They probably all met at Grandmas.... Dwayne Wrightsman wrote: > Jan, > > Great point. The five marriages were indeed sequential, the first one > (between Christian Frantz of Cocalico and Mary Garst of Little Swatara) was > in 1782 or 1783, and the second one (between Daniel Frantz and Anna Garst) > on July 25, 1784. The marriages between David Frantz and Elizabeth Garst, > Peter Frantz and Catharine Garst, and Jacob Garst and Christina Frantz, came > later. Do you think that the first marriage had to do with the "love feast" > conjecture or with the possibility that they all may have been second > cousins? One thing is sure, the families lived in distant corners of the > Conestoga Congregation territory. > > And a Happy Monday to you too. > > Dwayne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <KTompk7744@aol.com> > To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:47 AM > Subject: [BRE] Explaining the Frantz-Garst Marriages > > > >> Well, these two families obviously met over and over at all those >> Garst-Frantz weddings, >> >> Happy Monday. >> >> Jan >> > > > ------------------------ > 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:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG ~~ "Proponents of each side are vying with determination to prove their ignorance is greater than the other." President Andrew Jackson, discussing a bill going through the US Congress. Visit http://ibssg.org/ For The Blacksheep website, Montgomery County, Putnam County, and Fountain County USGenWeb sites. MORE... Putnam County Indiana Biographies and Obituaries http://ibssg.org/putnam/bios/ Montgomery County Indiana Biographies and Obituaries http://ibssg.org/montgomery/bios/ Fountain County Indiana Biographies and Obituaries http://ibssg.org/fountain/vitals/bios/

Tossing in my 2 cents worth here - Could it have been the 1st marriage was the catalyst for the others? Let's say Ann and Mark meet at a Love Fest and then marry. Letters home, from Ann, would then no doubt describe the personalities of the others in the home, causing a desire to meet. Let's then say that Ann and Mark wish to build a home, and Ann's family comes to help build, meeting Mark's family. Friendships, attractions and bonds are made. Other letters are exchanged by Ann to her family with a line or two that reads, "Rebecca, Jacob finds your sense of humor attractive, or Johann, Mary was very impressed with your strength.." There next comes another Love Fest, another marriage and down the line. It is not inconceivable that these matches came about through letters home and the functions of marriages and funerals as well as the church's Love Fest. A bad crop at one end of the county could have led to others in the church helping that family in other ways or helping them to build a home, barn, maybe purchase cattle or seed. Just because you are separated by a great distance then, didn't mean there wasn't communication of some sort. Was there some sort of cattle auction there that all farmers attended to acquire stock? How about the once a month or season trek to a main town to gather supplies that couldn't be home grown, (coffee, sugar, cloth, oil for lanterns, fat or wax for candles). There is always family gossip at these times. Then there is always word of mouth. One neighbor dies and his funeral is attended. One of the mourners writes a letter home and the information is passed to others. This could have been the same with letting eligible men and women know who was available for marriage. Blessings Janet