A Biographical History of the Swarr Family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

A Biographical History of the Swarr Family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Author: Jacob Mellinger Swarr
Publisher:
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1909
Genre: Pennsylvania
ISBN:

Peter Schwahr/Swarr was born in 1690 near Strasburg, Alsace, France. He married Adaline Bloomfing at Strasburg. They and their two oldest sons immigrated to America in 1716 and settled near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They had four more children born in Pennsylvania. Most descendants listed lived in Pennsylvania.

A Biographical History of the Becker Family

A Biographical History of the Becker Family
Author: Leah B. Becker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1901
Genre:
ISBN:

Valentine Becker and his three brothers (George, Conrad and Michael) immigrated in 1737 to America. Valentine settled in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1738, and died after 1795.

Mennonite Family History July 1982

Mennonite Family History July 1982
Author: Lois Ann Mast
Publisher: Masthof Press & Bookstore
Total Pages: 40
Release:
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Mennonite Family History is a quarterly periodical covering Mennonite, Amish, and Brethren genealogy and family history. Check out the free sample articles on our website for a taste of what can be found inside each issue. The MFH has been published since January 1982. The magazine has an international advisory council, as well as writers. The editors are J. Lemar and Lois Ann Zook Mast.

Pennsylvania German Ancestors

Pennsylvania German Ancestors
Author: Anne Frysinger Shifflet
Publisher:
Total Pages: 586
Release: 1999
Genre: Berks County (Pa.)
ISBN:

Chiefly, a record of ancestors and descendants of Hiram James Frysinger and Irene Keller Royer. Hiram was born on April 11, 1908 as the first child of George M. Frysinger (1885-1949) and Clara Belle Schaffner (1888-1975). While in college, he met Irene Royer who was born on February 6, 1909. She was the daughter of Clayton H. Royer (1881-1939) and Susan M. Keller (1880-1974). Hiram and Irene had five children. Both were active in the community and in their Church of the Brethren. Irene died on March 20, 1971. Hiram married second Miriam Frantz Wenger on September 18, 1971. Miriam died on January 14, 1992. Hiram died August 20, 1997. Both Hiram and Irene were buried in the Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Hanoverdale, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

The Earth is the Lord's

The Earth is the Lord's
Author: John L. Ruth
Publisher: Herald Press (VA)
Total Pages: 1402
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

John Landis Ruth adds folk memory to extensive documentation and careful explanation of key beliefs and practices in this 360-year story of faith in Lanacaster County. An indispensable source with lists of early immigrants, congregations, ordinations, and conference officers up to 1977, and a general chronology.