104–105.  William Stuller was born in Pennsylvania in—say—1790, and died in 1849. Catherine _____ was born in Maryland in—say—1795. They were married probably in Pennsylvania. She took the name Catherine Stuller. An unknown number of children were born, but included:

i. Isaac Stuller [#52]: He was born in Pennsylvania on April 7, 1818, and died in Casco Township, Allegan County, Michigan, on April 5, 1872.

The existence of William and Catherine Stuller as the parents of Isaac comes from Isaac's death record in Allegan County, Michigan, Death Records, vol. 1, p.66.

For Isaac to have been born in 1818, his mother, Catherine, would have been born in the very early 1800s at the latest. However, the Catherine who keeps appearing in records was born in 1809–10. There are either two Catherines or errors in the data; both are entirely possible.

In May, 2003, Doug Frantz provided the following census information.

1820 Census for Columbiana Co., Ohio
Centerville and Washington Twp., Nat. Archives roll M33-91, p.39
William
Stuller #1
Males (ages) Females (ages)
 0 
 9 
10
15
16
18
16
25
26
45
46
 0 
 9 
10
15
16
25
26
45
46
4--1 21 - 1-
1820 Census for Gallia Co., Ohio
Green Twp., Nat. Archives roll M33-91, p.45
#2 1--1-- 41 ---
  ¹This is the same person.
In each of these families, since there are one or more males under age 10, it is possible that one child was Isaac. The structure of family #2 is unusual: 5 children under 10, one female between 10 and 16, and one male between 16 and 26. Perhaps the young mother died and a female relative was sent over to help with the children.


The following family headed by William and Catherine Stuller is included here for completeness but is probably not the William and Catherine Stuller who are the subjects of this page and the parents of Isaac. In the following family, William born in 1804-5 and Catherine in 1809-10; this is much too late to be the parents of a son born in 1818.

Information from Doug Frantz in June, 2000, gives: Records of the Baust Lutheran and Reformed Church in Tyrone, Carroll County, Maryland, include two baptisms of children of a William and Catherine Stuller

  1. Ellen Rachael; born April 22, 1832; baptized June 10, 1832
  2. Emily Jane; born March 19, 1837; baptized May 14, 1837
Note that Ulrich Stuller [Sr.] (1726–1814) belonged to this same church. Also note that the age of Emily is consistent with the following census record. [Tyrone is the area near the intersection of MD 832, Taneytown Road, and MD 84, Baust Church Road.]

For the following, note that Carroll County was formed in 1833 from parts of Columbiana, Stark, Harrison, Jefferson, and Tuscarawas Counties. Therefore, if the Stuller family was in Jefferson County before 1833, they could be in Carroll afterward without having moved.

1850 Census, Carroll Co., Ohio
Washington Township, p. 113B
NameAge Occup."Land""Cash" Born
Catherine Stuller 40   Md.
    Emily 13   Md.
    Joseph 11   Ohio
    Mary 9   Ohio
    Amy 6   Ohio
If the above census record is the wife and family of "our" William Stuller, then Catherine was only 7 or 8 when Isaac was born; this is a problem, as noted above. Note that it states that Catherine was born in Maryland while Isaac's death record states that his mother, Catherine, was born in Pennsylvania.

Janet Van Dusen provided the following in June, 2000. Catherine Stuller, wife of William, died May 8, 1872, age 62, was buried in Harsh-Swamp Cemetery, Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio. Her age and location are consistent with the census record, above. Also, William Stuller died on _____ __, 1849, age 42 [stone unreadable], in the Stoller [sic] Cemetery, Washington Township, Carroll County, located on the farm owned (in 1990) by Paul E. Bregenzer, 1152 Brussels Road NE (CR-44). The cemetery is in a remote area about halfway between the farm buildings and the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company. The only stone found was leaning against a tree. It was censused on May 6, 1990, by Robert and Bernice Reid McClester. This death date and age are compatible with the family in the above census record. However, there is still nothing to tie this William and Catherine to Isaac except the names themselves.

Other Stuller census records for Carroll County, Ohio:

The follow list of marriages in Jefferson and surrounding counties are potential children of William and Catherine.

Some Ohio Stuller Marriages 1825–1848
provided by Steve Van Dyke
Stuller     Spouse Date     County
Eve¹Mirice, George Apr 18, 1825Stark
CatharineCroferd, Henry Mar 4, 1832Columbiana
David¹Daily, Jane Jul 4, 1833Carroll
Henry¹Ashbrooke, Nancy Apr 23, 1835Carroll
MaryHamodinger, John Mar 24, 1836Carroll
James¹Harmadinger, Catharine Aug 31, 1838Carroll
Isaac¹Jarvis, Elizabeth Nov 19, 1840Jefferson
Lorenzo¹Handle, Rachel Feit Aug 26, 1841Carroll
Christopher¹Stidger, Sarah Ann Aug 29, 1848Jefferson
  ¹ Agrees completely with Family Search web site; no additional information available.

The following table are immigrants with names similar to "Stuller" (none were found spelled exactly "Stuller") from A Collection of Upward of 30,000 Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French, and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727–1776; extracted by Jeanette (Stuller) Pearson. (Provided by Doug Frantz.)
NamePageDateDetails
Staller, Nicolas 81 1732 Sep 26 Palatines imported in the ship Mary of London, John Gray, Master, from Rotterdam, last of Cowes², 69 males over 16, 122 women and children, 183 in all.
Stoler, Bastian¹ 102 1736 Sep 16 Palatines with their families, in all, 330, imported in the ship Princess Augusta, Samuel Merchant, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes²
Stohler, George, Sr.
Stohler, George, Jr.
117 1738 Sep 9 Palatines, in all, 349, imported in the ship Glasgow.
Stohler, Hans¹ 191 1749 Aug 30 Foreigners imported in ship Crown, Michael James, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes².
Stahler,
    Johan Adam¹
196 1749 Sep 9 Palatines, ship St. Andrew, James Abercrombie, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Plymouth, England.
Stoller, Ulrich 203 1749 Sep 15 550 foreigners from Zweibrucken, Nassau, Wurtemberg, and the Pfalz arrived on the ship Phoenix, Capt. John Mason, from Rotterdam, last of Cowes²
Stohler, Henirich 265 1751 Oct 4 Ship Queen of Denmark, George Parish, Commander, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes²
Staller, Nicklas 360 1764 Sep 26 260 passengers, ship Brittania, Thomas Arnot, Captain, from Rotterdam.
Stohler, Martin¹ 382 1767 Nov 10 Ship Sally Patrick Brown, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes²
 ¹ Signed his own name (others' names were signed by the clerk)
 ² Cowes is on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England


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