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: John William HARPSTER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 21 Jul 1910 b
  • Death: Jan 1973 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William Franklin HARPSTER Birth: 18 Oct 1877 in Pennsylvania Death: Jul 1972 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Elva J ROOP Birth: 28 Apr 1885 in Pennsylvania Death: Jul 1972 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
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],
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]
Research Notes:
graduated from Pitt with Doctor Degree and Fellowship [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p14]

taught history [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p14]

compiled and edited "Pen Pictures of Early Western Pa" [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p14]



Pedigree of John William HARPSTER
                                                                /-----George Frederick HERBSTER
                                                       /-----Georg David HERBSTER
                                                      |         \-----Anna Christina WEICK
                                              /-----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
John William HARPSTER
 \-----Elva J ROOP



Descendants of John William HARPSTER
1. John William HARPSTER