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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Surprisingly she is not listed in David Frederick's bible record.
2. Censuses:
1810 US: German Flatts, Herkimer, New York:
Philip Frederick, males: 2@0-9 (David and Abraham), 1@26-44 (Philip)1@45+ (Francis?); females: 2@0-9 (Susanna and Mary Ann), 1@26-45 (Catherine).
[Could the male that is 45+ possibly be Francis since he does not show up in the 1810 census?]
BIRTH:
1. 11 Sep email from David Fry : FHL film 17756 which is the extracted records of Geissenburg Lutheran Church in Montgomery, NY indicates that Susanna was born 8 Oct 1804 of parents Philip Friedrich and Catharina, baptised 18 Nov 1804. Some background on this church from the Internet: "Maynard Lonis sent us a short profile of this church and cemetery, put together from pages 54 and 83 of "The Young (Jung) Families of the Mohawk Valley," by C. M. Young, Albany, N.Y. 1947. Following is his account of his 1966 visit to the cemetery. 'The old Geisenberg German Lutheran Church was located near Hallsville, N.Y., and founded about 1760. Because of its rather secluded location out of the Mohawk Valley proper, it was not destroyed by the enemy during the Revolution, and its available records are exceedingly valuable to genealogists and others of the present day. This church was of German origin, founded about 1750 as a society, the early pastors being Rev. Peter Nicholas Sommer, Rev. John Christopher Wieting, and Rev. John Fredericks Reis. The first wooden church was erected in about 1767, according to deeds showing the acquisition of the land on which it was built. It was replaced by a brick church in 1806. The early records of the church are missing and those on file in the State Library (copy of the original) do not contain marriage and death records. This church was still standing in 1849, but all that remains today is the cemetery and some brick of the structure. Legend has it that the name "Geisenberg" came from stray goats from Fort Plain which were found in the locality. It seems more likely that the name had its origin in "Geisenberg Mt. and Castle," near Heidelberg, a romantic spot which was doubtless well known to these early Germans who came from that locality." On August 6, 1966, Maynard personally visited the cemetery and shares this report with us: 'A visit to the Geisenberg Farm, a half mile northwest of Hallsville, N.Y., (few miles south of Ft. Plain) revealed that it is now owned by Mr. Harold Cronkhite. He has a few relics of the old "Geisenberg" German Lutheran Church, such as the door casing, and door key. The ruins of the later brick church are no longer in evidence in the cow pasture. Nearby the site, however, are numerous headstones, approximately two dozen still above ground. A large group of stones, close by the old church site, belong to the Lintner (Litner) family. Others nearer the present highway leading to St. Johnsville, include: Joseph House, John Kane, Peter Reasner, Enoch Ward, Jacob Waggoner. There are probably many more stones now underneath the surface, as local residents remember there used to be many more, but each year a few more slip from sight. In a few cases, in years past, relatives had the remains dug up, and interned in other cemeteries. A historical marker should be placed by the roadside, indicating the site of the graveyard and the Geisenberg Lutheran Church of 1767."
CHRISTENING:
1. Familysearch's "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962": Susanna Friedrich, dau. of Philipp and Catharina Friedrich, 18 Nov 1804 at the Lutheran Saint Paul's Church, Minden Twp., Montgomery, New York, b. 8 Oct 1804. Source: FHL film 534218.
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