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Maria Barbara <I>Garnhart</I> Smelser

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Maria Barbara Garnhart Smelser

Birth
Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
22 Sep 1834 (aged 82)
Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.7547111, Longitude: -84.9186639
Plot
Section 1
Memorial ID
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Maria Barbara Garnhart married Johann Peter Schmeltzer/Smeltzer about 1770. They had, at least, ten children.

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NOTES:
"Asters at Dusk"
by Polly Pollock
Page 19 shows:
Number of children.

LDS shows:
Gernhardt
15 children
**May or may not be accurate.

From Patrick & Tracy on April 19, 2021:
Suggests age at death was 82 years which would mean birth year was 1752.
**No source documents provided.
**If age is from gravestone, age is difficult to read, but looks like 82 years and 6 months.
Birth year calculated as: 1834 - 82 = 1752
**Previously had birth year as 1743.
Family Search.org lists 16 children.
There is no clear marriage date.

On this memorial page when I received the transfer:
Memorial page entered as Barbara Garnhart Smelser.
Marge, Find-A-Grave ID #46895564:
My 5th great grandmother

Bio and NOTES by: Pam Barns

If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
Maria Barbara Garnhart married Johann Peter Schmeltzer/Smeltzer about 1770. They had, at least, ten children.

-----
NOTES:
"Asters at Dusk"
by Polly Pollock
Page 19 shows:
Number of children.

LDS shows:
Gernhardt
15 children
**May or may not be accurate.

From Patrick & Tracy on April 19, 2021:
Suggests age at death was 82 years which would mean birth year was 1752.
**No source documents provided.
**If age is from gravestone, age is difficult to read, but looks like 82 years and 6 months.
Birth year calculated as: 1834 - 82 = 1752
**Previously had birth year as 1743.
Family Search.org lists 16 children.
There is no clear marriage date.

On this memorial page when I received the transfer:
Memorial page entered as Barbara Garnhart Smelser.
Marge, Find-A-Grave ID #46895564:
My 5th great grandmother

Bio and NOTES by: Pam Barns

If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.


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  • Maintained by: Pam Barns
  • Originally Created by: Marge
  • Added: Aug 4, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28766983/maria_barbara-smelser: accessed ), memorial page for Maria Barbara Garnhart Smelser (Mar 1752–22 Sep 1834), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28766983, citing Elkhorn Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Pam Barns (contributor 46946976).