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: William Franklin HARPSTER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 18 Oct 1877 in Pennsylvania b
  • Death: Jul 1972 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Joseph Sellers HARPSTER Birth: 6 May 1843 in Stormstown, Half Moon Twp, Centre Co, Pennsylvania Death: 2 Mar 1914
    • Mother:
  • Sarah Mary WILLIAMS Birth: Sep 1843 in Pennsylvania Death: 1924

Family:
Marriage:
  • Elva J ROOP on 1909 .m1
  • Elva J ROOP Birth: 28 Apr 1885 in Pennsylvania Death: Jul 1972 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania
Children:
  1. John William HARPSTER Birth: 21 Jul 1910 Death: Jan 1973 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania

Bibliography
  1. Gates, Dick, Harpster family, private email 5/3/2007. Author address: gatesrh at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007].
  2. Harpster, John Orlando, Harpsters and their Habitat. St Petersburg, FL: author, 1956. Centre County PA Library P929.2Ha Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007, HarpsterJO HARPSTER p14],
place:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007],
parents:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007, HarpsterJO HARPSTER p14]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007],
place:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elva J ROOP
date:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007, HarpsterJO HARPSTER p14],
child:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007, HarpsterJO HARPSTER p14]
Research Notes:
taught school for seven and a half years in Centre and Clearfield Counties [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p14]

worked five years with Adams Express Co [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p14]

worked 38 years with H J Heinz Company of Pittsburgh [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p14]



Pedigree of William Franklin HARPSTER
                                                       /-----George Frederick HERBSTER
                                              /-----Georg David HERBSTER
                                             |        |         /-----Martin WEICK
                                             |         \-----Anna Christina WEICK
                                             |                  \-----Anna Christina HOSIN
                                     /-----Jacob Friedrich HERBSTER
                                    |         \-----Maria Sidonia BECKER
                            /-----Christoph HERBSTER
                           |         \-----Margaretha KRAUSS
                   /-----Samuel H HARPSTER
                  |         \-----Maria Elisabeth WERNER
          /-----John HARPSTER
         |        |         /-----Abraham BEAL
         |         \-----Elizabeth BEAL
 /-----Joseph Sellers HARPSTER
|        |         /-----(Unk) SELLERS
|         \-----Leah SELLERS
William Franklin HARPSTER
|                           /-----William WILLIAMS
|                  /-----Job WILLIAMS
|         /-----George WILLIAMS
 \-----Sarah Mary WILLIAMS
         |         /-----Henry BEAM
          \-----Mary Polly BEAM



Descendants of William Franklin HARPSTER
1. William Franklin HARPSTER m. Elva J ROOP
m. Elva J ROOP