Johannes/John EMMERT

1796 - 1871  (74 years)

• Name	Johannes/John EMMERT
  Birth	28 Nov 1796	Bethel Twp., Berks, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Christening	26 Dec 1796	Altalaha Church, Rehersburg, Berks, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	1871	Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania
  Burial	Boalsburg Cemetery, Centre, Pennsylvania
  Notes	Name recorded as 'Johannes' in Altalaha Church birth records 1830 Census in Bethel, Lebanon, Pennslvania 1840 Census in Potter, Centre, Pennsylvania 1850 Census in Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania occupation 'Farmer' 1870 Census in Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania occupation 'Retired Farmer' Rehersburg in Berks County, where John's grandfather Johann Georg Emmert is buried, and Bethel Township in Lebanon County lie within two miles of each other. Although Robert E. Strahorn's Ninety Years of Boyhood claims John Emmert was a Dutch Lutheran pastor, he was in fact of German descent. This was probably a misunderstanding of 'Pennsylvania Dutch,' which actually indicates German ancestry, a common misconception, which we have found in other family histories. But we have found no other indication that John Emmert was a pastor, and A history of the Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania 1638-1820: from the original sources" names not a single Emmert among the pastors chronicled. John consistently self-identified as a farmer, and the letter he wrote to his grandson in 1871 identified him as such, albeit as a religious man. But the letter did not display the command of English one might associate with a pastor. "I've looked through the minutes of the Pennsylvania Ministerium from 1820-1840, but did not find any mention of a Rev. John Emmert. He is also not listed in the clergy listing in the 1892 history of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of East Pennsylvania." -Joel Thoreson, Archivist, Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  Person ID	I85890	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Martin EMMERT,   b. 03 Aug 1762, Tulpehocken Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania d. 12 Oct 1812, Bethel Twp, Berks Co., Pennsylvania (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Catherine BRUA,   b. 20 Oct 1768, Marion, Berks, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F23282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Magdalena SCHUDT,   b. 1798, Pennsylvania d. 1876, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1818
  Children	1. FNU EMMERT,   b. Abt 1820, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania   2. Anna Maria EMMERT,   b. 9 Apr 1823, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania d. 1856, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania (Age 32 years) + 3. Johannes/John Schudt EMMERT,   b. 10 Apr 1825, Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania d. 1 Feb 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Age 70 years)   4. Rebecca EMMERT,   b. 1826, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania (year per headstone) d. 1863, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania - Tuberculosis (year per headstone) (Age 37 years)   5. Carolina EMMERT,   b. 17 Aug 1828, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania d. 25 Jul 1878, Stephenson, Illinois (Age 49 years)   6. Joseph EMMERT,   b. 13 Mar 1831, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania d. 29 Nov 1920, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois (Age 89 years)   7. William P EMMERT,   b. 7 Jul 1833, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania d. 14 Sep 1912, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan (Age 79 years)   8. Martin EMMERT,   b. 13 Dec 1935, Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania d. 09 Jun 1906, Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas + 9. Susannah EMMERT,   b. 1839, Potter, Centre, Pennsylvania bur. 1869, Boalsburg Cemetery, Boalsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 30 years)
  Family ID	F23214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1871 Letter from John & Mollie Emmert to their 22-year-old grandson John Calvin Strahorn From the Zentmyer Collection. John Emmert died later that same year, in 1871. From the Zentmyer Collection,
  		1861 Map showing Emmert (Emert) properties Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Farms are in left side of image, John, Molly and Rebecca Emmert are buried in Boalsburg. Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer
  		House on John and Mollie Emmert's property near Boalsburg This house is current addressed as 1490 Branch Road, State College, Pennsylvania. Since this home was constructed in 1907, it was not inhabited by John and Molly Emmert, but is likely at the same location as the original structure.
  		Headstone of John Emmert Located in Boalsburg Cemetery, Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania
  		Map of Boalsburg Cemetery, Centre, Pennsylvania The Emmert graves are located in Section 1, Row 16

  
  

• Sources

  [S21043] Letter from John & Molly Emmert to J.C. Strahorn.