CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameRachel METTLER [1868], [3322]
Birth PlacePennsylvania, United States
MemoOr 27 Mar 1808
Census Date6 Dec 1850 [3858] Age: 42
Census PlaceRoaring Creek Twp., Montour Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Census Date27 Jul 1860 [3860] Age: 52
Census PlaceAshland, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Census Date23 Aug 1870 [3861] Age: 62
Census PlaceLocust Twp., Columbia Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Death Date4 Nov 1889 [1868, p.62], [1498, Memorial# 106420818] Age: 81
Burial PlaceHastings, Adams Co., Nebraska, United States [1498, Memorial# 106420818]
MemoParkview Cemetery: Section A, Lot 6
Alias/AKARachael MELTER [5000]
Misc. Notes
When finding Rachel HOGELAND in Roaring Creek in 1850, it first appeared that she was a widow, because Ancestry.com listed her in a manner suggesting she was the head of the household. However, it was later discovered that her husband, John, had been enumerated 9 days earlier, recorded on the last line of the previous page of the schedule. They were assigned sequential Dwelling & Family numbers, so it’s possible they were in separate houses at the time.
[3858], [3859]
Spouses
Birth Date28 Jun 1789 [1868, p.33 & 62]
Birth PlaceAmwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, United States
Census Date27 Nov 1850 [3859] Age: 61
Census PlaceRoaring Creek Twp., Montour Co., Pennsylvania, United States
MemoEnumerated in a separate dwelling from his wife and children.
Death Date13 Feb 1856 [1868, p.62], [1498, Memorial# 77554711] Age: 66
Death PlaceCatawissa, Columbia Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Memo“near Catawissa”
Burial PlaceCatawissa, Columbia Co., Pennsylvania, United States [1498, Memorial# 77554711]
MemoMcIntyre Cemetery. Find A Grave Memorial# 77554711 includes photos.
Alias/AKAJohn HOAGLAND [1498, Memorial# 77554711], [5000]
FatherJohn HOOGLAND (ca1755-1843)
MotherElizabeth GREEN (~1756-)
Misc. Notes
The will of Samuel GREEN [3496, p.149] places in question the validity of this John being the son of John HOOGLAND, given that the will names Jonathan as one of Samuel’s grandsons rather than John. Samuel was John Sr.’s father-in-law.

Also in 1850, in Fox Twp., Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania, there was Jonathan(64) & Rachel(59) HOGELAND, with children Uria, Matilda, Elisabeth, Julia, Rhoda and Harvey. [3322] But their ages conflict with the dates given by HOAGLAND [1868, p.62] and his list of their children is more consistent with the John & Rachel HOGELAND in Roaring Creek. [3858], [3859]

In 1860, Ashland, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, the Rachel from Roaring Creek, has remarried to Michael PHILIPS(47), a carpenter from Wales, and the children in the household are the twins, Emiline[sic] and Angeline.

There was a John HOGLAND in Roaring Creek, Columbia Co., PA, in 1840. Family age tallies are not a precise match for Rachel’s family found there in the 1850 census, but it is close. [3857] But it is definitely not the John HOOGLAND of the previous generation. Possible interpretation of the age tallies in this census record:
Males under 5: 1 = Jonas
Males 5-9: 1 = Samuel
Males 10-14: 2 = William & ?
Males 50-59: 1: = John (51-52)
Females under 5: 1 = Mary
Females 5-9: 1 = Elizabeth
Females 10-14: 1 = Matilda
Females 20-29: 1 = Rachel (actually 32)
Marr Date30 Dec 1827 [1868, p.62]
ChildrenMatilda (1828-1853)
 William Mettler (1830-1907)
 Samuel Mettler (1832-1897)
 Elizabeth (1834-)
 Mary (1835-1910)
 Jonas (1837-1861)
 Henry Harrison (1840-1862)
 John Pleasants (1842-1916)
 Emmaline (Twin) (1844-1912)
 Angeline (Twin) (1844-)
 Rachel Ann (1851-1851)
Birth PlaceWales, United Kingdom
Census Date27 Jul 1860 [3860] Age: 47
Census PlaceAshland, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Death Date30 Jan 1862 [1498, Memorial# 88607906] Age: 48
Burial PlaceNumidia, Columbia Co., Pennsylvania, United States [1498, Memorial# 88607906]
MemoNumidia Drive Private Burial Grounds
OccupationCarpenter [3860]
Last Modified 23 May 2016Created 23 Jun 2022 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 23 Jun 2022
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