Thank you, Harriet... Perhaps this is the Ulrich Geiger that someone in Canada gave info on in the past but was not of the proper generation to have been my Hans Ulrich(b1729), emigrant child of Abraham Gyger(b1690)... >From: "Harriet Imrey" <himrey@ntelos.net> >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GEIGER] Swiss Mennonite "Geiger Church" in Ontario >Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:49:47 -0500 > >"The Wilmot township settlement in Waterloo County in the province Ontario >in Canada was started in 1825 by settlers from Pennsylvania. It was >located two miles south of Baden on Bleam's Road. Among the first arrivals >was Christian Bösiger who was of Bernese descent and had lived in >Normanvillars in the Alsace before his migration to America. With him >arrived in Ontario Ulrich Steiner, Ulrich Geiger, and Daniel Geiger. They >were joined later by other Swiss Mennonites from Pennsylvania. Bishop >Benjamin Eby (1785-1853) from nearby Kitchener organized the newcomers into >a congregation in 1831. A meetinghouse was built on the farm of Daniel >Geiger, thus named Geiger Church. 'In early years Geiger's was a parent >church for scattered congregations several townships north.' " > >Source: Leo Schelbert, Swiss Migration to America: The Swiss Mennonites. >New York NY: Arno Press, 1980. pp. 232-3. > >Daniel Geiger was born 17 Mar 1799, died 2 May 1884 in Ontario. On 5 Apr >1833 he married Catharine Bosiger. Ulrich Geiger was born 22 Nov 1797, >died 12 Feb 1864 in Ontario. In 1822, he married Barbara Bosiger. Daniel >and Ulrich Geiger were sons of David Geiger, b. Nov 1755, and Verena >Steiner, b. 24 Dec 1757 in France (Alsace?). Other intermarried members of >the Geiger, Bösiger (later Bosinger/Basinger), and Steiner families from >Normanvillars in the Alsace founded a Swiss Mennonite congregation in Wayne >Co OH in 1825. They all used the same names, so are easy to confuse! > >Harriet Imrey >himrey@ntelos.net > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Visit the GEIGER mailing list archives: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GEIGER/ > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Learn how to help protect your privacy and prevent fraud online at Tech Hacks & Scams. http://special.msn.com/msnbc/techsafety.armx