Philip Kline (1799-1877) 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

Kris Hocker on 14 Jan 2017

52 Ancestors: Philip Kline

When Lydia Amanda (Kline) Witmer died, her son Horace named her parents on her death certificate as Philip Kline and Lydia Markley.1 So, I went looking for Philip and Lydia in census records.

I found the couple together in Marlborough Township, Montgomery County in 18602 and 1870,3 and Lydia in 1880.4

It took a little more work to find them in 1850—the only census that could list Lydia (Kline) Witmer by name with her family prior to her marriage in 1854. For that census, I had to scroll page by page until I found the household. The census taker had written their surname as “Klaen.”5 The household included:

  • Philip, aged 51, Farmer
  • Lydia, aged 44
  • Cornelius, aged 24, Shoemaker
  • Ledea, aged 14
  • Maria, aged 9

Further research showed that Philip was born 6 March 1799 and died 30 January 1877 at 2 p.m.6 He was buried in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery in Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. His wife Lydia (Markley) Kline was born 22 October 1806 and died 8 April 1890.7 She, too, was buried at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery. The couple was married at New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gilbertsville on 17 July 1825.8

Philip wrote his last will and testament on 24 December 1875.9 He named his “beloved wife Lydia” and five children: “son Cornelius Kline, Reuben M. Kline, Henry M. Kline… and my Daughter Eliza intermarried with Jonas Brey and Lydia intermarried with Edward Wetemer [Witmer].” He named his three sons as executors. The will was witnessed by George S. Mumbauer and William F. Reed and was proven on 7 February 1877.

Philip and Lydia (Markley) Kline had six children:

  1.  Cornelius Kline (3 Jul 1826-18 Feb 1914)
  2. Elizabeth (Kline) Brey (15 Nov 1827-30 Oct 1917)
  3. Reuben M. Kline (12 Dec 1832-12 Nov 1912)
  4. Henry M. Kline (28 Apr 1834-17 Jun 1920)
  5. Lydia Amanda (Kline) Witmer (26 Mar 1836-30 Mar 1926)
  6. Susanna Maria Kline (15 Mar 1841-24 Dec 1853)

The Find A Grave entry for Philip Kline names his parents as Jacob Klein and Eva Heilig Klein, but that will be a post for another day.

52 ancestors in 52 weeks

This post is part of a blogging challenge entitled 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, created by Amy Crow of No Story Too Small in 2014. Participants were to write about one ancestor every week. I’m revisiting this challenge for 2017. This is my third 52 Ancestors post, part of week two.

Footnotes

  1. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Death Certificate no. 31329 (1926), Lydia Amanda Witmer; Bureau of Vital Statistics, New Castle; She was born 26 March 1836 and died 30 March 1896. ↩
  2. 1860 United States Federal Census, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, post office: Sumneytown, Marlboro Township, page 400 (stamped), dwelling 62, family 66, Philip Kline household; online, FamilySearch, “United States Census, 1860” (https://familysearch.org : accessed 31 Dec 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration, micropublication M653, roll 1145. ↩
  3. 1870 United States Federal Census, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, post office: Pennsburg, page 20 (hand-written), dwelling 143, family 165, Philip Kline household; online, FamilySearch, “United States Census, 1870” (https://familysearch.org : accessed 31 Dec 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration, micropublication M593, roll 1377. ↩
  4. 1880 United States Federal Census, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Upper Hanover Township, enumeration district 29, page 99B, dwelling 87, family 97, Jonas Brey household; online, FamilySearch, “United States Census, 1880” (https://familysearch.org : accessed 31 Dec 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration, micropublication T9, roll 1158. ↩
  5. 1850 United States Federal Census, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Marlboro Township, page 343B, dwelling 187, family 187, Philip Klaen household; online, FamilySearch, “United States Census, 1850” (https://familysearch.org : accessed 31 Dec 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration, micropublication M432, roll 799. ↩
  6. Philip Kline gravestone, Findagrave.com, digital image (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 Dec 2016), “Gravestone of Philip Kline (1799-1877), Memorial No. 115947395, Records of Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery, Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,” photo © Tom Myers; and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Will Book 14:548, Will of Philip Kline; online, FamilySearch, “Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994” (https://familysearch.org : accessed 6 Dec 2016); citing Register of Wills, Norristown. ↩
  7. Lydia Kline gravestone, Findagrave.com, digital image (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 Dec 2016), “Gravestone of Lydia Markel Kline (1806-1890), Memorial No. 115947382, Records of Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery, Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,” photo © Tom Myers. ↩
  8. New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran Church, Marriage Records, Philip Kline and Miss Markley, 17 Jul 1825; digital image and index, Ancestry, “Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985” (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Jun 2016). ↩
  9. Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Will Book 14:548, Will of Philip Kline. ↩

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