Pennsylvania Family Group Sheet for the John William M. CLAAR Family *********************************************** Copyright rayswork. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: rayswork Email address: Husband: John William M. CLAAR Birthdate: 12/26/1838 Birthplace: Klahr, Blair Co., PA Death date: 6/28/1903 Place of death: Bakers Summit, Bedford Co., PA Burial: Burger Cemetery, Salemville, Bedford Co., PA Father: Mathias Walter CLAAR Mother: Mary MUSSELMAN Marriage date: Abt 1855 Marriage place: Bedford Co., PA Wife: Margaret WEISEL Birthdate: Abt 1838 Birthplace: King Twp., Bedford Co., PA Death date: 7/1875 Place of death: Bedford Co., PA Burial: Upper Claar Cemetery, Kimmel Twp., Bedford Co., PA Father: Jacob WEISEL Mother: Mary HITE CHILDREN Child No. 1: Mary Etta CLAAR Sex: F Birthdate: 8/25/1856 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 7/4/1881 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Joseph E. SHIFFLER Child No. 2: Catharine CLAAR Sex: F Birthdate: 1866 Birthplace: South Poplar Run, Bedford Co., PA Death date: 4/7/1898 Place of death: Brooks Mills, Blair Co., PA Burial: Marriage date: 1888 Marriage place: Cambria Co., PA Spouse's name: John BENTON Child No. 3: George Washington CLAAR Sex: M Birthdate: 5/6/1868 Birthplace: Death date: 10/31/1936 Place of death: Sugar Grove, Fairfield Co., OH Burial: Marriage date: 1912 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Eva Catherine HUMMEL Child No. 4: Augustus CLAAR Sex: M Birthdate: 1870 Birthplace: Death date: 7/24/1903 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 5: James Albert CLAAR Sex: M Birthdate: 10/28/1872 Birthplace: Claysburg, Blair Co., PA Death date: 6/14/1922 Place of death: Lilly, Cambria Co., PA Marriage date: 10/4/1892 Burial: Lillydale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Cambria Co., PA Marriage place: Cambria Co., PA Spouse's name: Margaret Catherine GEORGE Child No. 6: Maria E. CLAAR Sex: F Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 12/2/1896 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Elmer HARTMAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Documentation: CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS ALWAYS WELCOME 1850 John appears on the 1850 census for Greenfield Township, Blair County, PA. He is 11 years old and is living with his father and his father's 3rd wife. 1880 John W. M. and Rachel appear on the 1880 census for Greenfield Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania. He is 42 years old and is working as a farmer. She is 47. There is 1 child shown. Also living here is his father, Mathias, a widower, age 72 and her brother Samuel, age 44. .