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: Alexander HARPSTER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 28 Aug 1834 in Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 7 Jan 1902 in Benore, Centre Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • David HARPSTER Birth: 1794 in Pennsylvania Death: 4 Sep 1866 in Ferguson, Centre Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Susan BOTTORF Birth: 1790 in Berks Co, Pennsylvania Death: 31 Dec 1872

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Lavina Jane HARPSTER Birth: 1866
  2. Mary Clara HARPSTER Birth: 1867
  3. Edward S HARPSTER Birth: 1870 Death: 1957
  4. Annabelle HARPSTER Birth: 1872 Death: 1898
  5. Bertha HARPSTER Birth: 1875
  6. Laura Ellen HARPSTER Birth: 1878

Bibliography
  1. Centre Co PA Public Library, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Spangler Collection. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CentreCoLib Spangler [0-9]*].
  2. 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].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007]
27 Aug 1834 [Ref: CentreCoLib Spangler 57-93],
place:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007],
parents:
[Ref: CentreCoLib Spangler 57-93, CentreCoLib Spangler 8-46, Dick Gates 5/3/2007]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CentreCoLib Spangler 57-93, Dick Gates 5/3/2007],
place:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth Anna GATES
names:
Alexander HARPSTER & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: CentreCoLib Spangler 57-93],
child:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007]
Research Notes:
executor of father's estate [Ref: CentreCoLib Spangler 8-48]

1901: living at Benner Twp, near Bellefonte, PA [Ref: CentreCoLib Spangler 8-51]



Pedigree of Alexander 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
 /-----David HARPSTER
|         \-----Maria Elisabeth WERNER
Alexander HARPSTER
|                  /-----John Adam BOTTORD
|         /-----John George BOTTORF
 \-----Susan BOTTORF
         |         /-----Henry HOLZMAN
          \-----Dorothy HOLZMAN



Descendants of Alexander HARPSTER
1. Alexander HARPSTER m. Elizabeth Anna GATES
m. Elizabeth Anna GATES

2nd generation

4. Edward S HARPSTER m. Mary J (HARPSTER)
m. Mary J (HARPSTER)

3rd generation

11. Clark HARPSTER m. Harriet M (HARPSTER)
m. Harriet M (HARPSTER)