Now I understand why I couldn't place her. She is of another Booher/Booker Group. Not likely a desc. of Batholomew. Thanks, I will keep this in the "other file". Please pass on my Thank you to Ms Adams Mary Ann -------------------------------------------------- From: "N. H. Goodman" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 5:33 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [BRE] Bigler at Little Conewago - FW: Hannah Booher or Booker > Mary Ann, here is the response I received from Cathryn Adams regarding > your > question about Hannah Booher's ancestry. (Hannah Booher married Marx > Bigler's son Jacob) As she mentions in her response, she has been > researching the Booher, Booker, Bucher, Bougher, etc. lines for 25 years. > > N. H. Goodman > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Hannah Booher or Booker > > > > It is believed that Hannah came to Mongolia county (later became Harrison > County, West Virginia) about 1782 with a brother named Henry, and a > widowed > sister, Barbara Hutchinson. A Henry Booher constantly appears in Harrison > County records near her husband, Jacob Bigler. This BROTHER married > Catherine Koone, NOT HER FATHER. > Note that the name Hannah is rare in German records. Hannah Booher Bigler > was said to be of German AND WELSH origon. She was described in a Bigler > family history as being tall, slender, red-haired, intelligent, and > industrious. > My research tells me (25 years of it) that she is the HANNAH BUCHER that > was > born 29 June 1760 and christened 13 Sep 1760 by the traveling preacher of > the German Reformed Church.of Tohikon, Bucks, Pennsylvania. I believe > that > her brother, HENRY BUCHER, was married after he moved to Harrison County > West Virginia as there were many Koone families that had been there for > some > time. This Henry's will was written 30 Jan 1839 in Harrison, West > Virginial It was proved on Feb 15, 1841 and on Mar 15, 1841. It can be > found on GS microfilm 847,082. According to the will Henry's daughters > Barbary, Sarah and Elizabeth each married men by the surname of Pile. > Daughter Katherine married a Baker. No Hannah. > > Hannah Booher (Bucher)'s parents were actually Henry Bucher born about1734 > who married a Hannah born about 1735 and whose family was baptized by the > traveling preacher. > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: "N. H. Goodman" <[email protected]> > To: "Cathryn E. Adams" <[email protected]> > Subject: Hannah Booher or Booker > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:29:57 -0700 > > Hi Cathryn! > > I have been working on our lines in Little Conewago, York, Pennsylvania, > where the Biglers lived before they moved to Maryland. I don't know when > they became members of the Church of the Brethren, aka German Baptist > Brethren. The Church of the Brethren (COB) have a very active mailing list > at [email protected] as well as the "Fellowship of Brethren > Genealogists", which I have recently joined. I have had so much fun > meeting > lots of our distant cousins on the mailing list! I had mentioned Jacob > Bigler and Hannah Booher, and I received the following from a member of > the > list: > >> Hello >> >> Do you know the lineage of Hannah Booher that you mentioned? >> I'm unable to place her. Dates. Places etc> >> >> Thank you >> >> Mary Ann Booher >> > > Since I was on my way out of town for almost a week, I forwarded her > letter > to you. Did you receive it alright? I really don't know how to answer her, > since there seems to be several Booher or Booker persons who are thought > to > be Hanna's father, grandfather or brother. Have you been able to untangle > those relationships yet? I am sure there are other cousins on the list who > are interested in that information also - myself included! > > I am not sure if you can reply directly to the list without joining the > list > - which of course you can do if you wish, or you can write to me and I > will > forward it to the list. > > Hope to hear from you on this matter soon! > Also hope you are making great progress in your research on this line. > > Norma > > ____________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email with Video Mail > <http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210> & Video Chat! > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[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