Welcome to the List, Regenia; Looks like your family also had trouble with mis-pronounced name vs. spelling...<g> >From: JYoung6180@aol.com >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Giger Family >Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:51:09 EDT > > >In a message dated 8/11/2004 3:36:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, >bobnregi@bellatlantic.net writes: > >Just wanted to say hello. My Giger roots are on my paternal grandmothers >side of the family. My gg-grandmother was Frances Giger from the Marine, >Madison County, Illinois area. >Daughter of William Giger and Malinda Vinyard. >Frances married James C. Reynolds of Madison County Illinois. >Their daughter Linda Reynolds was my grandmother, she married Jacob >Willmann. >Regenia Campbell > > > >--- >Regenia- > >Welcome to the GEIGER list! For the uninitiated <grin> your William is >the >son of John Giger and Susannah Creek, pioneer settlers of Saline Twp., >Madison County, IL. John is the son of John Georg Geiger/Giger and wife >Barbara >Klein/Kline. John Georg is the son of Christian Geiger and Anna Maria >Esskuchin. Christian was the immigrant ancestor of this Geiger line >having arrived >in PA on the Charming Nancy in 1737. > >While we don't yet know for sure exactly who Christian Geiger's parents >were >we do know that he was a cousin of John Paul Geiger of Geigertown who >emigrated in 1749 on the Fane and was from Berwangen, Northern Kraichgau, >Germany. >Christian either emigrated from Richen or Berwangen--two towns that are >quite near each other. > >Joan > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list send an e-mail to: >GEIGER-L-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or GEIGER-D-request@rootsweb.com >(digest mode) and put only one word--either SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the >subject and the body of the message. > >============================== >You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from >http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > _________________________________________________________________ Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools and more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx