The Wickersham Family in America

The Wickersham Family in America
Author: Gay Wickersham Davis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1012
Release: 2001
Genre: Reference
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with Historical Introduction by Dr. Don Yoder. This prominent Quaker family played an important role in the settlement of America from Pennsylvania to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. This impressive family history records over 12,000 individuals beginning with Thomas in 1660 and continuing by generations down to the present. Many photographs. D1873HB - $147.00

The Johannes Schwab Family

The Johannes Schwab Family
Author: James Jonas Swab
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Total Pages: 504
Release: 1994
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The immigrant ancestor Johannes (Jacob) Schwab (1720-1785) was born in Germany, and came to America on the ship "Halifax" arriving in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1754. In 1760/61 he appears as a renter on the Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., Pa. tax list. He appears on the Bethel Twp. tax list from 1762 until his death in 1785. Descendants and family members live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Montana and elsewhere.

The Leedy Family History

The Leedy Family History
Author: Gordon Montgomery Connelly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 720
Release: 1985
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John Hans Lidi (ca.1715-1760) and his family emigrated from Switzerland to Philadelphia in 1744, and settled in York County, Pennsylvania. He anglicized his name to John Leedy. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, California and elsewhere. Includes some detail about the family origins in Switzerland. Some descendants immigrated to Alberta and elsewhere in Canada.