Magdalena Wertz was born 6 February 1822, probably in Holmes County, Ohio; daughter of Andrew Wertz and Magdalena Berkey; granddaughter of John Cunrad and Mary Wertz; great granddaughter of Hans Jacob and Anna Barbara Hoff Wurtz.
Andrew Wertz was born 2 May 1774 in Quincy twp., Franklin County, PA; married about 1801, probably in Franklin Co., PA to Magdalena Berkey, born 1 January 1779 in Franklin Co., PA.
We believe that Andrew and Magdalena Wertz moved to Ohio very early in their marriage, probably before 1810, and that most if not all of their children were born in Holmes County, Ohio.
They are listed on the 1830 Census in Holmes County, but were probably there much earlier.
They had twelve children, and Magdalena was their eleventh child and youngest daughter.
Magdalena Wertz married on 25 January 1842 in Holmes County, Ohio to Jacob Hoselton, Hasselton, or Hostleton. Their first two children, Cynthia "Syrila" and John, were born in Ohio. Then between 1844 and 1849 this family moved to Scott County, Iowa were the rest of their thirteen children were born. Jacob is listed as a farmer on the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 Census records.
In 1880, his father, Christian Hoselton, is listed in their household. These records read as follows:
1850 Census, District #4, Scott County, Iowa; page 215; dwelling #669, family #707:
"Jacob Hasselton, age 33, male, farmer, born MD, $320 Real Estate
Magdaline, age 29, female, born Ohio
Syrila, age 8, female, born Ohio
John H., age 6, male, born Ohio
Geo. S., age 1, male, born Iowa."
1860 Census, Winfield Twp., Scott County, Iowa; page 11; dwelling #68, family #67:
"Jacob Haselton, age 40, male, farmer, born MD, $300 Real Estate
Magdaline, age 37, female, born Ohio
Savilla J., age 18, female, born Ohio
John H., age 15, male, born Ohio
Minerva, age 9, female, born Iowa
Hulaah, age 7, female, born Iowa
James M., age 5, male, born Iowa
Sarah M., age 5, female, born Iowa
Laura, age 1, female, born Iowa
Daniel Wertz, age 22, male, born Ohio, farm laborer." (=b.a.1838; this appears to be the Daniel Wertz, born 6 Dec. 1837, son of Jacob and Catharina Wertz; a nephew of Magdaline.)
1870 Census Lincoln twp., Scott Co., Iowa; page 455; dwelling #168, family #166:
"Jacob Hosselton, age 55, male, born MD, farmer, $10,000 Real Estate, $1450 Personal
Magdalina, age 48, female, born Ohio
Minerva, age 19, female, born Iowa
Elizabeth, age 17, female, born Iowa (Hulda)
James, age 15, male, born Iowa
Sarah, age 13, female, born Iowa
Francise, age 11, female, born Iowa (Laura)
Marilla, age 5, female, born Iowa (Ophelia)
Cora, age 3, female, born Iowa."
1880 Census, Lincoln twp., Scott Co., Iowa; page 319: household #84, family #80:
"Jacob Hoselton, age 61, farmer, born MD
Magdalena, age 57, wife, born Ohio
Sarah, age 20, daughter, born Iowa
Laura, age 17, daughter, born Iowa
Opelia, age 15, daughter, born Iowa
Cora Mary, age 13, daughter, born Iowa
Christian, father, born MD
William Alison, age 52, laborer, born VA
James Book, age 37, laborer, born IL."
1900 Census, Lincoln twp., Scott Co., Iowa; page 213; household and family #6:
Magdalena Hosselton, age 78, born Feb. 1882, Ohio, widowed, mother of 13, 9 living.
Sarah M. Hosselton, age 50, born Nov. 1849, Iowa, single.
Opelia Steffe, age 35, born Sept. 1864, Iowa, widowed
Hazel Steffe, age 7, born June 1892, Iowa, single
Daniel Wertz, age 62, born Dec. 1837, Ohio, single (nephew)
John A. Rohlf, born Dec. 1869, Iowa, single."
Daughter Hulda Elizabeth Hostleton, was born 15 March 1853 near Davenport, in Scott County, Iowa; died 11 April 1931, aged 78 years, 26 days, at her home southeast of Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa. She married 4 September 1873, probably in Scott County, Iowa to William M. Snyder, and they had six children, all pictured below with their parents. A BIG "thank you" to Jeanette Cline for sharing these family photos with us.
Left to right in the back row they are; Myra M. Snyder Mitten, b.1875; William Loyd Snyder, b. 1877; Lola Alberta Snyder Dent, b. 1881; Olive Elizabeth Snyder Green, b. 1874.
In the front row: the father, William Snyder, 1849-1924; Hazel Fern Snyder Davis, b.1889; the mother, Hulda Elizabeth Hoselton Snyder, 1853-1931; and John Jacob "Bud" Snyder, b.1883.
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