Johann Matthaus FADER

1774 - Aft 1809  (> 36 years)

• Name	Johann Matthaus FADER
  Birth	9 Apr 1774	Lunenburg County, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	17 Apr 1774	Lunenburg County, NS   [1]
  Death	Aft 1809	Victoria County, NS   [2]
  Person ID	I2447	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	24 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Johann Heinrich FEHDER,   b. 1715, Isenburg, Freudenstadt, Wuettemberg d. 27 Nov 1789, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Helena Elisabetha SCHLAGINTWEIT,   b. 25 Jul 1733, Nordheim, Wuerttemberg d. 29 Oct 1803, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1752	probably aboard the ship Sally   [3]
  	They married either in Europe or, more likely, at sea aboard the Sally.
  Notes	They appear to have been married prior to embarking for NS. [Sally Passenger List]
  Family ID	F731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(--?--)
  Children	1. William Henry FADER,   b. 1798, d. 28 Oct 1878, Englishtown, Victoria, NS (Age 80 years)   2. Charles Augustus FADER,   b. 1809, NS d. 6 Apr 1831, Englishtown, Victoria, NS (Age 22 years)   3. Roderick FADER,   b. 1810, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F47425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine (--?--),   b. 1795, an unknown [to me] place d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F47426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The genealogy of the Early FADER families in Victoria County, NS is a tangled mess and various genealogists have adopted various theories in attempts to untangle it. What can be said for certain is this: a. Sometime after the 1780's Johann Matthaus FADER b. 1774 disappears; there is no record of his having married in Lunenburg County. b. Sometime in the early 1800's a FADER family appears in the area what is now Englishtown; it is rumored that they came by way of Halifax. c. In the 1861 Census of Victoria County, there are two Fader families, headed by William and another by William, Jr. Wm. Sr. is known to die in 1778, and Wm. Jr. is known to die in 1866. d. In the 1871 Census of the area, there are two FADER families headed by people born bef. 1840. One appears to be Wm. FADER Sr., and the other is a John FADER, aged 101, born Scotland! (I believe this to be an erroneous POB, based on the family he was living with). e. According to the death certificate of George FADER, s/o Wm. and Elizabeth (Tutty) FADER, his father was from Lunenburg. If one examines the records of the FADER families of Lunenburg County, everyone born about 1774 to 1795 seems to be accounted for, except for Johann Matthaus. So, given that: a. There is a John FADER aged 101 in the 1871 Census; and b. The first Victoria County FADER had to come from from somewhere; and c. There apparently is a Lunenburg connection. [Records pertaining to two known grandson's state that they were born in the US (one in NY), and since there is a Lunenburg in Germany, it is not beyond the realm of possibility that the Victoria County FADER's came there directly from Germany by way of NY] My best guess is that the John FADER in the 1871 Census was born Johann Matthaus FADER in 1774 at Lunenburg Township, NS. But I would not risk any amount higher than a nickel on it. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9263] Parish Register, St. John's Anglican Church--Lunenburg. [S12553] 1871 Census of *NS*, Victoria County, Monro's Point and Sain Ann's, family #29. [S9114] Observation.