Ethel M. Heckathorn: Tofterå Slettemoen

Tofterå Slettemoen genealogy

1889 - 1972 (83 years)

Generation: 1

Ethel M. Heckathorn was born on 14 Oct 1889 in Wells Co., IN (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Heckathorn and Rachel Ellen Shoemaker); died on 14 Dec 1972 in Greenwood, Johnson, IN, USA; was buried on 16 Dec 1973 in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.

Notes:

Teacher. Lived in the family house on 118 West Washington Street, opposite corner of the Bluffton post office, after her parents passed.

Generation: 2

Benjamin Franklin Heckathorn was born on 9 Mar 1854 in Wells Co., IN (son of George Washington Heckathorn and Mary Ann Weist); died on 4 Sep 1928 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.

Notes:

1870 census: farm laborer, 16 at the Levi Heller farm, Nottingham, Wells, Indiana

Benjamin married Rachel Ellen Shoemaker on 9 Sep 1877 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA. Rachel (daughter of John Shoemaker and Rachel Johnson) was born on 21 Oct 1857 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; died on 30 Jun 1923 in Wells Co., IN; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel Ellen Shoemaker was born on 21 Oct 1857 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA (daughter of John Shoemaker and Rachel Johnson); died on 30 Jun 1923 in Wells Co., IN; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.

Other Events:

Name: Ella

Children:

Lizzie W. Heckathorn was born on 9 Jul 1878 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA; died on 8 Oct 1903 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA.
John Shoemaker Heckathorn was born on 20 May 1880 in Wells Co., IN; died on 30 Jun 1953 in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, USA.
1. Ethel M. Heckathorn was born on 14 Oct 1889 in Wells Co., IN; died on 14 Dec 1972 in Greenwood, Johnson, IN, USA; was buried on 16 Dec 1973 in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.

Generation: 3

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:

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.
2. 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.

John Shoemaker was born on 22 Oct 1819 in Columbiana County, Ohio, USA; died on 1 Feb 1896 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA.

Notes:

John was a blacksmith in Milton, Mahoning, Ohio in 1850 census. His closest neighbour was the physician Alexander Shoemaker, b. abt. 1802 in Pennsylvania and his wife Elizabeth.

Johns parents were William Shoemaker b. in Maryland and Betzy Welker. Williams father John was born in England.

Children:
Warren Kelly Shoemaker 1842 – 1917
Jane Amanda Shoemaker 1845 – 1917
Harriet A. Shoemaker 1850 – 1925
Bruce W. Shoemaker 1852 –
Rachel Ella Shoemaker 1858 – 1923
John J. Shoemaker 1860 – 1930
Taylor F. Shoemaker 1862 – 1930
Lizzie A. Shoemaker 1864 –

John married Rachel Johnson on 17 Mar 1842. Rachel was born on 18 Apr 1823 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 May 1906 in Wells Co., IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel Johnson was born on 18 Apr 1823 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 May 1906 in Wells Co., IN.

Children:

Warren Kelley Shoemaker 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.
3. Rachel Ellen Shoemaker was born on 21 Oct 1857 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; died on 30 Jun 1923 in Wells Co., IN; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.

Generation: 4

10.

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]

11.

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:

5. 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.