Hans Adam Sontag
and his wife Anna Elisabetha Pfaff
and Some of Their Descendants
Fifth Generation

ANDREW5 SUNDAY (Daniel4, Andrew3, Jacob3, Hans Adam1) was born at Pennsylvaina on 11 August 1831 a son of Daniel Sunday and his wife Catherine Rheinhart, and died on 25 February 1870.[1] He married at Steuben County, Indiana, on 26 November 1854 MARY RITTER.[2] She was born at Ohio on 4 November 1835, a daughter of Henry Ritter and Mary Harpster. She died at Steuben County on 6 April 1912.[3]

Andrew Sunday was born at Centre County, Pennsylvania, the second of eight children. When he was about one year old he moved to Ohio with his parents and older sister. There he grew up. By the time of his marriage, in 1854, he had moved to Steuben County, Indiana. There he farmed.

Andrew and Mary had eight children. Four of the first five died in infancy or childhood. Their last three children survived to adulthood.

Andrew died in 1870, at the age of 38. He left a widow, age 34, and children aged 11, 5, 2, and seven months. The 1870 Census, taken about three months after Andrew's death, reported the family in Steuben Township, Steuben County, Pleasant Lake Post Office, as follows:[4]

Line Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth
4. Sundy, Mary 33 F W keeping house $4000 $600 OH
5. Sundy, David 12 M W IN
6. Sundy, Mary 6 F W IN
7. Sundy, Della 3 F W IN
8. Sundy, Henry 1 M W IN

David was attending school.

Widow Mary Sunday never remarried. Son David married in 1878, at the age of nineteen. The 1880 Census reported Mary and the remaining three children at home in Steuben Township.[5]

The 1900 Census reported Mary Sunday, 64, living on a farm with her son Henry, 30, his wife Dora, 27, their daughter Vera, 3, and also Mary's mother, Mary Ritter, 88, a cousin of Henry's, Theophilis Ritter, 38, and a nephew of Henry, John Hartman, 12.[6] Mary Sunday's son David and daughter Della, both married, lived with their families in Steuben Township. Daughter Mary lived with her family in Arthur Township, Clare County, Michigan.

The 1910 Census reported Mary Sunday still on the farm in Steuben Township, with her son Henry, his wife, and their two daughters.[7]

Andrew Sunday and his wife Mary Rittert had the following children:

  1. LEVI6 SUNDAY b. at Indiana on 11 April 1856; d. on 26 November 1860.[8]
  2. EMMA J.6 SUNDAY b. on 1 June 1857; d. on 26 August 1858.[9]
  3. DAVID6 SUNDAY b. at Steuben County on 2 January 1859.
  4. (infant son)6SUNDAY b. on June 1860; d. on 1 July 1861.[10]
  5. WILLIE6 SUNDAY b. about December 1862 to January 1863; d. on 8 May 1863.[11]
  6. MARY CATHERINE6 SUNDAY b. at Pleasant Lake, Steuben County, on 26 June 1864.
  7. CORRIE DELLA6 SUNDAY b. at Steuben County on 11 December 1867; d. at Pleasant Lake on 12 April 1948;[12] m(1). at Steuben County on 24 August 1884 WILLIAM HENRY FREED,[13] b. at Steuben County on 22 July 1861, d. at Steuben Township, Steuben County on 12 June 1924, child of Anthony Freed and Elizabeth Burder.[14] m(2). at Steuben County on 10 March 1926 NELSON SPEAROW,[15] b. at LaGrange County, Indiana, on 8 April 1865, d. at Pleasant Township, Steuben County, on 27 September 1934, child of James Spearow and Nancy Jane Hodges.[16] Children of Corrie and William Freed:
    1. Nellie Maud Freed b. at Steuben County on 10 August 1887, d. there on 28 February 1962; m(1). at Steuben County on 29 March 1906 Lewis W. Frederick[17] b. at Steuben County on 25 September 1883, d. there on 21 April 1914;[18] m(2). at Steuben County on 14 November 1914 Earl J. Sams b. at Steuben County on 8 November 1881, d. there on 6 January 1956.[19] Earl had m(1). at Ordland, Steuben County, on 18 August 1904 Grace S. Fox b. at Steuben County on 22 July 1888, d. at Coldwater, Branch County, on 18 June 1911.[20] Children of Nellie and Lewis Frederick:
      1. Opal E. Frederick b. at Pleasant Lake on 23 April 1908, d. at Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, on 3 May 1983; m. Glen C. Walsh b. at Steuben County on 27 November 1902, d. there on 25 September 1965.[21]
      2. Aleen Mae Frederick b. at Ashley, Steuben County, on 19 October 1911, d. at Pleasant Lake on 22 December 1922.[22]
      Children of Nellie and Earl Sams:
      1. Ida Robene Sams b. at Burr Oak, Saint Joseph County, Michigan, on 29 July 1917 d. at Pleasant Lake on 19 December 1922.[23]
      2. Robert D. Sams b. at Pleasant Lake on 6 August 1920, d. at Steuben County on 9 December 1990.[24]
      3. Betty June Sams b. at Pleasant Lake on 11 March 1923, d. at Angola on 27 August 2015; m. on 26 April 1941 Robert C. Waite b. at Blakeslee, Williams County, Ohio, on 28 June 1918, d. at Angola on 27 October 1992.[25]
      Child of Earl Sams and Grace Fox:
      1. Elmo Earl Sams b. at Bethel, Branch County, on 8 June 1905, d. at Sylvan, Osceola County, Michigan, on 10 September 1971; m. on 13 October 1928 Gertrude Willdean Cool b. at Angola on 28 August 1911, d. at Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, on 31 Decdember 1991.[26]
    2. Harold Freed b. at Steuben County on 19 December 1892, d. there on 1942; m. on 14 February 1911 Arlie Lininger b. at Steuben County on 10 June 1887, d. at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, on 10 April 1962.[27]
    3. Cecil Freed b. about May 1896, d. on 1 October 1896.[28]
    4. Ralph Delbert Freed b. at Pleasant Lake on 13 September 1901, d. at Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida, on 31 March 1980; m. about 1919-20 Bessie Aldrich b. at Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana, on 11 August 1901, d. at Angola on 8 April 1955.[29] Children of Ralph and Bessie:
      1. Lois M. Freed b. at Pleasant Lake on 8 October 1919,[30] d. at Angola on 24 August 2015;[31] m. at LaGrange County on 1 October 1938 Harold Lee Nelson b. at Mongo, LaGrange County, on 23 February 1917,[32] d. on 30 August 1977.[33]
      2. Phyllis Maxine Freed b. at Steuben County on 5 October 1922, d. at Ventura, Ventura County, California, on 22 September 2013;[34] m. Ernest Lester Pendergrass b. at Woods County, Oklahoma, on 5 March 1917, d. at Los Angeles County, California, on 12 June 1977.[35]
      3. M. Joyce Freed b. at Steuben County on 1925, d. at Sturgis, Saint Joseph County, on 2005; m. Clarence A. Grabe b. on 1916, d. on 1977.[36]
      4. Janean L. Freed b. at Michigan about March 1940.[37]
    5. Lucile Freed b. at Indiana on 1904, d. on 1992; m. on 1927 Dewey F. Bowerman b. on 1898, d. on 1984.[38]
  8. HENRY6 SUNDAY b. at Indiana on 2 July 1869; d. at Angola, Steuben County, on 8 April 1963;[39] m. at Steuben County on 21 September 1892 DORA HOYER,[40] b. at Ohio on 26 April 1873, d. at Angola on 11 November 1969, child of Jacob Hoyer and Sarah Saul.[41] Children of Henry and Dora:
    1. Vera Gay Sunday b. at Indiana on 6 March 1897, d. on 25 January 1996; m. Bert J. Swager b. on 11 October 1895, d. on 24 May 1960.[42]
    2. Dessa Mae Sunday b. at Steuben County on 17 May 1902, d. at Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, on 6 February 2000; m. Clarence Hazel Wolf b. at Pleasant Lake on 15 July 1895, d. at Angola on 14 May 1977.[43]
    3. Bertha Sunday b. at Indiana about 1912-3.[44]

NOTES

1Mount Zion Cemetery, Steuben Township, Steuben County, Indiana, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 5 March 2019), Andrew-Mary Sunday; Created by: Jennifer, Photo added by Chuck Johnson.
2Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis., Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Steuben Co., Sunday-Ritter, 1854; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 27 February 2019).
3Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben Co., no. 318, Mary Sunday, 1912; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 February 2019); Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana.
4Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Steuben Township, Steuben County, indiana, roll 359, p. 207A, household 87, Mary Sundy family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
5Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Steuben Township, Steuben County, indiana, enumeration district (ED) 4, roll 312, p. 307A, household 257, Mary Sunday family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 February 2019); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Steuben, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 109, p. 1, household 12, Henry Sunday family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2019); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
7Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Steuben, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 138, roll 380, p. 7B, household 201, Henry Sunday family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 19 March 2019); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8Mount Zion Cemetery, Levi Sunday; Created by: Kristina (Kuhn) Krumm.
9Mount Zion Cemetery, Emma J. Sunday; Created by: Kristina (Kuhn) Krumm.
10Mount Zion Cemetery, (infant son) Sunday; Created by: Kristina (Kuhn) Krumm.
11Mount Zion Cemetery, Willie Sunday; Created by: xandrab.
12Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben Co., no. 13108, Corrie Della Spearow, 1948.
13Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Steuben Co., p. 283, Freed-Sunday, 1884.
14Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben Co., no. 20203, William Henry Freed, 1924.
15Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Steuben Co., p. 138, Spearow-Freed, 1926.
16Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben Co., no. 29885, Nelson Spearow, 1934.
17Mount Zion Cemetery, Nellie-Lewis Frederick; Created by: Jennifer, Photo added by Barbara Wolf.
18Mount Zion Cemetery, Nellie-Lewis Frederick; Created by: Jennifer, Photo added by Barbara Wolf.
19Mount Zion Cemetery, Earl J. Sams; Created by: Jennifer, Photo added by Barbara Wolf.
20Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 26 March 2019), Grace S. Fox Sams; Created by: Jennifer.
21Flint Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2019), Glen-Opal Walsh; Created by: Judith Maxwell.
22Mount Zion Cemetery, Aleen Mae Frederick; Created by: Jennifer, Photo added by Barbara Wolf. Day month and place provided by informant.
23Mount Zion Cemetery, Ida R. Sams; Created by: Jennifer, Photo added by Barbara Wolf.
24Mount Zion Cemetery, Robert D. Sams; Created by Barbara Wolf.
25Flint Cemetery, Betty-Robert Waite; Created by: Jennifer, Photo added by PLS.
26Hicks Cemetery, Pennfield, Calhoun County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2019), Gertrude-Elma Sams; Originally Created by: Robin E, Maintained by: Find A Grave, Photo added by Kim Lawrence. Day month and place provided by informant.
27Mount Zion Cemetery, Arlie-Harold Freed; Created by: Jennifer, Photo added by Barbara Wolf.
28Mount Zion Cemetery, Cecil Freed; Created by: Barbara Wolf.
29Mount Zion Cemetery, Bessie-Ralph Freed; Created by: Barbara Wolf. Day month and place provided by informant.
30Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, LaGrange Co., no. 53, Nelson-Freed, 1938.
31Mount Zion Cemetery, Lois-Harold Nelson; Created by: Scott Shoup, Photo added by Chuck Johnson.
32Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, LaGrange Co., no. 53, Nelson-Freed, 1938.
33Mount Zion Cemetery, Lois-Harold Nelson; Created by: Scott Shoup, Photo added by Chuck Johnson.
34Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 25 March 2019), Phyllis Maxine Freed Pendergrass; Created by: Emery Metzler.
35Rose Hills Memorial Park, Ernest L. Pendergrass; Created by: Rita Osborne, Photo added by Sunny.
36Oak Lawn Cemetery, Sturgis, Saint Joseph County, Michigan, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 25 March 2019), Joyce-Clarence Grabe; Created by: Alissa Wysong.
37Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Kinderhook, Branch County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 12-17, roll 1734, p. 5B, household 118, Ralph D. Freed family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 22 March 2019); NARA microfilm group T627.
38Flint Cemetery, Dewey-Lucile Blowerman; Created by: Barbara Wolf.
39Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben Co., no. 63-016284, Henry Sunday, 1963.
40Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Steuben Co., no. 214, Sunday-Hoyer, 1892.
41Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Steuben Co., no. 69-04379, Dora Sunday, 1969.
42Mount Zion Cemetery, Vera-Bert Swager; Created by: Judith Maxwell.
43Mount Zion Cemetery, Dessa-Clarence Wolf; Created by: Judith Maxwell.
44Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Steuben, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 20, p. 4B, household 100, Henry Sunday family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 March 2019); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

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