt 1808 and died Mar 1863. Charlott was born abt 1815 and died abt 1841-42. Catherine was born abt 1812 and died 6 Jun 1861. The surviving children were Agnes, who married John Teufel/Devil (later legally changed to Harvey). She died 12 Sep 1917. Mary "Anna Barbara," who married John W. Long. She died 21 Dec 1945. And John Adam who married Ann Agnes Mary McCance 14 Feb 1929 and then married Catherine Matilda Wirtner Jan 1892. He died 13 Feb 1929.
I'll try to clear this up with John Francis Hitch. I was born and raised in Detroit, MI, and never thought we had relatives living anywhere near us. Turns out we did and never knew it.
Thanks again! Peggy
Peter married Charlott COLEBAUGH (ORIG. GOLDBACH), daughter of Adam COLEBAUGH (ORIG. GOLDBACH) and Catherine (?), about 1839. Charlott was born about 1815 in Salzburg, Hesse, Germany 5 6 and died about 1842 in Cambria Co., PA 3 7 about age 27.
Death Notes: Died of smallpox.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 2 F i. Agnes HITCH was born on 5 Jan 1840 in Hesse, Germany 8 9 and died on 12 Sep 1917 in Ebensburg, Cambria Co., PA 9 at age 77.
Peter next married Catherine SCHART on 15 Apr 1842 in Carrolltown, Cambria Co., PA.10 Catherine was born about 1812 and died on 6 Jun 1861 in Cambria Co., PA about age 49.
Children from this marriage were:
3 F i. Catherine HITCH was born on 5 Jan 1844 in Cambria Co., PA.3 11
4 F ii. Augustine (Eve?) HITCH was born on 22 Oct 1846 in Cambria Co., PA.3 12
+ 5 F iii. Mary Ann Barbara HITCH was born on 8 Jul 1848 in Cambria Co., PA,3 13 14 15 died on 21 Dec 1945 in Patton, Cambria Co., PA 15 at age 97, and was buried on 24 Dec 1945 in St. Mary's Church Cemetery, Cambria Co., PA.
+ 6 M iv. John Adam HITCH was born on 6 Sep 1850 in Cambria Co., PA,3 16 17 18 19 died on 13 Feb 1929 in Cambria Co., PA 20 at age 78, and was buried on 16 Feb 1929 in St. Augustine Church Cemetery, Cambria Co., PA.
1. 1850 PA Census, 1850 PA Census, Listed as age 42 in the 1850 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in Germany.
2. 1860 PA Census, 1860 PA Census, Listed as a farmer, age 51, in the 1860 Carroll Township, Cambria Co., PA Census, born in Hesse.
3. E-Mail from Peggy Green - 6/9/2000 (11:52 PM), E-Mail from Peggy Green - 6/9/2000 (11:52 PM).
4. Correspondence from John F. Hitch (5/26/1995), Correspondence from John F. Hitch, 5200 Willow Hollow, Oxford, MI 48371, dated May 26, 1995.
5. 1850 PA Census, 1850 PA Census, Listed as age 38 in the 1850 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in PA.
6. 1860 PA Census, 1860 PA Census, Listed as age 48 in the 1860 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in Hesse.
7. Correspondence from John F. Hitch (5/26/1995), Correspondence from John F. Hitch, 5200 Willow Hollow, Oxford, MI 48371, dated May 26, 1995, Died of smallpox.
8. 1850 PA Census, 1850 PA Census, Listed as age 9 in the 1850 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in PA.
9. Leora Johnston - Francis Rabuck Genealogy, Leora Johnston - Francis Rabuck Genealogy. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lmr2&id=I00 609.
10. RootsWeb World Connect Project, RootsWeb World Connect Project, Descendants of Ancestors of Francis & Leora (Johnston) Rabuck. 8252 total entries, last updated Fri Jun 16 20:21:43 2000. Leora Rabuck <LRa1234567@aol.com>.
11. 1850 PA Census, 1850 PA Census, Listed as age 7 in the 1850 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in PA. Listed in the household of her grandparents, Adam and Catherine Colebaugh.
12. 1860 PA Census, 1860 PA Census, Listed as age 16 in the 1860 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in PA. She is in the Colebaugh household.
13. 1850 PA Census, 1850 PA Census, Listed as age 2 in the 1850 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in PA.
14. 1860 PA Census, 1860 PA Census, Listed as age 12 in the 1860 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in PA.
15. Obituary of Anna (Hitch) Long (1945, PA), Obituary of Anna (Hitch) Long (1945, PA).
16. 1860 PA Census, 1860 PA Census, Listed as age 10 in the 1860 Carroll Township, Cambria Co., PA Census, born in PA.
17. 1880 PA Census, 1880 PA Census, Listed as age 28 in the 1880 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in PA.
18. 1920 PA Census, 1920 PA Census, Listed as age 69 in the 1920 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in PA.
19. 1910 PA Census, 1910 PA Census, Listed as age 60 in the 1910 Cambria Co., PA Census, born in PA.
20. Obituary of Adam Hitch (1929, PA), Obituary of Adam Hitch (1929, PA).
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