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- BIOGRAPHY:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~langlentz/pafg08.htm#576
BIOGRAPHY:
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YOCKEY-LANG FAMILY - 1st Installment
YOCKEY-LANG families; My grandmother was Catharine Louise Lang Burkhart, and she was the daughter of Michael Lang and Elizabeth Yockey. He was a brewer and also one of the early members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church on south Main St. According to Hardesty's HISTORICAL HAND ATLAS OF MONROE CO. he was a leading farmer in Centre township and an extensive raiser of stock, beside[s] his brewing activities. He was born in Alsace, Germany April 11, 1818 and married in Pittsburgh, PA. Oct. 18, 1841 to Elizabeth Yockey, a native of Rumbach, Germany, who was born April 5, 1821. Their children were Margaret E. (married to a man named Rose) who was born in Pittsburgh April 25, 1842, and resided in 1882 in Riverside, Iowa; John H. born Pitts. PA. Sept. 6, 1843 - he married Martha Okey; Anna M. (Schumacher) born Fayette, Allegheny Co., PA. July 13, 1847; William b. July 10, 1849 - married Margaret Henthorne; Louis P. b. Oct. 26, 1851 - married Clara; Charlotte Fredericka Elizabetha Sophia born Aug. 26, 1855 who never married and was always called Aunt Lot by all her relatives and friends; and my grandmother, Catharine Louis[e], born May 10, 1859. John M. Lang served in the Civil War, including the battle of Vicksburg, and later moved to Roseville, Illinois.
Michael Lang was the son of Michael Lang, Sr. and Margaret Paul Lang. I imagine they are buried someplace in or near Pittsburgh, but I have never done any research on them. They had a daughter Catharine who married a Helfrich and a daughter Elizabeth who married a Straub. That family also engaged in brewing in Pittsburgh prior to the 20th century. There was supposed to have been a son, Henry, who went to California in the gold rush of 1849 and was never heard from again.
According to the sketch in Hardesty History, Elizabeth Yockey Lang was the daughter of Laurence and Elizabeth Brumbach Yockey. According to stories told me by my grandmother and Aunt Lot, Elizabeth Yockey lived near Miltonsburgh, and wanting a change of scene from rural to urban (probably she became tired of mil[k]ing cows all the time,) she walked to the river and took a boat for Pittsburgh, probably to visit some friends or relatives. It was there she met Michael Lang and married him. After living in that vicinity for a few years, she must have prevailed on him to move with her back to Monroe Co. They are both buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Woodsfield. The stone for Michael shows that he was born in Canton Neterbron, France, April 11, 1818, and died Mar. 21, 1896, and the stone for Elizabeth shows she was born Apr. 5, 1821, and died July 5, 1896. Their son, William is also buried there, b. July 10, 1849, died Feb. 26, 1890, and his wife, Margaret, born April 28, 1842, died May 20, 1925. He was a builder, and I seem to remember that he fell off the roof of a house he was repairing.
Elizabeth Yockey Lang met an untimely end too, as the horse she was driving down reservoir hill became frightened at something, and upset the carriage and she died of a broken neck.
Now if one is wondering at the apparent discrepancy between the birthplace on Michael's stone as Canton Neterbron, France, and the information in Hardesty's History as Alsace, Germany, one must again back-track to history. Alsace was a province that was the subject of much controversy between France and Germany, going back and forth between them much like a yo-yo. He was really a German but born in that province while it was under the domination of the French. I suspect that Canton Neterbron is part of the province of Alsace, although I have never checked this out either. The Michael Lang family lived in Woodsfield on the lot formerly the site of the Lucetta Keegan house, now owned by Supt. Devore, and later across the road from the Riley sub-division, on a farm formerly owned by the Belts and Okeys. There is a cave on that property which Roy Eddy and I once explored, probably used by Michael Lang to keep his beer cool. I have a beer glass that once belonged to him.
I have no idea when Michael Lang's parents came to this country, but tradition indicates he was about 9 years old at the time, or circa 1827. Stories in the Yockey family indicate that they probably came to this country in 1831.
To be continued.
BIOGRAPHY:
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~harringtonfamilies/BioSket_CentreTwp.htm#LangMichael
MICHAEL LANG ? is one of the leading farmers of Centre township, and an extensive raiser of stock; he is also engaged in brewing. He was born in Alsace, Germany, Apr 11 1818. He was married in Pittsburgh, PA, Oct 18 1841, to Elizabeth YOCKEY, who is a native of Rumbach, Germany, born Apr 5 1821. Their children are: Margaret E. ROSE, born in Pittsburgh, Apr 28 1842, resides in Riverside, IA; John H., born in Pittsburgh, PA, Sep 6 1843, resides at home; Anna M. SCHUMACHER, born in Fayette, Allegheny county, Jul 13 1847, resides in Woodsfield; William L., Jul 10 1849, resides in Woodsfield; Louis P., Oct 26 1851, resides in Centre township; Charlotte F., Aug 26 1855, resides at home; Catherine L., May 10 1859, resides at home; John H., Mr. LANG?s eldest son, was in the late war; he enlisted in Woodsfield. Mr. LANG?s parents, Michael & Margaret PAUL LANG, are both deceased. Laurence & Elizabeth BRUMBACH YOCKEY are the parents of Mrs. LANG; the formed died Nov 13 1874, the latter Nov 22 1877. Mr. LANG is at present trustee of Centre township, and has held the same office at intervals for eight years. His address is Woodsfield, Monroe county, OH.
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1818 - 1896 (77 years)