Penelope Lightfoot

William Lightfoot
(1745-1790)

Sarah S. Stewart
(1745-Abt 1792)

Adam Gaedel Schmidt
(Abt 1743-After 1810)

Catherina Salome Dubs
(1752-Abt 1805)

William Lightfoot
(1771-1843)

Esther Schmidt
(1783-1835)

Penelope Lightfoot
(1804-Between 1842/1850)

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. George Keller Gantz

Penelope Lightfoot ⁴ ⁵ ⁶

Born: 9 August 1804, Codorus Township, York, PA ¹ ⁶ ⁷
Marriage (1): George Keller Gantz on 13 April 1824 in Shrewsbury, PA ¹ ² ³
Died: Between 1842 and 1850, North Woodbury, OH ⁷

bullet Other names for Penelope were Perneleper Lightfoot ¹ ⁷ ⁸ and Perneloper Lightfoot.² ⁶

bullet General Notes:

Raised by and indentured to John and Margaret Garberich (Gerberich) in York, Pennsylvania beginning in 1809 and for a period of 12 years and 11 months.
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I did add George Keller Gantz and Perneloper to the Find-A-Grave web site and had someone fill my photo request for George. They couldn't find a headstone for Perneloper, and from what Keith (Dull) said he couldn't either. I guess the church who managed the cemetery turned it over to the county, and from what the local that filled my photo request said, the cemetery records got 'lost' around the time they turned it over to the county.

Thanks again,
Jason Gibson
(May 2012)
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bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate death information of 1842 and North Woodbury, OH. ⁸

Penelope married George Keller Gantz on 13 April 1824 in Shrewsbury, PA.¹ ² ⁷ (George Keller Gantz was born on 12 August 1791 in Codorus Township, York, PA,² ⁵ ⁹ ¹⁰ died on 11 September 1858 in North Woodbury, OH ² ⁵ ¹⁰ and was buried after 11 September 1858 in North Woodbury, OH ¹⁰.)

bullet Marriage Notes:

E-mail from Keith A. Dull:
George and Perneleper were married in York County in 1824. Probably in Shrewsbury Township where Perneleper was living with John and Margaret Gerberich. For the first few years, they lived near Brodbecks, and then bought a farm at York. They remained there for a few more years before moving to North Woodbury, Ohio (Morrow, Perry Township). They had several children: Leah, Carl, John Lightfoot (my ancestor), Hannah, Margaret, George, and Cassie. Perneleper died in North Woodbury between 1840 and 1850, and George died there in 1858. It would appear that Perneleper did not have much to do with her family after being indentured.
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Moved from York County, Pennsylvania to Morrow County, Ohio in 1837
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2 Cynthia C. Turk, World Family Tree Vol. 008, Ed. 1, Tree #2982, CD-ROM Database (Novato, California: Brøderbund Software, Inc, January 12, 1997).

3 Keith A. Dull, Ashland, Ohio [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian L. Lightfoot, e-mail, Jul 2001; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA; Extensive E-mail messages beginning in July 2001 regarding the entire line of Lightfoot families especially Perneleper Lightfoot and the Gantz family.

4 Ohio Department of Health, death certificate 67963 (23 Dec 1914, Marion County, Ohio), Cassie Ann Rinehart; digital image, FamilySearch.org, (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1307272 : accessed 23 Nov 2009).

5 Margaret Lindal Sprinkle Sopp, "Margaret's Genealogy Collection," database and images, Family Tree Maker User's Pages (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/p/Margaret-L-Sopp/index.html).

6 Richard D. Lightfoot, "Descendants of Daniel Lighfoot," supplied 2013 by Lightfoot, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Plymouth, IN.

7 Keith A. Dull, Ashland, Ohio [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian L. Lightfoot, e-mail, Jul 2001; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA.

8 Shirley Walter (GEDCOM file received March 2004 for Solomon Lightfoot and descendants.).

9 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Perry Township, Morrow County, Ohio, p. 428A (stamped), dwelling 1090, family 1100, George Keller Gantz; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Sep 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 716.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 14 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86709298.

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