Descendants of Valentine Glatt
Benzinger Township

By Michele Nissel

Generation No. 1

1. VALENTINE GLATT was born 1805 (on tombstone) in Germany, and died January 02, 1879. He is buried in the St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA. According to immigration records he was born in Hesse Darmstadt in 1806. He immigrated to NY 7 Spe 1846. This document was signed on12 Mar 1847. He married APOLONIA SCHADE who was born in 1802 in Germany and died in 1879. She is buried in the St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA

Children of Valentine Glatt and Apolonia Schade are:

2. i. VALENTINE GLATT
B: 1831, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
D: August 1871, St Marys, Elk, PA
ii. MICHAEL GLATT
B: Abt 1835, Germany
iii. BARBARA GLATT
B: Abt 1837
iv. FRANCIS GLATT
B: Abt 1843

Generation No. 2

2. VALENTINE² GLATT, Jr (VALENTINE¹) was born 1831 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, and died August 1871 in St Marys, Elk, PA. He was buried on 10 Aug 1871 in the St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA. He married MARGARET BREHM daughter of Albert Andrew Brehm and Anna Marie Deinlein on September 24, 1855. Margaret was bron 25 May 1835 in Starnberg, Germany and died 8 Jul 1920 in St Marys, Elk, PA. She was buried in the St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA. NOTE: 1900 census she immigrated in 1853. 1920 census shows she immigrated in 1854

Children of Valentine Glatt and Margaret Brehm are:

3. i. DOROTHEA GLATT
B: December 1857, PA
D: October 28, 1918, St Marys, Elk, PA
4. ii. ANDREW GLATT
B: January 21, 1863, Spring Field, Ohio
D: July 02, 1935
iii. MARGARET GLATT
B: November 25, 1869, St Marys, Elk, PA
D: January 17, 1895, Benzinger Twp, Elk, PA
M: Did Not Marry

Generation No. 3

3. DOROTHEA³ GLATT (VALENTINE², VALENTINE¹) was born December 1857 in PA, and died October 28, 1918 in St Marys, Elk, PA. She is buried in the St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA. According to the 1900 census it listed Dorothea as having 10 children with only 7 still living. She married ERHARD BURK son of Christian Buerk and Agatha Abt 1874 in USA. Erhard was born 19 May 1849 in Schweningen, Germany and died 26 Jan 1938 in St Marys, Elk, PA. He is buried in the St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA. The 1900 census shows he immigrated in 1868.

Children of Dorothea Glatt and Erhard Burk are:

i. FRANK BURK
ii. PETER BURK
iii. APPOLONIA BURK
iv. MARGARET BURK
B: 1875, PA
D: 1953
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: GEORGE GLEIXNER 1869-1947
v. ANDREW C. BURK
B: December 04, 1881, St Marys, Elk, PA
D: December 13, 1958, St Marys, Elk, PA
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: MARY BARBARA ECKERT on May 10, 1909 in St Marys Church, St Marys, Elk, PA
vi. ALBERT C. BUERK
B: January 06, 1884, St Marys, Elk, PA
D: November 09, 1956, St Marys, Elk, PA
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: CAROLINE T. SCHWABENBAUER on July 16, 1912 in St Marys Church, St Marys, Elk, PA
vii. JOHN M. BUERK
B: February 24, 1886, St Marys, Elk, PA
D: June 12, 1942, St Marys, Elk, PA
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: ISABEL RAFFEINNER
viii. JOSEPH BURK
B: May 03, 1888, St Marys, Elk, PA
D: November 07, 1955, St Marys, Elk, PA
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: MARY TRUFFNER
ix. EDWARD ERHART BURK
B: December 1894, PA
x. AGNES M. AGATHA BUERK
B: May 1898, PA
D: 1989
BURIED: St Joseph's Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
NOTE: She became a Nun
xi. SABINA M. BURK
B; 1902
D: 1960
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: EDWARD J. EHRENSBERGER

4. ANDREW³ GLATT (VALENTINE², VALENTINE¹) was born January 21, 1863 in Spring Field, Ohio, and died July 02, 1935. He is buried in the St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA. He married MARY A. KESTLER daughter of George Kestler and Anna in 1892. Mary was born 13 Sep 1873 in Troy, New York and died 8 Jan 1953 in St Mrays, Elk, PA. She was buried on 12 Jan 1953 in the St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA. The 1900 census shows she had 5 children with 4 still living. Another note is that the marriage license issued in Elk County for Andrew and Mary was never completed in the record books. The 1900 census has them being married for 8 years.

Children of Andrew Glatt and Mary Kestler are:

i. ERHARD E. (ED) GLATT
B: December 27, 1892, St Marys, Elk, PA
D: February 09, 1976, St Marys, Elk, PA
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: JULIA J. KLAIBER, July 01, 1919, St Marys Church, St Marys, Elk, PA
ii. THERESA M. GLATT
B: March 1894, PA
D: 1968
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: JACKSON A. JACK TUCKER
iii. ANNA GLATT
B: December 1895, PA
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: JOSEPH DONACHY
iv. DOROTHY DORA GLATT
B: 1898, St Marys, Elk, PA
D: 1967
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: GEORGE J. DISTLER, September 26, 1916, St Marys, Elk, PA
v. GEORGE GLATT
B: May 02, 1900, Benzinger Twp, Elk, PA
D: May 23, 1900, Benzinger Twp, Elk, PA
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
vi. ANNA FRANCES GLATT
B: April 20, 1901, St Marys, Elk, PA
D: June 1971, St Marys, Elk, PA
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
vii. GEORGE B. GLATT
B: July 15, 1903, PA
D: March 31, 1969
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: CECILIA B. KLAIBER, August 25, 1926, St Marys, Elk, PA
viii. AMANDA (TWIN) GLATT
B: Abt 1905
D: Aft January 1953
ix. MARGARET (TWIN) GLATT
B: Abt 1905
D: Bef January 1953
M: EDWARD REIDER
x. MARION MARY GLATT
B: 1907, PA
D: 1966
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: THOMAS A. WILLIAMSON
xi. FRANCIS A. FRANK GLATT
B: November 04, 1909, St Marys, Elk, PA
D: August 1977, St Marys, Elk, PA
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: CLARA G. MINNICK, September 15, 1934, St Marys Church, St Marys, Elk, PA
xii. PETER J. GLATT
B: March 13, 1912, St Marys, Elk, PA
D: May 02, 1966, St Marys, Elk, PA
BURIED: St Marys Cemetery, St Marys, Elk, PA
M: BERTHA A. OTT, September 03, 1955, St Joseph's Church, Erie, Erie, PA
xiii. AGNES MARIE GLATT
B: September 15, 1914, St Marys, Elk, PA
Was still alive and living in St Marys as of Mar 1997 M: LEROY C. MEYER, February 1933, St Marys, Elk, PA
xiv. IDA M. GLATT
B: 1917, PA
D: Aft January 1953
M: ALFRED WILFRED HABERBERGER
xv. HAROLD GLATT
B: Abt 1918, PA

If any information above is incorrect or if you would like to add something to this please contact Michele Nissel

Return to Benzinger Township

Return to the Elk County Home Page

(c) Elk County Genealogy Project