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From: John Blankenbaker <>
Subject: (810)Germanna Colonies, History of
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 05:39:32 -0500

The eight hundred and tenth note in a series on the Germanna Colonies

Another early immigrant to the Robinson River Valley was the Tanner family
whose German name was, to judge by the way that it was written at church,
Gerber. The two names mean the same. Unfortunately, we do not know where the
Tanner family came from. There is another related Germanna family, the
Burdines, all of whom have a German ancestor, Catherine Tanner. The
nationality of the Burdines is not certain so it makes it difficult to find
the town or village or farm where they came.

William and John Carpenter were early to the Robinson River Valley and we do
know how they spelled their name, Zimmerman. Unfortunately, like some other
names, Zimmerman occurs quite often in Germany so searching for them is time
consuming.

An individual who appears in several lists, e.g., the immigrant list of the
Germanna Foundation, as an early immigrant is John Broyles II. It has been
shown that this name is a misreading of the record at the courthouse. James
Brown showed that there was no John Broyles II.

Johann Rouse (probably Rausch in German) was an early immigrant since he had
a land patent in 1728 in the Robinson River Valley. The land here was
probably being divided up in the early 1720's even though patents were not
applied for and issued until later. The origins of John Rausch are unknown.

So the takings in this note are meager; there were no villages to describe.
At least we were able to say that it would be fruitless to search for the
home of John Broyles II.

Following notes will return to the area of Siegen for the second wave from
that region. Then we will return to later immigrants to the Robinson River
Valley. If you think I have missed any immigrants in the time up to about
1730, please let me know.

(The James Brown that I mentioned earlier has died. He did some wonderful
research which he published in Beyond Germanna. As the editor of that
newsletter/journal, I miss him.)

John Blankenbaker ()
P.O. Box 120, Chadds Ford, PA 19317-0120 USA
http://www.germanna.com
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhis1.html
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