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: Christian HERSHEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 16 Jan 1777 b
  • Death: 3 Aug 1853 in Lisbon, Linn Co, Iowa d
  • Burial: Lisbon, Linn Co, Iowa u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Abraham HERSHEY Birth: 1740 Death: 1811 in Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Elizabeth LANDIS Birth: 9 Oct 1743 Death: 12 Dec 1781

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary Katherine HERSHEY Birth: 3 Oct 1803 Death: 15 May 1877 in Lisbon, Linn Co, Iowa
  2. Abraham HERSHEY Birth: 1807 Death: 13 Jun 1864 in Carrolton, Louisiana
  3. Nancy HERSHEY Birth: 3 Dec 1808 Death: 3 Nov 1874
  4. Elizabeth HERSHEY Birth: 1812
  5. Esther HERSHEY Birth: 1815 Death: 4 Feb 1876

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, 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]*].
  3. Mason, Floyd R, Hershey Family Tree of Pennsylvania. Bridgewater, VA: author, 2002. NYPL APV (Hershey) 05-3375. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mason HERSHEY p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. Wenger, Samuel S, The Wenger Book, Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1978. NYPL APV (Wenger) 86-601. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p91, GroffCL GROFF p54, Mason HERSHEY p16, Slabaugh LANDIS p23],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p91, GroffCL GROFF p54, Mason HERSHEY p16, Slabaugh LANDIS p23, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p91, GroffCL GROFF p54, Mason HERSHEY p16, Slabaugh LANDIS p23],
place:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p16]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Slabaugh LANDIS p23]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth YORDY
names:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p16, Slabaugh LANDIS p23, WengerSS WENGER p1064],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p91, GroffCL GROFF p54, GroffCL GROFF p55, Mason HERSHEY p26]
Research Notes:
United Brethren minister, resided in Manheim Twp [Ref: Slabaugh LANDIS p23]



Pedigree of Christian HERSHEY
                                                       /-----Andrew HIRSHI
                                              /-----Andrew HIRSHI
                                             |         \-----Barbli SCHENK
                                     /-----Isaac HIRSHI
                                    |         \-----Christina DANNER
                            /-----Christian HERSHI
                           |         \-----Elisabeth SCHMIDT
                   /-----Christian HERSHEY
          /-----Christian HERSHEY
         |        |         /-----Daniel STAUFFER
         |         \-----Adelheid STAUFFER
 /-----Abraham HERSHEY
|        |         /-----Abraham EGLI
|         \-----Esther EGLI
Christian HERSHEY
|                                                      /-----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
 \-----Elizabeth 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 Christian HERSHEY
1. Christian HERSHEY m. Elizabeth YORDY
m. Elizabeth YORDY father: Christian YORDY mother: Barbara GINGRICH

2nd generation

2. Mary Katherine HERSHEY m1. John EBY m2. Michael HOOVER
m. John EBY
m. Michael HOOVER father: George HUBER mother: Susanna RYDER