FRETZ, Leah
1810 - 1902 (91 years)
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Name FRETZ, Leah Born 1 Oct 1810 Bedminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States 
Gender Female Census 1850 White Deer Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States Census 1860 Turbot Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Census 1870 Turbot Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States - Her husband, Abraham Angeny, was living with his son-in-law, Reuben L. Hatfield.
Census 1880 Turbot Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Residence 15 May 1880 Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States at the Shields home at 240 N. Third St. - She and daughter Mary Minerva went there after being burned out by the great Milton fire.
Census 1900 Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States Biography - BIOGRAPHY: Leah Fretz, born Oct. 1, 1810. Mrd. Abrabam Angeny, Oct. 21, 1828. They lived on the property known as Angeny's Mill, in Bedminster Twp., until the spring of 1848, when they moved to New Columbia, Union Co., Pa. In 1859 they moved to Milton, Northumberland Co., Pa., where Mr. Angeny perished in the great fire May 14, 1880, in his 78th year. Children: Anna, Barbara, Eva, Martin, Leah, Rachel,
Abbie, Katharine, Minerva.
Obituary - OBITUARY: ANGENY - Mrs. Leah Angeny, whose maiden name was Fretz, was one of a family of ten sisters who all lived to grow to womanhood and had homes and families of their own. The oldest of them lived to the age of over ninety-two years. Mrs. Angeny was next to the youngest of the sisters and outlived the others about twelve years.
She was the mother of eight daughters and one son. She leaves to survive her six daughters, thirty-nine grand children and forty-one great-grand children, who are living in nine different states of the Union, in Africa, India and Korea.
For the past eight years she has been a resident of Lewisburg, Pa., living with her son-in-law, William Shields. She was born in Bucks Co., of this State, on the first day of October, 1810, and closed her long life on the morning of January 25th, making her age 91 years, 3 months and 24 days. She was married October 21, 1828, to Abraham Angeny, with whom she lived more than fifty-one years. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1878. During the dreadful fire in Milton, May 14, 1880, her husband, Mr. Angeny, perished in the flames, being bewildered and losing his way after being directed to a way of escape when nearly surrounded by the fire. Within the last three years two of her daughters have celebrated their golden weddings, and they, with their husbands are still living. Very early in life she became a Christian and was identified with the Mennonite church, in her native county. After coming to Union Co., where she did not have the opportunity of a church of that denomination she united with the Lutheran church of Milton, and later that of Lewisburg. During the last months of her life she was a great sufferer, and often wished that she might be relieved and go to her rest. At the last the end came quietly and peacefully, and she is, without a doubt, enjoying the rest that remaineth to the people of God. Her burial took place on Monday afternoon - 27, in the Lower Cemetery at Milton.
Religion Mennonite, Lutheran _UID 4022898376D3EF4199BC52FA69EB4C678F79 Died 25 Jan 1902 Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States - Buried in Harmony Cemetery.
Buried Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Address:
Harmony CemeteryPerson ID I1191 Milton Families Last Modified 31 Jan 2015
Father FRETZ, Martin, b. 9 Aug 1764, Bedminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 26 Sep 1835, Hilltown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 71 years) Mother KRATZ, Anna, b. 11 Sep 1768, d. 24 Jun 1816 (Age 47 years) Family ID F363 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ANGENY, Abraham, b. 27 Oct 1802, Bedminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 14 May 1880, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 77 years) Married 21 Oct 1828 Bedminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States Children 1. ANGENY, Anna Elizabeth, b. 21 Dec 1829, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 13 Jan 1850, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 20 years)2. ANGENY, Barbara, b. 29 Aug 1831, Deep Run, Bedminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 16 Nov 1905, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States (Age 74 years)+ 3. ANGENY, Eva Fretz, b. 25 Oct 1833, Bedminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 5 Feb 1920, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 86 years)4. ANGENY, Martin Fretz, b. 27 Nov 1835, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 3 Oct 1865, Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 29 years)5. ANGENY, Leah, b. 9 Dec 1836, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 13 Jan 1866, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 29 years)+ 6. ANGENY, Rachel, b. 24 Feb 1840, Bedminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 9 Sep 1926, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 86 years)7. ANGENY, Abigail C., b. 26 Jun 1842, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 7 Mar 1917 (Age 74 years)8. ANGENY, Katherine, b. 18 Sep 1844, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 4 Aug 1926, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 81 years)9. ANGENY, Mary Minerva, b. 26 Jun 1852, New Columbia, Union, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 2 Feb 1942, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 89 years)Last Modified 21 Mar 2022 Family ID F361 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Martin and Leah Fretz Angeny lived on property known as Angeny's Mill, in Bedininster Twp. (Bucks Co., PA) until the spring of 1848, when they moved to Union Co., PA., and later (1859) to Milton, Northumberland Co., PA, where Abraham perished in the great fire of Milton in 1880, in his 78th year. He was a carpenter and cabinet-maker by trade, and he and Leah were Mennonites. Leah was the daughter of Martin Fretz, of Hilltown.
Source: A Brief History of Jacob Wismer, by Rev. A. J. Fretz, 1893, Mennonite Publishing Co., Elkhart, IN
- Martin and Leah Fretz Angeny lived on property known as Angeny's Mill, in Bedininster Twp. (Bucks Co., PA) until the spring of 1848, when they moved to Union Co., PA., and later (1859) to Milton, Northumberland Co., PA, where Abraham perished in the great fire of Milton in 1880, in his 78th year. He was a carpenter and cabinet-maker by trade, and he and Leah were Mennonites. Leah was the daughter of Martin Fretz, of Hilltown.
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Sources - [S7] Fretz Family History, Page 213.
- [S7] Fretz Family History, Page 213.