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William Pancake was born near Harrisburg in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania to Johann George Pfannekuchen and his wife Anna. He was the oldest of seven children born to his parents. His father changed his name to George Pancake and went by that surname from the late 1700s forward. Direct ancestor William was always known by the […]
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It was the obituary for our ancestor William Pancake in 1867 that told us where he was buried. The first Methodist Church in Jefferson Township was built on this spot in Warsaw, Ohio. Our ancestors were among the founding members of the church. Soon, a graveyard was plotted and grew up around the church. By […]
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Maria Wilmott Gallagher was born in Ohio in 1839. In 1856, at the age of seventeen, she married William Crawford Pancake. He was the youngest child of William and Mary Crawford Pancake. Maria and William became the parents of four children. Three daughters lived to adulthood but one son, Oliver, died before his second birthday. […]
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Mary Lucinda Pancake was born in Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio to William Pancake (Junior) and Maria Wilmot Gallagher. She was the second child of four born to her parents. Mary Lucinda and both sisters lived to adulthood while a younger brother Oliver died as a young child. Mary’s family lived in the same vicinity […]
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Rosella Ann Pancake was born in Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio to William and Maria Gallagher Pancake. She was the oldest child and daughter. She had two sisters, Mary Lucinda and Cora. Her little brother Oliver died at the age of two. He was the third child and only son of her parents. In 1865, […]