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  • Name: Andrew GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 18 Apr 1793 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 11 May 1877 in Canada d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John GROFF Birth: 1764 Death: 10 May 1813 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Magdalena MYER Birth: Abt 1774 Death: 23 Sep 1815

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Magdalena GROFF
  2. Mary Ann GROFF
  3. Catherine GROFF Birth: 1816 Death: 1818
  4. Isaac GROFF Birth: 1818 Death: 1850
  5. Susannah GROFF Birth: 1820 Death: 1887
  6. Nancy GROFF Birth: 1822
  7. Andrew GROFF Birth: 1825
  8. John GROFF Birth: 1827
  9. Abraham GROFF Birth: 1829
  10. Jacob GROFF Birth: 1834
  11. Leah GROFF Birth: 1839
  12. Elizabeth GROFF Birth: 1843 Death: 1843

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. Groff, Christian Franz, Hans Groff Chart, 1864. Paradise, PA: Samuel S Wenger, 1979. Available at Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart].
  3. 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]*].
  4. Landis, Ira D, Hans Groffs Aplenty, in Mennonite Research Journal, vol 14 no 3, July 1973. Continued in Oct 73, Jan 74, Apr 74. 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 HansGroffs 7[34][01][0-9]p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
1793 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38]
Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38, GroffCL GROFF p408, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
John GROFF & dau Hans MYER [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
1877 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna HUBER
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38],
names:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28],
child:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408]
Research Notes:
1822: moved to Canada [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p408]



Pedigree of Andrew GROFF
                                                       /-----Hans GRAF
                                              /-----Jakob GRAF
                                             |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                                     /-----Marx GRAF
                                    |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                                    |         \-----Anna SPORRI
                            /-----Hans GROFF
                   /-----Peter GROFF
                  |        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
                  |        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
                  |        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
                  |        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
                  |         \-----Susanna KENDIG
                  |                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
                  |                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
                  |                           \-----Barbara BAR
          /-----Andrew GROFF
         |         \-----Barbara (GROFF)
 /-----John GROFF
|         \-----Magdalena ROHRER
Andrew GROFF
|         /-----John MYER
 \-----Magdalena MYER
          \-----Agada (MYER)



Descendants of Andrew GROFF
1. Andrew GROFF m. Anna HUBER
m. Anna HUBER father: Samuel HUBER mother: Elizabeth REIST

2nd generation

5. Isaac GROFF m. Leah BRICKER
m. Leah BRICKER

3rd generation

17. Samuel GROFF m. Martha ROBERTSON
m. Martha ROBERTSON

4th generation

22. Emilie Jane GROFF m. David BROWN
m. David BROWN
24. Franklin Bricker GROFF m. Annie May COLE
m. Annie May COLE
27. Henry Karl GROFF m. Dorothy PATERSON
m. Dorothy PATERSON
28. Eleanor May GROFF m. Earle POPHAM
m. Earle POPHAM