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From: "Michael Rohrer" <>
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Newspaper Obit
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 08:01:32 -1000


John,

Your Elizabeth Rohrer (1778 - 1828) who married Daniel Rench was a sister of my Magdalena Rohrer (1791 - 1875) who married Samuel Rohrer (1787 - 1862).

Elizabeth and Magdalena were two of seven daughters (no sons) of Martin Rohrer, d. 1806, one of the early settlers of Washington (then part of Frederick) County. See Scharf's "History of Western Maryland," Vol II, pages 1053/1054 for an obituary of Magdalena that mentions her family's "large connection, extending among the Hammonds, the Renches, and the Newcomers." In that regard, your Daniel Rench and Christian Newcomer, another of the sons-in-law of Martin, d. 1806, were the executors of his will.

For more, feel free to reply privately so as not to tie up the NG.

Thanks and regards,

Mike Rohrer

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From: <>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 11:15:20 -0500
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Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Newspaper Obit

> Dear Michael,
> I saw your inquiry on regarding a Samuel Rohrer. I
> have an Elizabeth Rohrer (1778-1828) that married my ancestor Daniel Rench
> (1769-1831) in Hagerstown, Md. Both are buried in Zion Evangelical &
> Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Md. Is this Elizabeth related to you? I also
> have a Samuel Rohrer (no dates) that married a Magladena (b 1791). Could
> this also be you Samuel? I am very interested in this line and would be
> willing to share any info I have as well.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> John Rentch
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Rohrer" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 11:13 PM
> Subject: [MDWASHIN] Newspaper Obit
>
>
> > I just learned through the Newspaper Indexing Project
> (http://www.wc-link.org/wcfl/newsindex/) that there is an obituary of my
> great, great, great grandfather, Samuel Rohrer, that was published in the
> "Herald of Freedom & Torch Light" on 12 March 1862.
> >
> > I understand the library in Hagerstown has microfilmed copies of "The
> Herald of Freedom and Torch Light" that are "available for public use at the
> Reference Desk."
> >
> > Since I'm thousands of miles away, dropping in at the Reference Desk is
> out of the question. Does anyone know if the library personnel would be
> able/willing to make a copy of the obituary?
> >
> > Thanks much.
> >
> > Mike Rohrer
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