Steinbach

Birth Name Steinbach
Gender male

Narrative

The parents of Margaret Steinbach are said to be Adam Steinbach and wife Mary Muntz (source: email from Eleanor Wicks, Jan 2012, citing the Kern family file at the York County Historical Society, which she examined in Nov 2011.) I don't know what the sources were for the Kern family file.

On the other hand Margaret named her second son Jacob Steinbach Kern, which might indicate that her father's name was Jacob.

Mary Ann (Kiel) Snider's Reminiscences said that Margaret Steinbach's mother 'died when she was nine and she had to raise a younger sister and a mere baby.' So this Adam Stanbogh household could be the right family with a father, 2 sons, and 2 daughters, in 1790.

1790 Codorus Twp, York Co., PA
Series M637, Roll 9, Page 385
Adam Stanbogh
1 male over 16
2 males under 16
2 females

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This could be him in 1800, maybe remarried, with a new son, and with Margaret having left the household. She married Joseph Kern on Sept 4, 1799:
1800 Codorus Twp, York Co., PA
Series: M32 Roll 44, page 1358

Adam Steinbach
2 males 10 to 16 1 female 10 to 16
1 male 45 or over 1 female 26 to 45

March 2014: I didn't find a will for an Adam Stambach before 1843 in the York County section of Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994, which is online at familysearch.org

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On the other hand, there is also a Jacob Stambogh household in Codorus Township in 1790 which could be Margaret's parents:
1790 Codorus Twp, York Co., PA
Series M637, Roll 9, Page 385

Jacob Stambogh
1 male over 16
4 males under 16
6 females

There is no Jacob Stambogh/Steinbach household in Cadorus Twp in 1800

Families

Family of Steinbach and

Married Wife ( b. d. ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Margaret SteinbachOctober 1779April 16, 1856

Pedigree

    1. Steinbach
        1. Margaret Steinbach