17 Dec 2009

Fase Family History

manda Fase, a daughter of Philip and Catharine Fase, is the only known member of her family to have settled in northeastern Kansas. Like her husband and his family, her parents and several siblings had also previously relocated from Adams County, Pennsylvania, to live in central Kansas.

Amanda Fase

Amanda Elizabeth Fase was born 05 Jan 1853 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. She married John Franklin Freeman on 02 Dec 1873 in the adjacent county in Pinetown, York County, Pennsylvania. Their first two children were born in Pennsylvania before they relocated near Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas, in August 1877. This was during a period when the majority of both of their families also moved to the same area. Their remaining children were born near Abilene, making the entire list:
John F. Freeman
and Amanda E. Fase,
c.1897

1. Jennie Lake (1874-1953).
2. Bertha Catherine (c.1876).
3. Grace Marie (1878-1957).
4. Mae Estelle (1880-1931).
5. Ada Ella (1882-1966).
6. Laura Agnes (1884-1959).
7. John Elmer (1886-1969).
8. Florence Anna (1888-1954).
9. Maggie E. (1891).
10. Vera E. (1893).
11. [See Freeman Family History for more details on these children.]

John F. Freeman
and Amanda E. Fase,
c.1930's About 1890, John and Amanda moved their family to Topeka, Kansas. They remained here until c.1895, when they continued on to Atchison, Kansas. In 1900 the family lived on the campus of Midland College in the town of Atchison where Amanda was employed as the cook, and John was the janitor. By 1910, they had moved onto a farm and had taken boarders into their home. For Christmas of that year, Amanda is known to have made dinner for 42 people, including 30 of her children and grandchildren. Considering the large family, the boarders, and the students, she must have cooked a staggering amount of food during her lifetime. Amanda died on 23 Feb 1940, and John died 15 Oct 1941. They were buried together in Oak Hill Cemetery in Atchison.

Pennsylvania

Fase Family Migration to Kansas
1. Frederick & Carroll Counties, Maryland
2. York & Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
3. Clay & Dickinson Counties, Kansas
4. Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
5. Atchison County, Kansas Amanda's parents were Philip Fase, born 25 Aug 1828 in Manchester, Carroll County, Maryland, and Catharine Starner (or Sterner), born 10 Apr 1831 in the same state. The two were married 06 Dec 1849 at St. Matthews Lutheran Church, in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania. Although Hanover is across the state line, it lies only about twelve miles from Carroll County where their marriage record shows they both resided at the time. They were still living there during the census in November 1850 with the family of Johnathan and Elizabeth Starner who are probably Catharine’s parents. However, they must have relocated soon afterward, since Philip and Catharine's first child was born in Pennsylvania during the next year.

The family moved to Kansas in 1876, and in 1880 they were living in Chapman in Clay County. Philip and Catharine later moved into the town of Abilene in neighboring Dickinson County in 1896. In 1900, they were living there with the family of their daughter, Emma, and their widowed daughter, Laura, was living next door. Catharine died here on 3 Feb 1909, and Philip died later the same year on 1 Nov 1909. Both were buried in the Abilene Cemetery. Philip and Catharine had the following children:
Tombstone of Philip Fase
and Catherine Starner, 2008

1. Belinda C. (c.1850-1905) who married William D. Sholl c.1870 and lived in Salina, Kansas in 1900.
2. Amanda Elizabeth (1853-1940) previously discussed.
3. Lewis H. (c.1857) who lived in Maryland in 1909.
4. John P. (c.1861) who married a woman named Margaret A. c.1900 and remained in Abilene.
5. Alfred Nathaniel (or Alpheus Nesaneul) (c.1863) who married a woman named Nettie c.1890 and lived in Kansas City in 1909.
6. Ellen S. "Ella" (c.1865) who married a Mr. Faux and lived in Pennsylvania in 1909.
7. Agnes J. (c.1867) who married Jacob E. Livingston 1884 and moved to Salina.
8. Emma Jane (c.1868) who married Millard Fillmore Menges 1885 in Dickinson County. They remained in Abilene except a period during the 1890's in or near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
9. Laura Rebecca (1870-1952) who first married William R. Brown 1890 with whom she had two sons. She second married Emmet C. Tolbert 1902 and lived with him in Weld County, Colorado, until his death in 1913. She then married a third time to Fred L. Woods and lived with him in Denver, Colorado, through at least 1930. She died in Santa Cruz County, California.
10. David S. (1873-1954) who married Mamie Belle Powell 1896 in Dickinson County and lived in Salina until at least 1920. They lived in San Francisco, California, in 1930, and both died in Sacramento County, California.

Frederick Fase

Philip's parents were Frederick Fase (also spelled Faess) and his wife, Elizabeth. Frederick lived from c.1794 to c.1835. His mother's name was Anna Catharine who was born c.1769.

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Links

• Amanda Elizabeth Fase {fam group, lineage, fam hist}
• John Franklin Freeman {fam group, lineage, fam hist}