Category: Ackerman Story

Discovered that Barbara in not a child of Paul Ackerman Sr but was the wife of Paul Ackerman Jr.  I have merged her with Barbara Dougherty which is listed as Paul’s wife.

Updated information: Anna Margaretha did have a child by the name of Barbara born 13 Jun 1789. Now it’s likely that Anna’s daughter was not the daughter of Paul Sr.

Anna’s first husband Archie Olewine died in 1789 the same year Barbara was born. I don’t yet have a date for Archie’s death except for the year but Barbara is surely his daughter.

Note: I have found many who have Anna Margaretha or as they have her Margaret Olewine with her death as 1789.  However, they do not have any documentation showing her death. Most likely because she didn’t die but married Paul in 1800 and had another child Abraham. I suspect that any children born prior to 1789 were with Paul and Anna Maria. I am still searching for more information about Anna Maria. I am sticking with Anna Maria and Anna Margaretha being two different people.

It’s possible that 1789 may be Anna Maria’s death year.

In our documentation we only had Nancy Baird as John’s wife. Over the years of research we discovered that her name is Anna Nancy Baird. However, near as I can tell she never went by Anna.

In the birth record for Maria they list her as Anna.

During the early years of me researching Nancy, my thinking was that their son William and wife Keziah may have named their child Samuel Baird Ackerman after Nancy’s father. I have since gone away from that assumption.

Note: Thanks to Marsha Chadwick’s visit to Harrisburg and Lancaster we have more information and verification.

Now a bit about who I have as Nancy’s parents. John Baird and Rachael Beard. And John’s parents as Thomas and Agnes from Tyrone, Ireland. Thomas and Agnes emmigrated in 1753 to Colerain, Lancaster PA.  Nancy had seven siblings.

John Baird married Rachael Beard

1. Francis – 1785
2. John Allen – 1787
3. Anna Nancy – 1788 -1854
4. Patience – 1789
5. Sarah – 1791
6. Thomas – 1793
7. Rebecca G. – 1794 – 1830

John Baird’s parents were Thomas b. 1730 in Tyrone, Ireland and Agnes.

Listed as Paul Aukerman Jr. Paul was born 18 Oct 1785  and died in 1877. He was baptised 4 Jun 1786 in Lancaster County PA. Paul is buried in Bear Graveyard Cumberland Co. PA.

Paul Jr married Barbara Dougherty 24 Dec 1812 • Salem Reformed Church, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA.

Barbara Dougherty was born in 1790 in Pennsylvinia and died after 1860.

Paul Jr and Barbara had four children.

Phillip – 20 Feb 1806 – 5 Dec 1890 Shade Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
George William – 15 Feb 1807 – 12 May 1897 Shade Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
John – 25 Nov 1814 – 8 Mar 1895 Shade Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Susan Ann (Lusk)- 1815 – 27 Oct 1876 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania

Susan Ann Ackerman is verified by DNA match with me and Lusk. She married Robert Lusk III. Since this is a DNA match I figure we can call this line verified.

John Ackerman

Some have Maria Sophia Stern (Gaelin/Gallie) as Paul Ackerman’s wife again with the same children as Anna Maria and/or Anna Margaretha. However I find no supporting documentation to support this.