Re: CHARLOTTE AMANDA KEEFER IN MD.
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CHARLOTTE AMANDA KEEFER IN MD.
billybob karl 6/09/12
Hi. I'm not related to this family. Here is a marriage for Samuel & Amanda:
Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899 about Amanda C. Keefer
Name: Samuel Laventure
Spouse: Amanda C. Keefer
Marriage Date: 30 May 1863
County: Frederick
State: MD
Here are baptismal records for some of their children:
Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 about Samuel Albert Laventure
Name: Samuel Albert Laventure
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 2 Aug 1866
Christening Place: Evangelical Lutheran of Middletown, Frederick, Maryland
Father's Name: Samuel H Laventure
Mother's name: Charlotte
FHL Film Number: 13934
Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 about John Raymond Laventure
Name: John Raymond Laventure
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 2 Aug 1866
Christening Place: Evangelical Lutheran of Middletown, Frederick, Maryland
Father's Name: Samuel H Laventure
Mother's name: Charlotte
FHL Film Number: 13934
On 7 Nov 1889 Charlotte applied for a civil war pension as the widow of Samuel H Lavanture:
Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 about Samuel H Lavanture
Name: Samuel H
State Filed: Pennsylvania
Widow: Charlotte A Lavanture
Roll Number: T288_275
Application #: 469514
Certificate #: 377668
State from which filed: PA
Service: E 21 NY Cav.
You can actually order copies of this file, above, and it will provide you with some good info on Samuel & also Charlotte.
Here is a civil war record for Samuel:
New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about Samuel H Laventure
Name: Samuel H Laventure
[Samuel H Levanture]
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Canada
Enlistment Year: 1863
Enlistment Location: Troy, New York
Muster Year: 1863
Separation Details: Muster Out of Service
Separation Date: 19 Jul 1865
Remarks: Sergt from Sep 1. 63 to Feb 0. 64. also born as Levanture.
A headstone was provided for Samuel in the Frederick, MD cemetery:
Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 about Saml H Levanture
Name: Saml H Levanture
State of Cemetery: Maryland
Pvt, Co E, 21 Regt.
Charlotte may have remarried by 1880.This may be the family at that time:
1880 United States Federal Census about S. A. Lavanture
Name: S. A. Lavanture
[Samuel A. Lavanture]
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1880: South Middleton, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Stepson
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's name: Charlotte Snavely
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation: At Home
Household Members:
Name Age
Jno. A. Snavely 38b. 1842 Penn, parents b. PA; Laborer
Charlotte Snavely 34 -wife- b. 1846 Maryland, par b. MD
Lottie A. Snavely 2 -dau- b. 1878 Penn
S. A. Lavanture ** 16 -stepson- b. 1864 Penn, parents b. MD
John R. Lavanture 14 -stepson- b. 1866 same
Frank P. Lavanture 9-stepson- b. 1871 same
Lonze K. Lavanture 7-stepson- b. 1873 same
Amanda M. Lavanture 5-stepdau- b. 1875 same
This might be a birth record for Charlotte:
Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 about Charlotte Amanda Keefer
Name: Charlotte Amanda Keefer
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1845
Christening Place: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
Father's Name: Hermon Keefer
FHL Film Number: 13934
These may be her sibling:
Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 about Phillip Fenton Keefer
Name: Phillip Fenton Keefer
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Jul 1849
Christening Place: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
Father's Name: Hermon Keefer
FHL Film Number: 13934
Hermon may have also gone by Peter.If so, this may be the family in 1850:
"United States Census, 1850," Phillip F Keefer in household of Peter Keefer, Fredericktown, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Name: Phillip F Keefer
Event: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Fredericktown, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 1
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race (Expanded):
Birthplace: Maryland
Estimated Birth Year: 1849
Dwelling House Number: 302
Family Number: 342
Line Number: 5
NARA Publication Number: M432
NARA Roll Number: 293
Film Number: 443523
Digital Folder Number: 004199333
Image Number: 00047
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Peter Keefer M 46 b. 1804 Maryland; Tanner
Charlott KeeferF 36 b. 1814 Maryland
Christian M KeeferM 14 b. 1836 Maryland
George W KeeferM 8b. 1842 Maryland
Charlott A KeeferF 4b. 1846 ** Maryland
Phillip F KeeferM 1b. 1849 ** Maryland
Margaret MillerF 44 b. 1806 Maryland
Hope this helps.Annie
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Re: CHARLOTTE AMANDA KEEFER IN MD.
billybob karl 6/10/12