Leisey Family Database


Family and genealogical information concerning the descendants of Joseph Leisey, who came to the U.S. from Germany circa 1770.

Helen FOSNIGHT

[1362]

ABT 1917 - ____

Father: John FOSNIGHT
Mother: Irene LEISY


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 _John FOSNIGHT ______|
| (.... - 1920)       |
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|                     |_____________________|
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|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
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|--Helen FOSNIGHT 
|  (1917 - ....)
|                                            _Jonathan LEISY _____+
|                                           | (1820 - 1909) m 1846
|                      _David LEISY ________|
|                     | (1861 - 1958)       |
|                     |                     |_Mary ROHRER ________+
|                     |                       (1827 - 1901) m 1846
|_Irene LEISY ________|
  (1897 - ....)       |
                      |                      _Samuel LOWER _______
                      |                     | (1811 - ....)       
                      |_Clara LOWER ________|
                        (1861 - 1899)       |
                                            |_Catharine UNKNOWN __
                                              (1832 - ....)       

INDEX OF PERSONS

Found her on the 1920 Sugar Creek, Wayne, Ohio census (dist 211 img 9) age 3, living with her widowed mother in the household of Henry and Rose Leisy.

Found her on the 1930 Dalton, Wayne, Ohio census (dist 30 img 8) as Helen Fosnight age 13. She is a step-daughter in the household of Martin and Irene Tyrrell.

[Source 60]

Database updated on 2/5/2021 1:03:01 PM Pacific Standard Time


Edward H. LEISEY

Father: Clark E. LEISEY
Mother: Catherine I. HARDT

Family 1 :
  1.  Lorie L. LEISEY
  2.  William C. LEISEY
  3.  Edward H. LEISEY
  4.  Herman R. LEISEY

                                                      _Benjamin Harrison LEISEY _+
                                                     | (1863 - ....) m 1882      
                       _Benjamin Harrison LEISEY Jr._|
                      | (1888 - ....) m 1910         |
                      |                              |_Sarah C. _________________
                      |                                (1863 - ....) m 1882      
 _Clark E. LEISEY ____|
| (1926 - 2004) m 1950|
|                     |                               ___________________________
|                     |                              |                           
|                     |_Iva A. ______________________|
|                       (1903 - ....) m 1910         |
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|--Edward H. LEISEY 
|  (1952 - 2006)
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|_Catherine I. HARDT _|
   m 1950             |
                      |                               ___________________________
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                      |______________________________|
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INDEX OF PERSONS

He was a graduate of Tulpehocken High School. He was employed by Burkhart Refractories, Bethel. He died when his pickup truck collided head-on with a sport utility vehicle on Route 501 just south of Church Road in Bethel Township. - Obit

Database updated on 2/5/2021 1:03:01 PM Pacific Standard Time


Amanda NAGEL

[202]

11 Jun 1856 - 8 Nov 1946

Father: David NAGEL
Mother: Sarah UNKNOWN

Family 1 : George E. LEISEY
  1.  Thomas Jacob LEISEY
  2. +Susan LEISEY
  3. +Elizabeth LEISEY
  4.  Amos Martin LEISEY
  5. +Elias Evan LEISEY
  6. +Alvin Lewis LEISEY
  7.  Robert Elmer LEISEY

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                       _Joseph NAGEL _______|
                      | (1799 - ....)       |
                      |                     |_Elizabeth UNKNOWN __
                      |                       (1766 - ....)       
 _David NAGEL ________|
| (1834 - ....)       |
|                     |                      _____________________
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|                     |_Susana UNKNOWN _____|
|                       (1802 - ....)       |
|                                           |_____________________
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|--Amanda NAGEL 
|  (1856 - 1946)
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|_Sarah UNKNOWN ______|
  (1834 - ....)       |
                      |                      _____________________
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                      |_____________________|
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INDEX OF PERSONS

She grew up following the Mennonite Religion, but became a Reformed Lutheran when she married George Leisey.

Found her on the 1860 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (img 40) as Manda Nagel age 3.

Found her on the 1870 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (img 42) as Amanda Nagel age 12.

Found her on the 1900 Clay, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (dist 4 img 33) as Amanda Leisey age 43.

Found her on the 1910 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (dist 12 img 1) age 54.

Found her on the 1920 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (dist 137 img 17) age 63.

Found her on the 1930 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (dist 122 img 17) age 73.

Found her on the 1940 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (dist 36-154 img 15) as Amanda Leisey age 84, widow. Her son Thomas Leisey age 61 and grandson Clayton Weiders age 37 are living with her.

[Source 51] [Source 152] [Source 9]

Database updated on 2/5/2021 1:03:01 PM Pacific Standard Time


Dawson SMITH

____ - ____

Father: Jesse SMITH
Mother: Wendy Sue KAECHELE


                                                 _________________________
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                      |                         |_________________________
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 _Jesse SMITH ________|
|                     |
|                     |                          _________________________
|                     |                         |                         
|                     |_________________________|
|                                               |
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|--Dawson SMITH 
|  
|                                                _________________________
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|                      _Richard Glenn KAECHELE _|
|                     |  m 1979                 |
|                     |                         |_________________________
|                     |                                                   
|_Wendy Sue KAECHELE _|
                      |
                      |                          _Richard Irvin AMMON Sr._+
                      |                         | (1920 - 2005)           
                      |_Pamela Jean AMMON ______|
                         m 1979                 |
                                                |_Fern Elizabeth LEISEY __+
                                                  (1920 - 2006)           

INDEX OF PERSONS

[Source 251]

Database updated on 2/5/2021 1:03:01 PM Pacific Standard Time


Clayton L. WEIDERS

[254]

17 Jul 1902 - Aug 1982

Father: Harry Zellers WEIDERS
Mother: Elizabeth LEISEY


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 _Harry Zellers WEIDERS _|
| (1881 - ....) m 1902   |
|                        |                      _____________________
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|                        |_____________________|
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|                                              |_____________________
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|--Clayton L. WEIDERS 
|  (1902 - 1982)
|                                               _Amos LEISY _________+
|                                              | (1821 - 1890)       
|                         _George E. LEISEY ___|
|                        | (1857 - 1930) m 1879|
|                        |                     |_Elizabeth GRANT ____+
|                        |                       (1826 - 1900)       
|_Elizabeth LEISEY ______|
  (1883 - 1916) m 1902   |
                         |                      _David NAGEL ________+
                         |                     | (1834 - ....)       
                         |_Amanda NAGEL _______|
                           (1856 - 1946) m 1879|
                                               |_Sarah UNKNOWN ______
                                                 (1834 - ....)       

INDEX OF PERSONS

He had resided in Reading since 1946 after spending his early years in Reinholds. He had been a loom fixer for the Narrow Fabric Co., Reading, for 27 years, retiring in 1967. He was a former assistant chief of the Reinholds Fire Company, of which he was a life member. - Obituary

Found him on the 1910 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (dist 12 img 1) age 7.

Found him on the 1920 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (dist 137 img 17) as Clayton Whiter, age 17, living with his grandparents George and Amanda Leisey.

Found him on the 1930 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (dist 122 img 17) as Clayton Widers, age 26, living with his grandparents George and Amanda Leisey.

Found him on the 1940 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania census (dist 36-154 img 15) as Clayton Weiders age 37, single. Shaper, hat factory. He is living with his widowed grandmother Amanda Leisey age 84.

[Source 11] [Source 11]

Database updated on 2/5/2021 1:03:01 PM Pacific Standard Time