KAUFFMAN FAMILY HISTORY
From Switzerland 1754
I. Jacob Kauffman 1737 m. ?
Children of Jacob Kauffman:
II. 1. Christian Kauffman 1764-1831 m. ? King 1768
2. Barbara Kauffman
3. Jacob Kauffman
4. Henry Kauffman
5. David Kauffman
6. Daniel Kauffman
7. John Kauffman
III. Children of Christian Kauffman and King
1. Magdaline Kauffman m. David Hertzler
2. Jacob Kauffman
3. David K. Kauffman 1792-1884 m. Frances Yoder
4. Elizabeth Kauffman m. Christian Hertzler
5. Christian Kauffman m. Ann Hertzler
6. Samuel Kauffman m. Sarah Lapp
7. Nancy Kauffman m. Jacob Yoder
8. Frances Kauffman m. Christian Yoder
9. John Kauffman m. Barbara King
10. Barbara Kauffman
IV. Children of David K. Kauffman and Frances Yoder
1. Joseph U. (N?) Kauffman m. ? Yoder
1. John Y. Kauffman m Ida Christine
1. Jesse Kauffman
2. Levi E. Kauffman m. Sarah Snyder
1. Earl Snyder Kauffman m Carrie Emery
1. Levi Earl Kauffman Jr.
4. Donna Esther Kauffman
5. Ned Franklin Kauffman
2. Frank Kauffman m Rose Kimmel
3. Florence Blanche Kauffman
4. Rush Kauffman
2. Mattie Kauffman m. Jacob Hooley
1. David Hooley m. Phoebe Hertzler
1. Anna Hooley
2. Emma Hooley m Joseph Braden
3. Jacob B. Hooley
IV. 3. Christian Kauffman m. Mary Hooley
1. Katherine Kauffman m. Samuel E. Yoder
2. Frances Kauffman m. John R. Yoder
4. John H. Kauffman m. Mary Byler
5. Melinda Kauffman m. Johnathan W. Yoder
1. Allie May Yoder m. J. Oliver Yoder
7. David F. Kauffman
8. Emma Kauffman m. Samuel L. Warye
1. Maud Warye m. Harry G. Good
1. Dorothy Emma Good m. Wm K. Thomas
1. John Robert Thomas
2. Richard Gehman Thomas
3. Stephen Good Thomas
2. Alice Harriett Good m. Willard H. Willis
1. Anna Harriett Willis
2. Mary Vivian Willis
3. Jana Elinor Willis
3. Rachel Anna Good m. C. A. VanderWerf
1. Gretchen Anna VanderWerf
2. Klasine Anna VanderWerf
2. Edwin K. Warye m. Lola Jonson
1. Elaine Warye
2. Paul Jonson Warye
3. Samuel L. Warye
3. John H. Warye m. Nellie Yoder
1. Herbert Ben Warye
2. Wilda Marie Warye
3. Harriett Ann Warye
? Levi Kauffman
11. Christian L. Kauffman m. Magdalena Warye
1. Naomi Rebecca Kauffman
2. John LeRoy Kauffman
3. Chancy Joseph Kauffman
4. Edward Milton Kauffman
12. Selina Kauffman m. Smucker
1. Carrie Smucker m. B. R. McAlexander
9 children
2. Mary Ann Smucker m. Earl Vernon Kauffman
1. Jay Howard Kauffman
2. Wanda Kathleen Kauffman
3. Earl Ellsworth Kauffman
3. Merle Smucker
IV. 4. David Jefferson Kauffman 1824 – 1922 m. Mary Hooley 1825-1850
see separate sheet for descendants
5. Jonas Kauffman
6. Johnathan Kauffman – m. 1, m. 2 Gertrude Sharpe
1. David Andrew Kauffman
7. Solomon Kauffman
V. Children of David Jefferson Kauffman
m. Mary Hooley 1825-1850
Children:
1. Rufus Augustus Kauffman April 15, 1847- September 9, 1927
m. Hannah Casten April 8 1853-December 8, 1934
Children:
1. Mary Elva Kauffman June 12, 1881 – May 31, 1907
2. Clarence David Kauffman Oct 14, 1882 – Jan. 15, 1883
3. Harriett Rilla Kauffman Nov 17, 1883
4. Jessie Carolyn Kauffman May 16, 1885
m. Merrel H. Taylor, M.D. Dec 15, 1880
Children:
1. Merrel Arthur Taylor b July 6, 1913
m. Bette Lou Roberts
Children:
1. Ann Katherine Taylor
2. Alan Merrel Taylor
2. Phillip Kauffman Taylor April 29, 1916
m. Winifred Zoe Ketchmark
Children:
1. Steven Randall Taylor
(gave copy of family history to
Grand Lake Area Historical Society)
5. Alice Gladys Kauffman Jan 10, 1888 – May 25, 1895
6. Lila Hazel Kauffman Dec 21, 1890 – Nov 11, 1917
7. Arthur Saul Kauffman Oct 28, 1892 – Aug 15, 1893
2. Ezra Hartzler Kauffman (built Kauffman House in Grand Lake)
m. Clara Johnston
Children:
1. Mary Amanda Kauffman m. Ralph E. Dawson
2. Henry Carlton Kauffman
m. Belle Stowell
Children:
1. Ruth Muriel Kauffman
m. Ira Myers
Children:
1. Richard Lawrence Myers
2. Elaine Myers
m. McLaren
2. Rosemary Kauffman m. David Emerson Wilkin
3. Margaret Kauffman
m. Albert Stone
Children:
1. Gordon Hartzler Stone
V. Children of David Jefferson Kauffman
2nd m. Elizabeth Yoder
Children:
3. Mary M. Kauffman m. Wm Jordan
4. Emma R. Kauffman m. John Lemon
1. John Lemon
2. Dora Lemon m. Lee R. Dice (3 children)
3. Winfred Lemon
4. Gladys Lemon m. Virgil Airola (3 children0)
5. Carl Lemon
6. Earl Lemon
5. Sarah A. Kauffman m. Samuel Hilton
6. Joash D. Kauffman
7. Lina Irene Kauffman m. Wm Mason Taylor
1. Nellie Grace Taylor m. Almon J. Thompson
1. Ellice Hope Thompson m. Arkley B. Wastropa
2. Carol May Thompson
2. Charles Sam. Taylor m. Mary Louisa Shook
3. Gladys Lena Taylor
m. 1. W. Edward Wilson
1. Zella Merle Wilson
m. 2. Wm. G. Wilson
2. Elsie Maxine Wilson
4. Claude Dresser Taylor
8. daughter
V. Children of David Jefferson Kauffman
3rd wife Sarah M. Luckey
Children:
9. Jessie Alice Kauffman m. Wm H. H. Shaw
1. Nina Kathleen Shaw
2. Floris Elizabeth Shaw m. Albert Weber
1. Janice Lorainne Weber m. Van Holloway
10. Fannie M. Kauffman
11. Hubert S. Kauffman
12. Charles B. Kauffman
13. Bennie G. Kauffman
14. Katherine J. Kauffman
15. Aldine Blanche Kauffman
Rufus and Ezra Kauffman’s Ancestors on their mother’s side – Mary Hooley
Mary Hooley 1825 – 1850
I. Jacob Yoder m in Switzerland 1742 to ?
Children
1. Yost Yoder
2. Jacob Yoder m. Christiana Blank
3. Dick Christel Yoder
# Maria Yoder m. Christian Hertzler
# Sarah Yoder m. Peter Summer
# Esther Yoder m. Wm. Morrow
II. Yost Yoder m. Mary Siever
Children:
1. Mary Yoder 1771 – 1853 m. David Hertzler (1768-1855)
2. David Yoder
# Anna Yoder m. Jacob Hertzler
III. Mary Yoder 1771-1853 m. David Hertzler 1768-1855
Children:
1. John Hertzler m. Lydia King
2. Fanny Hertzler m. Christian King
3. Sarah Hertzler m. Solomon Byler
4. Mary Hertzler 1803 – 1879 m. David Hooley 1800 – 1873
(descendants later)
5. Shem Hertzler m. Lydia Yoder
6. Abraham Hertzler m. Magdalene Zook
7. Joseph Hertzler m. Barbara Zook
8. Leah Hertzler m. Michael Hostetler
9. Elizabeth Hertzler m. John C. Hooley
10. David Hertzler m. Barbara Yoder
IV. Mary and David Hooley
1. Christopher Hooley m Sarah Zook
1. Emma R. Hooley m. Abia Zook
1. Bertha F. Zook m. Irwin R. Detwieler
1. Mark Detwieler
2. James Detwieler
3. Emma Detwieler m. Harold Schmetz
2. Rachel Z. Hooley m. John J. Wenger
1. Naomi L. Wenger m. Wm T. Warcup
2. Carrie Emma Wenger m. Henry J. Schmidt
3. Wm W. Wenger
2. Mary Hooley 1825 – 1850 m. David Jefferson Kauffman
see separate sheet for descendants
3. Elizabeth Hooley m. Eli Kauffman
1. Mary H. Kauffman m. John H. Yoder
2. Abner Kauffman m. Martha Ellen Yoder
3. Levi H. Kauffman m. Amanda Plank
Mary Hooley’s Mother’s Father’s side
I. Switzerland 1733 Reichenbach m. ?
II. Veronica Reichenbach 1735 – 1806
m. John Hertzler from Switzerland 1749
Hertzler’s Mother – Catherine Ruegy – 2nd wife
Hertzler’s Father - Bishop Jacob Hertzler from Switzerland 1749 - 3, 1786?
Siblings:
Jacob L. Hertzler m Barbara Yoder
Fanny Hertzler m. John Kauffman
Christian Hertzler m. Elizabeth Yoder
III. Children of Veronica and John Hertzler
1. John Hertzler m. Ulrica Reichenbach
2. Barbara Hertzler m. Jacob Reichenbach
3. Catherine Hertzler m. Christian Zook
4. Jacob Hertzler m. Anna Yoder
5. Elizabeth Hertzler m. John Reichenbach
6. David Hertzler 1768 – 1855 m. Mary Yoder
7. Veronica Hertzler m. Stephen Kurtz
8. Christian Hertzler m. Sara Weidman
Mary Hooley’s Father’s Side
I. from Switzerland Nov 3, 1750 – Michael Hoelley m ?
II. Children:
Magdalene Holly 1740 – 1820 from Switzerland Nov 3, 1750
m. Bishop Jacob Mast (1738-1808) from Switzerland Nov 3, 1750
III. Children:
1. John Mast m Mary Kurtz
2. Magdalene Mast m Christian Kurtz
3. Barbara Mast m 1 – David Hostetler 2 Dick John Zook
4. Jacob Mast m. Barbara Kenagy
5. David Mast m. Mary Kurtz
6. Mary Mast m. John Cossman (Coffman ?)
7. Nancy Mast m. Adam Kurtz
8. Fanny Mast m. John Zug
9. Elizabeth Mast 1776-1838 m. Christian Holley
10. Christian Mast m. Susan Kurtz
11. Esther Mast m. 1. Christian Zug, 2. Peter Holley
12. Daniel Mast m. 1. Charity Zook, 2. Catherine Kurtz, 3. Mary Morgan
IV. Children of Elizabeth and Christian Hooley
1. David Hooley (father of Ezra’s mother) 1800 – 1873 m. Mary Hertzler
2. Magdalene Hooley m. David Yoder
3. Mary Hooley m. Adam Hertzler
4. Catherine Hooley m. John Stoltzfus
5. John C. Hooley m. Elizabeth Hertzler
6. Elizabeth Hooley m. Jonathan Hertzler
7. Lydia Hooley m. Levi King
8. Fanny Hooley m. Jacob Yoder
David Hooley’s Ancestors
I. Hans Blank 1717 – m. Switzerland 1752 to Magdalene ?
II Children:
1. Anna Blank m. Joseph Hostetler
2. John Blank m. Fanny Smucker
3. Catherine Blank 1742-1812 from Switzerland before 1752
m. John Hoelley 1739-1805 from Switzerland Nov 3, 1750
Parents Andreas Hoelley 1717 from Switzerland Nov. 3, 1750
III. Children:
1. John Holley m. Sarah Garver
IV. 2. Christian Holley 1767-1857 m. Elizabeth Mast
father of David Hooley
descendants listed above
3. Peter Holley m. Esther Mast-Zook
4. David Holley m. Catherine King
5. Barbara Holley m. Jacob Yoder
6. Magdalena Holley m. Christian Yoder
7. Christiana Holley m. Daniel Kauffman
8. Elizabeth Holley m. John Lantz
9. Fanny Holly m. Joseph Kenagy
10. Mary Holley m. John Kenagy
11. Catherine Holley m. Isaac Garver