This query originally submitted to the Brobst Registry
Date: 15-Jul-98 18:33:21

Can anyone help me find the parents of five Penna Brobst/Bobst women?

First, Catherine:

1. Catharina Brobst, b Oct 19 1785, d Oct 24 1860, married Jacob Helwig (1783- 1861). They were Berks County people.

2. Catharine Brobst, b Dec 25 1788, d May 9 1853, married Abraham Whitner (1772-1851). They were born in Berks Co but died in Montour Co.

3. Note: I have a Catharina Brobst, b Aug 16 1784, d ??, daughter of Mathias George Brobst and Anna Maria Elisabetha Stambach for whom I have no death data or marriage data. So I know her parents but not her fate. Could she be one of those two?

Now Elisabeth:

1. Maria Elisabetha Brobst, b. Mar 15 1787, d Mar 13 1872, married Andreas Wertman (1784-1822). They were Lynn Township people. She appears to have been the daughter of Johannes and Anna Barbara (nee Stambach) Brobst, but there some question about that. (1) One Wertman records shows that Elisabeth born in 1791, another shows 1779 (see item 2 below). (2) One Lehigh County publication shows her name as Maria b. Feb 16, 1774, with her parents as Johannes and Barbara (above), but that date is blocked by a Sep 1773 date for another of their children. They had an Anna Elisabeth Brobst b Jan 1 1775; was it her? But she married Johannes S. Kistler. (3) Anna Maria Elizabeth Brobst b May 3 1784, d Feb 27 1838, daughter of Martin and Anna Maria (Friesz) Brobst, married Johan George Bobst (1771-1820)

2. Anna Maria Elisabeth Brobst, b. Jun 7 1779, d Jun 15 1860, married Andreas' brother Daniel Wertman (1775-1858). They were been born in Berks/Lehigh Co, or possibly Schuylkill Co, but they died in Northumberland Co.

3. Elisabeth Brobst/Bobst, b. abt 1790, d. aft 1827, married Conrad Lintz/Lentz (1781-1861). They were Lynn Township, Lehigh Co, people.

4. Elizabeth Brobst, b Aug 27 1798; don't know where, don't have any death or marriage data. She floats around in the Registry, unattached. Who is she?

5. Note: It does not appear that either of the latter two of these Elisabeths could have been the daughter of Johannes and Anna Barbara Brobst because of a conflict of dates; other children had been born too close to the birth dates of these Elisabeths.

Brobst. Bobst. Elisabetha. Elizabeth. Annas and Marias. No wonder I'm confused. Is a puzzlement Help! Help!

William A. Brobst, Curator, Brobst Family Historical Registry
6072 Currituck Rd, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949 252-261-3068
brobstwa@interpath.com