Yes, David, That is why I have not taken previous family researchers assumptions as true. Sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: <brethren-request@rootsweb.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:01 AM Subject: BRETHREN Digest, Vol 3, Issue 102 > > > Plain digests are sent to subscribers with all posts listed in one long > email. The alternative is MIME digests, which for many subscribers will > appear with each post as an individual attachment, although for others, > there is just one attachment. The default digest delivery is Plain, but if > you want your digest in MIME, please contact us at > BRETHREN-admin@rootsweb.com directly and we'll switch you over. > > To reply to a message, quote only that specific message, removing the rest > of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of > your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are > replying. > > To browse the archives, visit > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=brethren > > Thanks, > your co-moderators > BRETHREN-admin@rootsweb.com > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Schneider Family (myerswd@juno.com) > 2. Re: Schneider Family...German Speaking (William Thomas) > 3. All those interested in the Holler tree (Patrick McGarry) > 4. Neff descendants (Patrick McGarry) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:45:36 -0600 > From: myerswd@juno.com > Subject: Re: [BRE] Schneider Family > To: brethren@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20080318.175458.-237075.0.MyersWD@juno.com> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Sarah, > > I don't think that you can assume too much based on Jacob Holmes' will > being written in German. Oftentimes, people would be primarily > German-speakers for two or three generations after they immigrated to > America. > > David Myers > > > On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:58:48 -0700 "Sarah Holmes" <slholmes@usa.com> > writes: > >> I am looking for a Catherine Schneider, born about 1757 (birthplace >> unknown), died 1827 in Wayne Co., Ohio. She married Jacob >> Holms/Holmes. Most of their children (Daniel, Caty, Polly, John, >> Jonas, Susannah) were born in MD. They moved to Westmoreland, Co., >> PA and it is possible their two younger children (Elizabeth and >> Joseph) were born there. Jacob died in 1815. His will was in >> German and I have only seen translations of it. The spelling of his >> name varies within the same document. Previous family members who >> completed research a number of years ago, made the assumption he was >> the original immigrant based on the German will, but I have come to >> believe this may be an erroneous assumption. He first shows up on >> tax records in Westmoreland about 1801. His children take on the >> English spelling of Holmes. His first born, Daniel, marries a >> "Nancy" and moves to Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio. >> Catherine Schneider Holmes is buried there. Is there any church >> record that indicates a marriage between Catherine Schneider and >> Jacob Holms? Or baptism of their children? Probably in MD. >> >> >> >> Thank you for any assistance you can provide. >> >> Sarah >> >> ------------------------ >> 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:53:34 -0400 > From: "William Thomas" <wbtst2@atlanticbb.net> > Subject: Re: [BRE] Schneider Family...German Speaking > To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001601c8895b$a9d95140$6401a8c0@thomas01> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > My ancestors came to America before the American Revolution, and my father > remembers family members speaking German. A 1940 article on one relative > notes she didn't learn English until she was in her late teens. They were > Mennonites, but even today, Amish still speak German, and most of their > roots go back to the 1740's. > > German Baptist's held church services exclusively in German until the mid > 1820's, almost 100 years after they came to America. > > Bill Thomas > > -----Original Message----- > From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of myerswd@juno.com > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 3:46 PM > To: brethren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BRE] Schneider Family > > Sarah, > > I don't think that you can assume too much based on Jacob Holmes' will > being written in German. Oftentimes, people would be primarily > German-speakers for two or three generations after they immigrated to > America. > > David Myers > > > On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:58:48 -0700 "Sarah Holmes" <slholmes@usa.com> > writes: > >> I am looking for a Catherine Schneider, born about 1757 (birthplace >> unknown), died 1827 in Wayne Co., Ohio. She married Jacob >> Holms/Holmes. Most of their children (Daniel, Caty, Polly, John, >> Jonas, Susannah) were born in MD. They moved to Westmoreland, Co., >> PA and it is possible their two younger children (Elizabeth and >> Joseph) were born there. Jacob died in 1815. His will was in >> German and I have only seen translations of it. The spelling of his >> name varies within the same document. Previous family members who >> completed research a number of years ago, made the assumption he was >> the original immigrant based on the German will, but I have come to >> believe this may be an erroneous assumption. He first shows up on >> tax records in Westmoreland about 1801. His children take on the >> English spelling of Holmes. His first born, Daniel, marries a >> Nancy and moves to Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio. >> Catherine Schneider Holmes is buried there. Is there any church >> record that indicates a marriage between Catherine Schneider and >> Jacob Holms? Or baptism of their children? Probably in MD. >> >> >> >> Thank you for any assistance you can provide. >> >> Sarah >> >> ------------------------ >> 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 >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:28:31 -0700 (PDT) > From: Patrick McGarry <hawkwind275@yahoo.com> > Subject: [BRE] All those interested in the Holler tree > To: brethren-l@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <118426.77490.qm@web34805.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > For all those interested in the Holler name, please email me outside of > this list. THe few I know of on here I have emailed, but not heard back > from. I find a new connection in the John Holler-Barbara Beeghley (her > mother was an Ullery) family. Thanks. > > Patrick > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:31:22 -0700 (PDT) > From: Patrick McGarry <hawkwind275@yahoo.com> > Subject: [BRE] Neff descendants > To: brethren-l@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <581267.81448.qm@web34803.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > For those interesed in the Neff family, and also are in touch with Harold > and Glatha Neff, please email off of this list. Ruth Neff Miller of > Trotwood, Ohio died at age 101. If interested, contact me at my hawkwind > address. I do not know RObert Miller's (Ruth's husband) genealogy. If > you do, email me as well. 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