The MATTER/MOTTER Line

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1-Hans MATTER (b: circa 1614 d: 20 Feb 1681)
r: Alsace, France/Germany
r: Eckendorf, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France
m: Catharina ??? (b: 1616 d: 6 Mar 1698) circa 1642 in Alsace, France
r: Alsace, France
r: Eckendorf, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France
*Note: Buried in Eckendorf, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France
- 2-Catharina MATTER (b: 1644 d: 7 May 1680)
  r: Alsace, France
  r: Eckendorf, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France
  m: Benedict SCHLESS (b: circa 1640 d: ? ) 2 Jan 1666 in Alsace Lorraine, France/Germany
- 2-Johannes "Hans" MATTER (b: 1646 d: 20 Dec 1692)
  r: Alsace, France
  r: Eckendorf, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France
  m: Catharina PETERS (b: circa 1654 d: 29 Dec 1704) 4 May 1675 in Alsace Lorraine, France/Germany
  - 3-Johannes MATTER (b: 1676 d: ? )
    r: Alsace, Germany/France
  - 3-Maria MATTER (b: 17 Mar 1677/78 d: ? )
    r: Alsace, Germany/France
    m: Heinrich REBER (b: 1674 d: 2 Feb 1740) 3 Feb 1699 in Alsace, Germany/France
    r: Alsace, Germany/France
    r: ?
  - 3-Barbara MATTER (b: 6 Jul 1680 d: after 1699)
    r: Alsace, Germany/France
    m: Lorentz DREHER (b: ? d: ? ) 21 May 1737 in Eckendorf, Alsace, Germany/France
  - 3-Anna Catharina MATTER (b: 11 Jun 1684 d: ? )
    r: Alsace, Germany/France
  - 3-Christina MATTER (b: 16 Mar 1687 d: ? )
    r: Alsace, Germany/France
    m: Diebold HAMM (b: ? d: ? ) 4 June 1709 in Ingenheim, Alsace, Germany/France
  - 3-Agatha MATTER (b: 8 Sep 1689 d: 13 Mar 1697)
    r: Alsace, Germany/France
  - 3-Hans Adam MATTER (b: 28 Nov 1692 d: 13 Mar 1698)
    r: Alsace, Germany/France
- 2-Diebold MATTER (b: circa 1647 d: 18 Feb 1728)
  r: Eckendorf, Alsace, France
  r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
  m: Margaratha KUEFFER (b: 1656 d: 8 Nov 1726) 12 Aug 1679 in Eckendorf, Alsace, France
  r: Eckendorf, Alsace, France
  r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
  - 3-??? MATTER (b: 1687 d: 1687)
    r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
  - 3-??? MATTER (b: 1 Sep 1688 d: 1 Sep 1688)
    r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
  - 3-Catharina MATTER (b: 15 May 1689 d: 25 Nov 1751)
    r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
    r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
    m: George KOPPEN (b: 1686 d: 1764) 28 Feb 1719
  - 3-Johannes "Hans" MATTER (b: 11 Mar 1692 d: 6 May 1736)
    r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
    r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
    m: Anna Christina KEISER (b: 7 Mar 1697 d: 13 Oct 1741) 28 Feb 1719 in Altdorf, Alsace, France
    r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
    r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
    - 4-Magdalena MATTER (b: ? d: ? )
      r: Alsace, Bas Rhin, Germany/France r: Lancaster Co., Pa.
      *Note: Immigration: 16 Sep 1751 aboard ship "Edinburgh".
      m: Andreas KEISER (b: 1 Mar 1731 d: ? ) 9 Jul 1759 in Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
      r: Alsace, Bas Rhin, Germany/France r: Lancaster Co., Pa.
      *Note: Immigration: 16 Sep 1751 aboard ship "Edinburgh".
      *Note: Parents were Jacob KEISER and Catharina MATTER.
    - 4-Margaratha MATTER (b: 18 Mar 1719/20 d: ? )
      r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
      m: Jacob MATTER (b: 3 Feb 1717/18 d: after 1785) 24 Jan 1740/41 in Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France
      r: Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France
      r: Alteckendorf, Alsace, Bas Rhin, Germany/France
    - 4-Jacob MATTER (b: 17 Nov 1722 d: 20 May 1790)
      r: Altdorf, Alsace, Bas Rhin, Germany/France
      r: Lebanon Twp., Dauphin (now Lebanon) Co., Pa.
      *Note: Immigrated to America aboard the ship "Edinburgh" 16 Sep 1751.
      *Note: Revolutionary War vet; 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Lancaster Co., Pa. Militia.
      *Note: Buried in the Hill Lutheran church cemetery, Quitapohila, Annville Twp., Labanon Co., Pa.
      m: Anna Maria WENDLING (b: 25 Mar 1726 d: 21 Aug 1809) before 1751 in Alsace, Bas Rhin, France
      r: Buswiller, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France
      r: Lebanon Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
      *Note: Last name also spelled WANDLIN.
      *Note: Immigrated to America aboard the ship "Edinburgh" 16 Sep 1751.
      *Note: Buried in the Hill Lutheran church cemetery, Quitapohila, Annville Twp., Labanon Co., Pa.
      - 5-John Jacob MATTER (b: 12 Jan 1752 d: ? )
        r: New Holland, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 16 Feb 1752 in the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        m: Elizabeth WOLF (b: ? d: ? ) 14 Nov 1780 in the Hill church, Quitapohila, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        
        6-Anna Magdalena MATTER (b: 14 Apr 1784 d: ? )
        r: Pa.
        *Note: Bapitzed 2 May 1784 in the Hill Lutheran church, Quitapohila, Lebanon Co., Pa.
      - 5-George MATTER (b: 30 Oct 1753 d: ? )
        r: Lancaster Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 2 Apr 1754 in the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Hill Lutheran church cemetery, Quitapohila, Annville Twp., Labanon Co., Pa.
        m: Christina KARMINDY (b: before 1780 d: ? ) 29 Apr 1797 in the Hill Lutheran Church, Quitapohila, Annville Twp.,Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: Last name also spelled KENNEDY and CARMINI.
        
        6-George MATTER (b: Jun 1799 d: ? )
        
        6-Jacob MATTER (b: 15 Jun 1800 d: ? )
      - 5-Catharina MATTER (b: 12 Feb 1756 d: 16 Mar 1838)
        r: New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        r: Middle Spring, Cumberland Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 23 May 1856 in the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Hill Lutheran church cemetery, Quitapohila, Annville Twp., Labanon Co., Pa.
        m: John Henry REINOEHL (b: 18 Dec 1741 d: 14 Feb 1825) 23 Jul 1779 in the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran "Hill" church, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Germany
        r: Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: Immigrated to America on the ship "Good Intent" 9 Sep 1749.
        *Note: Buried in the Hill church cemetery, Quitapohila, Lebanon Co., Pa.
      - 5-Anna Maria MATTER (b: 9 Jul 1758 d: ? )
        r: Lancaster Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Hill Lutheran church cemetery, Quitapohila, Annville Twp., Labanon Co., Pa.
        m: John Phillip CARMINI (b: 2 Dec 1758 d: ? ) 17 Apr 1781 in the Hill church, Quitapohila, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 18 Dec 1758 in the Hill Lutheran church, Quitapohila, Lebanon Co., Pa.
      - 5-Margaret MATTER (b: 7 Jan 1760 d: ? )
        r: Lancaster Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 10 Feb 1760 in the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Hill Lutheran church cemetery, Quitapohila, Annville Twp., Labanon Co., Pa.
        m: Christian HARBSTER (b: ? d: ? )
      - 5-Johannes MATTER (b: 10 Jul 1762 d: 7 Jun 1823)
        r: Lancaster Co., Pa.
        r: Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 4 Jul 1762 in the Sand Hill Lutheran Church, Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Hill Lutheran church cemetery, Quitapohila, Annville Twp., Labanon Co., Pa.
        m: Magdalena SEIG (b: 9 Dec 1764 d: 14 Nov 1797) 1786 in Pa.
        r: Pa.
        r: Pa.
        *Note: Last name also spelled SEICH.
        *Note: Buried in the Hill Lutheran church cemetery, Quitapohila, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        
        6-John Jacob MATTER (b: 26 Oct 1787 d: ? )
        r: Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 12 Nov 1787 in the Hill Lutheran church, Quitapohila, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        
        6-Johannes MATTER (b: 12 Nov 1787 d: ? )
        
        6-Johann Philip MATTER (b: 29 Apr 1794 d: 26 Jan 1861)
        r: Lebanon Twp., Dauphin Co.(now Lebanon Co.), Pa.
        r: Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Palmyra, Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 Palmyra, Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa. census, image #3, age 57. Had Samuel PIEFER, age 23, living with the family.
        m: Elizabeth REED (b: 16 Dec 1803 d: 20 May 1854) 26 Nov 1818 in Jerusalem Lutheran church.
        r: Berks Co., Pa.
        r: Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Palmyra, Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 47.
        
        7-Catherine MATTER (b: 15 Apr 1821 d: 6 Dec 1896)
        r: Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: Baptized in the Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        
        7-Johannes MATTER (b: 10 Nov 1822 d: 25 Aug 1901)
        r: Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Palmyra, Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 28 Jan 1823 in the Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 27, single. Living with his parents.
        *Note: 1880 3rd Ward, Harrisburg City, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, page #160B, age 56.
        m: Annie C. REAMSHART (b: circa 1841 d: after 1880) 21 Apr 1863
        r: Pa.
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 39.
        
        8-Lillie MOTTER (b: circa 1866 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 14.
        
        8-Irene MOTTER (b: circa 1868 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 12.
        
        8-Nannie MOTTER (b: circa 1870 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 10.
        
        8-Alice MOTTER (b: circa 1872 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 8.
        
        8-Leora MOTTER (b: circa 1874 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 6.
        
        8-Mabel MOTTER (b: circa 1876 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 4.
        
        8-Helen MOTTER (b: 1879 d: after 1880)
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 11/12.
        
        8-Elizabeth MOTTER (b: after 1862 d: ? )
        
        8-John MOTTER (b: after 1862 d: ? )
        
        8-Martha Anne MOTTER (b: after 1862 d: ? )
        
        8-Annie MOTTER (b: after 1862 d: ? )
        
        7-Sarah Ann MATTER (b: 28 Dec 1824 d: ? )
        r: Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 17 Feb 1825 in the Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        
        7-Mary Elizabeth MATTER (b: 1 Oct 1827 d: 22 Mar 1901)
        r: Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Palmyra, Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 25 Nov 1827 in the Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 22. Living with her parents. Listed as Elizabeth.
        m: Samuel DETWEILER (b: 15 Oct 1827 d: 21 Feb 1906) 13 Jan 1849
        r: Londonderry Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Maria "Mary" MATTER (b: 28 Jan 1830 d: after 1850)
        r: Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Palmyra, Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 20, single. Living with her parents.
        
        7-Sabina MATTER (b: 28 Sep 1832 d: 27 Mar 1852)
        r: Pa.
        r: Palmyra, Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 17.
        
        7-Caroline MATTER (b: 18 Sep 1837 d: ? )
        r: Hummelstown, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 22 Apr 1838 in the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hummelstown, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Not listed with the family in the 1850 census.
        
        7-Henrietta MATTER (b: 9 Mar 1840 d: 8 Feb 1842)
        r: Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Philip MATTER (b: 12 Dec 1843 d: after 1850)
        r: Pa.
        r: Palmyra, Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 7.
        
        7-Malinda MATTER (b: 4 Jun 1845 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Palmyra, Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 1 Oct 1845.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 5.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 25.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 35.
        m: Menno HERSHEY (b: circa 1839 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 Londonderry Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa. census, image #4, age 31.
        *Note: 1880 Derry Twp., Ed #75, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #9, age 41.
      - 5-Mary Anna MATTER (b: btwn 1760-1766 d: circa Jan 1844)
        r: Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Southampton Twp., Franklin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Will probated 26 Jan 1844.
        m: Samuel ETTER (b: 1 Oct 1765 d: 1808)
        r: Mt. Joy Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.
        r: Southampton Twp., Franklin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Will probated 22 Nov 1808.
    - 4-Anna Maria MATTER (b: 28 May 1726 d: 1816)
      r: Altdorf, Alsace, France
      r: Lancaster (Lebanon) Co., Pa.
      m: Jacob KEISER (b: 5 Aug 1728 d: 30 Apr 1786) 26 Jan 1750/51 in Altdorf, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France
      r: Eckendorf, Bas-Rhin, France
      r: Lancaster Co., Pa.
      *Note: Jacob's parents were Jacob KEISER AND Catharina MATTER.
    - 4-Eva MATTER (b: 18 Feb 1728/29 d: ? )
      r: Altdorf, Alsace, Bas Rhin, France
      m: Adam SPACK (b: ? d: ? ) 27 Feb 1753 in Altdorf, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, France
    - 4-Johannes "Hans" MATTER (b: 24 Jan 1731/32 d: 22 May 1802)
      r: Altdorf, Alsace Lorraine, Germany
      r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
      *Note: May have also had Adam somewhere in his name.
      *Note: Christened 28 Jan 1732 in Altdorf, Alsace, France
      *Note: Immigrated to America 17 Sep 1751 on the ship "Edinburgh".
      *Note: Revolutionary War vet; private in the company commanded by Capt. Albright DEIBLER.
      *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
      m: Anna Barbara ARNHOLD (b: circa 1738 d: btwn 1783-87) 24 Oct 1758 in the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
      r: ?
      r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
      *Note: Buried in the St. John's church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
      - 5-Johannes MATTER (b: 17 Aug 1759 d: 30 Jun 1832)
        r: New Holland, Lancaster, Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 8 Sep 1759 in the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Elizabeth BERGNER (b: 16 Apr 1762 d: 18 Dec 1853) 16 Apr 1782 in Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 88. Living with her daughter Susanna and her family.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Anna Catherine MATTER (b: 14 Aug 1785 d: 18 Nov 1840)
        r: Mifflin, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Elizabeth MATTER (b: 24 May 1787 d: 22 Nov 1850)
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 28 May 1787 in the St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Peace Reformed church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: George Michael BONAWITZ (b: 22 Mar 1774 d: 18 Sep 1852) 1814
        r: Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., Pa.
        r: Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Peace Reformed church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Mary Ann BONAWITZ (b: 1829 d: 1903)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Calvary Methodist church cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Peter ROMBERGER (b: 13 Aug 1826 d: 26 Jan 1906)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Calvary Methodist church cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Johannes MATTER (b: 30 Sep 1788 d: 21 Jan 1869)
        r: Mifflin, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        m: Eva Catherine ??? (b: circa 1790 d: ? )
        
        7-Savina MATTER (b: circa 1810 d: ? )
        
        7-Elizabeth MATTER (b: circa 1812 d: ? )
        
        7-Mary MATTER (b: circa 1814 d: ? )
        
        7-Lydia MATTER (b: 7 May 1816 d: ? )
        
        7-Isaac MATTER (b: circa 1818 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Watts Twp., Perry Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #34, age 33.
        *Note: 1860 Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #4, age 41.
        *Note: 1870 Watts Twp., Perry Co., Pa. census.
        *Note: 1880 Watts Twp., Perry Co., Pa. census, page #26A, age 61. Had Lizzie LOWDEN, age 14, grand-daughter and Lowman CARLIN, age 11, grand-son, living with the couple.
        *Note: May be wrong, check 1850 census page where his brother Amos is listed.
        m: Amelia ??? (b: circa 1818 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Watts Twp., Perry Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 33.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 41.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 61.
        
        8-Nathaniel MATTER (b: circa 1841 d: after 1860)
        r: Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 9.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 19.
        
        8-William MATTER (b: circa 1842 d: after 1860)
        r: Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 8.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 18.
        
        8-John N. MATTER (b: circa 1844 d: after 1860)
        r: Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 6.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 16.
        
        8-Adaline MATTER (b: circa 1845 d: 1918)
        r: Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Watts Twp., Perry Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 4.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 14.
        *Note: Buried in the Hill cemetery, Watts? Twp., Perry Co., Pa.
        m: James CARLIN (b: ? d: ? )
        m: William HAMMAKER (b: ? d: ? )
        m: David R. FRANK (b: ? d: after 1893) 26 Jan 1893 in Watts Twp., Perry Co., Pa.
        
        8-Mary A. MATTER (b: circa 1848 d: after 1860)
        r: Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 2.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 12.
        
        8-James MATTER (b: 1849 d: after 1860)
        r: Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 6/12.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 10.
        
        8-Cathrine C. MATTER (b: circa 1852 d: after 1860)
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 8.
        
        8-Leah Jane MATTER (b: 1855 d: after 1860)
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 5.
        
        8-Sarah Ellen MATTER (b: circa 1859 d: after 1860)
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 1.
        
        7-Anna Catherine MATTER (b: 1 Aug 1821 d: ? )
        
        7-Amos MATTER (b: 7 Apr 1823 d: after 1860)
        m: Sarah SENTZ (b: 7 May 1821 d: after 1860) 23 Jan 1845 in Indiana Co., Pa.
        *Note: Data moved to the WorldConnect website; ralebo database.
        
        m: Rebecca ??? (b: circa 1790 d: ? )
        
        6-Johann Jacob MATTER (b: 7 Feb 1790 d: 22 Feb 1824)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: Baptized 14 Mar 1790 in the St. John's Lutheran chruch, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Sarah FISHER (b: 2 Feb 1789 d: 1 Jul 1838)
        
        7-Joseph MATTER (b: 5 May 1811 d: 21 Oct 1857)
        r: Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized in the Salem Evangelical Church, Lebanon, Pa.
        *Note: 1850 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #14, age 35.
        *Note: Buried in the Union cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Anna Mary YERGES (b: 22 Sep 1815 d: 26 Oct 1893)
        r: Clarks Valley, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 33.
        *Note: 1860 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #25, age 45.
        *Note: 1870 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #27, age 48. Last name spelled MOTTER.
        *Note: 1880 Lykens Borough, Ed #119, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #9, age 65, wdiow.
        *Note: Buried in the Union cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Anna Mary MATTER (b: 1836 d: 1890)
        r: Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 14.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 24.
        *Note: Buried in the I. O. O. F. cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Ludwig STUPPY (b: 1834 d: 1887)
        r: Munich, Germany
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Pa.
        *Note: 1860 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #19, age 26. Listed as Lewis STUBY.
        *Note: Buried in the I. O. O. F. cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-John MATTER (b: circa 1839 d: after 1850)
        r: Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 11.
        
        8-Henry MATTER (b: circa 1842 d: after 1870)
        r: Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 7.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 18.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 28, single. Living with his mother. Listed as sickly.
        
        8-Jacob MATTER (b: 13 Jun 1845 d: 15 Sep 1917)
        r: Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 4.
        *Note: 1870 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #27, age 24. Last name spelled MOTTER. Had Samuel MOWRY, age 20, living with the family.
        *Note: 1880 Lykens Borough, Ed #119, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #27, age 37.
        *Note: 1910 Lykens Borough, West Ward, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, age ?. Had Lottie MATTER, living with the couple.
        m: Emma Elizabeth MAURER (b: 24 Dec 1845 d: 10 Jul 1935) 21 Jan 1866
        r: Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Alternate birth date of 21 Dec 1847.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 21.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 33.
        *Note: 1910 census, age ?.
        *Note: 1920 Lykens Borough, Ed #119, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #10, age 73, widow.
        *Note: 1930 Lykens Borough, Ed #76, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #26, age 85, widow, married at 18. Had Edna NORRIS, age 21, married at 17, maid, and her children; Robert NORRIS, age 2 9/12 and Betty NORRIS, age 1 5/12, living with the family.
        
        9-Elizabeth E. MATTER (b: 1868 d: 1925)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 2.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 11.
        m: Frank STAUFFER (b: 1871 d: ? )
        
        9-Philip Henry MATTER (b: 27 Jun 1870 d: 31 Jan 1941)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1870 census, age 1/12. Listed as William Henry.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 9. Listed as Philip.
        *Note: 1900 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, age 30.
        *Note: 1910 Lykens, West Ward, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, age ?.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 44?, married. Living with his mother.
        *Note: 1930 census, age 50, divorced, married at 31. Living with his mother.
        m: Martha R. BATEMAN (b: 1876 d: 1911) circa 1895
        r: ?
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 24.
        *Note: 1910 census, age ?.
        
        10-Emma E. MATTER (b: circa 1896 d: after 1910)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 4.
        *Note: 1910 census, age ?.
        
        10-Lydia May MATTER (b: circa 1899 d: ? )
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Pa.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 1.
        *Note: 1910 census, age ?.
        *Note: Buried in Wiconisco cemetery, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Robert MUCHER (b: ? d: ? )
        m: Jack HAMELTON (b: ? d: ? )
        m: ??? RAUDENBUSH (b: ? d: ? )
        m: ??? SHIRK (b: ? d: ? )
        m: George ENSINGER (b: ? d: ? )
        
        10-Philip A. MATTER (b: circa 1900 d: after 1900)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1900 census, age ?/12.
        
        10-Lizzie MATTER (b: after 1900 d: after 1910)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1910 census, age ?.
        
        10-Agnes MATTER (b: after 1900 d: ? )
        m: ??? MISHNER (b: ? d: ? )
        
        10-Clara Ruth MATTER (b: 20 Dec 1905 d: ? )
        
        10-Carl Edward MATTER (b: 4 Nov 1907 d: ? )
        
        10-Mildred MATTER (b: circa 1908 d: after 1920)
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1910 census, age ?.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 12.
        
        m: Lizzie FAUBER (b: ? d: ? ) after 1911
        
        10-Jacob O. MATTER (b: circa 1917 d: after 1930)
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 3 7?/12.
        *Note: 1930 census, age 12. Living with his grandmother Emma MATTER.
        
        9-Jacob O. MATTER (b: 25 Aug 1875 d: 26 Oct 1925)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note; 1880 census, age 3.
        *Note: 1920 Upper Paxton Twp., Ed #147, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #9, age 44.
        m: Mary ??? (b: circa 1881 d: after 1920)
        r: Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 39.
        
        10-Walter MATTER (b: circa 1910 d: after 1920)
        r: Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 10.
        
        9-William Franklin MATTER (b: 6 Dec 1874 d: 6 Dec 1938)
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Susquehanna Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 2.
        *Note: 1910 Lykens Borough, Ed #101, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #2, age 33?, married 4 years.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 42?, married. Living with his mother.
        *Note: 1930 Susquehanna Twp., Ed #102, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #16, age 51, widower. Living as an inmate in the Pa. State Lunatic Hospital.
        *Note: Buried in the Old Union cemetery, Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Picture of William.
        m: Ursula V. LEBO (b: 8 Nov 1887 d: 12 Sep 1912) 24 Aug 1905 in the home of Joseph ERDMAN, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 25?. Had two children, two living. Listed as Lula B.
        *Note: Buried in the Old Union cemetery, Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Picture of Ursula and sons.
        *Note: Source; 1 Sep 1905 Lykens Standard newspaper.
        
        10-Earl Franklin MATTER (b: 4 Jan 1906 d: 18 Aug 1934)
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 4.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 14.
        *Note: 1930 Lykens Borough, Ed #76, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #8, age 24, married at 19.
        *Note: Buried in the Simeon church cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Carrie May MILLER (b: 3 Apr 1907 d: 24 Dec 1990) 19 Jun 1926 in the Reformed Parsonage, Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1930 census, age 23, married at 18.
        *Note: Buried in the Simeon church cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Source; SS Death Index.
        
        11-Mary May MATTER (b: 18 Oct 1926 d: after 1944)
        r: Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1930 census, age 2 5/12.
        m: James Andrew BATEMAN (b: 17 Sep 1922 d: 25 Oct 1985) 24 Mar 1944 in the St. Johns Lutheran Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Calvary Methodist church cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Source; SS Death Index.
        
        11-Richard Earl MATTER Sr. (b: 9 Aug 1928 d: 13 Oct 1999)
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1930 census, age 1 6/12.
        *Note: Buried in the Calvary Methodist church cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Rosemary J. KOLVICK (b: 13 Nov 1929 d: ? )
        r: ?
        
        12-Richard Earl MATTER Jr. (b: 23 Jun 1953 d: ? )
        m: Denise Marie REINER (b: 23 Aug 1952 d: ? )
        r: Shamokin, Northumberland Co., Pa.
        
        12-Kim Christopher MATTER (b: 20 Aug 1954 d: ? )
        *Note: Divorced.
        m: Tammy Louise HARDY (b: ? d: ? ) 16 Jan 1983 in the Salem Lutheran church, Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        13-Liann Nicole MATTER (b: 15 Oct 1982 d: ? )
        r: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 5 Dec 1982 in the Salem Lutheran church, Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        m: Sharon GROSE (b: ? d: ? )
        
        13-Monica Ashley MATTER (b: 4 Mar 1989 d: ? )
        
        13-Natasha Renee MATTER (b: 4 Mar 1989 d: ? )
        
        12-Edward J. MATTER (b: 24 Sep 1957 d: ? )
        
        10-Mark Marshall MATTER (b: 23 Nov 1907 d: 7 Feb 1968)
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 2.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 13.
        *Note: 1930 Lykens Borough, Ed #76, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #27, age 23, single. Living with his grandmother; Emma MATTER.
        m: Anna I. SHOMPER (b: 13 Jan 1912 d: 24 Sep 1986)
        
        10-Chester Leroy MATTER (b: 11 Aug 1910 d: 25 Dec 1950)
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1920 census, age 9.
        *Note: 1930 Lykens Borough, Ed #76, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #27, age 20, single. Living with his grandmother; Emma MATTER.
        *Note: Buried in the Simeon church cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Carrie M. MILLER (b: 3 Apr 1907 d: 24 Dec 1990) after 1934
        r: Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: Buried in the Simeon church cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        11-Linda Eileen MATTER (b: 22 Aug 1939 d: 12 Feb 1995)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 26 Nov 1939 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in Simeon Union church cemetery near Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Source; SS Death Index.
        m: Clair Henry BUSH (b: 1 Mar 1936 d: ? )
        r: ?
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Clair's parents were Paul Henry BUSH and Florence E. ROMBERGER.
        
        9-Lydia May MATTER (b: after 1870 d: ? )
        *Note: Not listed in the 1880 census with the family.
        m: Howard BARTLETT (b: ? d: ? )
        
        9-Howard B. MATTER (b: 12 May 1884 d: 14 Mar 1943)
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1910 Lykens Borough, Ed #101, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #49, age 24, married 4 years.
        *Note: 1920 Lykens Borougn, Ed #119, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #37, age 33.
        *Note: 1930 Lykens Borough, Ed #76, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #12, age 45, married at 21.
        m: Dora Jane KNORR (b: 1883 d: 1952) 14 Sep 1905
        r: Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Pa.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 25. Had one child, one living.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 33.
        *Note: 1930 census, age 46, married at 22.
        *Note: Buried in the Lykens cemetery, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        10-Mary Elizabeth MATTER (b: 15 Mar 1906 d: after 1930)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 4.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 13.
        *Note: 1930 census, age 22, married at 16.
        m: Alfred STEELE (b: circa 1900 d: after 1930) circa 1923
        r: Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1930 Lykens Borough, Ed #75, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #21, age 30, married at 23.
        
        9-Emma Irene MATTER (b: 29 Jun 1893 d: 3 Mar 1894)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-William MATTER (b: circa 1848 d: after 1870)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 2.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 21, single. Living with his mother.
        
        8-Ann Eliza MATTER (b: circa 1851 d: after 1880)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 10.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 19.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 29.
        m: Levi ENRICH (b: circa 1854 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 26. Living with his mother-in-law.
        
        8-Franklin MATTER (b: circa 1853 d: after 1870)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 8.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 16.
        
        8-Oliver MATTER (b: circa 1856 d: after 1860)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 4.
        
        7-Henry MATTER (b: 18 Feb 1818 d: 2 Nov 1902)
        m: Elisabeth DEFREHN (b: 28 Aug 1818 d: 23 Oct 1909)
        
        8-William H. MATTER (b: 1 Jan 1844 d: 23 Mar 1889)
        m: Annie M. SELL (b: 8 Apr 1848 d: 5 Apr 1936)
        
        9-Guy Edwin MATTER (b: 27 Mar 1884 d: ? )
        m: Loretta E. MAURER (b: 31 Dec 1883 d: ? )
        
        6-Johann Christian MATTER (b: 8 Jul 1792 d: 25 Aug 1836)
        r: Mifflin, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Juliana SCHWAB (b: 1 Jul 1790 d: 18 Feb 1875) 1814 in Armstrong Co. Pa.
        
        7-Samuel MATTER (b: 7 Nov 1816 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Jacob MATTER (b: 4 Feb 1818 d: 30 Nov 1889)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Naperville, DuPage Co., Il.
        *Note: Moved to DuPage Co., Il. in 1844.
        m: Nancy MILLIREN (b: 27 Sep 1818 d: 2 Mar 1900) 27 Sep 1838 in Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Lancaster/Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Naperville, DuPage Co., Il.
        
        8-Abraham MATTER (b: 14 Nov 1839 d: 23 Mar 1918)
        m: Catherine BOOK (b: 13 Feb 1843 d: ? ) 12 Jan 1864 in Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        *Note: Data moved to the WorldConnect Website; ralebo database.
        
        8-Isaac MATTER (b: 3 Aug 1841 d: ? )
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: DuPage Co., Il.
        m: Melinda SCHWILLY (b: 6 Apr 1843 d: ?) 9 Apr 1863 in Naperville, DuPage Co., Il.
        r: Lancaster Co., Pa.
        r: DuPage Co., Il.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900. Lists name as Matilda.
        
        9-Minnie Isadore MATTER (b: 2 Feb 1864 d: 23 Mar 1864)
        r: Chicago, Cook Co., Il.
        
        9-Mary Agnes MATTER (b: 8 Sep 1865 d: ? )
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        r: ?
        m: William F. MESSENGER (b: 2 Aug 1866 d: ? ) 10 Aug 1892 in Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        r: New Buffalo, Berrien Co., Mi.
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        9-John William MATTER (b: 25 Apr 1869 d: 2 Aug 1870)
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        
        9-Clara Amelia MATTER (b: 9 Oct 1871 d: ? )
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        m: Stewart G. WILKINSON (b: circa 1870 d: ? ) 29 Jun 1893 in Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        r: ?
        
        9-Gertrude Naomi MATTER (b: 10 Jun 1875 d: ? )
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        
        9-Edna Emma Alabina MATTER (b: 3 Feb 1880 d: ?)
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        m: Albert W. HENDRICKER (b: circa 1880 d: ? ) 19 Oct 1904 in Kane Co., Il.
        r: ?
        r: Kane Co., Il.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        9-Lydia Mae MATTER (b: 20 Jun 1883 d: 2 Aug 1883)
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        
        8-Abbie Anne MATTER (b: 10 Sep 1843 d: 2 Sep 1922)
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Kane Co., Il.
        r: Naperville, DuPage Co., Il.
        m: David B. GIVLER (b: 20 Nov 1841 d: 6 Jan 1923) 26 Jan 1864 in Kane Co., Il.
        r: Ashland Co., Oh.
        r: Kane Co., Il.
        r: Naperville, DuPage Co., Il.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        8-Mary Anne MATTER (b: 23 May 1846 d: 20 Dec 1935)
        r: Wheatland, Will Co., Il.
        r: Des Moines, Polk Co., Ia.
        m: Job Hiob YAGGY (b: 10 Mar 1845 d: 27 Sep 1923) 24 Aug 1865 in Will Co., Il.
        r: Fairfield, Lancaster Co., Oh.
        r: Will Co., Il.
        r: Des Moines, Polk Co., Ia.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        8-Elizabeth MATTER (b: 10 Jun 1848 d: 23 May 1852)
        r: Wheatland, Will Co., Il.
        
        8-Henry Jacob MATTER (b: 5 Aug 1850 d: ? )
        r: Will Co., Il.
        r: Belle Plaine, Benton Co., Ia.
        r: ?
        m: Sarah Catherine RANK (b: 25 Mar 1854 d: ? ) 25 Feb 1875 in Belle Plaine, Benton Co., Ia.
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Belle Plaine, Benton Co., Ia.
        r: ?
        
        9-Ruth Rosalia MATTER (b: 20 Dec 1875 d: ? )
        r: Benton Co., Ia.
        m: Edward Bruce CHAMBERLIN (b: 19 Jul 1866 d: ? ) 19 Apr 1898 in Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        r: Rockford, Winnebago Co., Il.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        9-Robert Everett MATTER (b: 29 Aug 1877 d: 17 Jul 1881)
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        
        9-Grace Estella MATTER (b: 17 Sep 1880 d: ? )
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        
        9-Lillian Belle MATTER (b: 13 Dec 1882 d: 20 May 1884)
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        
        9-Abbie Irene MATTER (b: 5 Dec 1885 d: ? )
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        
        9-Jacob Percival MATTER (b: 15 Apr 1894 d: ? )
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        
        9-Emma Helen MATTER (b: 30 Mar 1899 d: ? )
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        
        8-Ellen Nancy MATTER (b: 9 Sep 1852 d: ? )
        r: Will Co., Il.
        m: Levi Menger UMBACH (b: 15 Jul 1853 d: ? ) 25 Dec 1877 in Will Co., Il.
        r: Waterloo, Ontario Co., Ca.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        8-Sarah Jane MATTER (b: 1 Sep 1855 d: ? )
        r: Will Co., Il.
        r: Kane Co., Il.
        m: George Sterling BARTHOLOMEW (b: 10 Jan 1847 d: ? ) 22 Feb 1877 in Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        r: New Haven, Conn.
        r: Kane Co., Il.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        8-Emma Melissa MATTER (b: 26 May 1857 d: ? )
        r: Will Co., Il.
        m: John Palmer PATTERSON (b: 12 Mar 1855 d: ? ) 25 Feb 1886 in Wheatland, Will Co., Il.
        r: Manchester, England
        t: Will Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        8-Newton Elias MATTER (b: 21 Jun 1859 d: 1942)
        r: Will Co., Il.
        r: Aurora, Kane Co., Il.
        r: ?
        m: Rebbeca Hannah STARK (b: 17 Sep 1864 d: ? ) 18 Nov 1886 in Wheatland, Will Co., Il.
        r: Will Co., Il.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        9-Raymond Earnest MATTER (b: 9 Oct 1888 d: 10 Jan 1993 )
        r: Naperville, DuPage Co., Il.
        r: Issaquah, King Co., Wa.
        m: Ruth REINHARDT (b: ? d: ? ) 1927
        
        9-Herbert Jacob MATTER (b: 8 Jun 1891 d: ? )
        r: Wheaton, DuPage Co., Il.
        m: Laura NICHOLS (b: ? d: ? )
        
        9-Robert Henry MATTER (b: 16 Aug 1895 d: 3 Sep 1897)
        r: Wheaton, DuPage Co., Il.
        
        8-Elton Elijah MATTER (b: 13 Jan 1862 d: ? )
        r: Will Co., Il.
        r: ?
        m: Emma STARK (b: 6 Dec 1862 d: 15 Mar 1923) 18 Mar 1886 in Wheatland, Will Co., Il.
        r: Will Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        9-Robert Earl MATTER (b: 20 Jul 1891 d: ? )
        r: Will Co., Il.
        m: Jessie RATHWELL (b: ? d: ? )
        
        7-Elias MATTER (b: 12 Feb 1823 d: 19 Feb 1904)
        m: Barbara SMATHERS (b: 1822 d: 30 Oct 1881)
        
        8-Susannah Alice MATTER (b: 24 Nov 1844 d: 3 Mar 1916)
        r: Oliver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        m: George MAUK (b: circa 1844 d: ? ) 1864 in OliverTwp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        
        8-Christopher MATTER (b: 4 Jul 1848 d: ? )
        r: Oliver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        
        8-Thomas MATTER (b: 31 Aug 1851 d: ? )
        r: Oliver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        
        8-William A. MATTER (b: 13 Jun 1855 d: ? )
        r: Oliver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        
        8-Barbara Elizabeth MATTER (b: 6 Jun 1859 d: May 1931)
        r: Oliver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        m: Charles T. MCCARTY (b: circa 1855 d: 1922) 19 Jun 1879 in Jefferson Co., Pa.
        
        8-Margaret Lauretta MATTER (b: 21 Aug 1864 d: ? )
        r: Oliver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        
        7-Isaiah MATTER (b: 12 Oct 1827 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Jonathan MATTER (b: 12 Oct 1827 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Isaac Jacob MATTER (b: 18 Sep 1794 d: 23 Jul 1866)
        r: Mifflin, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Moved to Jefferson Co., Pa. in 1833.
        *Note: Moved to Stephenson Co., Il. in Apr. 1845.
        *Note: 1860 Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 65.
        m: Anna Maria UMHOLTZ (b: 11 Nov 1801 d: 24 Apr 1826) 1821 in Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Jonathan MATTER (b: 26 Apr 1822 d: 21 Nov 1919)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Baptized 23 Jun 1822 in the St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 28.
        m: Mary NOLAN (b: 19 Feb 1826 d: 4 Jul 1845) 11 Jun 1844 in Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Lydia J. MEASE (b: 2 Apr 1828 d: 21 Apr 1893) 27 Apr 1846 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Lebanon Co., Pa.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Davis, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 22.
        
        8-Hannah Elizabeth MATTER (b: 21 Mar 1847 d: 20 Jul 1924)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1850 census, age 3.
        m: S. Peter BEST (b: 13 Apr 1844 d: 14 Sep 1926) 13 Feb 1868 in Stephenson, Il.
        r: Northampton, Northampton Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        
        8-Elnora MATTER (b: 23 Aug 1850 d: 25 Mar 1933)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Samuel MARKEL (b: 19 Jan 1853 d: 14 Jan 1929) 8 Mar 1877 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Ephrata, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        m: Magdalene H. HINKEL (b: 30 Mar 1829 d: 22 Oct 1903) 10 Jul 1894 in Davis, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Baden, Germany
        r: Davis, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        7-Moses MATTER (b: 14 Dec 1823 d: 7 Jul 1898)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Baptized 13 Jan 1824 in the St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 47.
        *Note: 1880 Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, page #9A, age 55.
        m: Maria DUTH (b: 23 Aug 1837 d: 5 Nov 1925) 24 Apr 1856 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Lehigh Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 35.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 42.
        *Note: 1900 Freeport, Ward #2, Stephenson Co., Il., census, age 62.
        
        8-Charles Albert MATTER (b: 14 Aug 1857 d: 25 Jan 1940)
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Altadena, Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 13.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 22, single. Living with his parents.
        *Note: Source; Ca. Death Records.
        m: Della S. HODGES (b: 20 Dec 1866 d: 22 Jul 1899) 9 Jul 1891 in Madison, Madison Co., Ne.
        r: Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Mi.
        r: Eldendale?, Sd.
        m: Edna V. SHOWALTER (b: 2 Mar 1878 d: 6 May 1952) 27 Jun 1906 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        
        9-Charles Millard MATTER (b: 30 Apr 1908 d: 15 May 1958)
        r: Ca.
        r: Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        *Note: Source; Ca. Death Records.
        m: ??? NAY (b: ? d: ? )
        
        10-Marilyn MATTER (b: 17 May 1935 d: ? )
        r: Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        *Note: Source; Ca. Birth Records.
        
        10-Charles Millard MATTER (b: 6 Oct 1940 d: ? )
        r: Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        *Note: Source; Ca. Birth Records.
        
        8-Alice Eugenie MATTER (b: 21 Jun 1859 d: 25 Feb 1885)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 11.
        m: J. W. ROSSMAN (b: circa 1859 d: ? ) 13 Nov 1879 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Anna Mary MATTER (b: 13 Dec 1860 d: 20 May 1947)
        r: Alfokey, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 9.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 19.
        *Note: Buried in Lincoln cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Ne.
        m: Peter RUBENDALL (b: 11 Feb 1854 d: 3 May 1915) 14 Jun 1882 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Alliance, Box Butte Co., Ne.
        *Note: Buried in Lincoln cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Ne.
        
        8-Nora E. MATTER (b: 4 May 1863 d: after 1880)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 7. Listed as Elenora.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 17. Listed as Elnora.
        m: Reuben ROSSMAN (b: circa 1861 d: ? ) 1880 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Edgar E. HECK (b: 11 Jul 1869 d: ? ) 27 Jul 1895 in Madison, Dane Co., Wi.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-John William MATTER (b: 30 Aug 1864 d: 14 Nov 1944)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        r: Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 6.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 15.
        *Note: Source; Ca. Death Records.
        m: Lucy O. RITZMAN (b: 11 Oct 1869 d: ? ) 29 Aug 1893 in Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co. Il,
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Jennie Luella MATTER (b: 23 Jan 1867 d: ? )
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 13.
        m: Daniel M. WINTER (b: 11 Jul 1866 d: ? ) 19 Nov 1889 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Union Co., Pa.
        
        8-Edgar Isaac MATTER (b: 4 Oct 1869 d: 27 Nov 1934)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Silver Creek Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 10.
        *Note: 1900 Freeport, Ward #2, Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 30.
        m: Jennie M. KIESTER (b: 8 Feb 1870 d: 17 Feb 1897) 23 Feb 1893 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        9-Hazel Nora MATTER (b: 26 Aug 1894 d: after 1915)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 5.
        m: William WERNICKE (b: circa 1890 d: ? ) 27 Jan 1915 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        9-Roy D. Stanley MATTER (b: 17 Feb 1897 d: after 1924)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 3.
        m: Edith M. STRUNK (b: circa 1900 d: ? ) 6 May 1924 in Stephenson, Il.
        
        m: Olive F. SHOWALTER (b: 14 Sep 1874 d: after 1900) 8 Nov 1898 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 25.
        
        9-Lester Edgar MATTER (b: 23 Sep 1899 d: after 1900)
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 1.
        
        8-Stephen Henry MATTER (b: 1 Apr 1872 d: 28 Aug 1953)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 8.
        *Note: Source; Ca. Death Records.
        m: Emma Jane REED (b: 11 Jul 1875 d: 31 Mar 1951) 23 Sep 1893 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        *Note: Source; Ca. Death Records.
        
        9-Esther Reed MATTER (b: 13 Dec 1894 d: 11 Jan 1990)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Oroville, Butte Co., Ca.
        *Note: Source; Ca. Death Records & SS Death Index.
        m: ??? HOWERTON (b: ? d: ? )
        
        9-Lee Russell MATTER (b: 5 Jan 1898 d: ? )
        r: Chicago, Cook Co., Il.
        
        9-Lorna Lucille MATTER (b: 16 Dec 1903 d: 25 Dec 1991)
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        *Note: Source; Ca. Death Index. Listed in death index as MATTER, possibly never married.
        
        9-Enid Genevieve MATTER (b: 21 Feb 1915 d: 15 Feb 1989)
        r: Il.
        r: Escalon, San Joaquin Co., Ca.
        r: Stanislaus Co., Ca.
        *Note: Source; Ca. Death Records & SS Death Index.
        m: ??? SHIPLEY (b: ? d: ? )
        
        8-Louis Hiram MATTER (b: 16 Nov 1874 d: 1959)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1880 census, age 5.
        *Note: 1900 Freeport, Ward #2, Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 24.
        m: Katie Magdalena FOY (b: 1 May 1878 d: after 1907) 2 Jun 1898 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 22.
        
        9-Arlene Cathryn MATTER (b: 23 Feb 1902 d: ? )
        
        9-Foy R. MATTER (b: 19 Oct 1907 d: ? )
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Lloyd Emerson MATTER (b: 20 May 1879 d: after 1900)
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 1.
        *Note: 1900 Freeport, Ward #2, Stephenson Co., Il., census, age 21, single.
        m: Grace HAINES (b: ? d: ? )
        
        7-Sarah MATTER (b: 16 Jan 1826 d: 6 Feb 1898)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Baptized 14 Mar 1826 in the St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: John D. FOLGATE (b: 2 Feb 1826 d: 18 Mar 1891) 26 Mar 1848 in Stephenson, Co., Il.
        r: Centre Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        m: Hannah LENKER (b: 14 May 1806 d: 8 Jun 1884) 1827 in Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Killinger, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 54.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 64.
        
        7-Maria Ann MATTER (b: 12 Jul 1828 d: 1 May 1898)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: James FOLGATE (b: 22 Jun 1830 d: 17 Apr 1905) 2 Oct 1850 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Centre Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the Old Zion Cemetery (Folgate Cemetery), Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        7-Joseph MATTER (b: 11 Sep 1829 d: 20 Apr 1903)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 40.
        m: Caroline SHAW (b: 20 Jun 1829 d: 1931) 15 Mar 1859 in Stephenson, Il.
        r: Centre Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: Also have birth date of 20 Jun 1842.
        
        8-Ida Alice MATTER (b: 11 Dec 1859 d: after 1886)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 10.
        m: Henry KAHLEY (b: 9 Jan 1864 d: ? ) 9 Sep 1886 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Laura A. MATTER (b: 1 Mar 1861 d: 4 Nov 1932)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1870 census, age 9.
        m: William SNYDER (b: 22 Mar 1861 d: ? ) 16 May 1883 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-William Isaac MATTER (b: 19 Mar 1864 d: 1 Jun 1937)
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Fl.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 6. Listed as Isaac.
        *Note: Buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Jennie RICHARDS (b: 2 Sep 1870 d: ? ) 1 May 1892 in Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Rock Grove, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        9-Florence Gertrude MATTER (b: 16 Oct 1892 d: ? )
        
        9-Helen Gladys MATTER (b: 25 Jan 1896 d: ? )
        
        9-NFN MATTER (b: 28 Oct 1899 d: 28 Oct 1899)
        
        8-Arthur Guy MATTER (b: 30 Oct 1867 d: Nov 1950)
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Fl.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 3.
        *Note: Buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Clyda Marion ALLEN (b: 19 Dec 1876 d: 5 Jul 1952) 26 Sep 1899
        r: Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., In.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        9-Joseph Allen MATTER (b: 13 Mar 1901 d: ? )
        r: Watertown, Codington Co., Sd.
        
        9-Dorothy Marion MATTER (b: 19 Mar 1903 d: ? )
        r: Watertown, Codington Co., Sd.
        
        8-Robert Elmer MATTER (b: 20 Aug 1869 d: 21 Jun 1950)
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1870 census, age 1.
        m: Nellie V. BOLANDER (b: 10 Jan 1872 d: 1961) 29 Jan 1893 in Buena Vista, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buena Vista, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: ?
        
        9-Charles Raymond MATTER (b: 19 Jan 1895 d: 7 May 1898)
        r: Afolkey, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Orson Eugene MATTER (b: 2 Jan 1872 d: ?4 Dec 1942)
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Maywood, Cook Co., Il.
        r: ?
        m: Jennie Mabel LINDSAY (b: 25 Sep 1872 d: ? ) 27 Apr 1897 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mi.
        r: Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mi.
        
        8-Elias Ellsworth MATTER (b: 1 Jan 1874 d: 27 Feb 1939)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Margaret A. BOALS (b: 20 Jun 1877 d: ? ) 19 Jan 1899 in Afolkey, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Afolkey, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Mabel Irene MATTER (b: 4 Dec 1876 d: 8 Mar 1949)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Vinton, Benton Co., Ia.
        m: William Eugene BURD (b: 29 Oct 1881 d: 25 Dec 1967) 4 Mar 1908
        r: Rockford, Winnebago Co., Il.
        r: Kansas City, Jackson Co., Mo.
        
        7-Catherine MATTER (b: 8 Dec 1831 d: 2 Jun 1894)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Paul Warren ROCKEY (b: 7 Mar 1831 d: ? ) 5 Jun 1856 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Clinton, Pa.
        
        7-Aaron MATTER (b: 12 Jul 1834 d: 10 Aug 1855)
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        
        7-William Henry MATTER (b: 20 Mar 1836 d: 7 Jan 1915)
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 22, single. Living with his parents.
        *Note: 1870 Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 34. Listed as Wm. H.
        m: Hannah MEYER (b: 28 Jan 1841 d: 7 Aug 1912) 3 Jul 1862 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Moved to Ogle Co., Il. with parents in 1854.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 28.
        
        8-Ada Louella MATTER (b: 15 Oct 1864 d: 5 Jul 1901)
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 5.
        m: Charles A. BOLENDER (b: 22 Oct 1860 d: 27 Jan 1922) 3 Oct 1899 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Oneco Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Orangeville, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Emma Iona MATTER (b: 23 Nov 1866 d: 28 Aug 1914)
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 3.
        *Note: Buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: John Henry FRANK (b: 28 Apr 1859 d: 1 May 1955) 23 Feb 1892 in Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Cedarville, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Isaac Newton MATTER (b: 28 Jul 1870 d: 8 Dec 1882)
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Cora Ann MATTER (b: 11 Mar 1877 d: 15 Oct 1941)
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Estella Hannah MATTER (b: 16 Dec 1879 d: 31 Jul 1964)
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        Cedarville, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        7-Susan Emily MATTER (b: 27 Apr 1838 d: 16 Apr 1910)
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Jewell City, Jewell Co., Ks.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 21, single. Living with her parents.
        *Note: Moved to Jewell Co., Ks. in 1871.
        m: Charles E. PLOWMAN (b: 9 Jun 1834 d: 12 Dec 1910) 27 Feb 1868 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: York Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Heybourn, Minidoka Co., Id.
        
        7-Lydia Jane MATTER (b: 5 Dec 1839 d: 13 Apr 1924)
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buffalo Twp., Jewell Co., Ks.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 20, single. Living with her parents.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 30, single.
        m: William H. CAMERON (b: 31 Dec 1839 d: 31 Mar 1924) 23 Dec 1873 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buffalo Twp., Jewell Co., Ks.
        
        7-Elizabeth Hannah MATTER (b: 9 Apr 1841 d: 5 Aug 1906)
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Jewell City, Jewell Co., Ks.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 17.
        m: Samuel R. WORICK (b: 4 Mar 1842 d: 10 Sep 1925) 1 Jan 1867 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., I.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Jewell Co., Ks.
        
        7-David James MATTER (b: 25 Apr 1842 d: 2 May 1919)
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Wa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 17.
        *Note: 1870 Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 28.
        m: Christina ELSESSER (b: 17 May 1850 d: 25 May 1904) 27 Oct 1867 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Baden, Germany
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Jewell, Jewell Co., Ks.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 20.
        
        8-Hannah Lorena MATTER (b: 11 Feb 1869 d: 21 Nov 1948)
        r: Cedarville, Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dowagiac, Cass Co., Mi.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 1.
        m: John S. HAINES (b: 18 Sep 1864 d: 30 Jun 1944) 20 Oct 1898 in Jewell, Jewll Co., Ks.
        r: Cass Co., Mi.
        r: Dowagiac, Cass Co., Mi.
        
        8-Mary Carrie MATTER (b: 11 Sep 1870 d: 23 Apr 1878)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Jewell, Jewell Co., Ks.
        
        8-William Edgar MATTER (b: 2 Feb 1872 d: 16 Aug 1958)
        r: Jewell, Jewell Co., Ks.
        r: Jewell, Jewell Co., Ks.
        m: Alice E. SILLS (b: 16 Dec 1873 d: 16 Feb 1963) 23 Feb 1897 in Jewell Co., Ks.
        r: Jewell, Jewell Co., Ks.
        r: Downs, Jewell Co., Ks.
        
        8-Frank C. MATTER (b: 17 Oct 1876 d: 29 Aug 1925)
        r: Jewell Co., Ks.
        r: Jewell Co., Ks.
        m: Gertrude HOLLENBECK (b: 20 Sep 1878 d: ? ) 20 Feb 1898 in Jewell Co., Ks.
        r: Jewell Co., Ks.
        
        8-Raymond D. MATTER (b: 7 Apr 1887 d: 14 Apr 1895)
        r: Jewell, Jewell Co., Ks.
        r: Jewell, Jewell Co., Ks.
        
        m: Mary ROCKEY (b: ? d: ? ) 4 Apr 1910
        
        6-Johann Phillip MATTER (b: 27 Apr 1796 d: 20 Jan 1873)
        r: Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized in St. Peter's "Hoffmans" church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #14, age 53. Had Samuel LEHMAN, age 22, shoemaker and Adam SHREFFLER, age 23, carpenter, living with the family.
        *Note: 1860 Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #11, age 64.
        *Note: 1870 Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #9, age 74. Living with his daughter Angeline and her family. Last name spelled MOTTER.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Anna Catharina ROMBERGER (b: 1 Oct 1805 d: 11 Aug 1856)
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 10 Nov 1805 in the St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 44. Listed as Catherine.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Benjamin MATTER (b: 7 Jun 1824 d: after 1880)
        m: Mary A. ??? (b: circa 1826 d: after 1910)
        *Note: Data moved to the WorldConnect website; ralebo database.
        
        7-Elizabeth MATTER (b: 23 Aug 1826 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 17 Sep 1826 in the St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Thomas HELLER (b: after 1816 d: ? )
        m: Peter EBY (b: circa 1825 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Angelina MATTER (b: 13 Feb 1828 d: 1 Mar 1909)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 22, single. Living with her parents.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 41.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Adam John SCHREFFLER (b: 6 Nov 1826 d: 10 Jul 1896) 19 Mar 1850 in Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #9, age 43.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Hannah MATTER (b: circa 1838 d: after 1860)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 12.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 22.
        m: James EBY (b: circa 1841 d: after 1860)
        r: Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 19?. Living with his father-in-law.
        
        7-Mary Anna "Polly" MATTER (b: 20 Aug 1841 d: 31 Oct 1920)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Also have middle name as Jane.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 8.
        *Note: Buried in the Oak Hill cemetery, Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Johann Benjamin JURY (b: 13 Aug 1836 d: 20 Feb 1917) 23 Sep 1858 in Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Susannah MATTER (b: 26 Jan 1798 d: 24 Mar 1861)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Johan Christian ROMBERGER (b: 16 Jul 1797 d: 30 May 1874)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Peter MATTER (b: 4 Apr 1801 d: 2 Aug 1884)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Beaver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 79, widower. Living with his daughter Ellen and her family.
        m: Sarah STELL (b: 21 Oct 1808 d: 18 Jan 1880)
        r: ?
        r: Jefferson Co., Pa.
        
        7-Mary MATTER (b: circa 1830 d: ? )
        
        7-Isaiah MATTER (b: circa 1831 d: ? )
        
        7-William MATTER (b: circa 1833 d: ? )
        
        7-Sarah Ann MATTER (b: circa 1835 d: ? )
        
        7-David Franklin MATTER (b: circa 1837 d: ? )
        
        7-Salina Frances MATTER (b: circa 1839 d: ? )
        
        7-John Wesley MATTER (b: circa 1835 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Beaver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 Beaver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa. census, page #36B, age 55. Listed as Wesley.
        m: Mary ??? (b: circa 1846 d: after 1880)
        r: Beaver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 34.
        
        8-Jennie MATTER (b: circa 1874 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Beaver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 6.
        
        7-Allen Steel MATTER (b: circa 1842 d: ? )
        
        7-Ellen Elizabeth MATTER (b: circa 1849 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Beaver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 31.
        m: David BLYLER (b: circa 1848 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Beaver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 Beaver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa. census, page #36B, age 32.
        
        7-Emeline MATTER (b: circa 1846 d: ? )
        
        7-Caroline MATTER (b: circa 1848 d: ? )
        
        7-George Thompson MATTER (b: 12 May 1851 d: 20 Nov 1920)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Ringgold, Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 Ringgold, Jefferson Co., Pa. census, page #177A, age 28.
        m: Nancy Ellen FARR (b: 17 Jun 1854 d: 1 Feb 1900)
        r: Pa.
        r: Ringgold, Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 25.
        
        8-Willis Burton MATTER (b: circa 1874 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Ringgold, Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 6.
        
        8-Wesley C. MATTER (b: circa 1876 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Ringgold, Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 4.
        
        8-Alice Etta MATTER (b: circa 1878 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Ringgold, Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 2.
        
        8-Salena Frances MATTER (b: circa 1880 d: after 1880)
        r: Ringgold, Jefferson Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 2/12.
        
        8-Johnny MATTER (b: after 1875 d: ? )
        
        8-Della MATTER (b: after 1875 d: ? )
        
        8-Daniel Perry MATTER (b: after 1875 d: ? )
        
        8-Martin Van Buren MATTER (b: after 1875 d: ? )
        
        8-Irvin Robinson MATTER (b: after 1875 d: ? )
        
        8-Fred Corbet MOTTER (b: 19 Jun 1884 d: 22 Nov 1959)
        m: Sara Elizabeth KERR (b: 1881 d: 1920)
        
        9-Alice MOTTER (b: 22 Jul 1908 d: ? )
        
        9-Velma MOTTER (b: after 1899 d: ? )
        
        9-Clark MOTTER (b: after 1899 d: ? )
        
        9-Lillian MOTTER (b: after 1899 d: ? )
        
        m: Clare Beulah FIREMAN (b: circa 1885 d: ? ) 3 May 1922
        
        9-Betty L. FIREMAN (b: after 1921 d: ? )
        
        9-Geraldine MOTTER (b: after 1921 d: ? )
        
        9-EugeneMOTTER (b: after 1921 d: ? )
        
        9-Beulah MOTTER (b: after 1921 d: ? )
        
        9-Grace E. MOTTER (b: after 1921 d: ? )
        
        9-Robert MOTTER (b: after 1921 d: ? )
        
        9-Charles MOTTER (b: after 1921 d: ? )
        
        9-William MOTTER (b: after 1921 d: ? )
        
        9-Joyce E. MOTTER (b: after 1921 d: ? )
        
        6-Maria Margaretha MATTER (b: 14 Sep 1803 d: ? )
        r:Mifflin, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Juliana MATTER (b: 21 Feb 1805 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: George DETWILER (b: circa 1805 d: ? )
        
        6-William MATTER (b: 8 Dec 1809 d: 14 Apr 1905)
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: First name also seen as Wilhelm.
        *Note: Baptized 25 Feb 1810 in the St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Moved to Stephenson Co., Il. in 1854.
        *Note: 1860 Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 50. Indexed as MALTER.
        *Note: 1870 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 60. Listed as Wm.
        *Note: 1880 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, page #25B, age 70.
        *Note: 1900 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 90.
        m: Leah TROUTMAN (b: 31 Mar 1814 d: 29 Mar 1899) 8 Mar 1836 in Pa.
        r: Northumberland Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 48. Indexed as Lavi.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 56.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 66.
        
        7-Elizabeth MATTER (b: 19 Nov 1836 d: 1896)
        r: Pa.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Richland Twp., La Salle Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 30.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 43.
        m: Daniel E. FEHR (b: 1835 d: 1895) 24 Nov 1859 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Pa.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Richland Twp., La Salle Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 33.
        *Note: 1880 Richland Twp., La Salle Co., Il. census, page #660A, age 44.
        
        7-Mary MATTER (b: 1838 d: circa 1838)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Died as an infant.
        
        7-Amos MATTER (b: 26 Feb 1840 d: circa 1840)
        *Note: Died as an infant.
        
        7-Moses MATTER (b: 26 Feb 1840 d: 1911)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 19.
        *Note: 1870 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 30.
        *Note: 1880 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, page #26C, age 40.
        *Note: 1900 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 60.
        *Note: 1910 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 70.
        *Note: Buried in the Afolkey Cemetery, Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Sarah L. FEHR (b: 1843 d: 1922) 9 Jan 1868 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Pa.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 18.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 35.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 58.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 67.
        *Note: 1920 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 74.
        *Note: Buried in the Afolkey Cemetery, Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Orris C. MATTER (b: 1868 d: 1952)
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Chicago, Cook Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 1.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 12.
        *Note: 1900 Chicago, Ward #22, Cook Co., Il. census, age 31, single.
        *Note: 1920 Chicago, Ward #21, Cook Co., Il. census, age 50, single. Indexed as MATLER.
        *Note: 1930 Chicago, Cook Co., Il. census, age 61, single.
        *Note: Buried in Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Laura E. MATTER (b: 1871 d: 1946)
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1880 census, age 9.
        *Note: 1900 census, age ?. Indexed as Lanlea E. May not be the right person, no age listed.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 29, single. Living with her parents.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 46, single. Living with her mother.
        *Note: 1930 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 60, single.
        *Note: 1930 Chicago, Cook Co., Il. census, age 58, single.
        
        7-Jonathan MATTER (b: 8 May 1842 d: 15 Jul 1894)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 17.
        *Note: Civil War Vet; 8 Oct 1861 - 11 Sep 1865; Co., G; 46th Rgmt, Il. Vol. Inf.
        *Note: 1870 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, age 28.
        *Note: 1880 Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, page #25B, age 38. Had Richard LANTZ, age 19, farm laborer, living with the family.
        *Note: Buried in the Afolkey cemetery, Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Dianna RICHARDS (b: 19 Aug 1845 d: 12 Nov 1900) 8 Feb 1864 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Williams Twp., Northampton Co., Pa.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 26.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 34.
        *Note: Buried in the Afolkey cemetery, Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Jennie Louella MATTER (b: 7 Dec 1868 d: 17 Mar 1936)
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 1. Indexed as Jane.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 11.
        *Note: Buried in the Ridott cemetery, Ridott Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Daniel E. DAUGHENBAUGH (b: 17 Jul 1859 d: 8 Feb 1920)
        r: Lancaster Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Ridott Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the Ridott cemetery, Ridott Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Esta Thursnelda MATTER (b: 22 Sep 1875 d: 19 Feb 1948)
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: West Freeport, Harlem Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Freeport Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 4.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 24. Had one child, zero living.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 34. Had one child, zero living.
        *Note: 1913 Divorced.
        *Note: Buried in the Afolkey cemetery, Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Nathan Jeremiah JURY (b: 18 May 1874 d: 2 Nov 1934) circa 1896
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: West Freeport, Harlem Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Freeport Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Canton, Canton Twp., Stark Co., Oh.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 6.
        *Note: 1900 West Freeport Village, Harlem Twp., Ed #98, Stephenson Co., Il. census, image #27, age 26, married 4 years.
        *Note: 1910 Freeport City, 2nd Ward, Ed #98, Freeport Twp., Stephenson Co., Il. census, image #14, age 35, married 14 years.
        *Note: 1920 Canton, Ed #61, Stark Co., Oh. census, image #15, age 45.
        *Note: 1930 Canton City, Ed #46, Canton Twp., Stark Co., Oh. census, image #7, age 55, married at 22.
        *Note: Buried in the Forest Hill cemetery, Canton, Stark Co., Oh.
        
        8-??? MATTER (b: 18 Jan 1878 d: 18 Jan 1878)
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Ada Iona MATTER (b: 18 Sep 1880 d: 5 Feb 1895)
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the Afolkey cemetery, Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Earnest G. STANFORD (b: 1 Jul 1875 d: ? )
        
        7-Leah Anna MATTER (b: 22 May 1844 d: 23 Jun 1944)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Ackley Twp., Hardin Co., Ia.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 15. Indexed as Lana.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 36. Listed as Lea.
        *Note: 1910 Hardin Co., Ia. census, age 65.
        m: Albert Stephen TOOLE (b: 20 May 1839 d: 13 Feb 1907) 24 Dec 1863 in Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Pa.
        r: Emmaus, Northampton Co., Pa.
        r: Ackley Twp., Hardin Co., Ia.
        *Note: Moved to Ia. in 1869.
        *Note: 1880 Ackley Twp., Hardin Co., Ia. census, page #340B, age 40. Last name spelled TOOL.
        
        7-Susanna MATTER (b: 5 Jul 1846 d: 4 Nov 1935)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Deerfield, Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 13. Listed as Susan.
        m: Charles Samuel FEHR (b: 1845 d: 28 Dec 1922) 4 Mar 1869 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: ?
        r: Geneseo, Henry Co., Il.
        
        7-Conrad MATTER (b: 29 May 1848 d: 4 May 1938)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 11.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 21, single. Living with his parents.
        m: Anna M. ZERBE (b: Mar 1856 d: 1900) 19 Feb 1874 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        8-Sarah A. MATTER (b: Aug 1878 d: ? )
        r: Il.
        m: William HUMMEL (b: ? d: ? )
        
        8-Arthur J. MATTER (b: Mar 1880 d: ? )
        r: Il.
        m: Mattie M. SMITH (b: ? d: ? ) 1 Jan 1902 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        9-Cheryl MATTER (b: ? d: ? )
        m: ??? ADDAMS (b: ? d: ? )
        
        9-Gladys MATTER (b: ? d: ? )
        m: ??? GRAYSON (b: ? d: ? )
        
        9-Glenn MATTER (b: 20 May 1908 d: 31 Jan 1957)
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Janet ??? (b: ? d: ? ) 28 Jun 1937
        
        8-Vera MATTER (b: Sep 1895 d: 1919)
        r: Il.
        r: ?
        m: Arthur SHIRK (b: ? d: ? )
        
        7-Gideon Edwin MATTER (b: 27 May 1850 d: 14 Jun 1934)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Polk Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 9. Indexed as Edwin.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 20, single. Living with his parents.
        *Note: 1880 Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo. census, page #15A, age 30.
        *Note: 1900 Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo. census, age 50.
        *Note: 1910 Maryville, Ward #3, Nodaway Co., Mo. census, age 59. Indexed as MOTTER.
        *Note: 1920 Maryville, Ward #2, Nodaway Co., Mo. census, age 69. Indexed as MOTTER.
        *Note: 1930 Polk Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo. census, age 79.
        *Note: Buried in the Miriam Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo.
        m: Mary Ann NEFF (b: 22 Mar 1854 d: 2 Jul 1914) 29 Dec 1870 in Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Pa.
        r: Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 26.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 44.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 66.
        
        8-Jessie Eliza MATTER (b: 28 Sep 1872 d: 25 Jul 1938)
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., Ca.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 7.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 27.
        *Note: Buried in the Miriam Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo.
        m: John Zulonz CURNUTT (b: 16 May 1870 d: 22 Oct 1935) 24 Nov 1891
        r: Montgomery Co., In.
        r: Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo.
        *Note: 1900 Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo. census, age 30.
        
        8-John W. MATTER (b: 18 Nov 1876 d: 30 Sep 1879)
        r: Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        *Note: Buried in the Barnard cemetery, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo., aged 2 yrs. 10 mos. 12 days.
        
        8-Earl J. MATTER (b: 21 May 1881 d: 1 Jan 1888)
        r: Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        *Note: Buried in the Barnard cemetery, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo., aged 6 yrs. 7 mos. 10 days.
        
        8-Bessie B. MATTER (b: circa 9 Jun 1887 d: 16 Feb 1888)
        r: Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        *Note: Buried in the Barnard cemetery, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo., aged 8 mos. 7 days.
        
        8-Ruth G. MATTER (b: 27 May 1892 d: 30 Jun 1957)
        r: Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Polk Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        r: Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 8.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 17.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 27, single. Living with her father.
        *Note: 1930 census, age 38, single. Living with her father.
        *Note: Buried in the Miriam Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo.
        
        7-Sarah MATTER (b: 27 Mar 1852 d: 8 Sep 1924)
        r: Pa.
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 8.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 27, single. Living with her parents.
        m: George Mosteller LAMBERT (b: 1 Sep 1855 d: 21 May 1928) 24 Feb 1887 in Cedarville, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Somerset Co., Pa.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        7-James William MATTER (b: 8 Jul 1856 d: 3 Mar 1843)
        r: Buckeye Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Dakota Twp., Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Jewell City, Jewell Co., Ks.
        r: Topeka, Ks.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 4. Indexed as William.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 23, single. Living with his parents. Listed as James W.
        m: Clara Alice FOLGATE (b: 15 Dec 1858 d: Jul 1945) 18 Jun 1884 n Barnard, Grant Twp., Nodaway Co., Mo.
        
        8-Opal Vance MATTER (b: 20 Jan 1891 d: ? )
        r: Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        m: Lewis HANSEN (b: 16 Nov 1887 d: ? )
        r: Greeleaf, Ks.
      - 5-Anna Maria MATTER (b: 18 Feb 1761 d: circa 1805)
        r: New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 23 Mar 1761 in the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        m: Jospeh PAUL (b: 3 Sep 1760 d: 1 Sep 1844)
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Lancaster Co. (now Dauphin Co.), Pa.
        r: Marion Co., Oh.
        *Note: Revolutionary War Vet.
        
        6-Anna Maria PAUL (b: 1 Jul 1789 d: 18 Mar 1866)
      - 5-Michael MATTER (b: 3 Oct 1763 d: 11 Feb 1852)
        r: New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 21 Nov 1763 at Trinity Lutheran church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran Church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Also have Michael's parents as John Matter and Anna Catharina ???.
        m: Anna Marie ROMBERGER (b: 12 Jun 1771 d: 26 Feb 1838)
        r: New Holland, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Johannes MATTER (b: 4 Jul 1788 d: 16 Feb 1816)
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 20 Jul 1788 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Anna Maria PAUL (b: 1 Jul 1789 d: 18 Mar 1866)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 19 Jul 1789 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Anna Maria was the daughter of Joseph PAUL and Anna Maria MATTER.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Anna Maria MATTER (b: 23 Oct 1810 d: ? )
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 25 Nov 1810 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Elisabeth MATTER (b: 22 Jul 1812 d: ? )
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 30 Aug 1812 in the St. Peter's (Hoffman's) church, Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Christian WIRTH (b: 15 Oct 1799 d: 1854) circa 1826 in Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens Valley, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized in the Salem Lutheran church, Killinger, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Salem Lutheran church cemetery, Killinger, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Catherine WERT (b: 7 Nov 1827 d: 21 Feb 1885)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Peter MATTER (b: 14 Dec 1826 d: 17 Dec 1902) 10 Oct 1848
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Clover Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Simon MATTER (b: 7 Oct 1813 d: 3 Jun 1895)
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 9 Nov 1813 in St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #1, age 38.
        *Note: 1860 Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #3, age 46.
        *Note: 1870 Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #15, age 56. Had John HARMON, age 27, laborer, living with the family.
        *Note: 1880 Washington Twp., Ed #116, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #20, age 66.
        *Note: Buried in St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Sarah SCHWAB (b: 16 Feb 1817 d: 15 Apr 1885)
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Last name also spelled SWAB.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 30.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 41.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 52.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 63.
        *Note: Buried in St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Susanna MATTER (b: 1837 d: 11 Mar 1838)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Catharine Ann MATTER (b: 28 Oct 1839 d: 11 Sep 1892)
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 22 Dec 1839 in the St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 10.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 20.
        *Note: Buried in the St. Peter's (Hoffman's) Church, RD, Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: David B. WEAVER (b: 5 Dec 1842 d: 14 Jan 1906) 19 May 1864 in Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the St. Peter's (Hoffman's) Church, RD, Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-John MATTER (b: 30 Aug 1841 d: 30 Oct 1863)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 8.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 18.
        
        8-Daniel S. MATTER (b: 4 Aug 1843 d: 21 Nov 1910)
        m: Lovina MILLER (b: 4 Apr 1845 d: 17 Mar 1920) 29 Jan 1863 in St. John's Lutheran church near Berrysburg, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Data moved to the WorldConnect website; ralebo database.
        
        8-Amos MATTER (b: 16 Aug 1845 d: 5 Jun 1892)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1850 census, age 4.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 13.
        *Note: 1880 Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa. census, page #556B, age 36. Had Samuel MALICK, age 62, widower, retired farmer, living with the family.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Salome ENGLE (b: 6 Feb 1845 d: 2 Aug 1897) 3 Sep 1865 in Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 36.
        
        9-Hannah A. MATTER (b: circa 1866 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 14.
        
        9-Mary S. MATTER (b: circa 1868 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 12.
        
        9-Jonathan F. MATTER (b: circa 1871 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 9.
        
        9-Wilson I. MATTER (b: circa 1874 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 6.
        
        9-Sallie O. MATTER (b: circa 1876 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 4.
        
        9-Katie E. MATTER (b: circa 1878 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Northumberland Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 2.
        
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Emanuel MATTER: (b: circa 1848 d: after 1850)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 2.
        *Note: Not listed with the family in the 1860 census.
        
        8-Mary MATTER (b: 1849 d: 10 May 1852)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 5/12.
        *Note: Not listed with the family in the 1860 census.
        
        8-Sarah MATTER (b: 10 Jun 1852 d: after 1870)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 7.
        *Note: 1870 cenuus, age 18.
        
        8-Elizabeth MATTER (b: 1854 d: ? )
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized in the St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Leah Jane MATTER (b: 19 Aug 1856 d: 16 Oct 1923)
        m: Phillip ROMBERGER (b: 1854 d: 1948)
        *Note: Data moved to the WorldConnect website; ralebo database.
        
        8-Amanda MATTER (b: 20 Jul 1860 d: after 1870)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 15 Sep 1860 in the St. Johns Lutheran Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 10.
        
        8-Ellen Elizabeth MATTER (b: 20 Oct 1864 d: after 1880)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptized 20 Dec 1864 in the St. Johns Lutheran Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 5.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 15.
        
        7-Benjamin MATTER (b: 15 May 1815 d: ? )
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 30 Jul 1815 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Anna Maria MATTER (b: 21 Jan 1790 d: 29 Jan 1871)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 14 Feb 1790 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Ebenezer EUB cemetery between Halifax and Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Peter MINNICH (b: 17 Sep 1785 d: 25 Sep 1855) 21 Feb 1808 in Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Ebenezer EUB cemetery between Halifax and Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Johann Michael MATTER (b: 29 Mar 1791 d: 11 Feb 1838)
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 15 Apr 1791 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Anna Catharina KUPPER (b: 17 Oct 1793 d: 7 Nov 1824) 25 Sep 1814 in Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Last name also spelled COOPER.
        *Note: Parents were John Adam KUPPER and Christina Margaretha Schott.
        
        7-David MATTER (b: 13 Jun 1815 d: 10 Jun 1871)
        m: Catharine M./B. BOMBERGER (b: 11 Nov 1816 d: 17 Jul 1889)
        *Note: Data moved to the WorldConnect website; ralebo database.
        
        7-Christopher MATTER (b: 29 Jun 1816 d: 12 Oct 1843)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 11 Aug 1816 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in Fetterhoff's Lutheran & Reformed church cemetery, Fisherville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Catherine LENKER (b: 4 Oct 1820 d: 16 Jul 1891)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        
        8-John L. MATTER (b: Feb 1840 d: after 1900)
        r: Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #19, age 30. Had Daniel MILLER, age 20, tailor and John STRAUB, age 12, apprentice tailor, living with the family. Living next to his father-in-law, William MARTZ.
        *Note: 1880 Lykens, Ed #119, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #1, age 38.
        *Note: 1900 Lykens, Ed #87, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #8, age 50, married 35 years. Had Harriet MARTZ, age 88 (May 1812), widow, mother-in-law, living with the family.
        m: Henrietta L. MARTZ (b: Mar 1846 d: after 1900) circa 1865
        r: Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 26.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 33.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 54. Had three children, one living.
        
        9-??? MATTER (b: ? d: before 1900)
        
        9-Jennie MATTER (b: circa 1869 d: before 1900)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        9-Edith MATTER (b: circa 1874 d: after 1900)
        r: Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 6.
        
        8-Michael MATTER (b: 28 Apr 1842 d: 4 Dec 1912)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Hillsboro, Highland Co., Oh.
        *Note: Civil War Vet; Co. B, 9th PA Regiment Cavalry.
        *Note: 1870 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #10, age 28.
        *Note: 1880 Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, page #249C, age 39. Had Joseph KEEN, age 64, father-in-law, widower, and Mary J. KEEN, age 14, sister-in-law, living with the family.
        *Note: 1910 Elizabethville Borough, Ed #129, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #16, age 67, widower. Living with his daughter Sarah and her family.
        m: Sarah Ann KEEN (b: 17 Oct 1849 d: 7 Dec 1907) 3 Oct 1865
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 20.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 32.
        *Note: Buried in the Motter cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        9-David Joseph Franklin MATTER (b: 23 Jul 1867 d: 10 Mar 1874)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 2.
        *Note: Buried in the Motter cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        9-Sarah Catherine Ann MATTER (b: 20 Oct 1870 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 10.
        *Note: 1910 census, age 39. Listed as Annie C. Had six children, six living.
        *Note: Buried in the Fairview chemetery, Williamstown, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: John Wesley KROH (b: circa 1867 d: 8 Jun 1939) 10 Nov 1888
        r: Pa.
        r: Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1910 Elizabethville Borough, Ed #129, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #16, age 43, married 21 years.
        
        9-Mary Frances Elizabeth MATTER (b: 23 May 1873 d: after 1880)
        r: Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 7.
        m: Oscar L. FALCK (b: ? d: ? ) 24 Dec 1893 in Greenbriar, Northumberland Co., Pa.,br>
        9-William Frederick Augustus MATTER (b: 7 Jan 1876 d: 27 Nov 1903)
        m: Maggie M. SNYDER (b: 21 Nov 1879 d: 21 Sep 1906) 10 May 1899
        *Note: Data moved to the WorldConnect website; ralebo database.
        
        9-Clara Ida Adeline MATTER (b: 14 Apr 1878 d: 9 Jun 1955)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Tower City, Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 2.
        *Note: Buried in the Greenwood cemetery, Tower City, Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        m: Aaron Frank MINNICH (b: 18 Aug 1873 d: 22 Dec 1937) 20 Apr 1898
        r: Jackson Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Tower City, Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Greenwood cemetery, Tower City, Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        
        9-John Michael Christopher MATTER (b: 28 Feb 1881 d: 1 Nov 1959)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: Buried in the Maple Grove cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Dorothy ADAMS (b: ? d: ? )
        m: Alice S. KEEFER (b: 17 Oct 1875 d: 17 Feb 1920) 2 Sep 1905 in Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Maple Grove cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        9-George Daniel Edward MATTER (b: 28 Jan 1884 d: 11 Apr 1887)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        **Note: Buried in the Motter cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        9-Charles Conrad Elias MATTER (b: 20 Feb 1887 d: 6 Jan 1919)
        *Note: Buried in the Maple Grove cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Bessie E. FOX (b: 1888 d: 1 Nov 1948) 12 Jan 1905
        *Note: Buried in the Maple Grove cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        m: Mary JUSTICE (b: 20 Jan 1868 d: ? ) 20 Feb 1911 in Hillsboro, Highland Co., Oh.
        r: Hillsboro, Highland Co., Oh.
        
        8-Christopher MATTER (b: May 1844 d: after 1900)
        r: Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #17, age 16. Listed as Christopher. Living with the Ludwig LENKER family as a farm hand.
        *Note: 1870 Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #15, age 26, single. Listed as Christian. Living with the Joseph & Elizabeth RITZMAN family.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 36, single. Listed as Christ. Living with his brother John and his family.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 56, single. Listed as Christ. Living with his brother John and his family.
        
        7-Margareta MATTER (b: 16 Aug 1817 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 30 Nov 1817 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Anna MATTER (b: circa 1818 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Levi MATTER (b: 24 Nov 1820 d: 6 Dec 1895)
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 11 Jul 1821 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #1, age 29.
        *Note: 1860 Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #16, age 39.
        *Note: 1870 Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #6, age 50.
        *Note: 1880 Washington Twp., Ed #116, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #6, age 59.
        m: Esther DUBENDORF (b: 11 Nov 1819 d: 28 Aug 1904)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 30. Listed as Hester.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 40.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 51.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 60.
        
        8-Emma Jane MATTER (b: 12 Feb 1844 d: after 1860)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 6.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 16.
        m: John EVERSON (b: circa 1840 d: ? ) in Clinton Co., Pa.
        r: Clinton Co., Pa.
        
        8-Elisabeth MATTER (b: 13 Apr 1847 d: after 1860)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 6 Jun 1847 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 3.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 14.
        m: Jacob H. JURY (b: 24 Aug 1845 d: ? ) in Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Amos MATTER (b: 21 Oct 1849 d: before 1860)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 7/12.
        *Note: Not listed with family in 1860 census.
        *Note: Buried in the St. John's church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Daniel D. MATTER (b: 11 Feb 1852 d: 15 Jan 1934)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 23 Apr 1852 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 8.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 18.
        *Note: 1880 Washington Twp., Ed #116, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #13, age 28.
        *Note: 1920 Washington Twp., Ed #148, Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #17, age 67.
        m: Emma Susan LASK (b: 15 Oct 1856 d: 17 Aug 1937) 29 Nov 1873 in Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 23.
        *Note: 1920 census, age 63.
        
        9-Carrie Minerva MATTER (b: 2 Sep 1874 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 5. Listed as Mary M.
        
        9-Maggie Irena MATTER (b: 10 Feb 1877 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 3.
        
        9-Aaron Franklin MATTER (b: 13 Dec 1878 d: after 1880)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 1.
        
        9-Warren Lask MATTER (b: 9 Feb 1886 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Sara Ellen MATTER (b: 4 Mar 1855 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 21 May 1855 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 4.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 16.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 23.
        m: Amos L. KOPPENHAVER (b: circa 1853 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 27. Living with his father-in-law.
        
        7-Christianna MATTER (b: 30 Jul 1823 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 16 Nov 1823 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        m: Margaret Rebecca KEIHNER (b: 17 Mar 1805 d: 7 May 1854) 29 Mar 1825 in Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Clinton Co., Pa.
        *Note: Last name also spelled KEENER, KIEHNER.
        *Note: 1850 Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #3, age 45. Married to John HERMAN, age 54, 2nd husband.
        *Note: Buried in St. John's Lutheran church cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Katharina Anna MATTER (b: 9 Dec 1825 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 6 Feb 1826 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Charles "Carl" MATTER (b: 2 Dec 1826 d: 1850)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 7 Jan 1827 in St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Lavinia DUBENDORF (b: 28 Mar 1824 d: 12 Sep 1902)
        r: Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: Data moved to the WorldConnect website; ralebo database.
        
        7-James MATTER (b: 14 Dec 1827 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 6 Jan 1828 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Martin MATTER (b: 25 Jan 1829 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 27 Mar 1829 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Sarah MATTER (b: 3 Feb 1830 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 20 Jun 1830 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Conrad MATTER (b: 19 Mar 1831 d: 18 Feb 1896)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Brodhead, Green Co., Wi.
        *Note: Christened 17 Jul 1831 in St. John's Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #17, age 19. Living with the John K. FILE family as a tailor.
        m: Ursala Sophronia WALES (b: 4 Feb 1831 d: 20 Jun 1912)
        r: Augusta, Oneida Co., Ny.
        r: Brodhead, Green Co., Wi.
        
        8-Elmer Wales MATTER (b: 8 Apr 1861 d: 12 Dec 1914)
        r: Oberlin, Lorain Co., Oh.
        r: Duluth, St. Louis Co., Mn.
        m: Elizabeth Emma PECK (b: 2 Jan 1861 d: 14 Mar 1918)
        r: Chicago, Cook Co., Il.
        r: Duluth, St. Louis Co., Mn.
        
        9-Paul Conrad MATTER (b: 17 Mar 1888 d: 10 Apr 1888)
        r: Duluth, St. Louis Co., Mn.
        
        9-Willard Bradley MATTER (b: 7 Jul 1892 d: 16 Jan 1984)
        r: Duluth, St. Louis Co., Mn.
        r: Allison Park, Allegheny Co., Pa.
        m: Florence Jean MACDONALD (b: 6 Jul 1892 d: 24 Oct 1987)
        r: Quincy, Branch Co., Mi.
        r: Allison Park, Allegheny Co., Pa.
        r: Duluth, St. Louis Co., Mn.
        *Note: Listed in SS Death Index as Jean.
        
        8-Mary Rebecca MATTER (b: 6 Jun 1863 d: 26 Aug 1955)
        r: Franklin, Wi.
        r: Brodhead, Green Co., Wi.
        
        8-Samuel Ernest MATTER (b: 18 Apr 1868 d: 2 May 1930)
        r: ?
        r: Duluth, St. Louis Co., Mn.
        m: Anna TOWN (b: 27 Nov 1868 d: 5 Jun 1938)
        r: ?
        r: La Jolla, San Diego Co., Ca.
        
        9-Katherine Elinor MATTER (b: 26 Oct 1899 d: 19 Dec 1966)
        r: Duluth, St. Louis Co., Mn.
        r: Duluth, St. Louis Co., Mn.
        m: Arthur O. ROBERTS (b: 6 May 1899 d: 28 Feb 1973)
        r: Superior, Douglas Co., Wi.
        r: Duluth, St. Louis Co., Mn.
        
        9-Robert Town MATTER (b: 12 Jul 1901 d: 10 Sep 1901)
        r: Duluth, St. Louis Co., Mn.
        
        7-Elisabeth MATTER (b: 5 May 1832 d: after 1850)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 17 Jun 1832 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 18. Living with her mother and step-father.
        
        7-Reuben MATTER (b: 1 Aug 1833 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 6 Oct 1833 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Lavina Magdalina MATTER (b: 22 Nov 1834 d: after 1900)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Berrysburg, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 15 Dec 1834 in St. John's church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 14. Living with her mother and step-father.
        *Note: 1900 census, age 65, single. Living with Lizzie CLARK, age 52 (May 1848), widow.
        
        7-Lewis Ludwig MATTER (b: 6 Feb 1837 d: 1902)
        m: Rebecca HOFFMAN (b: Nov 1838 d: 30 Mar 1926) circa 1861 in Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Data moved to the WorldConnect Website; ralebo datbase.
        
        7-Mary MATTER (b: 1838 d: after 1850)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 12. Living with her mother and step-father.
        
        6-Johann George MATTER (b: 16 Feb 1793 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptised 10 Mar 1793 in St. John's Lutheran Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Susanna Catharine REIGLE (b: 1793 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Last name also spelled RIEGLE and RIEGEL.
        
        7-Lea MATTER (b: 22 May 1817 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 17 Aug 1817 in Hoffman's church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Joseph MATTER (b: 23 Aug 1818 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 12 Dec 1818 in Hoffman's church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Delila MATTER (b: 9 Feb 1825 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 15 May 1825 in Hoffman's church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Jonathan B. MATTER (b: 7 Aug 1826 d: 3 Nov 1898)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: Christened 10 Jun 1827 in Hoffman's church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #22, age 34. Had Sarah HOOVER, age 12 and John MATTER, age 20, tailor, living with the family.
        *Note: 1870 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #19, age 44.
        *Note: 1880 Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, page #299D, age 53.
        m: Ann Sophia ERB (b: 4 May 1833 d: 16 Apr 1926) 7 Mar 1853
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1860 census, age 27. Listed as Sophia.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 37.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 46. Listed as Sophia.
        
        8-Jacob Sylvester MATTER (b: 2 Aug 1854 d: 16 Nov 1907)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1860 census, age 6.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 15.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 25, single. Living with his parents. Indexed as Western.
        
        8-Josephine Sarah MATTER (b: 7 Jul 1856 d: 14 Apr 1926)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: 1860 census, age 4.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 14.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 23, single. Living with her parents.
        m: Joseph Clarence FEAR (b: 28 Jul 1846 d: 20 Nov 1927) 8 Jun 1881 in Pa.
        r: Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 33, single. Living his future father-in-law as a tailor.
        
        8-Edward MATTER (b: circa 1873 d: after 1880)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1880 census, age 7.
        
        7-Elisabeth MATTER (b: 23 Feb 1832 d: 6 Nov 1901)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 20 May 1832 in St. John Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Sarah MATTER (b: 8 Jan 1833 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Christened 24 Mar 1833 Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        6-Balthaser MATTER (b: 7 Jul 1795 d: 21 Dec 1871)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptised 1795 in St. John Lutheran church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #26, age 55. Had Henry WENTZEL, age 7, living with the family.
        *Note: 1860 Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #20, age 65. Had John ROMBERGER, age 56, retired, living with the family.
        *Note: Buried in the Union cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Catherine "Kate" RITZMAN (b: 12 Feb 1797 d: 17 Oct 1864)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptised 14 May 1797 in Zion "Klingers" Church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 53.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 62.
        *Note: Buried in Simeon Lutheran church cemetery, Gratz, Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Michael MATTER (b: 26 Apr 1818 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptised 14 Jun 1818 in St. John Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Anna Maria ??? (b: circa 1822 d: ? )
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Susannah MATTER (b: 12 Jun 1819 d: circa 1889)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptised 11 Jul 1819 in St. John Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 30, single. Living with her parents.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 40, single. Living with her parents.
        *Note: 1870 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #7, age 50. Living next to her brother Benneville.
        *Note: Buried in the Union cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: John WARNER (b: ? d: ? )
        
        7-Elizabeth MATTER (b: 15 Apr 1821 d: 26 Sep 1852)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in Simeon Lutheran Church cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Daniel KEISER (b: 17 Nov 1820 d: 14 Feb 1877) 14 Apr 1840
        r: Machontonga Valley, Pa.
        r: Dayton, Armstrong Co., Pa.
        *Note: Buried in the Calvary Methodist Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Benneville MATTER (b: 25 Nov 1823 d: 28 Feb 1899)
        r: Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Baptised 2 May 1824 in St. John Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #11, age 37.
        *Note: 1870 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #7, age 45.
        *Note: Buried in the Union Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Veronica Frances "Frany" SNYDER (b: 5 Dec 1822 d: 26 May 1892) 1845 in Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Halifax Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 38. Listed as Frany.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 47. Listed as Frances.
        *Note: Buried in the Union Cemetery, Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Henry MATTER (b: circa 1846 d: after 1860)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 14.
        
        8-Magdalena MATTER (b: circa 1848 d: after 1860)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 12.
        
        8-Catharina "Caty" MATTER (b: 22 Jul 1849 d: 23 Jul 1922)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 10.
        m: John A. SMITH (b: circa 1845 d: ? )
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        8-Louisa MATTER (b: 22 Nov 1851 d: 1902)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 8.
        m: William MORGAN (b: 26 Sep 1846 d: 30 Jun 1899)
        r: Washington Twp., Dauphin Co, Pa.
        
        8-Susannah MATTER (b: circa 1855 d: after 1870)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 5.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 14.
        
        8-Charles MATTER (b: circa 1867 d: after 1930)
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 3.
        
        7-Leonard MOTTER (b: 8 Mar 1826 d: 21 Jul 1896)
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: First name also spelled Leonhardt.
        *Note: Baptised 25 Jun 1826 in St. John Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Moved to Ogle Co., Il. circa 1859.
        *Note: 1860 Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il. census, image #18, age 34.
        *Note: 1870 Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il. census, image #23, age 45.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Evangelical cemetery, near Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Elizabeth SHOTT (b: 2 Feb 1831 d: 17 Jun 1917) 21 Nov 1852 in Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 29.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 39.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Evangelical cemetery, near Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        
        8-Amelia S. MOTTER (b: 2 Mar 1853 d: 27 Oct 1941)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 7.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 17.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Evangelical cemetery, near Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Benjamin Franklin SCHREIBER (b: 30 Aug 1850 d: 7 Jan 1932) 8 Oct 1871 in Forreston, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Osmantown, now Valley View, Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        r: Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        8-Margaret MOTTER (b: 3 Aug 1854 d: 19 Feb 1927)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 5.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 16.
        *Note: Moved to Il. in 1858.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Evangelical cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Solomon Belle BOWERMAN (b: 3 Mar 1829 d: 28 Nov 1905) 17 Sep 1874 in Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lightsville, Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Christened 29 Mar 1829 in the Evangelical Reformed church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: Civil War Vet.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Evangelical cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Margaret was Solomon's 3rd wife.
        
        8-John A. MOTTER (b: 25 Nov 1855 d: 29 Jan 1938)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: 1860 census, age 4.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 14.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Evangelical cemetery, Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Alice A. ICELY (b: 18 Feb 1866 d: 16 Nov 1950) 8 Nov 1883 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        
        9-Austin MOTTER (b: Nov 1884 d: 2 Mar 1885)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        
        9-Ernest E. MOTTER (b: 24 Apr 1888 d: ? )
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Chicago, Cook Co., Il.
        m: Shirley ??? (b: circa 1890 d: ? )
        
        9-Lloyd L. MOTTER (b: 10 Mar 1891 d: 18 Feb 1976)
        r: ?
        r: Rockford, Winnebago Co., Il.
        m: Lydia Maye MILLER (b: 5 Jan 1894 d: 17 Dec 1975) 18 Apr 1918 in Mt. Carroll, Il.
        r: ?
        r: Rockford, Winnebago Co., Il.
        
        8-Aaron MOTTER (b: 8 May 1862 d: 12 Feb 1956)
        r: Maryland Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Leaf River Twp., Ogle. Co., Il.
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 8.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Martha Ann PIPHER (b: 7 Feb 1859 d: 27 Dec 1930) 22 Dec 1881 in Forreston, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Maryland Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        9-Nelson MOTTER (b: ? d: ? )
        r: Forreston, Il.
        
        9-Anna C. MOTTER (b: 13 Aug 1882 d: ? )
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: John Henry REEMTSMA (b: ? d: ? )
        m: Samuel M. JANSSEN (b: ? d: ? ) 21 Jul 1904
        r: Germany
        
        9-John William MOTTER (b: 26 Apr 1888 d: 9 Mar 1952)
        r: Forreston, Il.
        m: Martha M. WESSEL (b: 19 Aug 1894 d: 6 Jun 1967) in Stephenson Co., Il.
        
        9-Minnie May MOTTER (b: Jun 1891 d: ? )
        r: Forreston, Il.
        m: William RATMEYER (b: 14 Jul 1889 d: ? ) 1911
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        
        8-Amanda MOTTER (b: 6 Apr 1864 d: 27 Dec 1929)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Shannon, Carroll Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 6.
        m: Phillip MESSNER (b: 6 Aug 1861 d: 14 Feb 1927)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Shannon Twp., Carroll Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: Appears in 1910 Shannon Twp., Carroll Co., IL census.
        *Note: Buried in the Brethren Cemetery, Shannon, Carroll Co., Il.
        *Note: Parents were Philip MESSNER and Hannah LENKER.
        
        8-Susan MOTTER (b: 5 Nov 1866 d: 16 Nov 1942)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 4.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Evangelical Cemetery, Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Phillip Henry SCHREIBER (b: 28 Mar 1853 4 Dec 1932) 27 Dec 1887
        r: Pa.
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Moved to Il. circa 1868 *Note: Buried in the North Grove Evangelical Cemetery, Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        
        8-William Franklin MOTTER (b: 5 Dec 1869 d: 8 Apr 1963)
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Elkton, Sd.
        r: Yankton, Yankton Co., Sd.
        *Note: 1870 census, age 5/12.
        *Note: Moved to South Dakota in 1909.
        m: Nellie Mae KRETSINGER (b: 21 Nov 1875 d: 29 Nov 1970) 5 Dec 1900 in Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Brookings, Sd.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        9-Edna Mae MOTTER (b: 30 Oct 1901 9 Dec 1996)
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Sioux Falls, Sd.
        m: Reuben R. KINNER (b: 18 Aug 1896 d: 24 Mar 1971) 27 Sep 1927
        r: ?
        r: Sioux Falls, Sd.
        
        9-Paul Franklin MOTTER (b: 9 Oct 1904 d: ? )
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Melba I. WRIGHT (b: 24 Oct 1911 d: ? ) Oct 1935 IN Caledonia, Nd.
        r: Caledonia, Nd.
        
        9-Nelson Aaron MOTTER (b: 16 Mar 1906 d: 8 Apr 1994)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Brookings, Sd.
        m: Maxiene A. GRAHAM (b: 16 Feb 1918 d: ? ) 2 Jun 1943 in Brookings, Sd.
        r: Doland, Sd.
        
        7-Abraham MOTTER (b: 3 Jun 1828 d: 23 May 1895)
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Forreston Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Adeline, Maryland Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: 1850 Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #24, age 21. Living with the Thomas BATDORFF family as a blacksmith.
        *Note: Moved to Ogle Co., Il. circa 1852.
        *Note: Civil War vet; Co. A, 64th Illinois Infantry December 9, 1863 - May 30, 1865, Was a Prisoner of War.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Christian Cemetery near Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Elizabeth SMELTZER (b: May 1828 d: 25 Feb 1916) 8 Oct 1848 in St. David's Reformed church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Egan, Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: 1850 Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #7, age 22. Living with her father Michael SMELTZER.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Christian Cemetery near Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        
        8-Nathaniel MOTTER (b: 11 Jul 1849 d: 1871)
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Il.
        *Note: Baptised 11 Aug 1849 in the St. Peter(Hoffman) church, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 1. Living with his mother and grandfather.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        
        8-Sarah MOTTER (b: 1852 d: 1870)
        r: Il.
        r: Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        
        8-Riley A. MOTTER (b: 2 Jun 1854 d: 1 Aug 1918)
        r: West Grove Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Christian cemetery, Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Mary A. LIGHT (b: 15 Jun 1860 d: 21 Dec 1941) 20 Nov 1879 in Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Egan, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Christian cemetery, Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        
        9-Addie Mae MOTTER (b: 3 May 1880 d: 11 Dec 1969)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: William Alfred SCHELLING (b: 27 Feb 1864 d: 11 Nov 1940) 24 Jun 1909
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        
        9-Laura Edna MOTTER (b: 1882 d: 1978)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Clarence CARSON (b: 1881 d: 1958)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        
        9-David Emmanuel MOTTER (b: 18 Jul 1884 d: 6 Nov 1952)
        
        9-Estella Florence MOTTER (b: 30 Jan 1886 d: 27 May 1983)
        
        9-John A. MOTTER (b: 10 Sep 1887 d: 19 Oct 1973)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Emma E. WELLS (b: 1894 d: 1966)
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        
        10-Merle MOTTER (b: circa 1922 d: 1995)
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Rockford, Il.
        
        9-Winnie B. MOTTER (b: 1889 d: 23 Feb 1962)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Oregon, Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Charles A. FOUCH (b: 1887 d: 1962)
        r: Il.
        
        9-Howard L. MOTTER (b: 1891 d: 1964)
        r: Il.
        
        9-Blanche O. MOTTER (b: 1892 d: 1977)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: John C. WINCHE (b: 1887 d: 1971)
        r: Seward Twp., Il.
        
        9-Clinton Nathaniel MOTTER (b: 21 Nov 1894 d: 20 Feb 1974)
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Il.
        *Note: Buried in Adeline, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Vernie SNYDER (b: 6 Sep 1901 d: 1988)
        
        10-Clinton MOTTER (b: 13 Dec 1926 d: 4 Oct 1945)
        r: Samar Island, Phillipines.
        
        9-William Hobart MOTTER (b: 14 Jul 1896 d: 26 Jul 1927)
        r: Egan, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Christian cemetery, Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Grace Minerva REBER (b: 27 Nov 1898 d: 29 Nov 1962) 9 Oct 1920 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., Il
        r: Egan, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Rockford, Winnebago Co., Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove Christian cemetery, Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        
        10-Donald R. MOTTER (b: 1 Aug 1921 d: 6 Dec 1993)
        r: Il.
        
        10-William Vernon MOTTER (b: 13 Jun 1925 d: ? )
        r: Egan, Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: WWII Vet.
        
        9-Ralph D. MOTTER (b: 1899 d: ? )
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        
        9-Mildred P. MOTTER (b: 31 May 1900 d: 12 Aug 1950)
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Lloyd P. BIDDLE (b: circa 1896 d: ? ) 31 Jan 1924 in Peoria, Il.
        r: Leaf River, Ogle Co., Il.
        
        8-Henry MOTTER (b: 6 Oct 1855 d: 6 Apr 1940)
        r: Haldane, Lincoln Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Oregon, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Francis Jane KUNTZELMAN (b: 1848 d: ? ) 4 Nov 1880 in Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        r: ?
        r: McLean Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        9-Milton MOTTER (b: circa 1881 d: ? )
        r: Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        
        9-Eugene MOTTER (b: circa 1883 d: ? )
        r: Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        
        9-Iva MOTTER (b: circa 1885 d: ? )
        r: Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        
        9-Ruby MOTTER (b: circa 1887 d: ? )
        r: Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        
        8-Mary Elizabeth MOTTER (b: 29 Aug 1858 d: 3 Jul 1934)
        r: Forreston, Maryland Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Benjamin Franklin KUNTZELMAN (b: 19 Aug 1853 d: 28 Dec 1930) 23 Oct 1879 in Forreston, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: ?
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        8-William MOTTER (b: circa Jun 1860 d: before 1870)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        
        8-Caroline "Carrie" E. MOTTER (b: 6 Jun 1861 d: 3 Mar 1910)
        r: Forreston, Maryland Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: John H. HEITER (b: 5 May 1851 d: 3 May 1889) 21 Sep 1879 in Lightsville, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Schuylkill Co., Pa.
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        r: ?
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        8-Emma J. MOTTER (b: 28 Oct 1862 d: 20 Jun 1932)
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Joseph LIGHT (b: 24 Mar 1862 d: 18 Oct 1898) 22 Jul 1880 in Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Lightsville, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Stephenson Co., Il.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        8-Jonathon Emanuel MOTTER (b: Aug 1867 d: 12 Feb 1936)
        r: Maryland Twp., Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Il.
        *Note: Buried in the North Grove cemetery, Ogle Co., Il.
        m: Orpha A. BOVERY (b: 1868 d: 1924) 8 Dec 1897 in Egan, Ogle Co., Il.
        r: Ridott, Stephenson Co., Il.
        r: Ogle Co., Il.
        *Note: Source; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
        
        9-Abraham J. MOTTER (b: 22 Feb 1903 d: 28 Apr 1911)
        r: Egan, Il.
        
        7-Emanuel MATTER (b: 4 Nov 1830 d: 11 Mar 1863)
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: ?
        *Note: Civil war vet.
        *Note: Buried in the Union cemetery, Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Sarah MOTTER (b: 17 Jan 1833 d: 12 Sep 1851)
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 16.
        *Note: Buried in the Simeon Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        
        7-Edward MATTER (b: 1836 d: 1881)
        r: Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        r: Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1850 census, age 15.
        *Note: 1860 Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, image #12, age 24.
        *Note: 1880 Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. census, page #311C, age 43.
        *Note: Buried in the Calvary Methodist Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., Pa.
        m: Elizabeth ??? (b: 5 Dec 1840 d: 13 Apr 1866) circa 1859
        r: Pa.
        r: Wiconsico Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa.
        *Note: 1860 censu