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From: Lauren Brantner <>
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Dates on your families?
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:04:39 -0700
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John, I am familiar with the names but have no connections that I am aware of. I will keep your information
on hand and contact you if I find anything new.

Lauren

Beverly Barger wrote:

> John,
> Can you tell us any dates and the places they lived, on the people you are
> looking for?
>
> I myself have on Joseph HIMES b. 1812 Washington Co, MD d. ?___ ?MD married
> 5 Aug 1837 Washington Co, Maryland Elizabeth FRIDINGER b. ?__ d/__ ?MD
> children
> Maria Louise, Lewis, Ann. Robert and Malinda HIMES
> Beverly
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John E. Peiffer, III" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Mary BRANTNER
>
> > Beverly and Lauren,
> >
> > Do you have any of the following individuals in your data base:
> >
> > Joseph Himes married to Elizabeth Fridinger who had a daughter Maria
> Louisa who married
> > Jacob Armistead Potterfield;
> >
> > Elias Moats married to Rebecca Moseburg who had a daughter Elizabeth who
> married
> > Solomon Smith? Thanks!
> >
> > John
> >
> > Beverly Barger wrote:
> >
> > > 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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