Per Phillips Bradford at http://www.concentric.net/~pvb/GEN/rflor.html:
Web pages concerning Andreas Blocher - some inconsistencies:
Comparing the three following web pages:
The Blocher Seven Generation Chart
"Family Group Sheet"
Our Family Chronicle: The Blocher Family
According to The Blocher Seven Generation Chart, Andreas had 18 children, of which Peter is the first listed, Matthias is 6th, and Anna Catharina is the 12th listed. The birth dates show that certain births are within 9 months of each other, specifically Johann Georg and Andreas (Jr.), which are listed as 2nd and 3rd born, and Christian and Johannes, listed as 8th and 9th born. Also, the second Christina and Anna, listed as 16th and 17th are shown being born on the same day, implying that they were twins. Since there are two daughter named Christina (listed as 5th and 16th, where the date given for the first one's death is 1804) and two Johannes's (listed as 9th and 15th), and since there are seemingly biologically implausible birth dates, it is suspected that this record may be the mixture of two different families of Blocher. Perhaps many of the children listed were born to related Blochers and were adopted by Andreas Blocher and Anna Maria Wegennast.
Andreas and Anna Catharina had 17 children, according to the web page: "Family Group Sheet". This page omits Peter and shows the 5th listed as Mathias Blocher (1730-1803) who emigrated to Manheim Twp. in York County, PA, then married Barbara Schwab in 1759 at Trappe, Montgomery County, PA. According to this web page, Anna Catharina Blocher* (b. 1739), was the 11th child of Andreas and Margaretha. The birth dates and order of the children on this page are non-biologically overlapping, and also indicate that the second Christina and Anna were twins.
The web page: Our Family Chronicle: The Blocher Family, does not show a list of children of Andreas Blocher and Anna Maria Wegennast, but is centered only on Mathias Blocher who married Barbara Schwabin (or "Schwab" as reported in the "Family Group Sheet"). Each of the other web pages show the similar named spouse for Mathias, the same-named, son Joseph and daughter-in-law, and grandchild, Samuel, as listed in this "Our Family Chronicle" web page. The "Our Family Chronicle" web page, shows that Mathias emigrated with two brothers, "Peter", and "John" to settle in Hanover, PA. One of the other web page shows no sibling to Mathias named "Peter" but both list Johann Georg Blocher (oldest child) whose death is not shown, and two Johannes Blochers, any of whom could be known as "John".
The "Our Family Chronicle" web page, also states that Mathias and his brothers Peter and John emigrated to escape a military draft of young men over 16 years old, and so they "slipped out of Germany in 1753". according to the birth dates on the other two web pages, Mathias would have been 23-24 years old and Peter and Johann would have been 27-28 years old.
It would seem at first glance that these records are somewhat inconsistent. One is missing "Peter", and there are minor differences in the immigrant children's settlement locations in PA. Also, the "Our Family Chronicle" web page states that Mathias Blocker's family was Jewish and had a tradition of naming all their children with biblical names, however, some of the names in the other web pages are not typical of Jewish names, especially the two daughters named "Christina", a son named "Christian" and, "Anna Maria", Anna Catharina", "Margarethe", and "Elisabeth". The sheer number of 17 children also seems excessive (although possible), suggesting either that Andreas had more than one wife and/or that some of their children were adopted cousins of their natural children.
References:
FLORY FLORA FLOREY FLOREA FLORI GENEALOGY
The Flora Family.
Blocher Family Record.
Our Family Chronicle: The Blocher Family
Our Family Chronicle: The Blocher Family
Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies by H.F. Gingerich & R.W. Kreider, 1986.
From THE FAMILY GROUP SHEET, http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/family/grisso/FG08/FG08_047.htm
1 M Johann Georg Blocher
Birth 19 Aug 1724, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
2 M Andreas Blocher
Birth 3 Mar 1726, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
3 M Ludwig Blocher
Birth 16 Apr 1727, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Spouse Anna Catharina Leichs
4 F Christina Blocher
Birth 28 Jan 1729, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Death 29 Feb 1804, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Spouse Johann Friedrich Heinzelmann
5 M Mathias Blocher
Birth 11 Mar 1730, Sulz, Wuertemburg, Germany
Death Mar 1803, Manheim twp, York Co., Pennsylvania
Spouse Barbara Schwab
6 M Martin Blocher
Birth 6 Nov 1731, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Spouse Maria Margarethe Giehring
7 M Christian Blocher
Birth 9 Dec 1733, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
8 M Johannes Blocher
Birth 8 Mar 1735, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
9 F Margarethe Blocher
Birth 10 May 1736, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Spouse Andreas Blocher
10 F Elisabeth Blocher
Birth 7 Nov 1737, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
11 F Anna Catharina Blocher
Birth 7 Mar 1739, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
12 F Eva Blocher
Birth 16 Nov 1740, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
13 F Anna Maria Blocher
Birth 21 Mar 1742, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Death 20 May 1822, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
14 M Johannes Blocher
Birth 3 Oct 1744, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Death 11 Mar 1827, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Spouse Anna Ackerer
15 F Anna Blocher
Birth 20 Aug 1747, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
16 F Christina Blocher
Birth 20 Aug 1747, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Death 1 Sep 1819, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Spouse Adam Kipp
17 M Johann Jakob Blocher
Birth 4 Jan 1749, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Death 26 Apr 1811, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg, Germany
Spouse Margaretha Welcker