533. Fahrni–Forney

Outline

1. Steffan Fahrni (b. ca. 1540) m. Anna Schilt; Steffisburg, kt. Bern, Switzerland
2. Steffan Fahrni (ca. 1569–aft. 1604) m. ca. 1594 Barbli Duernermuth (d. aft. 1604); Steffisburg, kt. Bern, Switzerland
3. Ulrich Fahrni (1604–aft. 1640) m. ca. 1622 Anna Glücki (d. aft. 1640); Steffisburg, kt. Bern, Switzerland
4. Steffan Fahrni (1623–aft. 1677) m. ca. 1643 Barbara Rüsser (d. aft. 1677); Steffisburg, kt. Bern, Switzerland
5. Abraham Fahrni (1668–aft. 1737) m. bef. 1694 Anna Carli (1670–bef. 1747); Steffisburg, Wattenwil, kt. Bern, Switzerland; Hilchenbach, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany
6. Susanna Forney (ca. 1713–1785) m. 1734 Dr. Henry Carpenter (1713–1773); West Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.

Sources

H. O. F. [Howard O. Folker], Sketches of the Forney Family (Philadelphia: Harper & Brother Company, 1911), 67-71, and John K. Forney, Sketches and Genealogy of the Forney Family, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in Part (Abilene, Kan.: Reflector Printing Co., 1926), 12, 44-52, placed Susanna as the child of Peter Fahrni/Forney of Earl Township. An origin for Peter, with over a century of ancestry in Steffisburg, was proposed by Richard Warren Davis, Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners (an Aid to Mennonite Family Research), 3 vols. (Provo, Utah, 1995–9), 1:165.

However, Susanna’s marriage record, though placing the origin of her family at Steffisburg, names her father as Abraham, not Peter. This discovery is due to Elizabeth V. Meredith, Meredith Collection <https://meredith-collection.com> (Houston, Tex., 1997–2018), Research Volumes, 6:0 (Part 1), 12 (Part 4), 25 (Part 6), the latter an image capture of the marriage record. This record is also accessible in Evangelische Kirche Hilchenbach, Kirchenkreis Siegen, Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelischen Kirche von Westfalen, 18:77, Archion <https://www.archion.de/en> (Stuttgart, Germany: Kirchenbuchportal GmbH, 2015–25). Meredith also places Peter, heretofore identified as Susanna’s father, as her brother instead. This is based on the double share awarded to Peter’s heirs by the settlement of the widow Ann Fornee’s estate, which also awarded a single share to Susanna and her husband (6:114, 115 [Part 21]).

This page now follows Meredith’s compiled summary of Abraham’s family (6:100-2 [Part 19]). We continue to follow Davis for the first two generations, but the chronology remains incomplete. Neither Davis nor Meredith has published complete extracts from parish records in Steffisburg and elsewhere for Susanna’s grandparents.

Related surnames

1067. Carli · 133. Zimmerman–Carpenter

No additional information on the Duernermuth, Glücki, Rüsser, and Schilt families is available at this time.