I think you've got something there, Gerry. In fact in the Ebenezer Record Book, Rieser and Kiefer names were mixed up a couple of times. I always found this curious because of Ulrich Geiger having his name spelled Kyser in that first deed. (As you all know an "s" was spelled as an "f" back then.) Unfortunately, we may have more questions. Michael Rieser (Balthazar's brother) had a wife named Appolonia. She could not have been our ancestor because she was busy having her own children when Abraham and Felix were born. There was, however, an Appolinia Kiefer who married Matthew Biddenbach in 1778 -- the year after Ulrich died. Appolonia Kiefer is mentioned in 1757, 1759 and 1760 as a sponsor at baptisms, but no other mention by her first name until her marriage to Biddenbach. Beverly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Gieger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 11:32 PM Subject: [GEIGER] Apollonia - maiden name > Hey Cousins: > > Am I Excited???? > > I was perusing the listing of Original Georgia Salzburger Settlers > <http://www.crosswinds.net/~djmabry/salzburger/salzsett.html> which was > taken from George Fenwick Jones, ed. Detailed Reports on the Salzburger > Emigrants Who Settled in America, Vol. X, (Athens, GA: The University of > Georgia Press, 1988), pg 134-135. > > Under the 2nd Salzburg Transport which arrived on 28 Dec 1734 aboard the > Prince of Wales of Capt. George Dunbar, there is a Thomas Bacher(d1748) and > his wife, Maria Schweiger, with two daughters, Apollonia (b1729) and > Maria(b1727) who married Balthasar Rieser in 1752... > > Am I Excited???? > > Page 48 of The Ebenezer Record Book lists a Rester (nee, Rieser??) couple as > sponsors at the Baptism of Ulric's daughter, Rachel in 1769, and Page 64 > lists a Rister (nee, Rieser??) couple as sponsors at the Baptism of Ulric's > son, Cornelius in 1774... > > How logical can it be that the brother-in-law or nephew of our Grandmother > Apollonia would sponsor her children's Baptism...So her maiden name would be > Bacher, and it was right before our noses all the time...moreover, this same > couple is listed on several other pages with the name spelled "Rester." > > A birth year of 1729 would be a compatible age to marry Ulric. > > Comments anyone??? > See you at Ebenezer next weekend. > > Gerry > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list send an e-mail to: [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest mode) and put only one word--either SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject and the body of the message. > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ >