John Horst (1801-1875) was the son of Christian Horst (1755-1837) and Susanna Nolt of Lancaster Co., PA and Washington Co., MD. He was the grandson of Joseph Horst who emigrated from Switzerland in 1730. He married (1) Elizabeth Eshleman (b.1801), daughter of Abraham Eshleman and Susanna Grabill, in 1820. They were the parents of eleven children. He married (2) Frances Boyer (1815-1886). His son Christian Horst married Leah Smith (b.1819) and they were the parents of nine children. Several generations of descendants are given. Descendants lived in Maryland. Other places of descendant residence not shown in text.
Mennonite Family History is a quarterly periodical covering Mennonite, Amish, and Brethren genealogy and family history. Check out the free sample articles on our website for a taste of what can be found inside each issue. The MFH has been published since January 1982. The magazine has an international advisory council, as well as writers. The editors are J. Lemar and Lois Ann Zook Mast.
This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.
Christian Burkholder (1746-1809), a son of Christian Burkholder, was born in Switzerland. His father died during arrangements to move the family to America, so his mother immigrated with the children, settling in Pennsylvania. He married Anna Groff, a daughter of Daniel Groff, before 1767. They had nine children. They were Mennonites, and descendants appear to live mostly in Pennsylvania.
Mennonite Family History is a quarterly periodical covering Mennonite, Amish, and Brethren genealogy and family history. Check out the free sample articles on our website for a taste of what can be found inside each issue. The MFH has been published since January 1982. The magazine has an international advisory council, as well as writers. The editors are J. Lemar and Lois Ann Zook Mast.
This issue contains the following articles and [surnames]: Mast Family European Heritage Tour by Diana Mast White [Mast]; Descendants of Swiss Settlers by Joseph H. Smith; Ancestral Families of Sarah Flohr (1880-1963) Married to Norman Arthur Lind (1881-1968), Part IV: Sell, Shell, Brunner, Nold, Ziegler, Bough, and Crumpbacher by Hope Kauffman Lind [Sell, Shell, Brunner, Nold, Ziegler, Bough, Crumpbacher]; Who Was the Wife of Daniel Flohr (1790-1850)? Addendum to "Ancestral Families of Sarah Flohr (1880-1963) Married to Norman Arthur Lind (1881-1968), Parts I and II by Hope Kauffman Lind [Flohr, Rummel, Sounder]; Anabaptist Records Just Found in German Archives by Friedrich Wollmershauser [Bachmann, Wagner, Krehbuhl, Adam, Handschuh, Detweyler, Hirtzler, Maurer, Schneider, Ruth, Wanner, Rohrer, Habich, Meyer, Reinhard, Krauther, Ambsler, Hackmann, Holl, Wenger, Mast, Hostetter, Landas]; Blessed With Eight Generations - Ancestor Fan Chart of Jennifer Ellen Miller [Miller, Hostetler, Schlabach, Martin]; The Hubers from Hausen, Switzerland, to Pennsylvania by Lois Ann Mast [Huber]; Departure Ports of Our Ancestors: Rotterdam by Lois Ann Mast; Children of Bishop Jacob Mast and Magdalena Hooley: David Mast (1770-1849)—Blouse Davy, Innkeeper by Dot (Mast) Moss [Mast, Kurtz]; Four Marriages Between the Bartel, Epp, Franz, Isaac, and Wall Families by Thomas B. Mierau [Bartel, Epp, Isaac, Franz, Wall]; The Groningen Old Flemish Society of Mennonites in Poland, Prussia, and Russia by John D. Richert with contributions from Rodney D. Ratzlaff [Ratzlaff, Wedel, Schmidt, Unruh, Richert, Jantz, Sparling, Voth, Pankratz, Harms, Dirks].
Christian Streit was born in 1750 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, married in 1773 to Mary M. Myers and later to Barbara Shares. He died 18 Sept. 1823 in Conowego Township, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.
