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From: bijou <>
Subject: potterf/batdorf for bert shaw
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 20:59:15 -0500 (EST)


RE:Mr Shaw ()1/27 posting:

Yes, I do have some records pertaining to William Franklin Potterf
(b.15Jan1861 EatonO d.12Feb1935 EugeneOR m.13Jan1895 HaleOR IsabelleTabor),
his siblings (Dr Albert Alexander b.1852 Eaton, Charles b.1853 Eaton,
Katherine b.1855 IndependenceO, Henry b.1859 Eaton, Edward C b.1863 Eugene,
Flora b.1865 Eugene), and parents (William Henry Potterf b.1/18/1831 Eaton
d.1/13/1869 Eaton m.1/9/1851 Eaton Susanna Shidler).

Unfortunately, I am still putting my records into FamilyTreeMaker 4.0, so
they aren't quite as well-organized as i'd like right now.

This family has quite a bit of information available-- but is best
researched under the spelling Batdorff, which i know seems quite a stretch
at first :)

I have:

JohannesJacobBatdorf (b.1534 d.1584WestphaliaGE --a direct ancestor to me)
Johannes Batdorf (his son, b.1564 Westphalia --direct ancestor for me)
Johannes Batdorf (in Basel SW --direct ancestor for me)
JohnJacobPeterBatdorf (d.1709 London --still direct for me)
JohannesMartinBatdorff (b.1699 Palatine m.1717 NY --direct)
Hermanus (b.1735LancasterCoPA --here we split;I'm thru bro Henry)
JohnCasperBatdorf (b.1759LCoPA d.10/4/1836 PrebleCoO m.VA)
Joseph Potterf (b.1797RockbridgeCoVA d.1859WAlexandriaOH)
WilliamHenryPotterf (b.1831PrebleCoOH --see above)
William Franklin (b.1861 Eaton PrebleCo OH --see above)

I do have some of this already in FamilyTreeMaker 4.0 and on the web (try a
glance at my homepage (http://www.bright.net/~bijou/index.html), but not all
of it. Tell me what you need to know and i'll see if i have it. i'll try
to round up my sources-- one i remember is Hank Z Jones' books on the
Palatine 1709'ers that went through Holland, London, New York, Pennsylvania
beginning about that year.

Hope this isn't too long or that i haven't replied to the wrong place-- i'm
pretty new with these lists...

apologies in advance,

john yochum, sherwood ohio

ps. we do still have a "potterf road" still here in defiance county! please
don't worry about the spelling of the name-- there are a dozen!

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