In a message dated 98-07-06 17:26:09 EDT, you write: > the LDS records, beginning on 18 July 1830, of White Oak Church > provided the DOB documentation for Richard and Maria's (Mary?) children > - William Aaron and Benjamin Harman. The church began in 1825 so the > records did not provide anything additional on Richard's background - so > I am sill fishing. > > The 1850 census from Southampton Twp. Westmoreland County PA shows John > Geiger (age 56), Josiah Geiger (age 21), Mary E. Geiger (age 25) and > Simon Geiger (age ll months)., living 4 houses away from "my" Richard > Geiger (age 60), Mary (age 50), and 10 children - George, Henry, John, > Elias, Aaron, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Catherine, and Mary. Next > house is John Jr. (32) Rebecca (21), Solomon (3), Mary (2), and Matilda > (10 months). I have several John Geigers, but the age of this John > Geiger does not match any of them. Also, maybe there is a connection > between John and Richard (brothers?) or beween John and John Jr. > (father and son?) Any info or ideas? Carol, well that didn't take you long to get the record for White Oak Church. The names in the first generation or so sure sound like names that fit into the Henckel-Geigers. This sounds like something that should be compared with Eleanor Myers' Benjamin Geiger family that settled in Westmoreland. Your Richard being born about 1790 couldn't be a brother to her Benjamin born in 1777 (he only had one brother Charles) but I do think they may be related. The names in the family are just way to similar. Thanks for sharing the chart of the early generations with us--maybe someone will come up with a connection as we study the Geigers in this area over the next couple months. Joan