Donna, you raise a valid point. Some of my question marks include: John Gunde, Christian Schneider, Valentine Becker, three of the five Kropf men, and John Slaughter. Reinhard Hammer is also a question mark of sorts, and there are others. I started with quite a few more question marks but was able to get some answers by finding out who some of my question marks married. Uncovering the intermarriages between the Ship Allen Brethren has proven instructive. Dwayne Wrightsman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna and Peter" <moulder@city-net.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Others on the Ship Allen > -----Original Message----- > On Behalf Of Dwayne Wrightsman: > Contrary to Brumbaugh, it is > fairly easy to prove that many of the passengers were not Brethren. The > more difficult part is to differentiate between a few of the passengers > who > represent question marks. > > > > > If you tell us about your "Question Marks," we might have some useful > comments. > > Donna