Thank you for that. The ones you listed are the ones I'm looking into. Guess I need to dig a little deeper into the Doppel side. Thanks, Dave On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Linda <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave I found a lot of Doubles and Doppels on Ancestry .com and also a > couple of Zephainah Doubles. Mainly there are application papers for > membership in the US sons of the American Revolution by Hubert Godfrey Webb > claiming descendcy from Zephaniah Double born in 1830 Butler Co PA and thru > Zephaniah Double born 1880 in Westmoreland Co PA, who was the son of John > Double and Jennie Bryan, whose father was Zephania Bryan born in MD 1752 > 1860 Census shows Elizabeth Double age 57 in PA with a young son Zephenia > born in 1859 > 1900 Census Zeph Double also in PA > 1920 Census Zephainah A. Double age 59 , oil driller in PA > wife Laura 34 > daughter Mamie 16 > son Howard 1 1/2 > > this was from a short search - there were lots more Doubles - hope some of > this might provide a clue > > > > > > Linda Stingel-May > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Double <[email protected]> > To: amrev-hessians <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Aug 26, 2011 6:14 pm > Subject: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Can you point me in the right direction? > > > Hello all, > > I'm trying to figure out where the Double family are from. I found this: > > http://genforum.genealogy.com/double/messages/13.html and hardly think > that > > Zephaniah Double is a German name. I would think that it started out as > > something else then "Americanized" to Double. I've found a lot of Double's > > in the UK and France, could he have been hired by the Germans? I know it > > says birth in Prussia and he did go on and name one of his kids Prussey, it > > just doesn't fit. I don't expect you folks to do all the work, but if you > > could at least get me started in the right direction I would really > > appreciate it. > > > > David Double > > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! > > ~~~~~~~~~ > > FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > > the message > > > > PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! > ~~~~~~~~~ > FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >