ISO information of Thomas WEAVER, a clockmaker, in Millheim from 1822-1842. Possible father of Hannah (WEAVER) HUBLER, born Jan. 7, 1818 in PA. Hannah married George HUBLER (from Millheim) about 1842.
Thanks,
Kathy

Kathy,

I have researched Weavers/Hublers.

I have this Thomas Weaver, born ca. 1798, son of Johannes Weaver/Weber and Eva Margaret Braun. Married ca. 1822/23 to Lydia Moyer. One known child: Julia A. Weaver, born June 13, 1834, died Oct. 20, 1842, bur. St. Paul's Cem., Haines Twp., Centre Co., Pa.

George Hubler you mention is probably the one born Sept. 4, 1820, baptized Oct. 8, 1820, Emmanuel Union Church, Tusseyville, Potter Twp., Centre Co., Pa., son of George Hubler and Elizabeth Kreamer, his 2nd wife. This George 1820 moved to Wayne Co., OH, and I have no info on his wife or children.

Thanks for the reply. You are correct about the identity of George. I had received some information that Hannah's father's name might be 'Tom' and thought this Thomas a good candidate. I have no other leads at this point. Thanks for writing.
Kathy

Kathy,

Have you seen the letters written by George Hubler in Ohio home to his parents in 1849? I have transcripts which I believe were done by Marcia Wilson, a Hubler descendant of George's 1/2 brother Jacob, who lives in New Jersey.

Also, there is no gravestone or evidence of death for Thomas the clockmaker and his wife in Centre Co., and I suspect it is possible they went to Ohio with the Hublers. Have you checked for the possibility that they went there, or elsewhere, out of Centre County?

I am, of course, interested to find more data on them. I copied all Weaver assessments in Haines Twp. area through 1834 in an attempt to sort them out. I assume, then, that you followed Thomas up through 1842?

Justin

It seems so obvious to check for Weavers in Ohio (now that you've pointed it out) but I had not done that. So I looked up census records and found a Thomas Weaver in Perry, Ashland Co., OH which neighbors Wayne Co. Here is the census...
Weaver, Thomas 52 PA silversmith
" Julia Ann 48 PA
" Hugh 20 PA
" William 14 PA
" Mary E. 9 Pa

All of these names appear in Hannah and George's children. In addition, the neighbors are John and Margaret Stover, age 48 and 46, born PA and Phillip and Martha Clodfelter, age 48 and 46, born PA. Do you recognise these names?

This same family appears in Perry up until 1880. There is a cemetery in Perry Twp., (Ashland Co., US GenWeb site) that has a Thomas Weaver died 1878, age 79y and a Julian w/o Thomas died 1877 age 75 y.

This seems a good match for my Hannah's parents and I will certainly look at them closer. I'm wondering if this could be the Millheim Thomas.

I had not looked at tax list information, I found the information on the internet for a clock museum catalog. I think it originally had a picture of a signed Thomas Weaver clock, but I couldn't get it to show.

As for your first question, yes I do have a transcript of a letter from George Hubler of Millheim to George Hubler of Wayne Co. It came from Joyce Hubler. That's what made me google Thomas Weaver and Millheim, which is how I came up with the clockmaker information. Do you think a clockmaker could become a silversmith? It would seem possible.

Kathy

Yes, I'm sure you've found the right people. Thomas and Julia Ann are listed on the gravestone as the parents of the child buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Haines Twp., which is about 4 miles from Millheim. And remember that they are not buried anywhere around -- it appears they left the Millheim area and went to Ohio sometime after the death of their girl in 1842 and before the 1850 census. I suspect they probably traveled with the Hublers, which would have been their daughter and son-in-law.

Justin

Stover, or Stober, its earliest spelling, is actually the most common name in Penns Valley, where the Weavers/Hublers were from. Several of them married into both families and I suspect there may be a connection. The name Glatfelder (the Clodfelters you found) I have also seen, but is not as common. Good old Pennsylvania German names.

In fact, Thomas Weaver's parents are buried in the Stover Cemetery, about 7 miles east of Millheim on Route 45, the main road through Penns Valley.

Fascinating stuff. Do you think Julia Ann and Lydia Moyer are the same person?

Also another Hubler descendant from Centre Co., PA went to Wayne Co., Ohio, Frederick Johnstonbaugh, who settled there and John Jacob Johnstonbaug was on his way to Ohio when he disappered and it appears he never reached it for some reason. Plus other Centre Co. relatives of mine also went to Ohio. Land must of been cheaper.