Pennsylvania "German" Genealogy

of the

Bates Family

York Co Pennsylvania

Did this family change there name at one time to the more common (English) spelling of Bates? Or is this an English Name (?) Could it have been an earlier name in York Co - Batz

                                               

Above - This is the mother and father of Elorna Bates -  she wa the wife of Benjamin Slenker

They are buried at the union Cemetery in Dallastown

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Father: Conrad INNERST b: 31 AUG 1785 in , York, Pennsylvania

Mother: Barbara HARTMAN b: 12 FEB 1792 in , York, Pennsylvania

Marriage 1 Joseph BATES b: ABT 1826 in , , Pennsylvania

Benjamin Slenker Born

Married Elonora Bates her father was Joseph Bates - her mother was "Arabella" Inners

My mothers middle name was Bell, is this the  grandmother that she was named after?

Elonora married Benjamin Slenker