Rev. Christian Haldeman

M, b. 11 May 1744, d. 6 July 1833
FatherChristian Haldeman b. b 1715, d. 23 Nov 1800
MotherCatherine Krey b. 1715, d. 12 Mar 1807
ChartsAncestors of Chuck Wolfram
     Rev. Christian Haldeman was born on 11 May 1744 in Lower Salford Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.1 He married Magdalena Fried, daughter of Johannes Fried and Maria Kolb, on 14 April 1768.1 Rev. Christian Haldeman and Magdalena were Mennonites. Rev. Christian Haldeman was a farmer and a clergyman in the Mennonite faith.
     His great-grandson Milton L Halteman claimed membership in the Sons of the American Revolution by writing that Christian Haldeman was "a private, 5th Class, 2nd Company, 5th Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia Captian Philip Gable. Reference: Penna. Archives, Sixth Series, Vol. I. Page 842. Name waas spelled Halteman and Haltiman."2 He was the administrator of Barbara Haldeman's estate in Chester County, Pennsylvania, on 17 November 1804.3 Rev. Christian Haldeman died on 6 July 1833 in Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, at age 89 years, 1 month and 25 days.1 His obituary appeared in Der Bauern Freund, Sumneytown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on 10 July 1833. It read:
     HOLDEMAN, Christian, Mennonite Minister of Upper Salford, 6th, 90
DER BAUERN FREUND was a German language newspaper published weekly on Wednesdays. Kenneth H. Hallman translated it into English in 1952.
     Christian was probably a free white male, age 45 or over, in Isaac Haldeman's household, on the 1820 Census in Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.4

Family

Magdalena Fried b. 12 Dec 1749, d. 28 Feb 1837
Children
  • Catherine Haldeman b. 21 Mar 1769
  • Johannes Haldeman b. 2 Mar 1771, d. 6 Jan 1789
  • Maria Haldeman b. 9 Jun 1773, d. 13 Mar 1854
  • Jacob Haldeman b. 1775, d. 1777
  • Christian Halteman b. 1777, d. 1788
  • Bishop Abraham Haldeman b. 30 Aug 1780, d. 30 May 1865
  • Magdalena Haldeman b. 1783, d. 1788
  • Isaac Haldeman b. 3 Dec 1785, d. 7 Apr 1870
  • Benjamin Halteman+ b. 31 Aug 1788, d. 4 May 1875

Citations

  1. [S11] Carl Thurman Smith, "A Survey of Immigrants of the Haldeman Family", 56.
  2. [S1972] The Valley Forge Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution, Milton L Halteman, national number 60,286, state number 3385, approved 27 March 1941, applied 25 March 1941.
  3. [S11] Carl Thurman Smith, "A Survey of Immigrants of the Haldeman Family", 62 note 27, citing Chester County Administration Docket 2, 497 #5152.
  4. [S739] 1820 U.S. census, (Upper Salford Township), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, page 218, line 15.