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From: Elizabeth Harris <>
Subject: Re: [MORAVIAN] Fw: BOHNER BOEHNER
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:09:37 -0400
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>From: lyn lillich
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>My grandmother, from Winston-Salem, NC, traced my family's roots to Joseph
>Wilhelm Boner, born Nov 1, 1747 in PA and settled in what is now Old Salem,
>NC. There are records of our family from then on in Winston-Salem. I am
>trying to go back further to know where they came from. I just visited W/S
>and found Joseph's name in the Brother's House in W/S and another relative
>John Henry Boner whose house is still there. Any help and guidance would be
>appreciated. Lyn W. Lillich,
>

Joseph William Boner married Margaret ELROD, d/o Christopher Elrod
and Aaltje SOELLE. I have some Elrod family notes that give Joseph
Boner's birthplace as "Lower Lusatia, Germany", but with no
documentation, and with no ancestors further back.

My recommendation would be to see if you can get a copy of his
Moravian Lebenslauf, or funeral memoir. The Archives in Salem are
currently closed, while they are moving into their new building, but
they will be open again in the fall. At that point, check to see if
there is a memoir, and if so, if it's been translated into English
already.

Usually the memoir will give birthplace and parents of the deceased,
and a brief history of his early life.

--
Elizabeth Harris


NCGenWeb project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/
Winston-Salem NC area genealogy: http://users.erols.com/fmoran/

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