NameEva Ann WAGNER 747,504,748
Birth Date31 January 1733|1734130
Birth PlaceRaubach, Westerwald, GERMANY
Death Date31 Dec 1796130
Death PlaceAlexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA
Burial PlaceMount Pleasant Cemetery, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co, NJ, USA
Misc. Notes
Her tombstone was viewed by me in Alexandria, NJ. The inscription is:

Hier ruher (here rests) in Gott (God)
Eva Blum
Gewefen frau (wife) des (of)
Peter Blum
Gestorben (died) an dem
31st December in
Jahr (year) unser Herrn
1796 Ihre Alter (age)
62 Jahr (year) und 11 Monat (month).

Here lies [rests] with God, Eva Blum, wife of Peter Blum, who died 31 December in the Year of Our Lord 1796, at the age of 62 year and 11 months749
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“I am trying to find info on Anna Eva's parents. I think they were Johann Adam Wagner and Anna Maria Sophia? Apgar?”750
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Wagner is an occupational name of early Pennsylvania Germans meaning wagonmaker or carter.751
Spouses
Birth Date25 Jul 1732
Residence Datebef Sep 1752733
Residence PlacePuderbach, Dierdorf, Wied-Runkel
Birth Date31 Jan 1731733
Birth PlacePalatinate Dutchy, Wurttemberg, GERMANY
Birth MemoConvincingly proven inaccurate by LeRoy Bloom
Death Date7 May 1814 Age: 81
Death PlaceMt. Pleasant, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA
Burial PlaceMount Pleasant Cemetery, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co, NJ, USA734
FatherJohann Wilhelm BLUM (1691-~1744)
Misc. Notes
The is the individual on which the research of LeRoy Bloom is based and it is Johann who is included in the title of LeRoy’s book.735

At one time the name may have been Blume, i.e. flower, and that for whatever reason the e was dropped at some point. We need also remember that surnames in Europe did not become common in usage until the 12th or 13th century. Most surnames were based on a man’s profession (Schneider = Tailor), a physical characteristic (Braun = Brown say for brown hair), or a place name such as a city or village. While the idea of our name once having something to do with a profession dealing with flowers is appealing, it is unlikely.733

[In regards to Johann Peter’s ancestry….] Unfortunately we can’t go much further than grandparents due to a lack of documentary evidence. We have had to rely for the most part on parish church records. In Puderbach, parish church records did not exist until 1701, so some of what we have regarding Johann’s parents and grandparents is circumstantial.736


“John Peter Bloom” Americanized. His headstone reads “Peter”.3
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WITH THE REVELATIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM THE NEW BOOK A BLOOM BY ANY NAME BY LEROY BLOOM ALL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION NEEDS TO REVIEWED, RECONSIDERED, AND REWRITTEN. SOME OF IT’S ACCURACY IS QUESTIOINABLE AT THE LEAST.3

Peter as he was know, came from the Palatinate, Rhine section of Germany. He sailed with his father who can be seen on board the ship "Two Brothers" John Peter Blom, Sr. and son J. Peter Blom. It was commanded by Thomas Arnot. It sailed from Rotterdam to Cowes, England and landed on Friday the 15 of September 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America. This record can be seen on pg 478 "Pennsylvania German Pioneers", by Ralph Beaver Strassburger.

Sometime after his first wife Eva died in 1796 he began using the more American form of his name Bloom. His children also all seem to have dropped the more German forms of spelling for both first and last names.

It has been stated that 4 brothers sailed on this ship to America. I am not sure of this. There may have been 4 passengers from this family. The father John Peter Sr. may have died on board, his son Peter's only child to claim to have been born in Germany was Wilhelm "William" Blum/Bloom Sr. and would have been an infant at the time. The four passengers could have then been Peter Sr., Peter Jr. his wife Eva and infant son William.737
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There is no Platinate Dutchy of Wurttenburg. This most likely refers to the Palatinate and Wurtemberg, but they were two independent bodies, so putting the two together is like saying "Florida State of Texas".738
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Immigrated to the United States landing in Philadelphia 15 Sep 1752. He came on board the ship “Two Brothers,” sailing from Rotterdam (Holland) and settling in Hunterdon County, NJ. He was a member of the German Reformed Church.739
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The names of “John Peter Blom” and “John Peter Blom sen” appear among 100+ names of passengers that arrived on Sept. 15, 1752 aboard the ship “Two Brothers” “commanded by Thomas Arnot, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes.” John Peter Blom's entry is marked by an X indicating he could not sign his own name, and the entry was made by a clerk [see Rupp's "30,000 Names," p. 40 for details about the use of an X].740
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An Ancestry.com Immigration search came up with following source to John Peter Blom Sr.,

EGLE, WILLIAM HENRY, editor Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775, with the Foreign Arrivals, 1786-1808. (Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 2, vol. 17.) Harrisburg [PA]: E.K. Meyers, 1890. 787p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967. Page: 351136
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Scientist Albert Einstein was also born in the Wurtttemberg district of Germany in 1879.741
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This source indicates Johann had fourteen children “but his will ... does not name Paulus and [two] others. It is supposed that they died young. In his Will he names his wife Sarah (who is probably his second wife), but Eva Ann was the mother of his childen.”742

[Records indicate that Sarah also had two children to Joann. With his wife Eva and their sixteen children, the record indicates he was the father of eighteen. Son Paulus did in fact die as an infant. Also son Isaac and daughter Margaret also died prior to Johann’s death, as did his first wife Eva. There certainly may have been another of his children who died prior to his own death, which would then account for the fourteen children mentioned above].
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At the Court House at Philadelphia, Friday the 15th of September 1752.
Present: Robert Strettell, Esq, Mayor of Philadelphia. The Foreigners whose Names are hereunder written, imported in the Ship Two Brothers, Commanded by Thomas Arnot, from Rotterdam but last from Cowes in England, took the qualifications to the Government in the usual form.” (Among the names J. Peter Blom and John Peter Blom, Senior)743
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[See pp. xxiv-xxv regarding the inaccurate assumptions of Rupp in his “Collection of Thirty Thousand Names”]
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See also Family Group Sheet at Clearfield County Historical Society and Centre County Historical Society as well as Patee Library of Penn State.
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Author: Karen Hanneman
Clearfield Co. Historical records. (Member of German Reformed Church)
Anthony Hile, Curwensville, PA Historian has original papers.

Migrated first to Alexandria Township, NJ Landed Philadelphia, PA

Came from Wurttenburg [sic] on ship, Two Brothers (last from Cowes, Eng) sailing from Rotterdam with infant son, Wilhelm & wife Anna Eva. Took oath of allegience 15, September 1752 before Robert Strettel, Mayor of Philadelphia. Settled in Mt. Pleasant, Alexandria Twp. Hunterdon, New Jersey, across the river from Philadelphia about 1785 moved with son, William to Centre County, PA

Left Prussia under domination of Frederic the Great because of French devastation brought by the wars between France England & Prussia, (in US French Indian War) Palatiante Area of Germany.

Was a member of the German Reformed Church which later merged with the Presbyterians History, Clearfield Co.

Daughters of American Colonists Lineage Book lists Descendents of John Peter (Blum) Bloom p. 68.

One record states birth place as Wortenberg, Rhine Valley. MRHorak@aol.com; 2) Other sources have him coming from Wurttenburg [sic] and his family coming from Dierdorffschen and one source indicates that he was from Abo, Finland. d. May 7, 1814 Alexandria Twp. Hunterdon, New Jersey. Burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Alexandria, Hunterdon New Jersey. (Source 1)

His headstone read's "Sacred to the memory of Peter Bloom who departed this life May 4th in the year 1814, Aged 83 years. (Note: Although this history was written in 1881 which could explain why this information is known, it is not currently verifiable where this information came from).130
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The “oath of allegience” before the mayor of Philadelphia was to King George the Second.3
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Notes on John
Peter Bloom
Author: Karen Hanneman

Clearfield Co. Historical records. (Member of German Reformed Church)
Anthony Hile, Curwensville, PA Historian has original papers.
Migrated first to Alexandria Township, NJ Landed Philadelphia, PA Sep 15, 1752

Came from Wurttenburg [sic] on ship, Two Brothers (last from Cowes, Eng)
sailing from Rotterdam with infant son, Wilhelm & wife Anna Eva. Took
oath of allegience 15, September 1752 before Robert Strettel, Mayor of
Philadelphia. Settled in Mt. Pleasant, Alexandria Twp. Hunterdon, New
Jersey, across the river from Philadelphia about 1785 moved with son,
William to Center, PA

Left Prussia under domination of Frederic the Great because of French
devastation brought by the wars between France England & Prussia, (in US
French Indian War) Palatiante Area of Germany.

Was a member of the German Reformed Church which later merged with the
Presbyterians History, Clearfield Co.

Daughters of American Colonists Lineage Book lists Descendents of John
Peter (Blum) Bloom p. 68.

One record states birth place as Wortenberg, Rhine Valley. MRHorak@aol.com;

2) Other sources have him coming from Wurttenburg [sic] and
his family coming from Dierdorffschen and one source indicates that he
was from Abo, Finland) d. May 7, 1814 Alexandria Twp. Hunterdon, New
Jersey. Burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Alexandria, Hunterdon New
Jersey. (Source 1)

His headstone read's "Sacred to the memory of Peter Bloom who departed this life May 4th in the year 1814, Aged 83 years.

(Note: Although this history was written in 1881 which could explain why
this information is known, it is not currently verifiable where this information came from.

Karen visited the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery on 5/24/1998 and could not locate the grave marker "nor is he listed in the cemetery records which the caretaker, Mr. Van Syckle, allowed me to view." "It should be addressed that there is a large Bloom burial area and that there are many sites that have broken headstones or headstones that have descended into the soil leaving only a portion visible. Also, I found burial sites that were not listed in the cemetery records book, such as Peter Bloom's second wife, Sarah;

2) The Strassburger and Hinke ship list for the Two Brothers landing in Philadelphia on September 15, 1752 shows two entries for Peter Bloom and John Peter Bloom Sr. Both entries are marked by an X indicating a clerk as the individuals could not write. Other sources for this entry list the Captain of the Ship as Thomas Arnot; see http://wwwl.mhv.net/treetop/bloom

3) "Chambers 1895 book "Early German's of New Jersey" list's John Blom as naturalized in NJ in 1738-9. He states that this is probably Peter Bloom's brother. However: John Bloom's children have very English names - Rachel, Phebe, etc." (MRHorak@aol.com)

4) In 1771 and 1773 Peter offered 200 acres in Alexandria Twp, 2 miles from the Delaware River abd 3 from Alexandria for sale. 100 acres were in wheat and 10 in meadow. He held clear title to the land. (MRHorak@aol.com)

5) Will sources include "New Jersey Post-Revolutionary Documents - Calendar of Wills 1814-1817" p. 42 & 43 and "State of New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc., Prior to 1901, Vol II", p. 687, published in 1913. This version of the Will as copied from genforum.genealogy.com/bloom/messages/142.html

His will dated at Alexandria on 20 October 1806, was proved in August 1814. The will provided as follows: In the Name of God Amen. I Peter Bloom of the Township of Alexandria in the Co. of Huterdon and State of New Jersey. Being under some bodily indisposition but of sound disposing a mind and memory thanks be given to God therefor and calling to mind the uncertainty of this present life and that all flesh must yield unto death whenever it shall please God to call, do therefore make and ordain [the remaining text does not appear at this source]504
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I've hired a German investigator.  The only Ancestor I'm sure of for Wilhelm is Johan Peter who lived and died in Hunterdon County NJ. Johan's father did in fact arrive with him on the Two Brothers but there is  a lot of conflicting information on who the ancestors were before that. She has some different ones from me, and I'm pretty sure what I have is incorrect.
 
When emigrating from Germany in those days they had to pay a tax to get out and records were kept regarding this.  I have to hope that some of them still exist.  They would have embarked somewhere along the Rhine and traveled via that river to Rotterdam where the ship departed.  The lineage she gives back in Germany is interesting, and LDS usually has it right. 
 
The  German investigator will provide original and translated documents on what he finds.
 
It is questionable where these folk really resided in Germany since when they arrived in the colonies they might have given the Rhine River port they embarked from rather than their home. A lot of the information people have on the German resident is incorrect based on what information the German investigator has already provided.
 
Many people speak of them coming from Dierdorf or Neuwied and place both locations either in RhinePflaz or Wurttemberg. My German investigator said that neither town is located in either of those localities.
 
I'm going to wait for the German investigators results before I believe anything definitive about where they came from in Germany and who the earlier ancestors were.744
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Johann Peter Blum JR, soon after his arrival in the colonies [Sep 1752] Anglicized his last name to Bloom and began going by his middle name of Peter. He was a member of the German Reformed Church at Mt Pleasant, Hunterdon County, NJ, and was elected an elder several times. The German Reformed Church at MT Pleasant shared a building with an English Protestant group, and I have some baptismal and conformation records from that Church.745
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Sometime after his first wife Eva died in 1796 he began using the more American form of his name Bloom.315
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In an advertisment, in the Pennsylvania Gazette of August 8, 1771, for land he is referred to as Peter Bloom. In his Will recorded October 29, 1806 he was using the name Peter SR since he had a son also named Peter.746
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A Johan Peter Blum appears to have been married to an Eleonora Pfeiff.3

If some of the online information regarding the death of Elenora Pfeiff Blum, supposedly the wife of SR and JR’s mother, is correct, then SR would have been possibly looking to marry again after their arrival in the new world.   Elenora’s death is listed as 1752, the same year they left Germany and arrived in the new world. I have hired a German investigator in the hopes of obtaining more solid information about our German roots.
Family ID206
Marr Date1 Jan 1749
Marr PlaceGERMANY
Marr MemoNew Jersey Marriages 1684-1850 has Sarah Apker married to John Peter Blum. Could this be Sarah Apgar ID:389?
Misc. Notes
This source indicates John and Eva were buried at Kingwood Presbyterian Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, NJ.382
ChildrenWilliam (Wilhelm) (1752-1828)
 Isaac (1754-1778)
 Adam (1756-1832)
 Peter (1758-1848)
 Abraham (1759-1832)
 Anna Madlena (<1762-1852)
 Eva Ann (1764-1845)
 Margaret (1765-<1806)
 Herbert|Hubert (1767-)
 Paulus (Died as Infant) (1769-1770)
 Anna Maria (1771-)
 Johannes “John” (1772-1865)
 Jacob (1774-1841)
Last Modified 19 Sep 2016Created 17 May 2017 Rick Gleason - ricksgenealogy@gmail.com