Our Pennsylvania German Families

Our Pennsylvania German Families
Author: Edna Barnett Chelson
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Total Pages: 650
Release: 1998
Genre: Reference
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The story of Pennsylvania ancestors against the backdrop of European and American history is found in these 600 pages filled with information on families who settled primarily in Berks Co., Pa. Family names: Baer, Boyer, Faust, Glicker, Gring, Grub, Hemmig, Hetrich, Hettinger, Hill, Himmelberger, Kemmerer, Leininger, Long, Schauer, Waldschmidt, Wenrich, and more.

Meyer

Meyer
Author: Donald Moyer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 882
Release: 1991
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Michael Meyer (ca. 1672-1733) was born in Palatine Germany. He and his wife Anna had five children, one of whom, Johannes Hans Meyer (ca. 1699-1766), emigrated to America, settling in Pennsylvania. Some descendants of other children of Michael and Anna also moved to Pennsylvania, where many descendants still live. Spelling of the surname often varies greatly.

The Gelsinger, Friend, and Related Families

The Gelsinger, Friend, and Related Families
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1990
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The immigrant Johann George Gelsinger and his son John from Hessen to Pennsylvania in 1754; 1560 direct descendants. Joseph Friend from North Carolina and Kentucky to Illinois in 1829. Related families of Oglesby (from Tennessee & North Carolina), Haney (from Kentucky, Virginia, & Pennsylvania), two Williams families (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, & North Carolina) settled in Illinois by 1830- 1840; the Thompson family (Kentucky & Virginia) were in Illinois Territory by about 1804-05.

Berks county

Berks county
Author: Pennsylvania Historical Records Survey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1941
Genre: Archives
ISBN:

Genealogical List of the Descendants of Christopher Bewer (Baver)

Genealogical List of the Descendants of Christopher Bewer (Baver)
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Total Pages: 292
Release: 1955
Genre: Pennsylvania
ISBN:

Johann Christoffel Bauer (d.1749) and his family immigrated in 1731 from the Palatinate of Germany (via Rotterdam) to Philadelphia, and settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania. His surname is spelled as Bebert and Boberth is county records, and some of his descendants spelled the surname Bawer, Beber, Bieber, Bewer as well as Baver. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.