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- 1830 census, pg 209, Little Mahanoy
1840 census, pg 175, Little Mahanoy, 2100 01-2200 01
1850 census, Little Mahanoy, William 43, Judith 47, Rebecca 19, Maria 18, Sarah 16,
Catharine 14, Samuel 17 clerk, William 13, Daniel 11, Elisabeth 9, Lavina 8, Susannah 6,
Louisa 4, Mathias Bohner 22-fuller
1860 census, Little Mahanoy pg 23/#452, Julian Rotharmel 55, widow,
Rebecca 25, Sarah22, Catharine 20, Daniel 18, William 16, Louisa 14, Susan 12,
Lavina 10, (by Samuel 27, etc, Elizabeth 19, Daniel 28).
1870 census, Trevorton, Julia Rothermel 66, with D.H 29, merchant, and
Sarah 32, Susan 25, Louisa 22
In Bell's History of Northumberland County:
WILLIAM ROTHERMEL, eldest son of Abraham Rothermel, was born upon
the homestead in 1805, where he was reared and obtained such education
as could be had at the schools of that period, and was engaged in
farming a number of years. In his latter years he engaged in the
mercantile business in Little Mahanoy township, which he carried on
until his death in 1851. In his political sentiments he was a
Republican, and a life member of the German Reformed church. His wife
was Judith, daughter of Daniel Herb, of Upper Mahanoy township, and by
this union they were the parents of eleven children: Rebecca, wife of
Gail Smith; Maria, widow of Matthias Boughner. Samuel, of Ashland,
Pennsylvania; Sarah, wife of Daniel Greoff; Catharine, wife of James
Raker, of Little Mahanoy township; William, who served through the war
of the Rebellion as a member of the Seventy-seventh Indiana Volunteers,
subsequently enlisted in the United States regular army, and was killed
by the Indians in Arizona; Daniel H; Elizabeth, deceased, who married
William G. Maurer; Lavinia, wife of
Nathaniel Reitz, of Illinois: Lawisa, wife of Rev. I. H. Wohlfarth, of
Illinois, and Susan, wife of William Wright.
DANIEL H. ROTHERMEL, merchant, was born upon the old homestead,
April 10, 1840, son of William and Judith (Herb) Rothermel. etc.
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