Individual Details

Andrew OVERTURF

(Say 1737 - 1 Jan 1821)

The source states that another Andreas Oberdorf who emigrated from Weilheim to Philadelphia at about the same time.

Events

BirthSay 1737Germany
MarriageBef 1757[unknown first wife of Andreas Oberdorff] [UNKNOWN]
EmigrationBet 1772 and 1 Oct 1773Germany
ResidenceBef 1772Weilheim, Lendelbach, Wertheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
ArrivalSay Nov 1773on the ship Hope from Rotterdam - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America
MiscellaneousBet Say Nov 1773 and Jan 1776completed his indenture making leather breeches fro Hannah O'Scullion - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America
MilitaryBet 21 Jun 1780 and 27 Sep 1780served under Capt. Wagone in 2nd Batt. 7th Company in the Revolutionary War
Marriage4 Apr 1783Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States - Elizabeth Barbara FUCHS
Occupation1791operator of a grist mill - (now in Snyder county), Selinsgrove, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence (family)1791 - 1806somewhere in the Upper Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States - Elizabeth Barbara FUCHS
MiscellaneousBet 1804 and 1806planted share crops - confluence of Second Fork and Sinnamahoning Creek, Driftwood, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence1804Driftwood, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Removed1806becoming the second resident of the village - Driftwood, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Death1 Jan 1821Pennsylvania, United States
Alt nameAndreas OBERDORFF
Alt name"The Dutchman"
Alt name"Uncle Billy"

Families

Notes

Birth

The birth date is a guess based on the fact that his oldest child was born in 1757.

Marriage

inferred from age of oldest child

Emigration

the source has a good account of the emigration process

Was a widower with six children.

Residence (family)

perhaps on the island of Cue, near Muncy and/or Sinnamahoning

Endnotes

1. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 67.

2. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 71.

3. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), pp. 67-71.

4. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 67.

5. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), pp. 70-71.

6. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 71.

7. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 71.

8. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 72.

9. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 72.

10. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 72.

11. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 67.

12. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 72.

13. Michael A. Leeson, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter (N.p.: J. H. Beers & Co., 1890), pp. 962-963.

14. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 73.

15. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 78.

16. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 67.

17. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 67.

18. James P. Burke, Pioneers of Second Fork, paperback edition (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 67.