Christian Fike and His Descendants

Christian Fike and His Descendants
Author: Merilyn Belle Fike Morrow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1364
Release: 1996
Genre: Pennsylvania
ISBN:

Christian Fike (ca. 1730-1771) was married to Barbara . He died in Berks County, Pennsylvania, although he is buried in Chester County. Early descendants lived in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia with later descendants settling througout the country.

The Derr Family, 1750-1986

The Derr Family, 1750-1986
Author: Roy H. Wampler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 580
Release: 1987
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Philip Derr (1750-1821), of German ancestry, was probably born in Pennsylvania, moved to Middletown, Maryland, and in 1777 married Barbara Koogle. Descendants and relatives lived in Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Washington, Oregon and elsewhere.

Descendants of Peter and Sophia (Lauer) Ruth

Descendants of Peter and Sophia (Lauer) Ruth
Author: Anna Ruth Salzman
Publisher: Masthof Press & Bookstore
Total Pages: 1016
Release: 1994
Genre: Mennonites
ISBN:

Johann "Peter" Ruth was born ca. 1700 at Steinberg, Germany, the son of Johann Melchior and Maria Catharina Trein Ruth. Anna "Sophia" Lauer was born in 1703 at Hierstein, Germany, the daughter was Hans "Claus" and Maria "Margaretha" Wentz Lauer. Peter Ruth and Sophia Lauer were married in 1724 at Wolfersweiler, Germany. They had four sons, the first three born 1724-1728 at Walhausen, Germany. The family immigrated to America in 1733 and probably settled first in the Myerstown or Stouchsburg area of Berks County, Pennsylvania. After Sophia's death, he married 2) Catharin Mayer Meyer. They had ten children. He died in 1771 in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Descendants of his oldest three sons lived in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and elsewhere.