I received a very interesting e-mail a couple days ago from a lady named Sharon A. Craig. With her permission I am sharing her story and her family with you. She told me she was looking for a Henry Geiger, born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, who was married to a Mary and who died prior to 1856 in Hamilton County, Indiana. The children of Henry and Mary are: 1. Eve born 11 October 1793 in Berks County, PA, who married Philip Heimbach in Colombia County, PA. 2. Absolom born 10 April 1795 in Berks County, PA. 3. Henry who married Catherine Meyer on 14 October 1817 and whose name is sometimes shown as "Gigger." 4. Daniel born 8 March 1797 in Berks County, PA. 5. Joseph 6. Jacob born in 1807 in Colombia County, PA and who went with the family to Hamilton County, Indiana. 7. Solomon 8. Elias born 26 March 1818 who went to Hamilton County, Indiana. 9. Elizabeth who married John Drutz 10. Susannah--in Northampton County, PA 11. Mary married George Shane. Note: the birth order may not be exactly correct. Sharon wanted to know if I knew who her Henry Geiger from Berks County was--she is looking for his parents. Now this was a first for me--I found him but it sure wasn't easy. This is the first instance I have seen in which the name Geiger was NOT originally GEIGER. I found Johann Henrich and Johann Jacob Gücker who were apparently brothers and who arrived in Pennsylvania on the ship Lydia in 1743. I don't know where they were between 1743 and 1749 but in that year they both show up in Berks County records at Bern Church in Bern township, Berks County. The name is spelled alternately as Gücker, Guecker, and Gicker--but never Geiger. Now I am not just sure yet (am having Berks County wills checked but don't have the information yet) just who is whose son--or maybe grandson--and how the family all fits together, but there is more than one Henry here--most likely Jacob and Henrich both had sons named Henrich--or grandsons. One Henrich Guecker married Catharine Weber on 2 April 1782 in Rev. Waldschmidt's records. She is the daughter of Matthias Weber. The Weber/Weavers are closely allied with the "Geigers" of Hamilton County, Indiana later on. Quite possibly the same family. The second Henrich--Henrich Gicker married Maria Magdalena Höll of Bern Township on March 19, 1793. This is no doubt the Henry who moved to Indiana as the children of this couple baptized at Schwartzwald Church in Exeter Township, Berks County match up exactly. So we can't even state unequivicably that GEIGER is ALWAYS GEIGER. One thought I had is that these "GEIGERS" ended up in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. Also in Hamilton County, in Delaware Township, at the same time (1840) is Emanuel Kiger. I don't think he is related to this family but I can't be sure at the moment. Any ideas? Joan