Marge & Jan?: Felix is listed in GA Deed Records as an heir of Hans Ulric Gyger (and his wife Apollonia)...however I do not beleive that she is a Seckinger...That comes from Chubb A. Geiger and his Typescript, published about 1965, wherein he says "he leans toward" that theory but does not cite his reasons...albeit Seckinger is a prominent Salzburger Family in Effingham County, GA. Last Summer, I found on the Second Salzburger Transport list, a Thomas Bacher with wife Maria, and daughters - Apollonia, and Maria(ii). The Transport Listing has a notation that Maria(ii) married Balthasar Rieser... Furthermore, Riesers are listed in the Ebenezer Record Book as being sponsors for the Baptism of two of Ulric and Appolonia's children, (Cornelius and Rachel). This is sort of like Godparents, except Lutherans did not call them Godparents...Who would be better choices to commit your children to, than your Sister and Brother-in- law. Ulric did not have any living sisters that we have identified... Anyway, with this bit of Data and a couple of other casual indicators, I believe that this Apollonia Bacher is our Great-Grandmother, wife of Ulric Gyger. >From: Marge <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] FL GEIGER OBITUARIES >Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:29:55 -0700 > >Jan, > >This is not my direct line, but according to my records John Sherwood >Geiger, b. 2 Feb 1836, d. 30 Dec 1913 "on his land at Houston Swamp >(where?)", buried with his wife in Ogilvie Cemetery, Duval Co., FL, m. 24 >Jun 1871 in Nassau Co., FL, Martha Maria Haddock, b. 24 May 1837 at Kings >Ferry, Nassau co., FL, d. 13 Aug 1912, age 75. She was dau. of John >Haddock >and Sarah Hardee and perhaps granddau. of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth >(Higginbotham) Haddock of North Carolina. > >I have other children for John Sherwood and Martha: > >Lucian L., b. 1859, d. 1928 >Margery S. b. abt 1864 >John Sherwood, b. Mar 1867, d. 12 Oct 1946 >Thomas Jefferson, b. 5 Feb 1868, d. 29 Jan 1910 >Mary Elizabeth, b. 7 Jul 1875, d. 19 Apr 1928 >James T. b. 14 Jul 1876 (you have 1878, I don't know which is correct) >George (rumor said he was an out-of-wedlock mulatto child). > >John Sherwood was son of Jacob V. Geiger (of Felix and Mary Martin) b. abt >1797 in GA, and Marjory Simmons, b. 1810 in GA. John was the 5th of nine >children. Jacob d. after the Civil war and is buried in Hopewell Church >Cemetery, Columbia Co., FL. Hopewell Cem is in the NW corner of Columbia >Co. > >Felix is believed to be son of Hans Ulrich Geiger and Apolina Seckinger. > >Hope this will help. Sorry I can't quote sources, but this will give you a >lead. > >Thanks for all the Geiger items. I'll try to fit them in. > >Marge > > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

I contacted Marty LEE and found he was not getting the GEIGER List messages, so he did not know about Roland GEIGER helping him to find his ancestors in Germany! He immediately joined the List and is up to date on the messages. Welcome to the group, Marty - and I hope you and Roland will let us know how the search goes! Anne Connell