Hi Cousin Richard You've hit on Joan's line, and my own, right on down through the Robinsons. Only I come off of their son Elwood Edward Kiger b. 3 Aug 1845 and m. Emily Apple Bechtel 27 Aug 1868. I have the other siblings of Elwood's as Margaret, Caroline and David, in fact have a portrait of those three hanging in my livingroom, but somehow do not have your Anna Rebecca in my stuff. Elwood's dau Kate was my ggrandmother and the family historian. I get the Kiger's twice because of a Jaquet marriage too. I know we have corresponded before, so forgive me if I didn't realize how the connection was made, or that your Anna was "lost" from my family group. I must have buried you in my hard files - which take up half a filing cabinet due to Joan's constant sleuthing, but is majorly in need of an overhaul. You should have coughed up the cost of the subscription though, Richard. Joan had made some remarkable discoveries in the last year, that take our guys back a couple of generations in the Old World. I will let her fill you in, for she fully deserves the credit. I just tag along at her heels here and offer moral support and wise acre remarks from time to time. Welcome home! Val P.S. - our weather was lousy too until a cool front came through last night, feels downright chilly out there right now. :) ---------- > From: Richard B. Anderson, Jr. <r.anderson@d-k.com> > To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GEIGER-L] An introduction > Date: Sunday, June 28, 1998 8:39 PM > > Hello, all, from hot & steamy southern Virginia [over 95 > deg. 2 of last 3 days], > > I'm a new subscriber to Geiger-L, although I received The > Kiger Konnection for several years up until it > was necessary to pay for a subscription [I may still do > that, if it's available]. > > Unlike most of the messages I've read on this list so far > [in the last 36 hours or so], I have KIGER/GEIGER/KEYGAR > spellings in my family tree [one of the few branches I know > much about on > my mother's side]. My apparent line of descent is as > follows [possibly incomplete or containing errors > since I'm copying from an old pedigree work sheet]: > > 1... Mathias KEYGAR [no dates/places on work sheet] m. Anna > Mary UNKNOWN [no dates/places on > work sheet], and had son, > 2... John Henry GEIGER [b. 1744, d. 12 Oct. 1806, no > places listed on work sheet] m. Barbara > UNKNOWN [b. 1745, d. 13 June 1808, no places > listed on work sheet], and had son, > 3... Matthias KIGER, Sr. [b. 3 Dec. 1775, > Salem, NJ, d. 10 May 1857] m. Rebecca > LINDMEYER [b. 31 May 1783, > Gloucester, NJ, d. 13 June 1860], and had son, > 4... Matthia KIGER, Jr. [b. 1807, > Mannington Township. Salem, NJ, d. 1 Sept. 1889, > location unknown] m. > Ann/Anna ROBINSON [b. 4 Oct. 1810, Salem, NJ, d. 27 > Jan. 1898, location > unknown], and had daughter, > 5... Anna Rebecca KIGER [b. > 9 May 1852, Salem, NJ, d. 20 Oct. 1936, Ocean > City, NJ] m. James > Wilson BEATH [b. 27 May 1849, Philadelphia, PA, d. > 22 Jan. 1914, > Philadelphia, PA], and had daughter, > 6... Elva Edna BEATH > [b. 12 Oct. 1890, Philadelphia, PA, d. 26 July 1925, > Brooklawn, > NJ] m. James Henry DILG [b. 2 Feb. 1891, Philadelphia, > PA, d. 20 > Oct. 1941, Philadelphia, PA], and had daughter, > 7... Edythe > Carolyn DILG [my mother, still living], m. (2) Richard B. > > ANDERSON, Sr. [my father, still living], and their son is, > 8... > Richard B. ANDERSON, Jr. [me, just turned age 41 a few > > weeks ago]. > > With that in mind, I would love to hear from any > KIGER/GEIGER descendants from that same line, > especially if they can help me fill in gaps about the > LINDMEYER, ROBINSON, BEATH, and DILG > families [allied families to this KIGER/GEIGER line]. I > have a limited amount of information already > about brothers/sisters to my direct line, but little else > about these families [at least without going into > my computer database and/or my paper files -- which need > major reorganizing at the moment 8-(]. > > Best wishes, > > > Richard Blair Anderson, Jr., Danville, Virginia USA > r.anderson@d-k.com > > > >