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From: "Beverly Barger" <>
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Mary BRANTNER
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:40:15 -0600
References: <20030225.175835.-338227.1.Lgamby@juno.com> <3E5C5002.9B802C5B@concentric.net>


Any relation to Elizabeth BRANTNER b. ?__ ?MD d. ? ?Ogle Co, IL married abt
late 1830s Washington Co, Maryland William MOATS b. ?__ d. 1845 Ogle Co, IL.
son Joseph C. MOATS b. 1840 Washington Co, Maryland.
The MOATS & POFFENBERGER surnames were related to my MOSE & HIMES direct
lines surnames
families.
http://members.truepath.com/beverly/himes.html
Beverly

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauren Brantner" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Mary BRANTNER


> Larry,
> Do you have two wives, both named Mary? Two different husbands? German
naming
> traditions can be frustrating - you can find two brothers naming their
children the
> same names and that makes the sorting extra difficult. The repetition
among the
> Brantner names continues down into my husband's generation. He is
descended from
> George and Elinor Brantner of Washington County and George has a daughter
Mary who
> married Christian Poffenberger. There is also a Mary Brantner who married
William
> Fish in Washington County. If I recall correctly we have a Mary Brantner
marriage
> in 1779 to a Joseph Bryant. Then there are the Mary Brantners in WV and
PA, some by
> birth, some by marriage. Biblical names .... If you build the Kauffman
line, I
> would be interested in seeing if it fits into the Brantner families I am
working on.
>
> Lauren Brantner
>
> Larry R Gamby wrote:
>
> > Pam,
> > Thanks for your interest. No, she is as much a mystery to us also. There
> > were a number of Brantners in the Washington County area and I kept
> > thinking that she must have come from here also.
> >
> > I might as well add another mystery to help cloud the issue.
> > 1. I have the death certificates of several several of James & Mary
> > [Brantner] Coffman/Kauffman's children. The certificates list Mary
> > Brantner as their mother.
> >
> > 2. I have an obituary for a Mrs. Mary Kauffman. I can't quite read it
all
> > but it seems to imply that she was Miss Mary Swope. It lists her
> > children's name which are what they should be. It is possible that she
> > was either a 1st. or 2nd. wife and so hard to distinguish because of
> > both having same first name.
> >
> > 3. Pam, have you ever had a Swope connection with a Brantner?
> >
> > ....................Larry
> >
> > /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> > On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 01:50:50 -0500 (EST) (Night
> > Owl) writes:
> > > Hello, Larry...
> > >
> > > Did you find your Mary BRANTNER who married a Coffman? I came
> > > across something interesting in Blair County. In the 1870 census
> > > for Blair there's a John BRANTNER b.1801 in either PA or MD living
> > > with a Mary BRANTNER b. @ 1806. She lists her occupation as
> > > housekeeper. For Blair researchers she's a mystery. John's wife,
> > Susan, died
> > > during the 1860's and Mary appeared from nowhere. Does any of this
> > sound
> > > familiar?
> > >
> > > Pam (Brantner) Forsberg
> > >
> > > Genealogy... Collecting dead relatives and occasionally a live
> > > cousin...well, maybe!
> > >
> > >
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