A forney/fahrni/farni european history is available written by Gottfied Fahrni.
He used records from the town of Steffisburg in Switzerland where the original ancestor Christanus Von Farne resided. It is a very complete history although death dates are not available for early ancestors since death records were not kept until the mid 1600s. This history was written in collaboration with David Forney mentioned on many of the Forney memorials in this graveyard.
Cemetery book (pg. 17). John FORNEY; d 10-6-1823, age 63y, w. Elizabeth FORNEY; d 6-3-1847, age 81y 2m 27d.
The following names were listed right below:
John; 1790-1827
Catharine; 1791-1836
Maria, Salome, Samuel - all no dates
Elizabeth SPURGEON - no dates
Abraham, 1729-1784; Rev. Soldier
". . . . John Forney son of Abraham Forney and Elizabeth Spurgeon. John was born November 30, 1760 and died October 06, 1823."
NOTE: Photo credit belongs to David Forney.
This photo was cropped from David Forney's original photo - with permission to add it to Find A Grave.
There is a Forney family genealogy written that shows a list of 9 children in this family.
I have added this note as an update since I am related through their youngest child, Levi (see memorial 57708707)
Other children listed in the Forney book were:
Betsy, Christian, Mary L, Nancy and Rebecca but no life span dates were provided.
The book on the Forney family was published in 1926.
The author was John K Forney. Although it was published in Abilene Kansas, it is listed as a history of the Forneys of Lancaster County, PA
He used records from the town of Steffisburg in Switzerland where the original ancestor Christanus Von Farne resided. It is a very complete history although death dates are not available for early ancestors since death records were not kept until the mid 1600s. This history was written in collaboration with David Forney mentioned on many of the Forney memorials in this graveyard.
Cemetery book (pg. 17). John FORNEY; d 10-6-1823, age 63y, w. Elizabeth FORNEY; d 6-3-1847, age 81y 2m 27d.
The following names were listed right below:
John; 1790-1827
Catharine; 1791-1836
Maria, Salome, Samuel - all no dates
Elizabeth SPURGEON - no dates
Abraham, 1729-1784; Rev. Soldier
". . . . John Forney son of Abraham Forney and Elizabeth Spurgeon. John was born November 30, 1760 and died October 06, 1823."
NOTE: Photo credit belongs to David Forney.
This photo was cropped from David Forney's original photo - with permission to add it to Find A Grave.
There is a Forney family genealogy written that shows a list of 9 children in this family.
I have added this note as an update since I am related through their youngest child, Levi (see memorial 57708707)
Other children listed in the Forney book were:
Betsy, Christian, Mary L, Nancy and Rebecca but no life span dates were provided.
The book on the Forney family was published in 1926.
The author was John K Forney. Although it was published in Abilene Kansas, it is listed as a history of the Forneys of Lancaster County, PA
A forney/fahrni/farni european history is available written by Gottfied Fahrni.
He used records from the town of Steffisburg in Switzerland where the original ancestor Christanus Von Farne resided. It is a very complete history although death dates are not available for early ancestors since death records were not kept until the mid 1600s. This history was written in collaboration with David Forney mentioned on many of the Forney memorials in this graveyard.
Cemetery book (pg. 17). John FORNEY; d 10-6-1823, age 63y, w. Elizabeth FORNEY; d 6-3-1847, age 81y 2m 27d.
The following names were listed right below:
John; 1790-1827
Catharine; 1791-1836
Maria, Salome, Samuel - all no dates
Elizabeth SPURGEON - no dates
Abraham, 1729-1784; Rev. Soldier
". . . . John Forney son of Abraham Forney and Elizabeth Spurgeon. John was born November 30, 1760 and died October 06, 1823."
NOTE: Photo credit belongs to David Forney.
This photo was cropped from David Forney's original photo - with permission to add it to Find A Grave.
There is a Forney family genealogy written that shows a list of 9 children in this family.
I have added this note as an update since I am related through their youngest child, Levi (see memorial 57708707)
Other children listed in the Forney book were:
Betsy, Christian, Mary L, Nancy and Rebecca but no life span dates were provided.
The book on the Forney family was published in 1926.
The author was John K Forney. Although it was published in Abilene Kansas, it is listed as a history of the Forneys of Lancaster County, PA
He used records from the town of Steffisburg in Switzerland where the original ancestor Christanus Von Farne resided. It is a very complete history although death dates are not available for early ancestors since death records were not kept until the mid 1600s. This history was written in collaboration with David Forney mentioned on many of the Forney memorials in this graveyard.
Cemetery book (pg. 17). John FORNEY; d 10-6-1823, age 63y, w. Elizabeth FORNEY; d 6-3-1847, age 81y 2m 27d.
The following names were listed right below:
John; 1790-1827
Catharine; 1791-1836
Maria, Salome, Samuel - all no dates
Elizabeth SPURGEON - no dates
Abraham, 1729-1784; Rev. Soldier
". . . . John Forney son of Abraham Forney and Elizabeth Spurgeon. John was born November 30, 1760 and died October 06, 1823."
NOTE: Photo credit belongs to David Forney.
This photo was cropped from David Forney's original photo - with permission to add it to Find A Grave.
There is a Forney family genealogy written that shows a list of 9 children in this family.
I have added this note as an update since I am related through their youngest child, Levi (see memorial 57708707)
Other children listed in the Forney book were:
Betsy, Christian, Mary L, Nancy and Rebecca but no life span dates were provided.
The book on the Forney family was published in 1926.
The author was John K Forney. Although it was published in Abilene Kansas, it is listed as a history of the Forneys of Lancaster County, PA
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