The Schaeffer / Weidner / Barto / Angstadt Family Homepage
The Schaeffer / Weidner / Barto / Angstadt Family HomepageUpdated July 7, 2004 | Charles M Schaeffer PO Box 804 Reading,PA 19603 United States 610-507-6968 [email protected] |
| Welcome to the new millenium! The year 2004 marks the 252nd anniversary of Georg Schaeffer's arrival into the colonies through the Port of Philadelphia, in 1752. This homepage includes the Surnames of Schaeffer, Weidner, Angstadt, Barto and other early Berks County - Pennsylvania families. These families resided in the Fleetwood, Rockland Township, Oley Township and Longswamp Township areas. The progenitor Georg Schaeffer entered the United States on August 12, 1752 in the Port of Philadelphia. After arriving he moved into the Oley Townbship area, then proceeding north toward the Fleetwood (Richmond Township) area, where he settled the land which lies 1.5 miles west of the Borough of Lyons. The original ancestral cemetery is on the homestead, which was just restored in 1996. In 1995 the ORIGINAL family cemetary was cleaned up.Brush removal; dismantling of the stone wall around the cemetary and recontructing it and reinstalling the original wrought iron gate that was stored in the barn for over 50 years was just part of the work done.Work was done by the aid of the BERKS COUNTY GRAVEYARD PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION. Grave markers and sones were removed , marked, cleaned up and replaced.Also since the yard was also in bad shape from over 50 years of rodent holes the yard was also filled in and new grass was reseeded. The progenitor Adam Weidner settled in the Oley Township area. The ancestral family cemeteries (2) lie on the homestead approximately 2 miles from the village of Lobachsville, Pennsylvania. More information will be added to this homepage as I have the time to do so. Hope I can be of assistance to all fellow genealogist interested in the families below. I have been working on this project for the last 17 years, and am finally getting it online. Charles Michael Schaeffer Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandson of Georg and Katharina Schaeffer Berks County, Pennsylvania | |