Our Roots

Our family history consists of many different branches that make up our roots. In my quest I have contacted and met many new cousins from various branches.

Our family names include: Clark, Miller, Hanson, Mendenhall, Mildenhall, Porter, Romberger (various spellings), Maris, Dixon, Palmer, Rataj, Matter, Motter, Dixon, Kreider, Stroude, Arnick, Walker, Burch, Carlin, Hurl (Hural), and the list goes on.

I am attempting to do a blog a day on different Family members. I will not be doing in any particular order but will make them as complete as possible.

As I add more I will try to add a link for parents, siblings, spouse and children to the bottom of that blog.

Who knows you may be related.

Jacky

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Jacob Sebastian Arnick 1859-1938

Jacob Sebastian Arnick
1 Oct 1859 – 4 Oct 1938
picture provided by Amy6, Harris Francis 5 Aungst, Edna May4 Chambers, Harriet "Hattie"3 , Jacob Sebastian2, Sebastian1 Arnick

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Second born son of Sebastian Arnick and his first wife Maria Antonia ‘Mary’.

Now Jacob was difficult to trace. In all my searching I kept coming back to Sebastian and Mary, however there was not a son named Jacob. Their son Sebastian had the same year of birth as Jacob. he showed in the 1860 and 1870 census but no records of a Sebastian Arnick after that and Jacob shows up on the 1880 but I could not find a Jacob prior to then. I was drawn back constantly to Sebastian and Mary as the parents of Jacob. I knew his middle initial was S  but not what that S stood for.  I went on my gut feeling that I had the correct parentage for Jacob.

Like his father before him he married three times.
1879 - Anna Walker   1859-1900
1908 - Suzan E Shultz 1887-1913
1916 - Violetta Nellis           -1917

And also like his father he had children with 2 of his wives Anna mother of 7 daughters who we descend through and Suzan the mother of Ruth who unfortunately died in infancy.

From what I have learned Jacob was a carpet-weaver then a driver/teamster. We descend through his second born daughter Frances.
His daughters with Anna: Harriet, Frances, Ella, Margaret, Rachel, Alma and Edith.
Jacob Arnick with 2 of his granddaughters Edna and Ethyl Chambers children of Harriet about 1913



Jacob, son in law Thomas Chambers. Grandson in law Amos Aungst and great grandson Allen Aungst in 1931



























 all above pictures courtesy of Amy6, and Harris Francis 5 Aungst, Edna May4 Chambers, Harriet "Hattie"3 , Jacob Sebastian2, Sebastian1 Arnick

 I recently met with Harriet's grandson Harris and his children. The information and pictures they shared confirmed all my findings.
Edna's notes 1990
Edna daughter of Harriet his first born started to do some research. The above confirms that the S is for Sebastian. I learned that Jacob means second son so his name at birth is actually Sebastian. I believe he may have been baptized at St Anns where his mother and siblings Johann and Hanna are buried. They also shared many family pictures and the picture of Jacobs father Sebastian that is on another blog.

These links lead to more Information:



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