CHRISTINA (CATHERINE) SONNER

2-5 CHRISTINA SONNER was the fifth child of Johan Philip and Elizabeth Wendle Sonner. She was born 1768 near Strasburg, Virginia in Shenandoah County. She married Jacob Haas June 10, 1788. The minister was Rev. Simon Haar and the witness was Andrew Summer. Jacob Haas died in Shenandoah County during 1819. The March 10, 1819 issue of the Woodstock Herald states, "Died Sunday last Mr. Jacob Haas, an old worthy inhabitant of this County. He has left a disconsolate number of relatives and friends to mourn his irreparable loss." Jacob was the son of John and Catherine Kelp Hass. Jacob and Christinia lived on Narrow Passage Creek north west of Woodstock. He wrote a will 3 March 1817 which is listed in Shenandoah County Will Book L, page 65. Christinia was still living in 1838 when she sold her dower interest in Jacobs land. John Hass was the administrator of his mother's estate. Settlement of Christinia's estate was noted in Shenandoah County Will Book 3, page 170.

3-1 John Haas b. 1789 m. 4-10-1815
Sarah Koontz M-1
John was the Sheriff of Shenandoah County in the 1850s. He was appointed an Ensign in the Light Infantry of the 1st Battalion, 18th Regiment May 10, 1814. He was one of the men selected March 3, 1834 to solicit funds in the Woodstock area for the Valley Pike. He was appointed trustee for the Woodstock Female Seminary March 13, 1847.

4-1 Isaac Haas b. 2-2-1816 d. 3-8-1896 m. 10-17-1838
Elizabeth Hoffman M-1 b. 7-6-1820 d. 6-18-1858
The 1860 census list Isaac as a Postmaster. Elizabeth had a brother Robert W. Hoffman. Both buried at the Woodstock Lutheran Church Cemetery Woodstock, VA..

5-1 William H. Haas b. 1839 d. 3-27-1888 m. 1-30-1873
Mary "Mattie" Crabill b. 1852 d. 1893
Married by James H. March. Groom was 33, a merchant born and residing in Shenandoah County the son of Isaac and Elizabeth Haas. The bride was 21 born and residing in Shenandoah County. The 1860 census list William as a Mail Carrier for Route 1. William enlisted in Company F of the 10th Virginia Infantry. He was assigned to the Confederate States Mail Service Both buried at the Woodstock Lutheran Church Cemetery Woodstock, VA.. .

6-1 Grace D. Haas b. 1880 m. 11-29-1900
Frederick Tanquary Grove
Married by Harrah M. Reed in Shenandoah County. Groom was 24, a farmer born and residing in Shenandoah County son of M. L. and Julia A. Grove. Bride was 20, born and residing in Shenandoah County the daughter of William H. and Mattie Haas.

5-2 Mary H. Haas b.1841 d. 1909 m. 1-26-1867
William M. Hill b. 1841 d. 1893
William was from Nelson County, VA. son of Charles B. and Martha Hill. Married by J. M. Clymer. The groom was 26, born and residing in Nelson County. The bride was 24 born and residing in Shenandoah County. They were married at Woodstock.

5-3 John Turner Haas b. 12-20-1846 d. 11-15-1925 m. 10-25-1876
Ann Rebecca Gillock b. 4-20-1854 d. 7-9-1926
Married at Woodstock by G. H. Martin. The groom was 30, a merchant born Woodstock and residing in Shenandoah County the son of Isaac and Elizabeth Haas. The bride was 22 born at Woodstock and residing in Shenandoah County the daughter of David and Elizabeth Gillock. John was a member of the Imboden's Brigade of the 18th Virginia Cavalry. He was supposed to have been a member of Company D and was a courier for General Robert E. Lee. He later served in the Independent Cavalry. The 18th Virginia Cavalry records indicate that he joined at Berryville, VA. on September 24, 1862. He was captured at Greencastle, Pa. and sent to Fort Delaware on July 7, 1863.

6-1 David Isaac Haas b. 11-25-1879 m.
Edith Koontz M-1
___________ M-2
Born at Woodstock, VA.. Lived at Braddock, PA..

7-1 Ralph Huffman Haas b. 1-25-1895 m.

6-2 Fred Walker Haas b. 1-25-1895
Mary Whitaker Lives at Braddock, PA..

7-1 Kenneth Haas b. 7-11-1920

5-4 Sarah C. "Kitty" Haas b. 1-9-1849 d. 12-21-1896
Sarah is buried at the Massanutten Cemetery, Woodstock.

4-1 Isaac Haas b. 2-2-1816 d. 3-8-1896 m. 10-17-1838

    M-2 Sarah C. ________???????

5-5 Annie Howard Haas b. 9-30-1857 d. 6-2-1921 m. 10-21-1884
Luther Sommers Walker b. 1857 d. 1907
Married at Woodstock by J. H. Vanhorn. Groom was 27, clerk of the Shenandoah County Court born and residing in Shenandoah County the son of Samuel T and Mary R. Walker. The bride was born and residing in Shenandoah County the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Haas. Buried at the Massanutten Cemetery at Woodstock.

5-6 Julia Haas b. 1859

4-2 Isaac Haas M-2
Mary Elizabeth Reed m. 9-15-1859 b. 4-10-1833 d. 11-1896
Married at Woodstock, VA. by John W. Wolff. Isaac was 42, a widower and master Taylor. Mary was 27, born in Norfolk County, VA. and residing in Shenandoah County the daughter of Henry and Charlotte Reed. Isaac and both of his wives are buried in the Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery..

5-7 Lottie M. Haas b. 8-30-1860
Lottie may have died before 1870. She was not listed in that census.

5-8 Lizzie Haas b. 1865

5-9 Henry R. Haas b. 10-31-1868.
Buried in the Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery.

5-10 Marshall H. Haas b. 12-2-1870 3-1

    John Haas M-2 m. 3-21-1831
    Clara B. Gore
    Married by Loring Sibert.

4-2 Margaret Adlaide Haas b. 1838 m. 11-8-1859
Joseph T. Logan b. 1834
Married at Woodstock by J. D. Cooling. The groom was 25 born and residing in Shenandoah County the son of George and Phoebe T. Logan. The Bride was 21 born and Residing in Shenandoah County the daughter of Jno. and Clara B. Haas.

4-3 Erasmus C. Haas b. 1835
Elizabeth Irwin b. 1845 M-1 m. 11-18-1866
Married by at Woodstock by John P. Hyde. John was 31, a plasterer born and residing in Shenandoah County the son of John and Clara B. Haas. Elizabeth was 21 born and raised in Shenandoah County the daughter of Benjamin and Lucy Irwin. Erasmus served in the 10th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War.

5-1 John Robert Haas b. 1869

4-3 Erasmus C. Haas b. 1835
Lelia "Lou" Gillock M-2 b. 1846 m. 10-9-1877
Married by A. K. Kline in Shenandoah County. Groom was 53, Widower, plasterer son of John and Clara B. Haas. The bride was 31 born and residing in Shenandoah County the daughter of Harrison and Mary Gillock. Erasmus C. Haas was a member of Company F, 10th VA Infantry, CSA and is buried in the Massanutten Cemetery, Woodstock, VA..

3-2 Jacob Haas Jr. b 11-10-1790 d. 1889 m. 4-7-1819
Catherine Pitman b. 1-31-1799 d. 10-1886
Jacob and Catherine moved to Harrison County Indiana. Jacob established the "Haas Chapel" there. Jacob Haas licensed to preach at Mill creek in April 1831. Catherine was the daughter of Emanuel and Esther Funkhouser Pitmann of Mt. Olive, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Both buried in Haas Cemetery Harrison County Indiana. An entry from Levi Pitman's Diary. "Mar. 30. 1884. Mr. Joseph Stover who is from Harrison County, Ind. came here and took dinner with us. He is well acquainted with my sister, Catherine Haas widow of Jacob Haas and with my brother, Anthony Pitman. He left in the afternoon to go to Strasburg."

4-1 Nancy Adeline Haas
David Melton M-1
Jeremiah Currant M-2

4-2 Elizabeth Haas b. 10-24-1836 d. 3-11-1911
John Getz b. 10-20-1838 d. 12-24-1913
Buried in Fariview Cemetery.

4-3 William Haas 6-26-1820 d. 2-14-1905 m. 3-5-1848
Letitia Davis b. 7-7-1828 d. 5-22-1900
Married in Harrison County, Indiana.

4-4 Joseph Haas b. 6-18-1832 d. 9-28-1864
Lydia A. Haas b. 5-24-1842 d. 7-22-1868
Joseph was killed in the Civil War. Picture of Soldier on stone in Haas Cemetery.

4-5 Susan Haas 3-3 Elizabeth Haas b. 1792 d. 1828 m. 12-9-1861
Henry Grabill (Graybill)
Name spelled Crabill in estate settlement.

3-4 Philip Haas b. 1794 m. 11-5-1825
Magdalena Phillips

3-5 Catherine Haas m. 12-23-1817
John Altdorffer
Married by the Rev. Mr. Schmucker. Noted in the Woodstock Herald. Name spelled Aldoerffer in estate settlement.

3-6 Rebecca Haas m. 9-8-1823
William Nagel
Name spelled Hangle in estate settlement.

3-7 Isaac Haas b. 12-2-1800 d. 1-23-1873
Died in Indiana.

3-8 Mary Haas b. 1802 m. 3-30-1822
William Coffman Marriage announcement was in the Woodstock Herald April 20, 1822.

3-9 George Haas b. 1804 

3-10  Jonathan Haas b. 1806 d. 8-9-1853 m. 3-30-1830
Regina Coffman b. 1811 

4-1  Mahala Haas b. 1842 m. 1-30-1875
Gideon Coffelt
Married by P. Miller. The groom was 46, a widower, farmer born and residing in Shenandoah County the son of George and Elizabeth Coffelt. The bride was 34 born and residing in Shenandoah County the daughter of Jonathan and Regina Haas. Gideon Coffelt had been previously married to Mary Ann Elizabeth Downey, April 18, 1861. They had four children by his previous marriage.

4-2 George Haas b. 12-3-1833 d. 9-28-1911 m. 1-17-1856
Susan Hottel b. 3-28-1829 d. 2-8-1905
Married by Joseph Funkhouser. The groom was 22 born and residing in Shenandoah County, a farmer and son of Jno. and Regina Haas. The bride was 27 born and residing in Shenandoah County the daughter of Daniel and Rebecca Hottel. Both are buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery near Corydon, Indiana. They moved 1858 to near Corydon. They were Farmers and members of the U. B. Church.

5-1 Regina Frances Haas b. 7-24-1857 m. 10-30-1878
Charles W. Pittman b. 5-2-1857
Reginia was born at Woodstock. Charles was born at Corydon. They moved to Nebraska in 1880 then to a farm at Medford. Oklahoma during 1912.

4-3 Lydia Haas b. 1830 m. 3-15-1855
David Hottel b. 1834
Married by Joseph Funkhouser. The groom was 21 born and residing in Shenandoah County son of Daniel and Rebecca Hottel. The bride was 25 born and residing in Shenandoah County the daughter of Jonathan and Regina Haas.

5-1 James William Hottel b. 8-24-1856  

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