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From: Christine Pettit <>
Subject: Re: [PANORTHU-L] Wentzel, Catholic Church
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 10:30:36 -0700
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It might be East Chillisquaque & West Chillisquaque on the map.

I believe it still exists because I found it on GenWeb. I now know there is
an "Old Roman Catholic Cemetery" in West Chillisquaque. I'd like to know
what church was there. I wouldn't expect to find anyone in the cemetery,
but might find a baptismal record for Sara.

How are the vital records there? Perhaps she's in the records. We just want
to confirm that the Andrew Wentzel in 1830 Chilliquaque was ours.

Thanks for writing!

At 10:14 AM 10/27/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello Christine
>
>There is a Chillisquaque Creek in Northumberland Co., not Chillisqueque.
>I can find no record of a Chillisquaque Township in Pennsylvania today,
>though there may have been one in 1830, for all I know.
>
>I was born and raised nearby in Point Twp., and so am familiar with the
>area. There was and still is a small town named Chillisquaque near that
>Creek's confluence with the Susquehanna River, and there is another
>small town very nearby named Montandon. I do not know if they had RC
>parishes in 1830 but I sort of doubt it. The nearest towns of any size
>on the same side of the river were Milton to the north and
>Northumberland to the south. Directly across the Susquehanna River to
>the west, and actually closer to Chillisquaque than either Milton or
>Northumberland, was Lewisburg in Union Co. Each of these three larger
>towns were big enough to have had an RC parish in 1830, and I believe
>they each did have a parish when I lived in the area 50 years ago. You
>might contact them to ask which parish included Chillisquaque in 1830. I
>would try the Milton parish first and the Lewisburg parish last. I
>regret I do not have parish addresses to give you, but you should be
>able to find addresses on the Web.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Rev. Nelson R. Sulouff
>
>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christine Pettit" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 4:34 AM
>Subject: [PANORTHU-L] Wentzel, Catholic Church
>
>
> > I am seeking information on the following family who we believe may
>have
> > been in Chillisqueque Township by 1830. Where would a Catholic child
>be
> > baptized in 1831?
> >
> > Descendants of Andreas Wenzel/Wentzel
>
>(Snip)
>
>
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