The location of Frederick's grave is unknown. When his father John Garn died, his father's land was divided between him and his brother, also named John Garn. He undoubtedly lived near the location where his father's grave is located.
Around 2009 the current owners of the farm where his father's grave is located told the creator of this memorial that another farm cemetery once existed nearby on what had been known as the Mock farm but that the farm eventually passed into the hands of someone who was not a Mock descendant. The new owner at some point plowed over the farm cemetery and its location is no longer known or findable. It is quite likely that Frederick's first wife, Fanny Mock, was buried in that family cemetery and that Frederick was buried there when he died about ten years after Fanny died.
His surname may be found in the records as Garn, Carn Kern and Karn. The part of the family that remained in Bedford County mainly settled on the Carn spelling. Frederick's children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces who moved to Sandusky Co., Ohio, settled mainly on the Garn spelling with a small fraction using the Garns spelling.
Many have erroneously claimed that Frederick died in 1859. This year is obviously confused with the year his second wife died. His date of death is clearly reported in his estate file, File 1845-30, at the Bedford County Court House in Bedford, PA.
Frederick was erroneously reported in some of the early Garn genealogies as two different people, one who married Fanny Mock and one who married Magdalene Oster. His estate file and the will of his first wife's father establish that the same Frederick married both women.
Those early erroneous genealogies report that the Frederick who married Fanny Mock was born in 1770 while the Frederick who married Magdalene Oster was born in 1778. Census records and the order in which he appears among siblings in records associated with the distribution of his father's land support the earlier date. Therefore, we report the earlier date in the information above.
Frederick's birth place as also been reported to have been Holland by many. However, it is easily shown that his parents were married in Lancaster, PA, placing his parents in America before Frederick was born. There are reports that the family went to Holland for a period of time. This may or may not be true. We are convinced that Frederick was born in Pennsylvania based on the 1880 U.S. Federal Census on which his six living children reported that their father had been born in Pennsylvania. If he had been born in Holland, at least one of those six children should have known and reported it on the census.
Around 2009 the current owners of the farm where his father's grave is located told the creator of this memorial that another farm cemetery once existed nearby on what had been known as the Mock farm but that the farm eventually passed into the hands of someone who was not a Mock descendant. The new owner at some point plowed over the farm cemetery and its location is no longer known or findable. It is quite likely that Frederick's first wife, Fanny Mock, was buried in that family cemetery and that Frederick was buried there when he died about ten years after Fanny died.
His surname may be found in the records as Garn, Carn Kern and Karn. The part of the family that remained in Bedford County mainly settled on the Carn spelling. Frederick's children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces who moved to Sandusky Co., Ohio, settled mainly on the Garn spelling with a small fraction using the Garns spelling.
Many have erroneously claimed that Frederick died in 1859. This year is obviously confused with the year his second wife died. His date of death is clearly reported in his estate file, File 1845-30, at the Bedford County Court House in Bedford, PA.
Frederick was erroneously reported in some of the early Garn genealogies as two different people, one who married Fanny Mock and one who married Magdalene Oster. His estate file and the will of his first wife's father establish that the same Frederick married both women.
Those early erroneous genealogies report that the Frederick who married Fanny Mock was born in 1770 while the Frederick who married Magdalene Oster was born in 1778. Census records and the order in which he appears among siblings in records associated with the distribution of his father's land support the earlier date. Therefore, we report the earlier date in the information above.
Frederick's birth place as also been reported to have been Holland by many. However, it is easily shown that his parents were married in Lancaster, PA, placing his parents in America before Frederick was born. There are reports that the family went to Holland for a period of time. This may or may not be true. We are convinced that Frederick was born in Pennsylvania based on the 1880 U.S. Federal Census on which his six living children reported that their father had been born in Pennsylvania. If he had been born in Holland, at least one of those six children should have known and reported it on the census.
The location of Frederick's grave is unknown. When his father John Garn died, his father's land was divided between him and his brother, also named John Garn. He undoubtedly lived near the location where his father's grave is located.
Around 2009 the current owners of the farm where his father's grave is located told the creator of this memorial that another farm cemetery once existed nearby on what had been known as the Mock farm but that the farm eventually passed into the hands of someone who was not a Mock descendant. The new owner at some point plowed over the farm cemetery and its location is no longer known or findable. It is quite likely that Frederick's first wife, Fanny Mock, was buried in that family cemetery and that Frederick was buried there when he died about ten years after Fanny died.
His surname may be found in the records as Garn, Carn Kern and Karn. The part of the family that remained in Bedford County mainly settled on the Carn spelling. Frederick's children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces who moved to Sandusky Co., Ohio, settled mainly on the Garn spelling with a small fraction using the Garns spelling.
Many have erroneously claimed that Frederick died in 1859. This year is obviously confused with the year his second wife died. His date of death is clearly reported in his estate file, File 1845-30, at the Bedford County Court House in Bedford, PA.
Frederick was erroneously reported in some of the early Garn genealogies as two different people, one who married Fanny Mock and one who married Magdalene Oster. His estate file and the will of his first wife's father establish that the same Frederick married both women.
Those early erroneous genealogies report that the Frederick who married Fanny Mock was born in 1770 while the Frederick who married Magdalene Oster was born in 1778. Census records and the order in which he appears among siblings in records associated with the distribution of his father's land support the earlier date. Therefore, we report the earlier date in the information above.
Frederick's birth place as also been reported to have been Holland by many. However, it is easily shown that his parents were married in Lancaster, PA, placing his parents in America before Frederick was born. There are reports that the family went to Holland for a period of time. This may or may not be true. We are convinced that Frederick was born in Pennsylvania based on the 1880 U.S. Federal Census on which his six living children reported that their father had been born in Pennsylvania. If he had been born in Holland, at least one of those six children should have known and reported it on the census.
Around 2009 the current owners of the farm where his father's grave is located told the creator of this memorial that another farm cemetery once existed nearby on what had been known as the Mock farm but that the farm eventually passed into the hands of someone who was not a Mock descendant. The new owner at some point plowed over the farm cemetery and its location is no longer known or findable. It is quite likely that Frederick's first wife, Fanny Mock, was buried in that family cemetery and that Frederick was buried there when he died about ten years after Fanny died.
His surname may be found in the records as Garn, Carn Kern and Karn. The part of the family that remained in Bedford County mainly settled on the Carn spelling. Frederick's children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces who moved to Sandusky Co., Ohio, settled mainly on the Garn spelling with a small fraction using the Garns spelling.
Many have erroneously claimed that Frederick died in 1859. This year is obviously confused with the year his second wife died. His date of death is clearly reported in his estate file, File 1845-30, at the Bedford County Court House in Bedford, PA.
Frederick was erroneously reported in some of the early Garn genealogies as two different people, one who married Fanny Mock and one who married Magdalene Oster. His estate file and the will of his first wife's father establish that the same Frederick married both women.
Those early erroneous genealogies report that the Frederick who married Fanny Mock was born in 1770 while the Frederick who married Magdalene Oster was born in 1778. Census records and the order in which he appears among siblings in records associated with the distribution of his father's land support the earlier date. Therefore, we report the earlier date in the information above.
Frederick's birth place as also been reported to have been Holland by many. However, it is easily shown that his parents were married in Lancaster, PA, placing his parents in America before Frederick was born. There are reports that the family went to Holland for a period of time. This may or may not be true. We are convinced that Frederick was born in Pennsylvania based on the 1880 U.S. Federal Census on which his six living children reported that their father had been born in Pennsylvania. If he had been born in Holland, at least one of those six children should have known and reported it on the census.
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