Lydia Margaret Heckathorn: Tofterå Slettemoen

Tofterå Slettemoen genealogy

1845 - 1885 (40 years)

Generation: 1

Lydia Margaret Heckathorn was born on 12 Feb 1845 in Ohio (daughter of George Washington Heckathorn and Mary Ann Weist); died on 24 Jul 1885 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.

Other Events:

Name: Heckedorn
Name: Hickathorn

Notes:

1870-census for Harrison township (Bluffton post office), Wells, Indiana on the 22nd of June 1870, has Dillman Ewing Shoemaker, age 4, with mother Lydia Shoemaker, age 25, born in Ohio, keeping house, and stepfather farmer Warren K. Shoemaker, age 27, born in Ohio.
On the same page we find George Heckedorn age 53, Joseph Heckedorn age 58 and wife Elizabeth Heckedorn age 60, all born in Pennsylvania. Is this Lydias father, uncle and aunt, or just an odd coincidence? Were George and Mary Ann divorced?

1880 census for Harrison, Wells, Indiana says Warren Shoemaker is Dillmonds stepfather.

Lydia Heckathorn Ewing Shoemaker has a marker next to Warren Kelly Shoemaker and his second wife in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton.

Lydia married Levi Ewing on 21 Jul 1864 in Wells Co., IN. Levi (son of William Ewing and Catharine Gorrell) was born in 1820 in Mohican, Ashland, OH; died in Mar 1866 in Decatur, Adams, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Dilon Ewing "Dellie" Shoemaker was born on 17 Aug 1865 in Decatur, Indiana, USA; died on 2 Aug 1925 in Morris, Grundy, Illinois; was buried on 4 Aug 1925 in Eastlawn cemetary, Detroit, MI, USA.

Lydia married Warren Kelley Shoemaker on 2 Apr 1868 in Wells Co., IN. Warren (son of John Shoemaker and Rachel Johnson) was born in Dec 1842 in Milton, Mahoning, Ohio; died on 18 Mar 1917 in Veterans Home, Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA; was buried in Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

George Washington Heckathorn was born on 27 Feb 1819 in Ohio; died on 1 Jan 1857 in Ohio.

Notes:

Father may have been Aaron Heckathorn.

George married Mary Ann Weist on 2 Apr 1844 in Fairfield, Ohio. Mary (daughter of Peter Weist and Margaret Elizabeth Albrecht) was born on 30 May 1823 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Aug 1900 in Marion Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Ann Weist was born on 30 May 1823 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania (daughter of Peter Weist and Margaret Elizabeth Albrecht); died on 30 Aug 1900 in Marion Co., OH.

Notes:

Her family lived in Fairfield County, OH, from 1829 to 1853.

Mary is with husband George and daughters Lydia and Sarah in French township, Adams, Indiana in the census of Oct 31st 1850.

In the Jun 25th 1860 census Mary Ann is in Nottingham, Wells, Indiana, living with her mother Margaret Weist, Lydia and Franklin (but not Sarah and Mary). In the household is also her brother Soloman Weist and soon to be husband, Walter J. Grosh.

In 1870 she lives with her sons Mike and John in French, Adams, Indiana.

Children:

1. Lydia Margaret Heckathorn was born on 12 Feb 1845 in Ohio; died on 24 Jul 1885 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.
Sarah Ellen Heckathorn was born on 25 Oct 1846 in Wells Co., IN; died on 2 Aug 1862 in Wells Co., IN; was buried in Old Salem Cemetery.
Mary Elizabeth Heckathorn was born on 5 Dec 1851 in French township, Adams, Indiana; died on 28 Mar 1928 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Six Mile cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.
Benjamin Franklin Heckathorn was born on 9 Mar 1854 in Wells Co., IN; died on 4 Sep 1928 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.

Generation: 3

Peter Weist was born about 1793 in Germany (son of Peter Weist and Catharinae Reenbach); died on 29 Jun 1859 in Indiana, USA.

Notes:

In the 1850 census for Nottingham, Wells, Indiana Peter and Margaret are farmers born in Germany. Living with them three of their children, all born in Ohio.

His son Josiahs death certificate says his father was born in Switzerland.

Peter married Margaret Elizabeth Albrecht. Margaret was born on 1 Sep 1792 in Germany; died on 2 Mar 1868 in Nottingham, Wells, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Elizabeth Albrecht was born on 1 Sep 1792 in Germany; died on 2 Mar 1868 in Nottingham, Wells, Indiana, USA.

Notes:

Born in Germany according to the 1860 census for Nottingham township, Wells, Indiana. At the time her son Solomon Weist and daughter Mary Ann Heckathorn were living with her, as were Mary Anns children Lydia and Franklin, and a shoemaker named Walter J. Grosh from Maryland.

Children:

3. Mary Ann Weist was born on 30 May 1823 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Aug 1900 in Marion Co., OH.
Josiah Weist was born in Dec 1825 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Dec 1900 in Vera Cruz, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Nottingham, Wells, Indiana, USA.
Lydia Albright Weist was born on 28 Sep 1832 in Farifield, Ohio, USA; died on 18 Oct 1895 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Six Mile cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.
Sarah A. Weist was born on 20 Jun 1835 in Farifield, Ohio, USA; died on 8 Sep 1903 in Grundy, IL, USA; was buried in Morris, Grundy, Illinois.
Soloman Weist was born in 1840 in Ohio; died in 1913 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana; was buried in Bethel cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.

Generation: 4

12.	Peter Weist was born on 11 Nov 1774 in Rohrbach Steinweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (son of Johann Jakob Wuest and Christina Funk); died in in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Peter married Catharinae Reenbach. Catharinae was born about 1780 in Germany; died in in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Catharinae Reenbach was born about 1780 in Germany; died in in Germany.

Children:

Daniel Weist was born in 1792 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died in 1839 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
6. Peter Weist was born about 1793 in Germany; died on 29 Jun 1859 in Indiana, USA.
Margaretha Weist was born in 1798 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; and died.
Maria Weist was born about 1800 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; and died.