When was the will actually written? Is there a date there, rather than the date of execution of the will? Helene JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > > I just received an e-mail from Barbara J. Brown who is working on a book and > stopped long enough to ask me a question that I guess I tried to hide from > until now. Nothing that she presented is news to me but I guess I just have > been ignoring the facts on this one. So listen up and put your thinking caps > on all of you Christian Geiger descendants--here is something to think about. > > We assume Christian Geiger's first wife (and probably the mother of his son > Wilhelm) is Barbara. > We know Christian married Anna Maria Esskuchen 18 March 1739. > We know Christian married again, after Anna Maria's death, on 23 Oct. 1752 to > a widow Christina Veit. > We also know that Christian Geiger wrote his will and died in May of 1779, and > in that will he names his wife Christiana. > Then explain this! From the records of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, > PA; Oct. 9, 1773: Christina, wife of Christian Geiger, who fell down the > stairs and remained dead at the same place, ages 60 years and a few weeks. > > If Christina fell down the stairs and died in Oct. 1773 then who is the wife > Christiana referred to in Christian's will in 1779???? Did he remarry once > again???? > > Joan