Robert Behra RobtBehra@aol.com wrote: <<.... The biggest breakthrough, though it only resulted in identifying one new ancestor, was to finally solve the mystery surrounding the origins of Petrus Golly. His 1696 marriage record calls him the adoptive son of Ludovicus Schumacher, but none of the church records shed any light on that relationship. Schumacher was married three times, but there didn't appear to be any connection between his wives and Petrus Golly. One of the wills I looked at before giving up on them was that of Schumacher's third wife (they were married in 1685), and in it she is said to have an illegitimate son and later in the will that son is named as Peter Kolli. Her 1685 marriage record says that she was from Canton Bern, Switzerland, and was married after embracing the Catholic faith, so she is my grandfather's first confirmed Calvinist ancestor. Now all I have to do is find a baptism record for an illegitimate son Peter born to a Catharina Rott somewhere in Canton Bern around 1672.....>> ++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi Robert, According to the site: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/i/d/Robert-L-Riddle/FILE/0006page.html there is a Petrus GOLLY born 1673 in Oderen (Haut Rhin) who married Anna Maria KOLLIN January 26, 1704 in Oderen, daughter of Joannes Kollin/Koell/Koelin and Ursula Luttringer. She was born Abt. 1675 in Mollau (Haut Rhin). Is this the person you are looking for?. Ewald

Ewald, Yes, that's my earliest Golly ancestor.? You can find him in my WorldConnect Project file at: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robtbehra&id=I9961 I am certain he wasn't born in Oderen or elsewhere in that valley.? Many people have been looking for his origins for a long time, without success.? Because his name (Kolli, Golly) is similar to other names in the valley (Gully, Gulling) with origins in the Vosges surname Colin, some have suggested he must belong to one of those families, but proof of a relationship has never been found.??Now that we know he is named in his mother's will, and that she was from Canton Bern, the search can shift to Switzerland.? Kolli is a common surname in Canton Bern, as is Rott (his mother's surname), so it may take a while to find him, but at least we now know where to look. Thank you for the link to that list of some of his Texas descendants.? He also has descendants throughout France and in many other parts of the US, as well as Chile and Uruguay. Thanks also for the link to the article in L'Alsace.? I had meant to look for it but hadn't gotten around to it yet. Robert ---Original Message----- From: EWALD <ewald.klein@gmail.com> To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 8:23 am Subject: Re: [A-L] Trip to Alsace, Lorraine and Saarland (long message) Robert Behra RobtBehra@aol.com wrote: <<.... The biggest breakthrough, though it only resulted in identifying one new ancestor, was to finally solve the mystery surrounding the origins of Petrus Golly. His 1696 marriage record calls him the adoptive son of Ludovicus Schumacher, but none of the church records shed any light on that relationship. Schumacher was married three times, but there didn't appear to be any connection between his wives and Petrus Golly. One of the wills I looked at before giving up on them was that of Schumacher's third wife (they were married in 1685), and in it she is said to have an illegitimate son and later in the will that son is named as Peter Kolli. Her 1685 marriage record says that she was from Canton Bern, Switzerland, and was married after embracing the Catholic faith, so she is my grandfather's first confirmed Calvinist ancestor. Now all I have to do is find a baptism record for an illegitimate son Peter born to a Catharina Rott somewhere in Canton Bern around 1672.....>> ++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi Robert, According to the site: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/i/d/Robert-L-Riddle/FILE/0006page.html there is a Petrus GOLLY born 1673 in Oderen (Haut Rhin) who married Anna Maria KOLLIN January 26, 1704 in Oderen, daughter of Joannes Kollin/Koell/Koelin and Ursula Luttringer. She was born Abt. 1675 in Mollau (Haut Rhin). Is this the person you are looking for?. Ewald -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message