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Several years ago, I asked a question about the DeHART clan. I had wondered if any of them had dropped the "de" and just used the surname as "HART."
The answer I received then from several researchers was "NO, the DeHART family is not related to the HARTs." But I think perhaps the answer would have been more accuraltely put if they had said, "We don't know."
Now recently in checking through census records for Berks County PA, I found several members of the DeHART clan who, in various US census years, were recorded as HART. Many were recorded with what appeared to be a middle initial 'D'.
Here's info about one, Jeremiah DeHART of Berks County PA. I hope someone here can connect to his family, and I also have a question about his wife.
Jeremiah DeHART 1821-1885 was one of the younger children of John II DEHART (1776-1874) and Mary HORNER (1778-1859). John II was s/o Johann DEHART (1752-1805) and Elizabeth WEIDNER (1750-1825), also of Berks County, PA.
Jeremiah DeHART married Catherine REPPERT on 20 July 1839 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Berks Co.
--Who are Catherine REPPERT's parents? I don't have this Catherine REPPERT in my database!
Jeremiah and Catherine DeHART probably lived with his parents for a while. They lived next to John DeHART and Mary in Alsace Township for many years, then between 1860 and 1870 they moved to Exeter Township.
1840 census, Alsace Township:
John DHART: 2 males 20-30; one male 60-70;
1 female 5-10; 1 female 15-20; one female 60-70
[this is the only DeHart in Alsace Twp in 1840 census --ej]
Their first child, Selina was born in 1840, probably after the census date.
In 1850, Jeremiah DeHART family lives next door to John & Mary DeHART:
1850 census, Alsace Township:
John DeHART, 73 [b. 1777]
Mary, 72 [Mary Horner DeHART... b. 1776]
--Next door are:
Jeremiah DeHART, 30 [b. 1821]
Catherine, 28 [b. 1822]
Selina, 10 [b. 1840]
Anna E., 8 [b. 1842]
Ellen, 5 [b. 1844]
Oliver, 3 [b. 1846]
William, 2 [b. 1848]
1860 census, Alsace Township, has in family of Jeremiah DeHART and Catherine:
**note how the surname was written by the enumerator that year.
Jeremiah D HART, 41
Catherine, 40
Ellen, 16
Oliver, 14
William. 12
May, 8 [b. 1852]
Elmira, 6 [b. 1854]
Ewin, 1 [b. 1859]
1870 census, Exeter Twp --Douglassville PO:
Jeremiah DeHART, 51
Catherine, 50
Allmaretta, 16 [aka Elmira]
Irwin,
Clara, 5 [b. 1865]
[Oliver appears in another h/h]
Jeremiah and Catherine DeHART's children are:
Selina, b. 1840; Anna E., b. 1842; Ellen, b. 1844; Oliver, b. 1846; William, b. 1848; May, b. 1852; Elmira, b. 1854; Ewin, b. 1859; Clara, b. 1865.
Oliver appears in later census records of Exeter Township, Berks County, PA.
--If anyone can add anything here, it would be good to hear from you.
Thanks very much,
Liz J
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