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Name: Jacob DOHNER
Sex: M
Birth: 23 Apr 1759 in Lebanon Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^b
Death: 17 May 1845 ^d

Parents:

Father:
John Sr DOWNER Birth: 1726 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1803 in Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania

Mother:

Anna LANDIS Birth: 1734 Death: 1791

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth BOSSLER .^m1
Elizabeth BOSSLER Birth: 1755 Death: Abt 1828

Children:

Anna DOHNER
Joseph DOHNER Birth: 15 Aug 1783 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 10 Apr 1825 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Maria DOHNER
John DOHNER Birth: 14 Apr 1787 Death: 8 Dec 1866
Barbara DOHNER
Samuel DOHNER
Christian DOHNER Birth: 29 Oct 1801 Death: 15 Dec 1867

Bibliography

Best, Jane Evans, The Groff Book, Volume 2, A Continuing Saga, Ronks, PA: Groff History Assiciates, 1997. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best GROFF p[0-9]*].
Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol III. Provo, UT: author, 1999. NYPL APK 01-2370v3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p[0-9]*].
Dohner, Dudley, Dohner Family Cemeteries, in Dohner Family Newsletter, Feb 1986. LDS Fiche#6055123. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dohner FamCemeteries2].
Dohner, Harry H., The Dohners of America: History and Genealogical Record, Cour D'Alene, Idaho: Mrs. Ruth Rodkey Barnard, 1984?. LDS Film#1033987#18. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/235364. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER [pP][0-9]*].
Groff, Clyde L, Walter B Groff, Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, Ronks, PA: Groff History Associates, 1985. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p[0-9]*].
Meyer, James, Dohner family, private email 2/22/2008. Author address: james underscore w underscore meyer at msn dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: James Meyer 2/22/2008].
Landis, Ira D, The Earliest Doner Family in America, in Mennonite Research Journal, vol 18 no 2, April 1977. NYPL ISD (Lancaster Co) 75-1114. Available (for purchase) at https://www.lmhs.org/research/lmhs-publications/research-journal/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Landis EarliestDoner p[0-9]*].
Slabaugh, John M, Henry Landis of Warwick and Manheim Townships, Lancaster Co, PA. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, vol 7 no 4, Oct 1984. NYPL APR (PA) 82-1017. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Slabaugh LANDIS p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Best GROFF p90, Davis Emigrants v3p324, GroffCL GROFF p51, Landis EarliestDoner p14]; 1759 [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p36, Slabaugh LANDIS p22],
place:: [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p39],
parents:: [Ref: Best GROFF p90, Davis Emigrants v3p324, DohnerHH DOHNER p36, DohnerHH DOHNER p39, GroffCL GROFF p51, Landis EarliestDoner p14, Slabaugh LANDIS p22]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p324, Landis EarliestDoner p14]; 1845 [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p36, Slabaugh LANDIS p22]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

date:: 7 May 1845 [Ref: Best GROFF p90, GroffCL GROFF p51]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth BOSSLER

names:: [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p324, DohnerHH DOHNER p36, Landis EarliestDoner p14, Slabaugh LANDIS p22],
child:: [Ref: Best GROFF p90, DohnerHH DOHNER p39, GroffCL GROFF p51]

Research Notes:
Bishop Jacob [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p39, Landis EarliestDoner p14]

Mennonite Bishop [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p324]

Jacob went to Canada, returned and became a Menonite Bishop [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p40]

Pedigree of Jacob DOHNER
                                              /-----Michael DANNER
                                     /-----Jacob DANNER
                                    |         \-----Madleni ZAUGG
                            /-----Christian TANNER
                           |         \-----Anna GIESSBUHLER
                   /-----Hans DANNER
                  |         \-----Elsbeth FISCHER
          /-----Michael DOWNER
         |         \-----Anna (DANNER)
/-----John Sr DOWNER
|         \-----Magdalena (DOWNER)
Jacob DOHNER
|                                                      /-----Hans LANDIS
|                                             /-----Hans LANDIS
|                                            |         \-----Katharine SCHINZ
|                                    /-----Hans LANDIS
|                                   |         \-----Barbara HOCHSTRASSER
|                           /-----Hans Heinrich LANDIS
|                          |        |         /-----Uli ERTZINGER
|                          |         \-----Elsbeth ERTZINGER
|                  /-----Hans LANDIS
|                 |         \-----Barbara BUELER
|         /-----Henry LANDIS
|        |         \-----Anna GOOD
\-----Anna LANDIS
         |                                    /-----Hans GRAF
         |                           /-----Jakob GRAF
         |                          |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
         |                  /-----Marx GRAF
         |                 |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
         |                 |         \-----Anna SPORRI
         |         /-----Hans GROFF
          \-----Veronica GROFF
                  |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
                  |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
                  |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
                  |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
                   \-----Susanna KENDIG
                           |         /-----Martin MEILI
                            \-----Elsbeth MEILI
                                     \-----Barbara BAR

Descendants of Jacob DOHNER

1. Jacob DOHNER m. Elizabeth BOSSLER

m. Elizabeth BOSSLER father: Henry BOSSLER mother: Margaret Marie BICKEL

2 Anna DOHNER

3+ Joseph DOHNER m. Nancy MOYER

4 Maria DOHNER

5 John DOHNER m. Catherine SMITH

6 Barbara DOHNER

7 Samuel DOHNER

8 Christian DOHNER

2nd generation

3. Joseph DOHNER m. Nancy MOYER

m. Nancy MOYER