Elizabeth YODER^[1]

1720 - 1782  (62 years)

• Name	Elizabeth YODER
  Born	1720	Berks Co, PA
  Gender	Female
  AFN	OY2
  Reference Number	3437
  _UID	E8799EE2333A44F4A00BC77D4D295A0D52AB
  Died	5 Dec 1782	Berks Co, PA
  Person ID	I3437	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Yost JODER,   b. 5 Oct 1679, Steffisburg, Switzerland ,   d. 1741, PA  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth KUHLWEIN,   b. Abt 1690, Steffisburg, Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1712
  Family ID	F1129	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Lazarus WEIDNER,   b. 1723, Geisselhardt, Wurtemberg ,   d. 1802, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	Abt 1744
  Children	1. David WEIDNER,   b. Abt 1744, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Abraham WEIDNER,   b. Abt 1746, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Catherine WEIDNER,   b. Abt 1748, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary(Maria) WEIDNER,   b. 14 Nov 1751, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. 4 Jan 1846, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA  (Age 94 years)   5. Elizabeth WEIDNER,   b. Abt 1753, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Jacob WEIDNER,   b. 30 May 1756, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. 3 Mar 1800, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA  (Age 43 years)   7. Susanna WEIDNER,   b. Abt 1758, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Bef 1802  (Age ~ 44 years)   8. Daniel WEIDNER,   b. Abt 1760, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Isaac WEIDNER,   b. Abt 1762, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Johannes WEIDNER,   b. Abt 1764, Oley Township, Berks Co., PA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	17 May 2014
  Family ID	F1643	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Died of Dropsy. Had 9 children with husband Lazarius. Oley Valley Ancestors - by Guy L. Bierman Rev. 6 Jan 2002 Some of Yost's family were rough and ready frontier types as well. An old by-word in Oley was "like YostNannes"-i.e.,rough and uncouth. The Yoder ghost story, as related by Elizabeth Yoder, Yost's daughter, in 1743, tells how her father's spirit returned to visit her. It seems that like most ghosts, he had a message for his daughter which he was unable to give her before his death. It was to "scorn and despise not the Frenchman," i.e.:Dr. George deBenneville (1703-1793), who was the pioneer preacher of the Universalist gospel in America. He lived in Germantown but also had a base in Oley. On being asked by his daughter where he was, Yost Yoder's ghost answered that he was "at a good place," and his beloved brother (Hans) was there too. This story appeared in a bestseller volume of ghost appearances, with religious commentary, published by Christopher Sauer in Germantown in 1744. It was reprinted in 1748,1755, and 1792. Parents: Adam JODER <http://www.reimert.org/genealogy/database/d213.htm> and Barbara OCHSENBEIN <http://www.reimert.org/genealogy/database/d238.htm>.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Yoder Family Web Site, (http://www.genealogy.org/~yoder/welcome.html).