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1397 Allegheny Township/Loretto Borough
Cambria County, Pennsylvania
The home of Michael Fitzgibbons in America

The county of Cambria owes its existence to an act of Assembly, passed March 26, 1804. The territory comprising it was taken from the counties of Huntington and Somerset. Land area is 694.9 square miles.
The first permanent settlers known in Cambria were in 1771. Captain Michael McGuire began a settlement near present-day Loretto in 1790. Cambria County was then a wilderness and not known to geographers. Wild beasts of the forest and Indians were numerous. Panthers, wolves and bears prowled at night around the cabins of the pioneers. Nevertheless, the early settlers had fine times hunting and fishing as the forest was alive with game and the clear streams were filled with fish.
A study of racial origins of the settlers in Cambria County before 1815, based on the names on tax lists and census schedules, indicates that those of Germanic origin made up the largest group, about 42%. The Irish and Scotch accounted for 35%, the Welsh for 15% and only 8% appear to have been of English origin.
Allegheny Township was formed in 1816 with the rapid expansion of the first settlement of Captain McGuire.
Our Michael Fitzgibbons arrived from Ireland in the early 1800’s. He married Eleanor Elder about 1819 in Allegheny Township, and it is here that he had his family.
The borough of Loretto was formed out of Allegheny Township on March 8, 1845.
Michael died in Cambria County, PA on January 25, 1862.

Source:



The Planting of Civilization in Western Pennsylvania, by Buck and Buck, 1939. University of Pittsburgh Press.
Egle’s History of Cambria County, by Robert L. Johnston Ebensburg.

possible children;
15011. Priscilla FITZGIBBONS b: 1811-1827
2. Francis FITZGIBBONS b: 1811-1827
3. Charles FITZGIBBONS b: 1811-1827
4. Mary FITZGIBBONS b: 16 Mar 1820
5. John FITZGIBBONS b: 6 Jan 1827

1502Father: Walter ELDER b: 1774 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Mother: Priscilla ELDER b: November 20, 1777 in Frederick County, Maryland


possible children;
15011. Priscilla FITZGIBBONS b: 1811-1827
2. Francis FITZGIBBONS b: 1811-1827
3. Charles FITZGIBBONS b: 1811-1827
4. Mary FITZGIBBONS b: 16 Mar 1820
5. John FITZGIBBONS b: 6 Jan 1827
6. Thomas FITZGIBBONS??

Catherine Adelsberger
(2nd wife of Michael Fitzgibbons)

Catherine Adelsberger was the second wife of Michael Fitzgibbons.
What is known of Catherine follows:

Catherine Adelsberger was born May 16, 1799 in what is now Loretto, Cambria Co. PA. Her parents were John Adelsberger and Catherine Taney/Adelsberger. Catherine’s first husband was John Conrad. What is known of John Conrad follows:
John Conrad was born Aug. 10, 1778 in Fredrick Co., Maryland. He first married Mary Maria Adams on April 2, 1804 in Conwego, Adams Co., PA. He was a farmer and worked in a shoe shop. They had eleven children between 1805 and 1823. John’s wife Mary dies March 4, 1823 in Conwego, PA.
John Conrad marries Catherine Adelsberger on June 4, 1827 in Loretto, Cambria Co., PA. They had three children between 1828 and 1831. John Conrad dies March 31, 1832 in Loretto.
Catherine Adelsberger/Conrad marries Michael Fitzgibbons Sept. 29, 1833 in Loretto, Cambria Co., PA. They have three children between 1834 and 1841. Michael and his first wife, Eleanor Elder, had five children. (see Michael’s biography)
In summary:
Catherine Adelsberger/Conrad/Fitzgibbons was the second wife of John Conrad, and the second wife of Michael Fitzgibbons.