Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Tilghman DELONG
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 2 Aug 1849 in Rockland Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania b


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • David Jr DELONG Birth: 6 Jul 1813 in Upper Macungie Twp, Lehigh Co, Pennsylvania Death: 6 Sep 1893 in Longswamp Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Catherine HAAS Birth: 17 Jun 1813 in Longswamp Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania Death: 28 Nov 1877

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Minnie Renneta DELONG Birth: 3 Aug 1875 Death: 7 Nov 1876
  2. Irwin David DELONG Birth: 7 Aug 1877 in Topton, Berks Co, Pennsylvania
  3. Ellwood F DELONG Birth: 23 Jun 1879 in Topton, Berks Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Charles Franklin DELONG Birth: 29 May 1881 Death: 22 Aug 1883
  5. Ada Alavesta DELONG Birth: 26 Dec 1882
  6. Victor Wilson DELONG Birth: 9 Jul 1884 in Topton, Berks Co, Pennsylvania
  7. Eva Helen DELONG Birth: 23 Oct 1888
  8. Lulu May DELONG Birth: 16 Nov 1893 Death: 2 Dec 1899

Bibliography
  1. Jones, June, Stapleton-DeLong-Mowery families, private email, 12/1/2002. Author address: JonesJuneM at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002].
  2. Montgomery, Morton, Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Chicago, IL: Beers, 1909. FHL 974.816 D2m. Available at http://archive.org/details/cu31924097286300. Also available at http://www.rootsweb.com/~paberks/books/montgomery/index.html Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Montgomery BerksCoPA p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, Montgomery BerksCoPA p405],
place:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, Montgomery BerksCoPA p405],
parents:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, Montgomery BerksCoPA p405]
Sources with Information about marriage to Angelina FENSTERMACHER
date:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, Montgomery BerksCoPA p405],
child:
[Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002, Montgomery BerksCoPA p405]
Research Notes:
1868: apprenticed to David Zimmerman at Monterey; learned Cabinetmaking and undertaking [Ref: Montgomery BerksCoPA p405]

1871: started working for Schrader, Felix & Kline; remained unti 1872 [Ref: Montgomery BerksCoPA p405]

1872: started in business for himself in Topton, Berks Co, PA [Ref: Montgomery BerksCoPA p405]

1905: organized the T DeLong Furniture Company, and also the DeLong Son & Co (retail furniture and undertaking) [Ref: Montgomery BerksCoPA p405]

---------- Morton Montgomery, p405:
Tilghman De Long, son of David, was born Aug. 2, 1849, in Rockland township, Berks Co., Pa., and was educated in the country schools as they were in his boyhood. He grew up on the farm, and also worked in the ore mines. When nineteen years of age he apprenticed himself to David Zimmerman, at Monterey, with whom he learned cabinetmaking and undertaking. After serving three years with this man he was considered a good workman and went to Schrader, Felix & Kline, a well-known firm at that time, now doing business at Reading as Schrader & Kline, and remained there until 1872, when he came to Topton and embarked in business for himself. Mr. De Long at first worked alone, doing all his manufacturing by hand, but as his business increased he took an apprentice, this being Charles Fenstermacher, who has continued with him ever since. His skill as a workman and his promptness in filling his contracts soon brought more and more business to Mr. De Long and he added more assistants, two of whom, Jonathan Barto and Lewis Keller, still are of his right-hand men. He began equipping his plant with some machinery that he put up himself first operating it by hand and later by horse-power, and recently he has built a new factory of large dimensions which he has equipped with the latest improved machinery. The year round he gives employment to from fifty to seventy-five men. He is now one of the leading manufacturers of Eastern Pennsylvania. His specialty is in the line of bank, hotel, store and church fixtures.
In 1905, Mr. De Long organized the T. De Long Furniture Company, of which he is president and principal stockholder, his sons, Ellwood and Victor, being partners. At the same time De Long, Son & Co. was organized, which includes the retail furniture and undertaking business at Topton and Fleetwood, the latter of which is managed by the other son, Irwin D. De Long. Mr. De Long officiated as undertaker at over 2,200 funerals before he delegated the Fleetwood branch of the business to Irwin D., in 1898. He is still active, though he employs Mr. Schofer to attend to the Topton branch of the undertaking business.
On April 4, 1874, Mr. De Long was married to Angeline Fenstermacher, daughter of Reuben and Polly (Mensch) Fenstermacher. Her father, now deceased, was long a prominent farmer of this section. To Mr. and Mrs. De Long were born eight children, as follows: Minnie Renneta, born Aug. 3, 1875, died Nov. 7, 1876; Irwin David, born Aug. 7, 1877; Ellwood F., born June 23, 1879; Charles Franklin, born May 29, 1881, died Aug. 22, 1883; Ada Alavesta, born Dec. 26, 1882, married Milton O. Knauss, and had one child, deceased; Victor Wilson, born July 9, 1884, m. Laura Fisher, and has one daughter, Lulu Rachel; Eva Helen, born Oct. 23, 1888, resides at home; and Lulu May, born Nov. 16, 1893, died Dec. 2, 1899.
Mr. De Long is a stanch Democrat and on many occasions has been chosen by his fellow citizens to assume the duties and responsibilities attaching to important offices. He has filled all the minor borough offices, for three years was a director of the poor for Berks county, and at present is serving his second term as a member of the Topton town council. His good judgment, his business foresight and his sterling personal character, make him an ideal citizen. He applies the same principles in looking after the interests of public business as he has always done to his private affairs, by which he has built up from a very small beginning a trade that extends all over the world, shipments of his goods having been made to Porto Rico and even to far-off China. Mr. De Long and wife belong to the German Reformed Church, and in this faith they have reared their family. He is a member of Camp No. 172, P. O. S. of A.; of Longswamp Lodge, I. O. O. F.; of the K. of P., at Lyons; and of Adonai Castle, K. G. E., at Kutztown. He is a man who in every relation of life can claim the respect of his fellow citizens, and he enjoys also in large measure their esteem. [Ref: Montgomery BerksCoPA p405]



Pedigree of Tilghman DELONG
                                     /-----Abraham LANGER
                            /-----Pyeter DeLANGHT
                   /-----Henrich DeLONG
                  |        |         /-----Jacob WEBER
                  |         \-----Eva Elizabeth WEBER
                  |                  \-----Anna Elizabeth (WEBER)
          /-----David DELONG
         |         \-----Susanna Margaretha (DeLONG)
 /-----David Jr DELONG
|         \-----Barbara GERY
Tilghman DELONG
 \-----Catherine HAAS



Descendants of Tilghman DELONG
1. Tilghman DELONG m. Angelina FENSTERMACHER
m. Angelina FENSTERMACHER father: Reuben FENSTERMACHER mother: Mary Polly MENSCH

2nd generation

3. Irwin David DELONG m. Katharine H DREY
m. Katharine H DREY father: George L DREY mother: Katharine FISHER
4. Ellwood F DELONG m. Minnie CHRIST
m. Minnie CHRIST
7. Victor Wilson DELONG m. Laura FISHER
m. Laura FISHER