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An American Family History

Conrad Bloss, Jr.

 
Bloss is also spelled Blose, Bloß and Bose, Bloz, Blos, Blotz, Blows, Bloce, Blois, Blass, Blaas, Plose.
 

Pennsylvania is one of the 13 original states and was originally founded in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake.

Conrad Bloss, Jr. was born about 1758 in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Johann Conrad Bloss and Anna Magdalena Reber.

Conrad's wife was named Susanna. They married about 1790.

They settled in Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

In 1776 a Conrad Bloss participated in the Battle of Long Island. It could have been this Conrad or his father or cousin.

Conrad and Susanna's children included:
Anna Maria Bloss (March 27, 1791),
Maria Barbara Bloss Bittenbender (February 4, 1793, married John Bittenbender),
Jacob Bloss (July 13, 1794, married Elizabeth Bittenbender),
Conrad Bloss (February 5, 1796), and
Catarina Bloss (August 6, 1800).

Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania originally included Washington Township and Slatington. It is located on Trout Creek and Jordan Creek.

Children of
Johann Conrad Bloss and
Anna Magdalena Reber Bloss
  • John George Bloss
  • Eva Elizabeth Bloss Seidel
  • Maria Margaretha Bloss Brandstetter
  • Daniel Bloss
  • Peter Bloss
  • Henry Bloss
  • Sonia Bloss
  • Conrad Bloss
  • In the Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic of 1793, 5000 or more people died between August 1 and November 9.

     

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