John K. Rosenberger, , M. D.[1]

Male 1796 - 1865


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  • Suffix  , M. D. 
    Born  28 Nov 1796  Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Occupation  Railroad Agent 
    Died  26 Nov 1865  Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Lower Skippack Mennonite Cemetery, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Title: A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Henry Rosenberger of Franconia, Montgomery Co., Pa.
      Author: Fretz, Rev. A.J.
      Publication: 1906, reprinted 1973
      Page: 165
      Text: V. Rev. *John Rosenberger, b in Montg. Co. Pa. May 21, 1801, d in North Georgetown, Ohio, Mar 17, 1853, m Elizabeth Z., daughter of Jacob Hunsicker, of Skippack, Pa. Dec 26, 1824. She was b May 26, 1798, d in Osage City, Kansas Dec 24, 1887. Farmer and Minister, first of the Menn., and in after life of the Evangelical Association. At the annual session of the Conference of the Evangelical Association Church in Pa. in 1838, he was licensed to preach and was sent as an assistant to travel the Lancaster Circuit, and in 1839 as an assistant on the York Circuit. The work of the church at that time was more on the order of Missionary work, with much traveling, and constantly, every day preaching, with many hardships to endure, and small salaries. He having a wife and six children, his small capital sank $400, which forced him to locate in 1840, when he and his family moved to eastern Ohio, then a new country, where other members of his father's family had preceeded him. He bought a farm of 80 acres and supported his family by farming, still continuing to preach on Sunday the balance of his life, and died in 1853, honored by all that knew him. C: Jacob, Annie, Elizabeth, Sarah, Isaac, John, Barbara, David, Maria.
      * In 1838 he changed his name from Rosenberry to Rosenberger. In 1860 his children further changed the name to Rosenberg.

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    Person ID  I1825  ShowalterFunk
    Last Modified  13 Feb 2009 

    Father  Noah C. Rosenberger,   b. 1 Aug 1848, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1919, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Sarah Ann Kinsey,   b. 12 Sep 1847, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1938, Souderton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F1711  Group Sheet

    Father  Christian Rosenberger,   b. 1773, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1821, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth S. Kraut,   b. 16 Feb 1772, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1838, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F711  Group Sheet

    Father  John K. Rosenberger, , M. D.,   b. 28 Nov 1796, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1865, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth Z. Hunsicker,   b. 26 May 1798, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1887, Osage City, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  26 Dec 1824 
    Family ID  F2456  Group Sheet

    Father  Samuel Rosenberger 
    Mother  Margaret Swartz,   b. 27 Jun 1882 
    Family ID  F760  Group Sheet

    Father  Levi C. Rosenberger,   b. 30 Apr 1873, Montgomery Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Mary Ellen Lapp,   b. 24 Jun 1874 
    Married  8 Dec 1894  PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F2743  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Nancy Shutt,   b. 1803, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Abraham S. Rosenberger,   b. 6 Oct 1825, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1870, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F1324  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Unknown Gehman 
    Married  27 Jul 1858 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Rosenberger,   b. 26 Dec 1836, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1904, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Catharine G. Rosenberger,   b. 8 Sep 1857, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1883, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F1326  Group Sheet

    Family 3  Elizabeth Z. Hunsicker,   b. 26 May 1798, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1887, Osage City, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  26 Dec 1824 
    Children 
     1. John K. Rosenberger, , M. D.,   b. 28 Nov 1796, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1865, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F2456  Group Sheet

    Family 4  Unknown Ruth 
    Family ID  F1139  Group Sheet

    Family 5  Charlotte Van Horn 
    Married  9 Dec 1873 
    Children 
     1. Faye Rosenberger,   b. 17 Nov 1874
     2. Floyd Rosenberger,   b. 12 Aug 1900
    Family ID  F1217  Group Sheet

    Family 6  Wilhelmina Shellenberger 
    Children 
     1. Milton Rosenberger
     2. Hamilton Rosenberger
     3. Harry Rosenberger
     4. Alvin Rosenberger
    Family ID  F3548  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] WorldConnect Project, Rootsweb, Thera.


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