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From: Jo Lyn <>
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN-L] Renner
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:22:54 -0600
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To anyone interested in Renner's. There are a couple of families that setteled in
Carroll Co. Illinois. Samuel I believe was one. All from MD.

"Carolyn K. Shearer" wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: <>
> >I noticed the KOEHLER surname you mentioned above. I have been looking for
> >(but not finding) any information on a BARBARA KOEHLER/KOHLER:
> >>BARBARA KOHLER of Upper Dublin Twp., PA married STEPHEN PRIEST of Upper
> >Merion Twp.,PA on 29 July, 1777 at St. Michael's Church, Germantown, PA.
>
> Here is one POSSIBLE baptism for your Barbara:
> >From records of Germantown Reformed Church:(Church Records: Selected Areas
> of PA, 1600s-1800s)
> Anna Barbara, daughter of John Kohler and Maria Agatha, b. May 9, 1758,
> bapt. May 9, 1758. Spon: John Martin and wife Anna Barbara. This would be
> a good date for the birth of your Barbara. I could not find any other
> children for this couple in the records.
> Other Kohlers in the records:
> Marriages-
> Anthony Sulzer m. Maria Barbara Koehler on April 13, 1755.
> Francis Schaefer m. Elizabeth Kehler, in Philadelphia, on March 18, 1759.
> Jacob Renner m. Elizabeth Kohler, Worcester Township, on July 18, 1765.
> Philip Miller m. Catharine Kohler, Worcester, on April 21, 1767.
>
> Catechemuns
> Good Friday, April 4, 1760:Catharine Koller, 14 years
> June 9, 1764:Elizabeth Kohler, 23 years
>
> Baptisms:
> Margaret, daughter of John Stuber and Elizabeth, b. February 13, 1776, bapt.
> September 9, 1776. Spon: Margaret Koeller, single.
>
> Note: "No dower release" does not always mean that the wife is deceased.
> Sometimes the meaning is very literal, that, for whatever reason, no dower
> release was signed by the wife. I have seen this happen in western MD and
> in PA - never have figured out why the wife did not always sign. It may be
> that counties were occasionaly lax in enforcing the law.
>
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