That's a great reply! Thanks, Bill. Last December, I attended a service and a Christmas program at Sandy Creek. It's a very nice congregation and facility. My ancestors went there. Beverly Railey Robinson Sent from my iPad On Feb 12, 2014, at 10:04 PM, "Bill Thomas" <wbtst2@atlanticbb.net> wrote: > There are exceptions to every rule, but a history of the Sandy Creek > Congregation in present day West Virginia that was written in an 1876 issue > of the 'Primitive Christian' states that they spoke German in the Sandy > Creek church services until 1824. In the early days they also used a German > Bible and sang German Hymns. In the 18th and early 19th Century, one could > be disowned for being married out side the German Baptist church. But > neither of these are absolutes. Speaking English is not a guarantee they > would preach in English. For example, the Amish in 2014 preach in German, > have a German Bible and sing in German, even though they all speak English. > > Bill Thomas > > -----Original Message----- > From: Melanie Rice > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:55 PM > To: BRETHREN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BRE] German Baptist marriage record questions > > If a couple was married by a German Baptist minister in 1827, > PrebleCounty, OH - *may > I presume that one or both of their families were brethren?* > > During that time period, in relatively newly settled Ohio, would a German > Baptist minister have married couples who were not part of their church? > > The specific marriage record is for a Caty Sharow to a Daniel Brucker, on > May 17, 1827, Preble County, OH. > > Also, if other couples I am researching in the same vicinity and time > period were NOT married by a minister of the gospel, *may I presume the > couple was not religious?* Would there be legitimate reasons that church > members would be married by a JOP? > > I am working on a difficult family line that seems to have ties in Miami, > Montgomery and Preble counties, OH, from about 1810 - 1840+. > > Do I understand correctly that* the designation "German Baptist" is > synonymous with Dunker Brethren in the early 1800s, Ohio?* > > Lastly, *would the German Baptist churches in the Miami Valley have spoken > ONLY German at that time? Could the churches have been bilingual? What > about the members?* The family I'm working on (Sherow, etc.), came from a > Scot-Irish settlement in Augusta County, VA, and appears to have been > assimilated. My research so far indicates they likely spoke English by the > time they arrived in the Miami Valley, about 1810. > > Thank you! > > Melanie Rice > Denver, Colo. > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > 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