Dear Charles: I found your posting on the GLASS Forum of great interest. I am trying to prove that Christopher GLASS is one of the sons of Jacob GLASS. I have been in contact with Brenda Wallace <wallace@ccia.com> who is researching the family of Jacob Glass and is concentrating on Jacob's sons Jacob and George, so possibly she could be of help to you. I have been unable to locate Vol II of "Catholic Trails West" Brenda gave me a reference from "Catholic Trails" that confirms that my known ancestor, William A. Glass, is the son of a Christopher Glass and a "Catholic Vital Records of PA" by Ledoux that confirms that William married Maria Anna Miller in St. Michael's Church in Loretto, PA. I am seeking confirmation that "my" Christopher is the Christopher listed in Jacob Glass' will. Do you have any information or references that you can send me. Following is a shortened register report. You cite birth/death dates for Christopher so I am hopeful you can help me with any direction for this family. Thank you. Carol Glass Vass <svass@aol.com> First Generation 1. Jacob GLASS. Born on 25 July 1741. Jacob died in Allegheny Twp., Cambria Co., PA on 18 January 1821; he was 79. Child: 2 i. Christopher (one of 12 children--not confirmed that this Christopher is Jacob's son) Second Generation 2. Christopher GLASS. Christopher married Mary GLASS?. They had the following children: 3 i. William A (1809-1892) 4 ii. Jacob (1812-) 5 iii. John (<1815-) 6 iv. Christopher (Twin) (1815-) 7 v. Mary (Twin) (1812-) Third Generation 3. William A GLASS. Born on 23 October 1809 in Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania.[1] William A died in Howard County, Iowa in 1892. He moved to Howard County, Iowa in 1864. Children birthdates from Brenda Wallace. On 2 November 1833 when William A was 24, he married Maria Anna MILLER, daughter of Joannis (John) MILLER & Joannes G. Maria Anna MILLER?, in St Michael's Catholic Church, Loretto, PA[2] Born on 20 March 1808 in Munster, Cambria, Pennsylvania.[2] Maria Anna died about 1890; she was 81. They had the following children: 8 i. Christopher (1835-) 9 ii. Catherine (1837-) 10 iii. John G. (1838-1906) 11 iv. Joseph (1840-) 12 v. Leo (1842-) 13 vi. Matilda (1844-) 14 vii. Margaret (ca1846-) 15 viii. Francis A. (1849-) 4. Jacob GLASS. Born on 2 January 1812.[1] 5. John GLASS. Born before 1815.[1] 6. Christopher GLASS. Born on 12 December 1815.[1] 7. Mary GLASS. Born on 12 December 1812.[1] Fourth Generation 8. Christopher GLASS. Born in 1835. Christopher married Cecelia GLASS?. 9. Catherine GLASS. Born in 1837. Catherine married John WEAKLAND. 10. John G. GLASS. Born on 15 March 1838 in Pennsylvania. John G. died in Cresco, Iowa on 8 March 1906; he was 67. John G. married Sarah NOEL, daughter of unk NOEL, in Cresco, Iowa. Born in 1845. They had the following children: i. Frank (1865-) ii. Elmer (1866-1914) iii. Albert J. (1868-1950) (my grandfather) iv. Anna (1870-) v. Leo (1872-) vi. Margaret (1874-1919) vii. Emily (1876-1897) viii. Joseph (1878-) ix. John (1882-) x. Rose (1882-1903) xi. Charles (1886-1917) xii. Arthur (1888-1921) 11. Joseph GLASS. Born in 1840. Joseph married Margaret CASEY. 12. Leo GLASS. Born in 1842. 13. Matilda GLASS. Born in 1844. Matilda married John MULLEN. John and Matildas son and wife, William & Bernadine Mullen, served as baptismal sponsors of Clifford Glass in 1916 14. Margaret GLASS. Born circa 1846. Margaret married Clyde WEAKLIN. 15. Francis A. GLASS. Born in 1849. Francis A. Glass, engaged in the flour and feed business at Cresco, was born in Carrolltown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, on the 30th of August of August, 1849, and is a son of William A. and Mary A. (Miller) Glass. The father was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, while the mothers birth occurred in Munster, Cambria county. Her mother was also a native of Pennsylvania, but her father was born in the province of Alsace, France, and was a soldier in Bonapartes army. [3] In 1886 when Francis A. was 37, he married Nellie FITZGERALD. Sources 1. Adams and O"Keefe, Catholic Trails West, 2, 1989. 2. Albert Ledoux, Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania, 1993. 3. History of Howard Co, Iowa (Cresco).