1. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
of Reading-Berks County, Pennsylvania, Part One (Baptisms - 1751-1790)
(1935 Sampson Dr, Apollo, PA 15613: Closson Press, 1991), p. 1. 2. Martin & Smith, Abstracts
of Berks County Wills 1752-1785 (Rear 63 East Main Street/Westminster,
Maryland 21557: Family Line Publications, 1993), p. 156. 3. R. B. & Hinke, W. J.
Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical
Publishing Company, 1966), p. 433. 4. __________, Journal of the Berks County
Genealogical Society (P.O. Box 305/Kutztown, PA 19530-0305: Berks County
Genealogical Society,), Vo. 20, No 2, (Winter 1999) P. 10. 5. Martin & Smith, Abstracts
of Berks County Wills 1752-85, p. 156. 6. Family Group Sheet-Berks County, , of David
Fuchs. 7. Strassburger
and Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, p. 433. 8. Martin & Smith, Abstracts of Berks County
Wills 1752-85, p. 121. 9. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
of Reading-Berks County, Pennsylvania, Part Four (Burials - 1754-1812)
(1935 Sampson Dr, Apollo, PA 15613: Closson Press, 1992), p. 38. 10. Ibid. 11. Ibid. 12. Jacqueline Nein and
Gail Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church / Reading, Pennsylvania: an
alphabetized compilation of baptisms, marriages, and burials from 1751-1904
(4701 St. George Street/Reading, PA 19606: Jacqueline Nein, 1993), p.
47. 13. "Schuylkill
Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church P. I, p. 51. 14. Family Group Sheet-Berks County, of David
Fuchs. 15. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 46. 16. Ibid. 17. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 322. 18.
Ibid. 19. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 318. 20. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 47. 21. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 318. 22. Ibid. 23. Ibid. 24. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 230. 25.
Ibid. 26. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 47. 27. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
P. I, p. 32. 28. F.
Edward Wright, Berks County Church Records of the 18th Century, 1 (Rear 63
East Main Street/Westminster, Maryland 21557: Family Line Publications,
1993), p. 141. 29.
Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 318. 30. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 47. 31. "Schuylkill Roots," Trinity Lutheran Church
of Reading-Berks County, Pennsylvania, Part Three (Marriages - 1754-1812)
(1935 Sampson Dr, Apollo, PA 15613: Closson Press, 1990), p. 53. 32. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 47. 33. Last Will and Testament, , of David Fox,
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, March 3, 1831. 34. Jaqueline B. Nein,
First Reformed Church: an alphabetized compilation of baptisms, marriages,
and funerals from 1771-1905 (4701 Saint George Street/Reading, PA 19606:
Jaqueline B. Nein, 1992), p. 38. 35. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 215. 36. Last Will
and Testament. 37.
Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 46. 38. Ibid. 39. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 47. 40.
Ibid. 41. Last Will
and Testament. 42.
Ibid. 43. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 318. 44. Ibid. 45. Nein, First Reformed Church, P. 38. 46. Ibid. 47. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 46. 48. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 318. 49. Nein,
First Reformed Church, P. 38. 50. Ibid. 51. Ibid. 52. Ibid. 53. Ibid. 54. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 46. 55. Letter -
Aulenbach's Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania, This information was received
on February 24, 1997 in response to my inquiry of February 7. It was
handwritten on the back of my letter and was not signed. 56. unknown name of person
unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue,
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336; unknown reader, record
344. 57. Letter -
Aulenbach Cemetery Reading 1997. 58. Reading Eagle, , of Charlotte Hantsch,
April 15, 1867, p. 2; Clarke H. P. SCHNEIDER. 59. unknown name of person unknown record type,
Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois 60622-1336, record 344. 60. Reading Eagle, of Charlotte Hantsch, April
15, 1867, p. 2. 61.
Ibid. 62. Letter -
Aulenbach Cemetery Reading 1997. 63. unknown name of person unknown record type,
Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois 60622-1336, record 347. 64. Letter - Aulenbach Cemetery Reading
1997. 65. Ibid. 66. Reading Eagle, of
Nathaniel Hantsch, Monday, September 29, 1874. 67. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 322. 68. Letter -
Aulenbach Cemetery Reading 1997. 69. unknown name of person unknown record type,
Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois 60622-1336, record 345. 70. Letter - Aulenbach Cemetery Reading
1997. 71. Reading
Eagle, of Nathaniel Hantsch, Monday, September 29, 1874. 72. Letter - Aulenbach
Cemetery Reading 1997. 73. unknown name of person unknown record type,
Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois 60622-1336, record 345. 74. Ibid. 75. Military Records, , of Nathaniel
Hantch. 76.
Ibid. 77. Ibid. 78. Letter - Aulenbach
Cemetery Reading 1997. 79. Reading Eagle, of Nathaniel Hantsch,
Monday, September 29, 1874. 80. Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA,
Letter, June 27, 1997. 81. Obituary, , of Mrs. Charlotte Kantner,
Reading Eagle, October 31, 1894. 82. Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA,
Letter, June 27, 1997. 83. Obituary, of Mrs. Charlotte Kantner,
Reading Eagle, October 31, 1894. 84. Wright, Berks County Church Records, 1 , p.
141. 85. Reading
Eagle, of Catharine Hantsch, September 13, 1887. 86. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 322. 87. Reading
Eagle, Thursday, September 15, 1887. 88. Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery, Section
I, lot 66. 89.
Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Cards:Alphabetical Listing Hantsch. 90. Reading Eagle, Reading
Eagle, Tuesday, September 13, 1887. 91. Cert. of Death - City of Reading , of
Catharine Hautsch 1887, Number 894. 92. Nein, First Reformed Church, p. 59. 93. Morton L. Montgomery,
Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania (Chicago:
J. H. Beers & Co., 1909), p. 1576. 94. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 47. 95. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 341. 96. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 115. 97.
Ibid. 98. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 116. 99. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church ,
p. 341. 100. Nein
and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 46, 317. 101. unknown name of
person, Berks County Register of Wills Web Site - berksregofwills.com
unknown file number, unknown repository, unknown repository address, File
Number 934 for 23 December 1886. 102. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 317. 103.
Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA, Letter, June 27, 1997. 104. Obituary, of David
Fox, Reading Times, December 24, 1886, p. 1. 105. Ibid., Reading Times, December 24, 1886,
p. 1. 106. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania , of Louisa Gross, February 16,
1906. 107.
Obituary, of Mrs David Fox, Reading Eagle, January 15, 1887. 108. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Louisa Gross, February 16,
1906. 109.
Ibid. 110.
Obituary, of Mrs David Fox, Reading Eagle, January 15, 1887. 111. Ibid. 112. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 317. 113. Ibid. 114. Ibid. 115. Obituary, of Mrs David Fox, Reading
Eagle, January 15, 1887. 116. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Mary Gross, April 29, 1925. 117. Ibid. 118. Ibid. 119. Obituary, of Mrs David Fox, Reading
Eagle, January 15, 1887. 120. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
Of Harrison Fox, January 18, 1906. 121. Obituary, of Mrs David Fox, Reading
Eagle, January 15, 1887. 122. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
Of Harrison Fox, January 18, 1906. 123. Ibid. 124. Ibid. 125. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 313. 126.
Ibid. 127. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Rebecca A. Penrose, January 30,
1921. 128.
Obituary, of Mrs. Rebecca A. Penrose Fox, Reading Eagle, January 31,
1921. 129. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Rebecca A. Penrose, January 30,
1921. 130.
Obituary, of Mrs. Rebecca A. Penrose Fox, Reading Eagle, January 31,
1921. 131.
Ibid. 132. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Rebecca A. Penrose, January 30,
1921. 133. Letter
from Sharon Lockyer (unknown author address) to unknown recipient, March
1998; unknown repository (unknown repository address). 134. __________, "Journal
of the the Lancaster County Historical Society," ««I>> , "Three Generations
of Architects and Builders: The Evans Family" Vol. 88, no. 1 1984, pp.
21-31. 135. Death
Certificate , of George N. Hantsch, City of New York, Reg. No.
29728. 136.
Ibid. 137.
Ibid. 138. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 349. 139. Reading Eagle, of Elizabeth Seidel,
Saturday. October 26, 1889. 140. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 349. 141.
unknown name of person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838
West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336, S
#812. 142. Nein and
Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 349. 143. unknown name of person unknown record
type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois 60622-1336, S #812. 144. Reading Eagle, of Elizabeth Seidel,
Saturday. October 26, 1889. 145. Ibid., Saturday. October 26, 1889. 146. Nein and Hesser,
Trinity Lutheran Church , p. 140. 147. unknown name of person unknown record
type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois 60622-1336. 148. Ibid. 149. Ibid. 150. Ibid. 151. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 141. 152.
Ibid. 153. Nein,
First Reformed Church, p. 338. 154. Ibid. 155. Ibid. 156. unknown name of person unknown record
type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois 60622-1336; unknown reader, 1997. 157. Tombstone, Charles
Evans Cemetery, Section I, lot 66. 158. Nein, First Reformed Church, p. 59. 159. Charles Evans
Cemetery Burial Records Hantsch. 160. Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery,
Section I, lot 66. 161. Cemetery record, , Burial Cards, Charles
Evans Cemetery. 162. Nein, First Reformed Church, Calculated
from dd, p. 338. 163. Nein, First Reformed Church, p.
338. 164. unknown
name of person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West
Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336. 165. Tombstone, Charles
Evans Cemetery, Section I, lot 66. 166. Certificate of Death - City of
Reading. 167.
Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery, Section I, lot 66. 168. Charles Evans
Cemetery Burial Records Hantsch. 169. Reading Eagle, Milton's Obituary on
Friday, August 17, 1877. 170. unknown name of person, Orphans' Court of
Berks County - Records of the Estate of George W. Hantsch, Deceased unknown
file number, unknown repository, unknown repository address. 171. Montgomery, Berks
County, p. 832. 172. Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery,
Section I, lot 66. 173. Nein, First Reformed Church, p. 51. 174. Reading Eagle,
Friday, August 17, 1787. 175. Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery,
Section I, lot 66. 176. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Milton Hautsch 1877, Number 628. 177. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records
Hantsch. 178.
Reading Eagle, August 16, 1877. 179. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Milton Hautsch 1877, Number 628. 180. Nein, First Reformed Church, p. 51. 181. Nein, First Reformed
Church, p. 338. 182. Reading Eagle. 183. Certificate of Death - City of
Reading. 184.
Tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery, Section F, lot 47. 185. Cemetery record ,
Burial Cards, Charles Evans Cemetery. 186. Nein, First Reformed Church, p.
338. 187.
Certificate of Birth: City of Reading, , James Harry Hantsch, 1883, No.
101, Clarke H. P. Schneider. 188. Death Certificate, of James Harry
Hantsch, February 24, 1952. 189. Ibid. 190. City Directory, 191, p. 857, The Free
Library of Philadelphia. 191. Information obtained from the Social
Security Administration under the Freedom of Information Act, various
date(s), various person(s). 192. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Minnie Linn, September 19, 1940, File No. 90175. 193. SSA Information ,
Martha Jane Hantsch, September 8, 1942. 194. Nein, First Reformed Church, p. 51. 195. unknown name of
person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838 West Wabansia
Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336. 196. Montgomery, Berks
County, p. 1577. 197. Ibid. 198. Nein, First Reformed Church, p. 38. 199. Nein, First Reformed
Church, p. 51. 200.
Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Helen Hautsch, 1885, No. 980. 201. unknown compiler,
"City Directory," Ancestral File, 1910, p. 857. 202. Nein and Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church
, p. 59. 203. Nein,
First Reformed Church, p. 59. 204. Ibid. 205. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Girl Hautsch, 1879, No. 827. 206. Nein, First Reformed Church, p. 59. 207. Certificate of
Birth: Reading, PA, Helen Hautsch, 1885, No. 980. 208. SSA Information , of
Helen Cutler Hantsch, November 24, 1936. 209. Death Certificate, of Helen C. Hantsch,
State File No. 75-002811. 210. Ibid. 211. SSA Information , of Helen Cutler
Hantsch, November 24, 1936. 212. Ibid., of Mary Rebecca Hantsch, November
24, 1936. 213.
Ibid., of Helen Cutler Hantsch, November 24, 1936. 214. Ibid., of Mary
Rebecca Hantsch, November 24, 1936. 215. Nein, First Reformed Church, p. 59. 216. SSA Information , of
Mary Rebecca Hantsch, November 24, 1936. 217. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
of Mary R. Hantsch, October 25, 1973. 218. Ibid. 219. unknown author, Social Security Death
Benefit Records (n.p.: Automated Archives, n.d.). 220. Interview with
unknown informant (unknown informant address). unknown repository (unknown
repository address), Chelton Hills Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
May 29, 1998. 221.
SSA Information , of Helen Cutler Hantsch, November 24, 1936. 222. Ibid., of Mary
Rebecca Hantsch, November 24, 1936. 223. Ibid., of Helen Cutler Hantsch, November
24, 1936. 224.
Ibid., of Mary Rebecca Hantsch, November 24, 1936. 225. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Mary R. Hantsch, October 25,
1973. 226.
Obituary. 227.
Nein, First Reformed Church, p. 51. 228. Death Certificate, City of Philadelphia,
March 22, 1891 No. 17528. 229. Obituary, of Marion Smith, Public Ledger
p. 4 and Philadelphia Inquirer, March 24, 1891, p. 3. 230. Ibid. 231. Montgomery, Berks
County, p. 832. 232. Nein, First Reformed Church, p. 51. 233. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, George Samuel Hantsch. 234. Ibid. 235. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of George Samuel Hantsch. 236. Montgomery, Berks
County, p. 832. 237. Obituary, Lebanon Daily News. 238. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Jane Rhein Schneider. 239. Certificate of
Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Girl Hautsch, 1878, No. 1091. 240. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, Jane Rhein Schneider. 241. Death
Certificate-State of Pennsylvania, of Jane Rhein Schneider. 242. Orphans' Court of
Berks unknown file number, p. 6. 243. Obituary, Lebanon Daily News. 244. Certificate of
Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Girl Hantsch, 1880, No. 551. 245. Certificate of Death
- City of Reading, for date. 246. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records
Hantsch. 247.
unknown name of person unknown record type, Clarke H. P. Schneider, 1838
West Wabansia Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60622-1336. 248. Certificate of
Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Girl Hantsch, 1881, No. 1235. 249. Obituary, of Bessie
Seivard, Lebanon Daily News, February 19, 1941, p. 9. 250. Death Certificate,
of George Howard Hantsch, LA State File No. 18 115. 251. Certificate of
Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Boy Hautsch, 1883, No. 1233. 252. Death Certificate,
of George Howard Hantsch, LA State File No. 18 115. 253. Certificate of
Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Boy Hautsch, 1885, No. 1338. 254. Charles Evans
Cemetery Burial Records Hantsch. 255. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Jacob Hantsch #1103 of 1890. 256. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records
Hantsch. 257.
Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby Girl Hautsch, 1889, No. 1454. 258. Certificate of Death
- City of Reading, of Margaret Hautsch 1894, Number 144. 259. Charles Evans
Cemetery Burial Records Hantsch. 260. Anthony F. Miccicke, The George
Washington Miller Years: The History of the Reading Fire Department: Volume
Two: Covering the years 1886-1915 (Reading, Pennsylvania: Anthony F.
Miccicke, 1999), p. 323. Hereinafter cited as Reading Fire Department:
1886-1915. 261.
Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records Hantsch. 262. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Margaret Hautsch 1894, Number 144. 263. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
Samuel Hantsch, File number 76240. 264. Letter from Barbara K. Henritze (unknown
author address) to unknown recipient; unknown repository (unknown
repository address), letter of 17 October 1996 citing F.K. Huntzinger's St.
Luke's Church records - page 32 of Vol. 2. 265. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Baby
Boy Hautsch, 1891, No. 517. 266. Reading Eagle. 267. Death Certificate-State of Pennsylvania,
Samuel Hantsch, File number 76240. 268. Cemetery record , Burial Cards, Charles
Evans Cemetery. 269. Death Certificate, of Edwin G. S.
Hantsch. 270.
Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Edwin G. S. Hautsch, 1893, No.
1336. 271. Barbara
K. Henritze, Letter. 272. Letter , from Norma Hantsch Mayo, April
9, 1997. 273. Death
Certificate, of Edwin G. S. Hantsch. 274. Ibid. 275. Ibid. 276. Ibid. 277. Certificate of Birth: Reading, PA, Minnie
Rhea Hantsch, 1895, No. 525. 278. Certificate of Death - City of Reading,
of Minnie Rhea Hautsch 1895, Number 756. 279. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records
Hantsch. 280.
Letter , from Norma Hantsch May, March 28 1977. 281. Charles Evans Cemetery Burial Records
Hantsch.