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Maria Catherine Mamro

Maria Catherine Mamro[1, 2]

Female 1755 - 1834  (78 years)Deceased

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  • Name Maria Catherine Mamro 
    Birth 18 May 1755  Wiesbaden, Stadtkreis, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Christening 19 May 1755  Wiesbaden, Stadtkreis, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 1834  Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    FamilySearch ID LDCM-6TD 
    Burial Fockler Cemetery, Saxton, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5] 
    Marie Catherine “Mary” Mamro Sheckler (1755-1834) - Find a Grave Memorial    		 Marie Catherine “Mary” Mamro Sheckler (1755-1834) - Find a Grave Memorial
    Person ID I5740  Wendel Voigt Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2013 

    Father Nicolaus Jacob Mamro,   b. Abt 1725   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Anna Margaretha Cromwald,   b. Abt 1725   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 25 Oct 1744  [1] 
    Family ID F2246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frederick Sheckler,   b. Abt 1754, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1829, Hopewell Township, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [6, 7, 8] 
    Marriage Abt 1774  Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Susannah Sheckler,   b. Abt 1780, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1851, Richland Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years)
    +2. Catherine Sheckler,   b. 30 Jun 1783, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1843, Richland Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    +3. David Sheckler,   b. 11 Jan 1784, Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1841, Richland Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     4. Fredrick Sheckler, Jr.,   b. Abt 1785, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1808, Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
    +5. Hannah Sheckler,   b. Abt 1787, Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1827, Saxton, Liberty Township., Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     6. John Sheckler,   b. 15 Nov 1790, Puttstown, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1859, Richland Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     7. Barbara Sheckler,   b. 30 Nov 1791, Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1852, Saxton, Liberty Township., Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     8. Henry Sheckler,   b. 1792, Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1815, Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     9. Elizabeth Sheckler,   b. 1794, Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1820, Darke Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 27 years)
     10. Daniel Sheckler,   b. 1796, Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1841, Pine Township, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    +11. Nancy Sheckler,   b. Between 1794 and 1804, near, Saxton, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1850 and 1870, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +12. Mary "Polly" Sheckler,   b. 1798, Broad Top Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1881, Cooperstown, Brown Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     13. George Washington Sheckler,   b. 10 May 1800, Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1881, Versailles, Morgan Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F2174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 May 1755 - Wiesbaden, Stadtkreis, Hesse, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 19 May 1755 - Wiesbaden, Stadtkreis, Hesse, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1774 - Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Susannah Sheckler - Abt 1780 - Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Catherine Sheckler - 30 Jun 1783 - Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - David Sheckler - 11 Jan 1784 - Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Fredrick Sheckler, Jr. - Abt 1785 - Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Hannah Sheckler - Abt 1787 - Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - John Sheckler - 15 Nov 1790 - Puttstown, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Barbara Sheckler - 30 Nov 1791 - Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Henry Sheckler - 1792 - Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Elizabeth Sheckler - 1794 - Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Nancy Sheckler - Between 1794 and 1804 - near, Saxton, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Daniel Sheckler - 1796 - Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Mary "Polly" Sheckler - 1798 - Broad Top Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - George Washington Sheckler - 10 May 1800 - Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1834 - Hopewell Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Fockler Cemetery, Saxton, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S726] GEDCOM from Nancy K. Monahan, [Neary pp. 165-171], FILE:\family\neary\FSheckler-ether43.ged.
    2. [S713] Family Information from Joyce Sheckler Heiss, [Neary p. 220].
      States Maria Catharina Mamro is probably the daughter of Anna Margaretha CROMWALD and Nicolaus Jacob MAMRO.

      Date: 13 October 2001
    3. [S713] Family Information from Joyce Sheckler Heiss, [Neary p. 220].
      Date: 13 October 2001
    4. [S727] Sheckler (Schäckler), p. 175 [Neary p. 211], LOC CS71.S5393 1988.
    5. [S940] Find A Grave, 9 August 2015; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42732901.
      Marie Catherine "Mary" Mamro Sheckler; Birth: 1755, Hessen, Germany; Death: 1834, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA; Note: The original headstone was a slab of fieldstone which disintegrated over time. The new headstone was erected by David Weaver, her great-grandson and grandson of Barbara Sheckler Berkstresser, the daughter of Marie Catherine Sheckler. The information on a headstone is rarely what was on the original headstone. Errors in names are quite common on replacement stones. Even the newspaper article that is transcribed below uses Mary as her name. Her German baptism name was Marie Catherine Mamro [I have seen this spelled Nomro, Munro, Monro etc]. German names were often spelled phonetically, or Americanized. In all the subsequent research I have done over the past 15 years, I have never seen her middle initial as W. My guess is they meant it to be an M for Mary and made an error. I have seen her referred to as Catherine or Mary in various documents.
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      Marie (Mary) Catherine Mamro Sheckler was daughter of Nicolaus Jacob Mamro (1725–?) and Anna Margaretha Cromwald (1725–?)Evidence of her birth and baptism is found in the Berkstresser book authored by Wayne Jones, who hired a German researcher to assist in his research.
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      Transcribed from article published in, The Daily News – page 6, col 1 – 09 Oct 1965 – Huntington, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA, A DARING BROAD TOP PIONEER WOMAN, By Albert M Rung, The Broad Top region is said to have been described by the first settlers as a vast wilderness and place of desolation, but it is evident that only a few of the dramatic episodes of trials and tribulations of the pioneers are known. During the year 1882 an unknown writer compiled a series captioned “Historical Notes” that contained a wealth of forgotten history in The Independent, a Saxton weekly, edited and published by E R Holsinger. The publication would probably seem a somewhat crude or amateur paper today, but it succeeded in preserving some record of the area’s eventful history that otherwise would have been unknown. True Broad Top Pioneer Readers may recall that a number of the “Historical Notes” were obtained and presented in this column, thereby proving of peculiar interest to folks in the localities described. However, a final subject remains which is probably the most thrilling of all, as it relates to the courage of a daring pioneer woman, Mary Sheckler. And some day should sufficient historical interest be aroused, in selecting a memorial for a pioneer woman who suffered hardship and strife as truly representative of their region, the Broad Top could not honor a more brave and courageous woman that Mary Sheckler. Here is the account as given in The Independent on August 5 1882: “Mary C Sheckler, nee Nomrow [sp?], was born in Germany about the year 1755, and at the age of seven years was put in a school where she remained for seven years. This schooling proved very valuable in the backwoods after she was married and had children of her own to educate, as schools were out of the question at that early day in the Juaniata Valley, except by private means. To America As Servant “When she was 14 years of age a man named Robert Footman procured her passage to America for which she became his bonded servant for a certain length of time. He brought her to Philadelphia, but owing to ill usage she left him before her term of service had expired. Some time after this she married Frederick Sheckler of Bucks County, PA, and the First cow that they ever had she earned by knitting stockings. This cow, with one other, she brought to Shy Beaver when they came up the river in 1777. “At the uprising of Indians in the summer of 1778 she was compelled to go back to Bucks Co with her family which then consisted of three children, husband and herself. It was a perilous trip owing to the disordered condition of the country on account of the British evacuation from Philadelphia, which occurred at this time, June 18, 1778. Dangerous Trip For Sugar “They remained in Bucks County until September when the valley became quiet, and they again ascended the Juniata and found their property about as they had left it – but an early frost that fall caused much suffering along the river in the winter of 1778 and 79. Mrs Sheckler’s children became sick and having nothing to eat except bread made of frost-bitten corn and poorly salted venison, she decided to make a trip to the home of one Frederick Heater in order to get a pound of sugar for her children. As it was impossible to go by a path through the woods, she made herself snow shoes and followed down along the river, the snow being two feet deep. She got the sugar by agreeing to make two pounds for it in the spring. “She afterwards declared that the sugar had saved the lives of her children and upon returning it she got a pack of potatoes, the pay for which was to be the making of five shirts, and from the potatoes they raised about eight bushels. A somewhat extensive area had been cleared prior to the uprising of the Delaware Indians in 1780, when they with many others made a wild flight to forts for protection. Some days later the family went down the Juniata to its mouth at Duncan's Island and remained here for some time, as it had been a dark summer for the settlers caused by news of American defeats coming from the Carolinas. But the British defeat at King’s Mountain early in October restored confidence of the settlers, leading to their return to farms along the branches of the Juniata, and the Sheckler family was among them. Some time after returning to their original improvement the family moved to what is now known as the George Berkstresser farm, about one mile east of Saxton, and on this farm Mrs Sheckler raised her family, which consisted of six sons and seven daughters. Several of them lived to be quite old men and women. Mary and George died in the last year, the latter in Nov 1881 in his 82nd year. The subject of this note lived to see some of her children become grandparents and this country a prosperous nation.”
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      Known; children: Federick Sheckler, Jr. never married, Susannah Sheckler married Henry Keith, Catherine Sheckler married Samuel Harley, David Sheckler married Mary Ridenour, Hannah Sheckler married Benjamin Penn Foster, John Scheckler married Rachel Pettit, Barbara Sheckler married John Wilhelm Berkstresser, Henry Sheckler died young, Elizabeth Sheckler married Henry Hipple, Daniel Sheckler married ? Died 1841 in Pine City, PA, Nancy Sheckler married James Figard, Jr. Mary (Polly) Sheckler married John A Whited aka Whitehead, George Washington Sheckler married Susanah Weaver
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      FROM BUCKS COUNTY OR CUMBERLAND COUNTY? "This cow, with one other, she brought to Shy Beaver when they came up the river in 1777." This is a very important clue about where the Shecklers came from. Frederick Sheckler's military service indicates he enlisted in Peters township, Cumberland (now Franklin) County. The river would have been the Susquehanna to the Juniata to the Raystown Branch where they settled. I believe comments about them being from Bucks county is inaccurate. Map Up the Susquehanna to Juniata to Raystown Branch
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      Spouse: Frederick Sheckler (1754 - 1829) *; Children: John Sheckler (1790 - 1859) *, Barbara Sheckler Berkstresser (1791 - 1852) *, Nancy Sheckler Figard (1797 - 1870) *, George W. Sheckler (1800 - 1881) * [* = Calculated relationship]; Note: This individual is currently being researched by a professional genealogist. If you have source documents that can prove or disprove information on this page, please submit it through the SAC tab with links to prove the changes.; Burial: Fockler Cemetery, Saxton, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by: Ancestry-Detective; Originally Created by: P.S. Barlow; Record added: Oct 05, 2009; Find A Grave Memorial# 42732901.
    6. [S726] GEDCOM from Nancy K. Monahan, [Neary pp. 165-171], FILE:\family\neary\FSheckler-ether43.ged.
      Gives date as 1771.
    7. [S713] Family Information from Joyce Sheckler Heiss, [Neary p. 220].
      Gives date as roughly 1774, but states marriage date & place is legend with no proof.

      Date: 13 October 2001
    8. [S727] Sheckler (Schäckler), p. 175 [Neary p. 211], LOC CS71.S5393 1988.
      Date: 13 October 2001



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