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!