Dave: I am the person looking for the Benjamin Geiger. I just wanted to let you know that a Benjamin Geiger does show on the Tax Lists for 1810 as being in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co. He shows as Benj. Giger (weaver). There is also a Henry Giger on the same list in the same Twp. In the 1810 census for Westmoreland Co., PA it shows a Benj. Geiger in Unity Twp. with three males under 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-45 and 1 female under 10, one female 10-16, and one female 45 and up. Same census shows Henry Geiger in Hempfield Twp. with 2 males 16-26, 2 males 26-45, 2 females under 10, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-45. There is a John Geiger in Unity Twp. with 2 males under 10, 2 males 16 to 26, 2 males 45 and up, 1 female 16-26, one female 26-45, and 1 female 45 and up. There is a John Geiger in Washington Twp. with 2 males under 10, 1 male 45 and up, 1 female under 10, 3 females 10-16, 2 females 16-26 and 1 female 45 and up. There is a Michael Geiger in Greensberg Twp. with 5 males under 10, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 26-45, and 1 other. I have not had a chance to digest all of this but maybe it will help others. Eleanor > -----Original Message----- > From: daverk@gte.net [SMTP:daverk@gte.net] > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 9:28 PM > To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GEIGER-L] Benjamin Geiger > > On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > >I am wondering whether Benjamin Gigher from > >the 1806 deed may actually be a Geyer from Dave Rankin's ancestor Casper > >Geyer's line. I am copying him on this so he won't miss the question (OK > > >Dave I know you wouldn't miss it anyway--but I hate to wait for you to > get > >your digest to hear what you have to say on the matter). His Casper > Geyer > >was in Westmoreland and the family was allied with the Beelers--which is > >what is making me wonder about a possible connection in this case. > > > > I think I can safely say that there is no Benjamin GEYER in Westmoreland > County, PA, during the period in question. There are two Geyer families in > > early Westmoreland Co. One was my Casper's family in Rostraver township. > All > of this family except one married daughter, Mary Fell, moved to Ohio by > 1815. There was no Benjamin in this family until after their arrival in > Ohio. The other Geyer family(ies) seem to all be descendants of Johann > Wilhelm Geyer. I am developing a fair early history of this family and > there > is no Benjamin in his family. > > I noticed that Benjamin and Catharina Geiger had three children baptized > in > First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, PA, on 22 or 28 Sep 1811. This sounds > like a newly arrived family. Even though Benjamin Geiger may have made a > land purchase in 1806, he may not have moved his family to Westmoreland > County until 1811. This would explain his absence from the 1810 census. > > > 1806 - Peter Bealer to Benjamin Gigher (may or may not be the right > > Geiger) - Land in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA > > I don't have enough information on the Beeler family to explain who Peter > Bealer is. > > >John Geiger in Washington Twp., Henry Geyer in Greensburg Borough, Henery > >Geyer Hempfield Twp., or George Geyer in S. Huntingdon Twp. Perhaps Dave > >Rankin of the Geyer list can help us to identify which of these Geyers we > > >can weed out as being Geigers in disguise--since we know actual Geyers > were > >also in Westmoreland. > > My information is still a little shaky outside of Casper's family. One of > the Henry's is surely a descendant of Johann Wilhelm Geyer. I cannot be > sure > of any of the others. They could go either way. Even though I have fair > understanding of the names of the descendants of Johann Wilhelm Geyer, I > don't yet have a good handle on where they were. > > Dave Rankin > Geyer mailing list sponsor > Home Page: http://home1.gte.net/daverk