Elizabeth Heilman
Born: December 25, 1847 Hesse-Kassel, Germany
Married: Before 1870
Occupation: Farmer/Gardener
Died:July 23, 1927, Waterford, Pennsylvania
Father: Frederick Heilman b.c 1821
Mother: Elizabeth Rice b.c.1821
Husband: George Lenkner b.1846
Children
Mary Lenkner b. Feb 1870
Clara Lenkner b.1872
Jeanette Lenkner b.1874
Louis Lenkner b.1877
Charles Lenkner b.1879
George Lenkner b.1881
John Lenkner b.1883
Notes:
-Elmer Simpson relays that her family were Lutherans who emigrated to escape religious prosecution. That they walked to Pittsburgh, and settled in Tarentown, outside of Pittsburgh.
-Also that around 1900 they settled near Waterford, PA and bought a farm. The boys worked in the Steel Mills.
-The 1900 and 1910 Censii list Elizabeth as having been born in
Maryland, but other records and family story list "Altoona, PA". The
confusion was cleared up by finding the ship's manifest of her journey in
October 1848 in Baltimore harbor aboard the "Christopher Columbus". It
appears the family spent some time in Baltimore, but by 1860 her parents
were deceased, and she was living in a hotel owned by John Swiegart. Or
perhaps just her father was deceased, and John Sweigart married her
widowed mother. Her parents names also come from her death certificate.
Sources:
-Birth Source: 1900 Census, Notes of Al Lenkner, Death Certificate
-Marriage Source: Notes of Elmer Simpson
-Death Source: Death Certificate, Tombstone, notes of Elmer Simpson, grandson.
-1920 US Census: Living in Waterford with son John.
-1910 US Census: Living in Waterford, PA, a Farmer. Listed as born in Maryland. Parents in Germany.
-1900 US Census
-1880 US Census
-1870 US Census : Living next door to Father-in-Law in PA. Daughter Mary 4 months old
-1860 US Census : Living in hotel of John and Elizabeth Sweigart, born
"Cour-Hesse" (Hesse-Kassel)
-1850 US Census : Living in White, Cambria, PA as child
