PETER HOLTRY WAS THE 1ST CHILD OF SAMUEL HOLTRY WHO HAD A TOTAL OF 12 CHILDREN AND WHO MOVED FROM BERKS COUNTY TO FRANKLIN COUNTY IN 1830 HE SETTLED IN LURGAN TWP MONGUL PA ITS' ABOUT 3 MILES BEYOND SHIPPENSBURG PA . SAMUEL OWNED AND OPERATED A SAW MILL GRIST MILL IN MONGUL AND LATER ON IN HIS LIFE BECAME A VERY SUCCESSFULL MAN. PETER HOLTRY WAS BORN 1-20-1823 HIS WIFE ELISABETH WALTRICK HOLTRY WAS BORN 12-20-1824 PETER DIED 2-3-1883 ELISABETH DIED 12-30-1885 BURIED UNKNOWN THEY HAD 7 CHILDREN 1ST CHILD WAS MARY ADALINE HOLTRY THEY CALLED HER MOLLIE 9-16-1847 TO 8-3-1866 18Y 10M 21D 2ND CHILD WAS JANE E. HOLTRY 1850 3RD CHILD WAS SAMUEL J.HOLTRY 8-4-1852 TO 2-15-1864 4TH CHILD WAS JOHN HENRY HOLTRY 8-24-1854 TO 12-15-1910 5TH CHILD WAS DAVID E. HOLTRY 4-14-1857 TO6-29-1907 THE 6TH CHILD WAS YOUR GRANDMOTHER EMMA R. HOLTRY I HAVE 6-23-1860 - UNKOWN YOU HAVE 1862-1917 THANK YOU.SHE MARRIED THEODORE P. FOREMAN 2-17-1878 BY REV. WM. MOSES DO YOU KNOW WHEN HE WAS BORN AND WHEN HE PASSED AWAY? THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN WILLIAM M.FOREMAN 2-23-1878 2ND CHILD WASGEORGE FOREMAN I HAVE NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON YOUR FAMILY COULD YOU HELP ME? THE 7TH CHILD WAS DAISY M. HOLTRY 6-16-1865 TO 11-1-1927 62Y 4M 25D BURIED PROSPECT HILL YORK. I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT JANE WAS BORN 3-2-1850 TO1-13-1873 BURIED UNKNOWN MOST OF THE CHILDREN WERE BURIED AT THE EMMANUEL LUTHERN CHURCH ; UPPER STRASBURG PA. MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS PETER HOLTRY'S BROTHER HIS NAME WAS JOHN HARVEY HOLTRY HE WAS THE 10TH CHILD HE WAS BORN 1837-1910 BURIED AT THE UNITED BRETHERN CHURCH IN MONGUL PA I HOPE THIS INFORMATION HELPS YOU OUT KEEP IN TOUCH. SINCERLY MARK G. HOLTRY
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