Ancestry of
Amelia Earhart

Aviation Pioneer

David Earhart Jr.

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• • Grandfather of Amelia Earhart — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • David Earhart 
  • Mother:
  • Catharine Altman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Feb 1818 
  • Birth Location:
  • Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Aug 1903 
  • Death Location:
  • Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison Co., Kansas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Wells Patton
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Nov 1841 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Trinity Lutheran Church, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania 
  • Child:

  Edwin Stanton Earhart (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • Kansas City, Jackson County, death records give David Earhart's death date as 14 AUG 1903, however his tombstone has 13 AUG 1903.

• Sources for David Earhart Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A122512 and #A015810.
  • ² Federal Census, KS, Atchison County, 1880, Atchison City, E.D. 2, p. 18, Image 18 of 71.
  • ³ Federal Census, KS, Atchison County, 1870, Center, p. 35, Image 34 of 41.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/30/2015).
  • ⁵ Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910, Death record for David Earhart.
  • ⁶ Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Marriage record for David Ehrhart and Mary W Patton.
  • ⁷ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #20647, Membership application for Edwin S. Earhart.

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