Henry Kelker and Regula Bratscher

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Husband Henry Kelker ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 12 Jul 1705 - Herrliberg, Zurich, Switzerland 2
           Died: 1762 - Bethel Twp, Lancaster (later Lebanon) Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Hill Church, near Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA

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         Father: Henry Kelker (1685-1753) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Müller (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 24 Jun 1732 2

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Wife Regula Bratscher ²

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            AKA: Regula Braetscher 3
           Born: 
     Christened: 
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         Buried:  - Hill Church, near Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Anthony Kelker ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: 30 Dec 1733 - Herrliberg, Zurich, Switzerland 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Mar or 12 Mar 1812 - Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Magdalena Meister (1739-1818) 4 5 6
           Marr: 1760 7

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2 M Henry Kelker ²

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           Born: 25 May 1735 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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3 F Anna Kelker ²

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           Born: 16 Dec 1736 2
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

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4 F Susanna Kelker ⁷

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           Born: 22 Feb 1739 7
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Myerstown, Dauphin (later Lebanon) Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Frederick Bollman (      -      ) 7

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5 M John Jacob Kelker ⁷

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           Born: 11 Sep 1740 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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6 M John Kasper Kelker ⁷

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           Born: 19 Feb 1742 7
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           Died: 
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7 F Anna Maria (Mary) Kelker ⁷

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           Born: Oct 1745 - Bethel Twp, Lancaster (later Lebanon) Co, PA 7
     Christened: 12 Nov 1745 7
           Died: 19 Jun 1814 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Dinges (1742-Bef 1785) 7

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8 F Anna Elizabeth Kelker ⁷

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           Born: 
     Christened: 12 Dec 1746 7
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Peter Shally (      -      ) 7

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9 M Rudolph Kelker ⁷

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           Born: 
     Christened: 6 Dec 1747 7
           Died: 3 Aug 1826 - Lebanon, Lebanon Co, PA 7
         Buried: 

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10 F Regina Kelker ⁷

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1763
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Kelker

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He emigrated to America in 1743, and tradition says they were twenty-eight weeks on the ocean. He settled about four miles from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, not far from the Jonestown road.
He and his wife are buried in the Hill Church (Berg Kirche) graveyard, near Lebanon, of which church he was an elder in 1745, and active in the erection of the house of worship dedicated Aug. 12, 1744.

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General Notes: Wife - Regula Bratscher

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from Andelfingen

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 243, 277.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 243.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 278.

4 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 510.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 305.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 244, 277.

7 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 244.