A Jonathan Smith at ancestry.com says Magdalena was named for an oldersister who died in infancy, and David and Anna Wissler Van Gundy wereher parents.
Seery descendants say her name was Mary but census records sayMagdalena.
On 6/23/1870 Magdalena was head of the house at age 83, still livingon the family farm with property worth $5000/635 and retired. Mary,60, an d Jeremiah, 37, were still at home. Mary had property worth$2000/500 and Jeremiah had $2000/500 but no occupation. Solomon wasnext door and down the road was Jacob.
In both 1850 and 1860 census records Magdalena was 2 years older thanS olomon. Was she born in 1787 rather than 1789?
