In a message dated 98-06-16 12:18:05 EDT, you write: > I found a document is titled "The KYGER Family" in the files of my > grandmother, Gwendolyn Nadean Ardrey Kyger. I don't know who wrote this or > when it was compiled. There are two Names & Addresses stamped and written at > the top. Debbie, I can't shed any light as to the author or date of the record you have. I can make some comments on various items stated in this record that can now be proved or disproved. I would guess that this was the work of an earlier researcher who did the best that they could with what was available at the time. All I can make out is: > The first address: > "__________________" > "__________________" > " ____ City, MO 64119" > > The second address: > "__________________" > " _35__ Ramona Drive" > "Whittier, Ca. 90602 > > The document starts off with information relating to "Christian Geiger I" > and goes through several generations. The later generations have just names > and dates with fewer notes. Since it is so long I am not including it all > here .. the entire document will be available on a web site I have started ( > WARNING - I am even newer to web design than I am to genealogy --- So any > suggests are greatly appreciated!!) I have about half of it on line now and > will be adding the rest in the next couple of days. You will see the > beginning part relating to Christian I below. > > KYGER-HINZE web site: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/1794/ > > I am interested to see if any of you can shed any light as to where this > document may have originated - who wrote it, when, etc. I also need help in > verifying the information. > > Debbie > > *************************** START of first page > Any notes I have added are in brackets followed by my initials: i.e. [NOTE: > ?? - DGT] > > "THE KYGER FAMILY" > "CHRISTIAN GEIGER I > > The first KYGER (Gieger) to come to America from Germany was Christian > Geiger. He came on the ship "Charming Nancy", Charles Stedman, Comr., from > Rotterdam, via Plymouth, England, to Philadelphia. Also listed as passengers > was a William Geiger, probably his son, and a Barbara Geiger who may have > been the wife of Christian, or of William. Barbara may well have been Christian's wife but NOT William's--he was under 16 when he arrived in America as he wasn't required to take the oath. We do NOT know whether Barbara was William's mother I might add. > > Christian had at least two wives even if the afore-mentioned Barbara was not > his wife, Anna Marie Wei____ [I can't make out the rest of the handwritten > name - DGT] and Christina. This is correct--but he had to have had a third wife--Barbara or someone else--a mother to William. Anna Maria's name is Esskuchin. Christian died in May, 1779. His will mentions > hat he lived in Warwick Town, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Warwick is now > called Lititz. Actually Warwick Township did not become Lititz. A portion of Warwick Township later became the closed Moravian town of Lititz which is within the township of Warwick. The will also mentions his wife, Christina Geiger, and his > children, George Geiger, Christina Geiger Wyland, Elizabeth Gieger Leib, > Margaret Geiger Bonder, Anna Maria Unger That is all correct except that Margaret Geiger's married name in Bender and the will does show it as Bender. and the children of William, > deceased. Children: > > William Born prior to 1737 > Margaret Born prior to 1741. Married John BENDER > Anna Maria Born prior to 1741. Married George UNGER > Ursula Elizabeth Baptized April 28, 1741 at First Reformed Church in > Lancaster. > Daughter of Christian and Anna Maria. Married Peter LEIB > John George Baptized June 2, 1748 at Trinity Lutheran in Lancaster. > Son of Christian and Anna Maria. > Christina Baptized 8 days before Easter, 1750 at First Reformed in Lancaster. > > Daughter of Christian and Anna Maria. Married Michael WYLAND > Maria Christina Baptized June 16, 1754 at Trinity Lutheran in Lancaster. > Daughter of Christian and Christina. > Probably did not survive. > > >From this we can assume that Ana Maria died between 1750 and 1753." > ********************** END of first page > The only correction I would make to the above is that we know Anna Maria died sometime after her youngest child was baptized on 20 May 1750 and before 23 October 1752 when Christian Geiger married Christina Viet/Veith/Fyde. Joan