>In the year of 1792, John Scheimer purchased from Jacob Miller. He
>married Salome Van Buskirk, minister of the Lutheran Church. He died
>July 18, 1848, aged over 80, and he left 4 sons, John B., Charles B.,
>August, who moved to Lockport, NY., and Jacob B., who moved to
>Freemansburg, PA., and two daughters, Mary, who married Jacob Krimm, and
>Elizabeth, married Jacob Appel, both of Lower Saucon, Northampton Co.
>John B. Shimer died Nov 21, 1880, aged over 79, and left 2 sons, Reuben
>and William, and 1 d
Thanks, I think the Moses I am looking for may have lived in Plainfield
Twsp. I just found my old records of 1860 census and found a Moses age 64
and a Mary Ann age 35 Living there. If they are the correct family there
should be a Sarah age 4 or 5 in the 1870 census.
Sorry for the previous confusion on Whitehall, but the Egypt Reformed Church
has Gangewere in their records. If I remember correctly it is not far from
Egypt Reformed to Plainfield Twsp.
Gordon in Virginia
Researching; Gerhab, Weaver, Derr,
Many thanks to all who answered my question regarding in which township
Trexlertown is located. I surely appreciate all the help.
Mary Ann
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Ann"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:28 AM
> Subject: [PALEHIGH-L] Trexlertown
>
>
> > Will some kind person tell me what township Trexlertown is in? Or
perhaps
> > tell me where I can find out this information. I cannot find it on some
> of
> > the Pa. sites I
>From: Dave Steckel
>I have the record of who's buried in the Egypt Reformed Church Old Cemetery
>1753-1957 from the present Pastor.Contact me,maybe I can be of some help.
>I'll be away from the computer quite a bit from now until 4/05. But I will
>check it every now and again.
I would like d.date for John Henry Steckel (b.August 27, 18690, married
Katie Priscilla Briegel (need b. and d. dates). Their son John H. Steckel
(b. March 20, 1899) married Mary Ochs (b.April 21, 1905
Hi Judy,
I have just joined this list recently, and this is my first posting. I
noticed that you are researching the Derr surname. My Joseph Derr was born in
Lehigh Co. in abt 1804, and eventually moved to Luzerne Co. PA, would there
be a connection there??
When you mentioned the Church, I thought I may find Derr's there since
another German branch of my family are associated with The Stone Arabia
Reformed Church. Found the following reference to the church's location on a
webpage, and below that i
Col. John Craig, (subject) of the Lehigh Valley. The family came from
Ireland about the close of the 17 century and settled in Phila. In 1728
Col. Thomas Craig moved to Northampton County and settled in what was
afterward known as Craig's or the Irish Settlement.
The name of Col. Thomas Craig appears of the Synod of Phila for the
first time in 1731, and by it we learn that he occupied the office of
Elder. As it was in the year 1731 that the Presbyterian Church was
organized in the settlement, it may theref
Ref: Town and Country
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - March 21, 1903
LEFT FOR OTHER PARTS
Jacob GERHART, the nineteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Granville W.
GERHART, of Pennsburg, left his home on Sunday forenoon and has not been seen
or heard from since. His parents have become anxious as to his whereabouts,
but have not asked any detectives to find their son for them. Immediately
after it was ascertained on Monday that Jacob did not report at F.M. MOLL's
general store, East Greenvill
I have the record of who's buried in the Egypt Reformed Church Old Cemetery 1753-1957 from the present Pastor.Contact me,maybe I can be of some help. I'll be away from the computer quite a bit from now until 4/05. But I will check it every now and again. Many of the original Egypt people are in the cemetery.Many Steckel family.
Ref: Town and Country
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - March 28, 1903
WON PRIZE IN ORATORY
E. Holmes SCHWARTZ (picture), of Pennsburg, won first honors in the ninth
annual elocutionary and oratorical prize contest, at Perkiomen Seminary, on
Friday evening. This is one of the most important events of the year and it
is considered a great honor to be one of the contestants in it. This was one
of the closest and most interesting contests ever held at the school. Ten
contestants were entered,
Hi Theda,
Thank's so much for your reply.
I am looking for JOSEPH DERR born in LEHIGH CO. PA in about 1804, and his
ancestors. Two of his son's Biographies give Lehigh Co. PA as their father's
birthplace. I don't know what Joseph's parents names were, I only have his
birth place to go on. He married LEVINA KREITER from NORTHAMPTON CO. in about
1835, but their first child was born in Luzerne Co. in 1837.
He was my GGGGrandfather, I already have researched my Derr line in Luzerne
Co. which is what le
I believe that I have seen pieces of this map. Is this the same map that
comes in 6-8 large pieces, with names of the landowners kept on file? It is
a land survey map, taken from earlier surveys dated from approximately
1800-1816. It details land ownership, so one can see where a certain farm was
in relation to others. It reads like a who's who of Heidelberg Township. I
found it very useful and informative.
A Military Thank You
If you are so inclined, visit the Department of Defense web page below
and sign a brief message thanking the men and women of the U.S. military
services for defending our freedom. The compiled list of names will be sent
out to our soldiers at the end of the month. So far, there are only about
5,600,000 people have signed to date. What a shame. There should be
hundreds of millions of thank you's. Pass the word that we can honor and
support the defenders of freedom during Nationa
Buried at Belthlehem (Moravian)
anna R. 1760-69 died of small pox
Abraham 1747-48, son of Daniel
(nee May) Anna Mary 1718-84, born at Lindheim, Wettavia, Germany. She
was raised in the family of Baron de Schrautenbach. In 1743 she became
the wife of Daniel Kunkler
Daniel Jr 1753-1792, son of Daniel Sr., born at Nazareth, he married
Mary Colver
Daniel Sr. 1719-1777, a shoemaker born at St. Gall, Switzerland.
David, (1794-1839) a baker born at Emaus, his first wife was E.
Omensetter, his second wife
I wanted to let everyone know what I finally discovered at the Lehigh Co. Historic Society today. Librarian Jan said I could send this. :)
It is a map of the entire county dated 1816 titled "A Draft of the Original Surveys in the County of Lehigh Drawn from the Drafts & Notes of James Scull formerly Dep. Sur. by Isaac Abhapman (sp?)". It sits in the hallway before you enter the library. It is a framed 8' x 6' (approx.) HUGE map! It shows all of the land ownership in the county.
Jan said to let everyo
In a message dated 3/7/2003 2:31:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Toricon8@aol.com writes:
> Can someone tell me if the Union United Church and the Union Evangelical
> Church, both in Neff's about 1800-1830, were related, or were they two
> separate churches?
>
They were two congregations sharing the same sanctuary, cemetery and other
property. Union Church = Union United Church of Christ + Union Evangelical
Lutheran Church.
Originally, UUCC was a German Reformed congregation, but the Reformed chur
List Sixth Party ; Embarked July 27, sailed July(17) John Volck wife
and 1 child, to NY
Doll, Hans Adam and wife and 2 children
First Party sailing to NY (1709) Volck, Andrew, wife Anna Catharine,
children. Maria Barbara, Heironemus aged 4, and Gertude age 1
Graeff, Jacob, his father and mother live in PA
Returned to Holland, (Roman Catholics) 1709 (but when they got to PA,
most stayed in PA)
Dol. John
Subsistence List (NY) of Palatine debtors to the Brithish goverment for
subsistence given either i
Ref: Town and Country
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - March 14, 1903
THE DEATH LIST
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. GEHRIS, of near Hillegass, Upper Hanover
township, was found dead in its bed on Saturday morning. The child was about
three months old and had been in ill health for the last few days prior to
its death. The funeral will be held today at the New Goshenhoppen Reformed
church.
Mrs. Lydia MILLER, relict of Peter MILLER, of near Geryville, died Wednesday
of infirmities due
Brenda,
The Allentown Public Library also has City Directories to find where your
ancestors lived and the Bates books to research Pennsylvania Civil War
veterans. There is an old cemetery at 10th and Linden Streets where we
found many ancestors. However, on our second trip we found a lot of the
stones had been overturned. I don't know who has the records of this
cemetery.
Rose Roberts
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lea Nissley"
To:
Sent: Sunday, March
I received my great grandfather's death certificate and it listed his
parents as Joseph Smith and Anna M. Beck. Joseph Smith was married to
Mary E. Druch until his death in April, 1924. Joseph was born on May 14,
1878 and had been truck driver for the City Water Co. of Bethlehem until
his death.
I have managed to find them on the 1880 LDS Census, they listed the
entire family as follows:
Joseph H. SMITH Self M Male W 46 PA Stone Mason PA PA
Mary A. SMITH Wife M Female W 44 PA Keeping House PA PA (Ann
Hi Gordon,
Egypt Reformed is in Whitehall Twp., Northampton County. The chruch is about
9 miles north of Allentown, on the west side of the Lehigh River.
And hello again!
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Koerner"
To:
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 9:27 PM
Subject: [PALEHIGH-L] Egypt Reformed Church
> Does anyone know what Township/County Egypt Reformed Church is located. I
imagine the Church is in Egypt, Pa. But am not certain.
>
> Gordon in
Ref: Town and Country
Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA
Saturday - March 14, 1903
UPSET ON ROUGH ROAD
A serious accident happened on Wednesday near Niantic to Oliver KEISER and
John and Andrew ROSENBERGER, of Milford Square. They were on their way to
attend the public sale of Samuel BAUMAN, near Congo, and while driving along
the rough road near Niantic one of the traces broke and the horses became
unmanageable. They started to run away and upset the wagon, throwing the
occupants out on the rough road
Hi all,
I am searching for my GGGGrandfather JOSEPH DERR was born in Lehigh Co. in
abt 1804, and eventually moved to Luzerne Co. PA, any information would be
greatly appreciated.
I have quite a bit on the family in Luzerne County, and would be glad to
exchange info if any one is interested.
My line is through Joseph's son WILLIAM DERR (my GGreat Grandfather), ISSAC
THOMAS DERR, (my Great Grandfather) and THOMAS HAROLD DERR (my Grandfather).
I am also interested in the BUTLER, SMITH, and CEASE names
>Looking to find out what Shimer family first settled in Shimersville. I
>have been told by a family member that these were related to me. If I
>remember correctly this town was first called Cruikshanks. Many thanks
> Jane
There's supposed to be a book Allen R. Shimer's "History and Genealogy of
the Shimer Family in America" Volumes 1-6., but I don't know where to get
it. Maybe interlibrary loan.
If anyone would like the index of heads of household Shimers in Pennsylvania
from 1850 or 1910, t
Hi Jackie, this is what I found.
Buried at Northampton county
Zion
Dieter, John Adam, born 21 Jan 1751, died 24 Oct 1829
Lower Saucon
Reiss, Simon, born 15 Nov 1777, died 9 Sept. 1825, Maria, his wife, born
22 Dec 1772, died 24 Oct 1851
Trinity
Reiss, Philip, born 12 July 1777 died 2 Oct 1853, Anna his wife, born 19
Feb 1769 died 4 Sept 1845
Friedensville
Reiss, Johannes born 1754 died 25 Jan 1853
Easton graveyard
1801 Feb 17, Sophia Ries, aged 77y 3m
May 3, 1824 Peter Reiss, at Easton, age 56
Sept 9,