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From: "Donna" <>
Subject: [SILVIUS] Philip Kuster and the Sivius
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:50:16 -0700
In-Reply-To: <200407211809.1bNs5D4gD3NZFlp0@kestrel>


John Kelley in Ireland was Sean O'Keaghley - he came over on the ship Calf -
this is from memory because I can't get to it right now - in the mid 1700's.
I don't think it came into NYC though. There are no Kuster or Rex' in this
line.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Gallagher [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:23 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [SILVIUS] Philip Kuster and the Sivius

Now you see why I get excited & a bit agitated when this query comes up.

Kelley you say? They came through NYC. What would Kelly have been in
Ireland?

Any relation to the Kuster family of Gen. George Armstrong Custer
(Kaldenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, now Rhineland-Pfaltz? I descend from
it. It ties into the Rex/Ru[umlaut]ger family (& a son or grandson of the
immigrant married a Yeager of the same name). The Rex family in turn ties
to the Silvius one.

I know how frustrating it is with families having known each other without
necessarily a kinship. Rexs & Arners were that way & may have been related
but that has yet to be determined.

Michael Gallagher
My paternal grandfather's mother was Gertrude Kelly (daughter of Patrick
Kelly & Anne Frank, supposedly a Prussian royal family descendant [b. in
PA])

My paternal grandmother's mother was a Rex, descending from Rexs, Silvii,
Kusters, & Holders.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 7:53 PM
Subject: RE: [SILVIUS] Philip Kuster and the Sivius


> I thought I would send the following along as Ann Hunter on my Kelley
> line -lines up with the Ann Elizabeth (Hunter) you wrote about. I'm
> in the process of re-establishing my computer files for genealogy so I
> haven't followed much over the last couple of months but this caught my
eye.
Mary,
> Marie, Judy and Don and everyone else - I hope all is well your way.
Donna
>
> 1 John (Sean O'Keaghley)Kelley, Sr. d after 1822
> --+Ann Hunter b: Abt 1750 in maybe SC d aft. 1776
> a. John (Sean O'Keaghley) Kelley, jr. b: January 26, 1776 in Greene
> County, TN d: July 26, 1822 in Greene County, TN
> ------+Ellender (Eleanor) Harrison b. March 10, 1783 m: March 11, 1799
> ------+in
> Greene County, TN d: November 12, 1871 Father: Isaiah Harrison Mother:
Mary
> Reagan.
> b. Nancy Kelly d:Unknown
> ------+Michael George m: January 5, 1838 in Greene County, TN d:
> ------+Unknown
> Father: Jost )Yerrick) George Mother: Anna
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Izant [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 2:13 PM
> To:
> Subject: [SILVIUS] Philip Kuster and the Sivius
>
> Recently noted queries of December 2003 and January 2004 regarding
> Philip Kuster and the Silvius with great interest. I research that
> Keister family and have been trying to determine if there is a
> connection with Jonas and Anna Maria Silvius.
>
> Ludwig Kuster/Kister emigrated from Durstel, Alsace, France arriving
> in Philadelphia in 1752 and settled in Northampton Co., PA. Included
> were his wife and sons George Philip and Ludwig. There is no
> connection between
this
> family and Paulus Keister and other Keister families that settled in
> Virginia. In early 1773 brothers George Philip Keister b1748/1749 and
Ludwig
> Keister b1751/1752 emigrated west and settled in Hempfield Twp.,
> Westmoreland Co., PA. In late 1774 George Philip married Ann Elizabeth.
> Researchers for years have tried to determine Ann Elizabeth's maiden
surname
> without success. One possible name is Hunter but several sources
> indicate she was of German ancestry. Since German for Hunter is
> Jager/Yeager the possibility exists that she was a Yeager. No proof
> one way or another to date.
>
> Apparently Johannes/Jonas/John Silvius was born in 1759 in Northampton Co.
> and died in 1831 in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co. and married Anna
Maria
> Yeager in 1780. Anna Maria was born in 1759. Church records show
> George Philip and Ann Elizabeth were sponsors of Anna Sara Silvius
> born
11-11-1784
> and baptised 3-29-1794. She was d/o of Johannes and Anna Maria
> Silvuis. On
> 4-22-1787 Catherine Keister d/o George Philip and Ann Elizabeth was
baptised
> with Johannes and Anna Maria Silvius sponsors. On 1-22-1789 Michael
Keister
> s/o George Philip and Ann Elizabeth was baptised with Catherine
> Silvies
and
> Christina Meyer sponsors. All this took place in Hempfield Township.
>
> I have been unable to determine Anna Maria Yeager's parents or siblings.
Was
> Ann Elizabeth a sister or a friend or just a neighbor. Certainly the
Keister
> and Silvius families knew each other well.
>
> Any thoughts or information regarding this matter will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Paul Izant
>

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