George Adam Blank

M, (29 September 1758 - 29 June 1831)
Father-Biological*John Goerge Blanck b. 27 Dec 1729, d. 7 May 1799
Mother-Biological*Eva Elizabeth Steinmetz b. 1 May 1738, d. 13 Sep 1797
Family Lines
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Last Edited=16 Feb 2023
Gravestone of Geoge Adam Blank
     George Adam Blank was born on 29 September 1758 at Upper Saucon, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.1 He was the son of John Goerge Blanck and Eva Elizabeth Steinmetz.

George Adam Blank, age 25, married Elisabeth Barbara Reiter, age 16 , daughter of George Michael Reiter and Eva Elisabeth Muller, on 8 May 1784 at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.2,3 George, appeared on the US Census of 1800 at Whitehall, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The enumeration reads:

4 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 10
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44
2 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 10
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44
6 - Number of Household Members Under 16
2 - Number of Household Members Over 25
8 - Number of Household Members.4


George, appeared on the US Census of 1830 at New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The enumeration reads:

1 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 5
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69
1 - White Persons - Blind
1 - Free White Persons - Under 20
1 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49
4 - Total Free White Persons
4 - Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored.)5


He died on 29 June 1831 at Montgomery, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, at age 72.6,1 He was buried at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the old section, row DD.1 His estate was probated on 2 August 1831 at Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.7

Children of George Adam Blank and Elisabeth Barbara Reiter

Citations

  1. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  2. Geneanet. Geneanet Community Trees Index. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2022.
  3. Goshow, Mildred. "A Study of the Righter-Reiter Families of Philadelphia County in the Eighteenth Century", Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine volume 21 (1958).
  4. Census Bureau. 1800 U.S. Federal Census. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  5. Census Bureau. 1830 U.S. Federal Census. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  6. Ancestry.com. Ancestry Member Trees - Use with Caution. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations.
  7. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015.