Billet and Related Families of York, Lancaster, and Dauphin Counties of Pennsylvania


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Kraft Billet, born about 1730-1735, place and parents unknown, immigrated to the United States in 1751 and settled in York County, Pennsylvania. He married Maria Magdalena Kunkel about 1756. She was born around 1737 in York County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Gottlieb Kunkel and Christine Barbara. They had 13 children. Kraft passed away before 1807 and Maria passed away 1809/1810. Their children and descendants have lived in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and other areas in the United States.




Tritt Family History: Ancestry, life and times of brothers Hans Peter and Christian Tritt, immigrants to Pennsylvania in 1739, and their children


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Hans Peter Tritt, Jr., from Diedendorf in Alsace, came to Pennsylvania with his younger brother Christian, his mother, Veronica (Kern), & half-brother Marx in 1739. Hans Peter was born ca. 1715. Hans Peter was married twice, to Catharina (Bechtel?, Dietrich?) & Maria Barbara Dellinger. Christian married a lady named Catherine. Hans Peter died in March 1768; Christian, October 1801. Includes ancestry in Europe.










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History of Gaston County


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