Yes, there is a Derry Township, which Hershey is located in Derry Township. Nancy kathleen hoover wrote: > There is a Derry Twp in Dauphin Co, could that be it? > > From: "Thomas A. Stobie, SFO" <stobie@sprynet.com> > Reply-To: ALWINE-L@rootsweb.com > To: ALWINE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Fw: [ALWINE] John Felix Allwein > Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:58:03 -0500 > > I just received some information by postal mail from Mary Boehnlein and the > place in her records is Derg Township, Dauphin County, PA. > > Nancy, do you know of a Derg Township? > > Thomas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas A. Stobie, SFO" <stobie@sprynet.com> > To: <ALWINE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 10:48 AM > Subject: Re: [ALWINE] John Felix Allwein > > > I agree with you Berg does not sound right. I would agree with your > > hypothesis that it was the suffix of the full township name. > > > > Can anyone help us here with solid data? > > > > Thomas > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <nnebiker@impop.bellatlantic.net> > > To: <ALWINE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 10:32 AM > > Subject: [ALWINE] John Felix Allwein > > > > > > > Thomas, I was going through some old ALWINE sheets and > > > something just didn't feel right about John Felix Allwein > > > born in Berg Township in Dauphin County. > > > > > > I use to work for PennDOT in Lebanon and Dauphin counties > > > and there isn't a Berg Township. I also wrote to my old > > > boss, manager of Dauphin County, and he didn't hear > > > of a Berg Township in District 8-0. That doesn't mean > > > years ago it didn't exist. Maybe there was a name in > > > front of berg, like Hamburg?? > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > Nancy > > > > > > > > > ==== ALWINE Mailing List ==== > > > For more ALWINE info, check out the web site: > > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genmom > > > Click on the ALWINE surname. > > > > > > > ==== ALWINE Mailing List ==== > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ==== ALWINE Mailing List ====
Derry is very possible. I can envision how it can be written and then misinterpreted as Derg. Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: <nnebiker@impop.bellatlantic.net> To: <ALWINE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 9:40 AM Subject: Re: Fw: [ALWINE] John Felix Allwein > Yes, there is a Derry Township, which Hershey is located in Derry Township. > Nancy > > kathleen hoover wrote: > > > There is a Derry Twp in Dauphin Co, could that be it? > > > > From: "Thomas A. Stobie, SFO" <stobie@sprynet.com> > > Reply-To: ALWINE-L@rootsweb.com > > To: ALWINE-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Fw: [ALWINE] John Felix Allwein > > Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:58:03 -0500 > > > > I just received some information by postal mail from Mary Boehnlein and the > > place in her records is Derg Township, Dauphin County, PA. > > > > Nancy, do you know of a Derg Township? > > > > Thomas > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Thomas A. Stobie, SFO" <stobie@sprynet.com> > > To: <ALWINE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 10:48 AM > > Subject: Re: [ALWINE] John Felix Allwein > > > > > I agree with you Berg does not sound right. I would agree with your > > > hypothesis that it was the suffix of the full township name. > > > > > > Can anyone help us here with solid data? > > > > > > Thomas > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <nnebiker@impop.bellatlantic.net> > > > To: <ALWINE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 10:32 AM > > > Subject: [ALWINE] John Felix Allwein > > > > > > > > > > Thomas, I was going through some old ALWINE sheets and > > > > something just didn't feel right about John Felix Allwein > > > > born in Berg Township in Dauphin County. > > > > > > > > I use to work for PennDOT in Lebanon and Dauphin counties > > > > and there isn't a Berg Township. I also wrote to my old > > > > boss, manager of Dauphin County, and he didn't hear > > > > of a Berg Township in District 8-0. That doesn't mean > > > > years ago it didn't exist. Maybe there was a name in > > > > front of berg, like Hamburg?? > > > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > > > Nancy > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ALWINE Mailing List ==== > > > > For more ALWINE info, check out the web site: > > > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genmom > > > > Click on the ALWINE surname. > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ALWINE Mailing List ==== > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > ==== ALWINE Mailing List ==== > > > ==== ALWINE Mailing List ==== > >