The Crousers in Pennsylvania

Frederick Crouser and Magdalena Lape Crouser of Mercer County
Jacob Crouser of Northumberland County
John Chrouser of Mercer County
Adam Crouser of Mercer County
Johannes Kraushaar/Chrousore of Westmoreland County

Frederick Crouser and Magdalena Lape in Mercer County Frederick CROUSER and his wife Magdalena LAPE came from Alsace in 1837 and arrived in the port of Baltimore on the ship Glide which sailed from La Havre. They settled in Mercer County. Their children were: Caroline CROUSER - born 1820 - married Elliott DAVIS. They lived in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania. She and most of her children moved to Cleveland OH after Elliott's death. Their children were: Frederick DAVIS Jacob DAVIS Walter H. DAVIS (1851- ) married Caroline ("Callie") _____ . Samuel G. DAVIS (1853-1909) married Mary J. ____. Hetty DAVIS (1855- ) was not married. School teacher. Sarah J. DAVIS (1858-1935) was not married. School teacher. Henry DAVIS (1860- ) married Bertine ELWELL Caroline DAVIS (1880- ) married John F. MC SWEENEY Oliver H.P. DAVIS (1862-1928) married Eva L. HILL. Their children were: George E. DAVIS Clarence N. DAVIS Jacob CROUSER - born 1822 - married Emiline BURKE. They lived in Millegeville, Pennsylvania. Their children were: Frank CROUSER Christine CROUSER (1857-1902) married Jay CARPENTER. Harmon CROUSER (1859-1917) married Martha J. CAMERON. Their children were: Clarence R. CROUSER (1884- ) married Bertha MC CRACKEN We have pictures of this family. Ernest J. CROUSER (1886-1970) married Olga LOEHR. Hazel Bell CROUSER (1888- ) married Edward THOMAS and a Mr. TIBBLES Jesse L. CROUSER (1891-1960) Wallace W. CROUSER 1895-1968) married Myrtle NIELSEN Gladys CROUSER (1901-1969) married Cloice FILES. Mary CROUSER (1861- ) married John LEE. Their children were: Josephine LEE (1881- ) Goldie LEE (1885- ) Laurinda Belle CROUSER (1866-1868) died as an infant. Sarah (Sade?)CROUSER (1868-1903) married Jess W. NORRIS. Jacob Wray CROUSER (1876- ) married Judie May PETERSON. Their children were: Cleo Margaret CROUSER Basil Wallace CROUSER Harry Lee CROUSER Byo Evelyn CROUSER Frederick B. CROUSER - born 1829 - married Mary Ann HEASLEY. They lived in New Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Their children were: John Godfrey CROUSER (1854-1873) died young in hunting accident. Elizabeth Magdalene CROUSER (1856-1941)married Cyrus JEWELL. Their children were: Owen Dennis JEWELL Clyde Earl JEWELL Evan Delos JEWELL Bina Mary JEWELL Lewis Elmer JEWELL Sydney Loyde JEWELL Goldy Belle JEWELL Gladys JEWELL Jacob Elliott CROUSER (1858-1939) married Anna May ARTERS and Hannah HOGUE/GILLILAND. He and Anna May had one child. A. Clair CROUSER Mary Jane CROUSER (1861-1943) married Franklin ROWLAND. (see Rowland ancestry) Their children were: Frederick ROWLAND Fauntleroy Mitchell ROWLAND Howard Flynn ROWLAND Percival Jay William ROWLAND Genevieve ROWLAND Cleora ROWLAND Richard Franklin Howard ROWLAND unnamed infant ROWLAND Lewis Perry CROUSER (1863-1941) married Nancy MARSHALL. Their children were: Edith CROUSER (1891-1987) Pansy CROUSER (1894-1973) Elmer Ellsworth CROUSER (1866-1956) married Hannah PADEN and Myrtle HALLABAUGH. Elmer and Myrtle moved to Alberta, Canada, with five of their children in 1914 and homesteaded land there. To read more about their adventures, see The Crousers in Alberta . Elmer and his first wife, Hannah, had: Roy Frederick CROUSER Twila J. CROUSER infant He and Myrtle had: Iva Marie CROUSER Paul Elmer CROUSER Sela Edna CROUSER Mildred Belle CROUSER Earl Elmer CROUSER Sabina Clarissa CROUSER (1868-1904) married Florus MONTGOMERY. They had one child: Mary MONTGOMERY William CROUSER (1871-1952) married Jennie Belle YOUNG. They had one child: Clarence Francis CROUSER Walter Leonard CROUSER (1874-1954) married LaRoka Juanita MITCHELL. Their children were: Virgil Devon CROUSER William Donavan CROUSER Pauline Elizabeth CROUSER Robert Frederick CROUSER Charles L. CROUSER Marian B. CROUSER Along the way we have accumulated a few pictures of Crousers, including one of a Crouser family reunion held in Vienna, Ohio, in 1928. The people we have been able to identify were some of the children and grandchildren (and their spouses) of Frederick B. Crouser of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. There are still many who we have not identified. Take a look and see if you recognize any of them, and then please let us know who you can name. This picture is of Frederick B. Crouser's farm in new Lebanon. The barn and silo are on a neighboring farm. This photograph is curtesy of Keith Rowland.

Jacob Crouser of Northumberland County Jacob CROUSER was the father of: Jacob CROUSER (1820-1885) married Katherine Johnson. Their children were: Annie CROUSER (1854- ) Elizabeth CROUSER (1856-1948) married John MORGENSTERN. John William CROUSER (1864-1942)married Kathryn TYSON James Irvin CROUSER (1889-1929) Firm CROUSER (1890-1971) Simon CROUSER (1894-1974) Henry CROUSER (1829-1902) married Sophia BASSER. Their children were: Sue CROUSER (1862-1947) Sue Crouser and her sister Jennie lived together after Jennie's husband died shortly after their marriage. They worked as seamstresses and went from home to home doing whatever sewing was needed. Virginia "Jennie" CROUSER (1868-1927) married Mr. RUCH.Their child was: Almedo "Alma" RUCH Mary (Mazie?)CROUSER (1857-1946) married Thadeus F. FREEBURN. Their child was: Ruth FREEBURN Frank J. CROUSER (1870-1938)married Martha HAMOR.(We have pictures!) Their children were: Guy CROUSER Mary CROUSER Harry CROUSER (1875-1961) married Annie E. ____. their children were: Claude CROUSER Clair CROUSER Catherine CROUSER (1828-1895) married Thomas STAMM. Their children were: Laura STAMM (1848-1911) Thomas Jefferson STAMM (1850- ) married Adda HOFFMAN and Sarah GULICK. The children of Thomas and Adda were: Edna STAMM Katie STAMM The child of Thomas and Sarah was: William Floyd STAMM Benjamin Franklin STAMM (1867- ) married Jennie HAAS.Their children were: Luther STAMM Esther STAMM Carrie May STAMM (1871- ) married James McKINNEY Clarinda STAMM (1873- Mary STAMM married Robert SEILER John W. STAMM Margaret Ann STAMM married Abner MERTZ Sallie Ann STAMM Julia Ann CROUSER (1835-1902) married Simon DUNKELBERGER. Their children were: Fannie DUNKELBERGER(1863-1952) married William Oscar LANDBACK. Their children were: Charles W. "Willie" LANDBACK. (infant) Florence Cordelia LANDBACK Robert Lesher LANDBACK Anna Catherine LANDBACK Simon Dunkelberger LANDBACK Mary Elizabeth LANDBACK Pearl Evans LANDBACK Katherine DUNKELBERGER (1868-1938) William DUNKELBERGER (1870-1956) married Carrie ARBOGAST. Their children were: Roy Melvin DUNKELBERGER Katherine DUNKELBERGER

John Chrouser of Mercer County John CHROUSER (born about 1819) died in Jefferson TWP, Mercer County, PA, 20 Nov 1879. His will mentions his widow, Elizabeth (born about 1828), and children Alvin CHROUSER (born about 1847) Minnie A. CHROUSER (Mrs. Thomas KELLY) Caroline CHROUSER (Mrs. Samuel CUMMINGS) Susan CHROUSER (Mrs. P. Q. McMANUS) Jennie CHROUSER (Mrs. Robert CRAIG) Elizabeth CHROUSER (Mrs.Thomas KELLY) Sadie CHROUSER Milton CHROUSER. The birth dates of John and Elizabeth are calculated from the ages listed in the 1850 census of Delaware TWP, Mercer County, PA. The census also lists a one month old female named Mary E. Crouser. She apparently died before her father.

Adam Crouser of Mercer County Adam CROUSER lived in Jefferson TWP, Mercer County, PA. He was born in about 1788 in PA. His wife, Susan or Susanna, was born in about 1796 in PA. Their children appear to be: Anna CHROUSHAR (1826-1841) is buried in Pearson Cemetery, Jefferson TWP. Samuel CROUSER (1829-1896) died of consumption in Jefferson TWP. Lewis CROUSER It is possible they also had a son named George CROUSER who was born in about 1815.

Johannes Kraushaar/Chroushore of Westmoreland County Johannes KRAUSHAAR was born in 1735 in Germany and died in Westmoreland County, PA, in 1790. He came to the US on the ship Priscilla in 1750. His known residences were Ft. Allen PA (1774) and Hempfield TWP, Westmoreland County, PA. His wife was Maria Appolonia. Their child was: George KRAUSHAAR(1765-1814). George married Magdalena (Margaret) MEYER. To George and Magdalena were born: John George CROUSHORE (1800-1848) married Anna Margaretta BAUGHMAN. Their children were: Adam KRAUSHAAR (1826- ) married Maria ROOSE. Their children were: Henry George CROUSHORE, the son of Adam Croushore and Maria ROOSE, was born in 1854. He married Dinah Margaret HENRY and they lived in Westmoreland County, PA. Their children were: David CROUSHORE (1879-1947) married Ellen Jane MORRISON Ella Blanche CROUSHORE (1880-1964) married Wesley Benjamin COMPTON William CROUSHORE (1882- ) married Mary Rhuben CROUSHORE (1884-1958) married Carrie Christina SIMPSON Henry George CROUSHORE (1905-1978) Richard Cornelius CROUSHORE (1909-1909) Lawrence Edward CROUSHORE (1910-1910) Francis Reuben CROUSHORE (1918-1935) Gladys Marie CROUSHORE (1921-1931) Sylvia Irene CROUSHORE (1923-1978) Beatrice Ailene CROUSHORE (1925-1970) and several others who may still be living. Adam CROUSHORE (1884- ) Florence Edna Croushore (1885-1958) married William COOK and two others James Edwin CROUSHORE (1886- ) married Thresa RUSHMAN Jacob CROUSHORE (1890- ) married Jenny ____ Edmund CROUSHORE (1892- ) Elmer CROUSHORE (1894- ) Samuel CROUSHORE (1894- ) Francis Peter CROUSHORE (1896- ) married Hazel Mildred DIETZ. Anna M. CROUSHORE (1897-1968) married Paul SMELTZER Arthur CROUSHORE (1899 - ) died young Thomas Morrison CROUSHORE - probably several others. William Francis KRAUSHAAR (1857-) Frank CROUSHORE (abt 1860- ) Henry CROUSHORE (abt 1828- ) Margaret CROUSHORE (abt 1830- ) Michael CROUSHORE(1831-1902)married Catherine ROOSE. Their child was: Henry Roose CROUSHORE (1858-1928)married Tabithacumi COOK Walter CROUSHORE (1883?-1912) Carolina KRAUSHAAR (1833- ) Samuel KRAUSHAAR (1835- ) married Hannah KUHNS. Their child was: Samuel Henry CROUSHORE (1865- ) Sara Jane KRAUSHAAR (1837- ) James CROUSHORE (abt 1840- ) George W. CROUSHORE (1841- ) married Sara ALSHOUSE. Their children were: Margaret E. CROUSHORE (1865- ) Charles C. CROUSHORE (1876- ) Herbert L. CROUSHORE (1878- ) Franklin H. CROUSHORE (1880- ) Mary E. CROUSHORE (abt 1844- ) Lydia CROUSHORE Luisa CROUSHORE

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