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Bernard Shomo

Birth
Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1793 (aged 39–40)
Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: His wife was buried in the cemetery at First Reformed. They both died in the same year and it is believed that Bernard Shomo was buried there too but no proof. Add to Map
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Most of what we find on ancestry about Bernard is in the Shomo book by Peggy Shomo Joyner. Notes are here: Taken from Ancestors & Descendants of Joseph Shomo (Shammo), Immigrant to Pennsylvania, 1750 by Peggy Shomo Joyner (p 50): "Bernard, Juliana and any children who may have been born to this union died in 1793, victims of the Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic...From a list of persons who died in the epidemic is the following entry, 'Bernard Shomo's wife' (see below for citation). There is no complete list of those who perished...If Juliana was buried in the cemetery at First Reformed perhaps Bernard was also." Citation: A Short Account of the Malignant Fever Lately Prevalent in Philadelphia by Matthew Carey, published in 1794 (p 152).

"..Bernard died intestate without leaving a wife or lawful issue whereupon the said premises descended unto his three brothers Joseph Shomo and John Shomo and Anthony Shomo in equal shares agreeably to an Act of General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed in the year One thousand seven hundred and ninety four for selling Intestate Estates..." Citation: Philadelphia City Hall, Deed Book D, pp. 59-60 & Deed Book 59 pp. 207-209.
Most of what we find on ancestry about Bernard is in the Shomo book by Peggy Shomo Joyner. Notes are here: Taken from Ancestors & Descendants of Joseph Shomo (Shammo), Immigrant to Pennsylvania, 1750 by Peggy Shomo Joyner (p 50): "Bernard, Juliana and any children who may have been born to this union died in 1793, victims of the Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic...From a list of persons who died in the epidemic is the following entry, 'Bernard Shomo's wife' (see below for citation). There is no complete list of those who perished...If Juliana was buried in the cemetery at First Reformed perhaps Bernard was also." Citation: A Short Account of the Malignant Fever Lately Prevalent in Philadelphia by Matthew Carey, published in 1794 (p 152).

"..Bernard died intestate without leaving a wife or lawful issue whereupon the said premises descended unto his three brothers Joseph Shomo and John Shomo and Anthony Shomo in equal shares agreeably to an Act of General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed in the year One thousand seven hundred and ninety four for selling Intestate Estates..." Citation: Philadelphia City Hall, Deed Book D, pp. 59-60 & Deed Book 59 pp. 207-209.


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