UPDATE: Andrew Shaver & Ursula Miller - Marriage ?
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Andrew Shaver & Ursula Miller - Marriage ?
gary shaver 7/05/09
As suspected...NO marriage record for Andrew & Ursula in Botetourt Co., VA.
I was pretty sure this was a Pennsylvania marriage before Andrew and Ursula came to VA from PA.
Andrew was born in PA and his birth name is Andreas Schaber.
His father's name is Johann Andreas Schaber aka Andrew Shaver also. Johann came from Germany as a boy with his parents to PA and later moved here to VA.
Looks like Ursula moved on to Kentucky with her son Peter Shaver who married Nancy Peters in Kentucky.
Andrew who married Ursula has a Last Will and Testament dated 1815 in VA. Being 1815 he could have died as a result of War of 1812 injuries (I believe I read that somewhere?).
Andrew's younger brother Adam Shaver (born Johan Adam Schaber) served in the War of 1812 and I have verification. So, it is likely that Ursula's Andrew served also. I actually haven't looked in to that.
Anyhow here are the marriage sources for Andrew & Ursula.
Andreas Schaber to Ursula Muller.
Reading, PA
June 21, 1789
** Schwarzwald Church Register
** Exeter Township
** Berks County, PA
** by: Rev. J. Wilhelm Boos, reformed Minister
** Library of Congress # 96-985602
(Previously posted by David Ratcliff) Shaver Forum posting #39:
"Pennsylvania German Marriages," compiled by Donna R. Irish, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1984, page 64, lists: "Schaber, Andreas, married Ursula Muller, 21 Jun 1789, Schwartzwald Reformed Church, marriage performed by Rev. John William Boos."
Well I think I've convinced myself. Now I suppose I'll try to put my hands on an original copy of the marriage record!
Gary