Also spelled Dannehauer, Danenhour, Donnahower, etc. Surname:
The German spelling, Dannenhauer, means cutter of fir trees.
The last name can be spelled in a variety of ways.
Because of the wide variance in spellings of names, those listed here do not follow a specific form.
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~S u r n n a m e s ~ Acuff, Adams, Arets, Bealer, Beeler, Bell, Berger, Beth, Beutel, Bergenstock, Biddis, Bisson, Bloom, Bockius, Boggs, Bones, Boorem, Booze, Branson, Brecht, Breisch, Bright, Bringhouse, Brown, Campbell, Carrell, Carwell, Chandler, Coffey, Conrad, Cook, Cressman, Crick, Crowell, Cumming, Danenhour, Danenhouer, Danehower, Dannahower, Dannahuer, Danninghauer, Dannehower, Donohower, Davis, Dean, DeGour, Denz, Ditter, Douglass, Duy, Eckfeld, Eckstein, Elliott, Emeigh, End, Erddmann, Ehrenzeiler, Erwin, Evans, Fenstamacher, Fetterman, Fichtner, Fisher, Fleck, Fletcher, Frantz, Fremont, Garber, Gardner, Gearhart, Geiger, Geist, Godfryd, Geoghegan, Gifford, Gilbert, Glessing, Gouldy, Graff, Gravenstine, Green, Greenewalt, Groff, Guenther, Haas, Hanna, Harlacher, Harper, Harrison, Hause, Hawk, Headley, Herre, Heuy, Hoot, Hoppier, Hunter, Hurst, Hurst, Huston, Impson, Jacoby, Johnson, Kain, Kaufman, Keelor, Keurlis, Keyser, King, Kirk, Knappengerger, Knoll, Koerner, Konner, Kneedler, Knorr, Kraft, Krueser, Kunders, Lawford, Lehman, Lensen, Lester, Leister, Lewis, Lyons, Mack, Marewine, Markham, Maurer, McKee, Melcher, Michlin, Miller, Morris, Morrison, Murphy, Nauman, Neitz, Neville, Newhart, Overpeck, Powell, Pugh, Rabold, Reger,, Reis, Reistein, Reser, Riter, Rittenhouse, Roberts, Roth, Salerne, Saxton, Scholl, Schwartz, Scull, Seager, Shoemaker, Simpson, Sintern,Snyder, Stackhouse, Strayer, Steever, Stong, Storm, Streper, Subers, Summitt, Sumter, Supplee, Swane. Swenk, Taylor, Thomas, Toaz, Thompson, Transuey, Trefz, Trumpore, Tyson, Underkoffler, Wagner, Wambold, Warkman (?), Wardell, Watkins, Warren, Weaver, Weidner, Weirkeiser, Wiesse, Willets, Wilson, Winder, White, Whittaker, Wilgus, Williams, Williamson, Wintermark, Womer, Woodward, Yaekel, Yeager, Yerkes, Yocum, Zehnder, Zelander, Zink (Listed at the top of individual pages; no links yet). Abstracts from: The
Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County
Vol, date, number, page Surnames: Bisson, Brecht, Carrell, Danehower, Dannehower, Donohower, Geist, Gilbert, Graff, Groff, Keelor, Kneedler, Jacoby, Maurer, Scholl, Schwartz, Supplee, Thompson, Underkoffler, Yeager, Wambold, Weidner, Williamson. XIII,
spring 1962, 146
Assessment List, Borough of Norristown1813
Danehower, John 1 cow, 12, 50,.52
& for Samuel Jacoby Estate Cordwinder, lot & Dwg, 1000 XII, fall 1959, no. 3, p.207 The school of Boehm’s Reformed Church Blue Bell, had a “picnic-style harvest home” on Aug. 6, in the grove of William Dannehower. Vol.
XXIII, Fall 1981, p. 157
US Direct Tax of 1798, Bucks, Montgomery counties
Donohower, Abram, dwelling house 1, Dimensions, 27-27, stone, stories 2, windows
14 valuation, 300
Donohower, Henry, dwelling house, 32-20, stone, stories 2, windows 2,
evaluation, 400
Danehauer, Abram,1 barn wood 40x25; adjoining properties Hugh Foulke, acres 119;
valuation 1666 Vol
8, 1951-53, p. 231
“Deaths in the Skippack Region”
No. 100 “Heinrich Graff” died Jan. 6, 1815. Born Feb. 25, 1759, son of
the prioneer Jacob Groff of Upper Salford and brother of No. 264. He operated an
oil and saw mill on the North Branch of the Perkiomen. Married May 11, 1780
Charlotte Schwartz (No. 151). Buried Goshenhoppen Union Cemetery. Issue: Jacob
Groff, Mary, wife of Conrad Geist; Catherine, wife of Conrad Keelor; Susanna,
wife of John Underkoffler; Elizabeth, wife of John Danehower; Henry, Joseph,
Michael, John and Hannah Groff, the last four minors at the time of Henry’s
death. (OC bk 3/141,155). Vol
VI, 1920, p. 144
“Some Facts About Plymouth Township Public Schools,” by George K. Brecht,
esq. Wallace l. Danehower, followed for several years when Charles W. Maurer
filled the position until the consolidation of the schools in 1915. Mr.
Danehower was then returned as supervisor of the schools, and efficiently
arranged the system under the consolidation. Mr. Danehower died January, 1918,
and his widow, Alice Yeager Danehower, ws elected to take charge of the school
system and continued in that position for a number of years. Vol. 4, 1943-45, p. 51 “Marriages Recorded on German-Inscribed Tombstones in Montgomery County, Pa.” Feb. 19, 1817, Michael Scholl and Lydia Dannehower, Christ Reformed Church, Indian Creek March 22, 1814, Jacob Wambold and Elisabeth Dannehauer, Indian Field Lutheran Church Vol.
XI, Fall 1957, no. 1 p. 13
“Gwynedd Hall”
For a time, Allen Danehower, farmer to Miers Busch, lived in the cottage, but in
1858, he moved out to make room for the gardener, Elijah Wyatt. Vol.
VI, Historical Sketches Published by the Society, Norristown Press, 1929
p. 39
“Revolutionary Heroes Buried in St. John’s Cemetery” Centre Square, PA.,
by Clara A. Beck
Abraham Dannehower, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division,
Pennsylvania Militia in service July, 1814. “Biographical
Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania” Vol II, Ellwood Roberts, editor
(New York, Lewis Publishing Co., 1904)
p. 534
John Beans Carrell, M.D. , March 31, 1880, Lizzie S. Danehower, daughter of
Abram and Sarah Danenhower, of Warminster, who is a member of an old family of
Bucks and Montgomery counties, of German descent. Dr. and Mrs. Carrell are among
the best known and most respected residents of Hatsboro, enjoying the confidence
of the entire community. p.
332
Rev. Uriah Weidner married, at Norristown, June 21, 1853, Margaret L. Supplee,
daughter of Joel and Phebe (Supplee) Supplee. Mrs. Weidner was born in Worcester
township, May 31, 1838. The children of Mr. And Mrs. Uriah Weidner were: Frank
N., born Oct. 22, 1856, married R. Ella Danehower, and has one child, Myrtie…. p.
132
James Washington Bisson, son of Hilary and Hannay (Skeen) Bisson, was born
Sept. 17, 1842, near West Point, in Upper Gwyneed township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania. He married, Feb. 20, 1869, Catharine, daughter of John S. and
Sarah Kneedler) Dannehower, of Kulpville, Towamencin township and had one child:
Lillie May, born Sept. 15, 1884, died July 15, 1902. She was a girl of more than
usual promise, and was greatly beloved by all who knew her. Her Mother’s
death, which occurred in September 1901, much affected her. p.
318
Thomas Thompson, married Nov. 27, 1848, a daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Hoss)
Gilbert … Other children of Daniel Gilbert were: Peter, born 1817, married
Mary Roberts, of Upper Dublin township, and resided near Frazer, in Chester
county and had several children who live in that vicinity; Jacob, married
Catharine Ann Dannehower, of Springhouse, and resided in Chester County; Daniel,
married Sidney Williamson, of Coatesville, and lived in Chester County; Daniel,
married Sidney Williamson, of Coatesville, Chester County; Anna Maria, married
Rowland Dannehower, son of Jacob and Catharine (Hallmann) Dannehower, and
resides with her daughter, Mrs. Amanda Jones, on Tennis Avenue, Ambler. Thomas
Thompson (father) died May 16, 1891.
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