This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vaughn,Woodward,Schaeffer,Stine,Gross,Keller,Keim,Shoemaker,Canavan,Brooks,Burns Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/1126.3 Message Board Post: Hi ! Can someone please e-mail the link to this web page..I can't get it to open for me... Thanks Joanne triton23@losch.net I'm searching for the parents of John Gross born in 1877 in Fountain Springs,Butler Township,Schuylkill County,pennsylvania...I think the mothers name was Catharine aka Katie..

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gross, McEaneney, Ficke, Schwartz, Laxson, Owen, Maltby Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IWg.2ACIB/1127 Message Board Post: Would like to discover more information concerning George Gross. George was born in February 1820 in New Jersey, this according to the 1900 census from Pennsylvania. At the time of the census he lived with his daughter George Emma Schwartz, yes that is George, and his son-in-law Charles E Schwartz in Philadelphia. He was not included in the 1910 census for Charles and the family, so I assume he had passed on. His occupation was blacksmith. Any one who may have information or questions, please email me. Thanks DM

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IWg.2ACIB/1126.2 Message Board Post: Hi, I have Gross and Strauss surnames in my ancestry. Do you have a Karolina Strauss, andreas grothe, Wilhelm Gross, or Krystyan Gross? Lorna boblorna1@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IWg.2ACIB/1126.1.1 Message Board Post: You need to be very specific as to names and dates otherwise I cannot relate. All of mine came from Königheim between 1854 and 1865 as I stated previously. And they came to Worcester, Mass first. You can communicate directly with me at philipgross@norcross.ca.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IWg.2ACIB/1126.1 Message Board Post: My Gross family ancestors as far as I have documented came to this new country just after 1819 when their father died. There may have been others that stayed behind that I'm not aware of . Marsha Binkley binkley206@chartermi.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gross, Strauss Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IWg.2ACIB/1126 Message Board Post: I am building a web site for my Gross family ancestors and Strauss ancestors at http://norcross.ca, take the Gross link. These folks emmigrated from Königheim, Baden in the period 1854 - 1865 and settled in Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts. If you can establish yourself as a descndent of these lines and wish to participate, please contact me at philipgross@norcross.ca.

Descendants of Simon Groce - follow up to letter I wrote to you about the 250th Anniversary of the church Simon Groce was one of 5 founders of Groce/Grose/Gross Cousins, Thought you might like to hear about the 250th Anniversary celebration of White Oak Evangelical Lutheran Church (now St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran) that Simon was one of 5 founders of. It was a really wonderful weekend of events even with the incredible heat. Jed Kensinger who had organized the search for descendants and found Simon's land etc. was just fantastic. His enthusiasm and zeal for history and the people of the area and his church matched our own for Simon and his family (or at least mine!). He was just as interested as we were in researching Simon and will be continuing to try to unearth anything he can. However nothing "new" was discovered - James D. Groce who has researched and paid professional researchers for 30 years has found everything I think that there is to be found. The one "new" thing is the patent for the church with Simon's name on it (I brought back 5 extra copies of this) and seeing Simon's name - spelled Simon Groce even there in the early PA years (I had thought that it was after they came south that the name started to be spelled this way) - And seeing his name on the monument where the original White Oak church stood was exciting. Oddly enough Simon's brother Theobald who remained in PA and his descendants all spell their name with the original Gross from the German S set or double S. We visited Simon's land purchased in 1751 in Rapho Twp. Pinch Pond Campground and a shooting range are on the land now and we got the folks to stop shooting long enough to let us walk down to the remains of the springhouse which was near where Simon's home was located. The owner of the land said that the house was made of stone and was 2 stories tall - It is no longer there and the remains of it were plowed under by the Sportsman's Club - a shame.... Many of the homes in the area that are also 250 years old or so are also stone houses like this so you can get an "idea" of what it may have been like. It was very very hot - well over 100 degrees in the sun while we were out there on his land - it is sloping, hilly land and back then it had been cleared for farming - now trees have grown back and cover much of the land. It was great to stand there,especially down by the spring - where you knew Simon and his family had also stood all those years ago and perhaps had a cool drink on a hot day after the incredible work of clearing and farming that land. From there we went to Lancaster City to see the Holy Trinity Lutheran church where Simon had several of his children baptised, sponsored his brother's children's baptism's and where he married Veronica Mayer his second wife, after Dorothea's death. The church dates back to 1732 and is colonial in style, much like Brunton Parish church in Williamsburg. After lunch we went to the Lancaster Co. Historical Society library which I joined. We had just a couple of hours to skim through some things - not enough time - I wanted to look for Veronica's parents so got some information on various Mayer, Meyer, Meir, Maier and Myer families in the area at the time - nothing conclusive yet. For me also my Hendricks ancestors were the first frontier pioneers to this same area in the 1600s and there was quite a bit of information on them and on the Linvilles - my Henry Hendricks married Ann Linville sister of the William Linville who was killed by the Cherokees in the NC mountains and for whom Linville Falls was named. I have quite a few Lancaster Co. families so it was well worth my while to join for $30 since I would have had to pay $5 anyway to get in that day to use the library. We went back to the hotel in Lititz, which by the way was a lovely little Moravian town - very pretty and quaint - old Moravian style homes - actually older than our own (here in Winston-Salem, NC) Salem Moravian homes. The farming panorama of the area is almost breathtakingly beautiful - the Amish and Mennonite farms, horses and buggies - it is all really wonderful. I lived in Chambersburg PA just a county or so away, for 5 years - 18 years ago and have always enjoyed the area. That evening we went to the homecoming church picnic where there was live band music and delicious chicken corn chowder - from a recipe almost as old as the church - this is where they sold the patent copies of the church's founding and I bought 6 along with a copy of "Das Kuchbuch" which has pictures and history of the church and of Penryn, the name of the town where the church, now called St. Paul's Lutheran is today. Back then the church and the "town" were known as White Oak. The Reformed church that shared the building, land and cemetery with the Lutherans has become Jerusalem United Church of Christ and is just down the road. Simon was one of three Lutheran founders - the other two founders were Reformed. As you may know Veronica was listed as Reformed on the marraige record at Trinity Lutheran when she married Simon. The Lutheran founders other than Simon were Daniel Huber and Anthony Fishburn, the Reformed were Adam Keener and Daniel Schneider. Sunday morning was the church service in the old country church (of course unairconditioned ) - the sweat literally dripped off of us. They recognized the 5 founders and used the Old Lutheran order of service - long....afterwards we viewed the history and pictures gathered for the occasion and had a nice lunch in the air conditioned!! fellowship hall which used to be the old Fire Hall next door to the church. They had slides and videos of past events and folks from the church that was fun to see even though we knew almost none of the people. Here they recognized the decedants of the founders - Simon Groce was the only one of the 5 who had people attend - all of us from NC....I was proud of us and also grateful and still amazed at what Jed had accomplished in finding us and in the small part I played in gathering Groce cousins to attend. Faye Byrd, her daughter and grandson had had to leave that morning to drive back to Wilkesboro, NC because of the grandson who was just 12 and rther bored by the activities. Victor Seiders and his wife Wanda who is the Groce descendant were there from Yadkinville. Daniel Grose came from Cornelius down near Charlotte and is not only a Groce cousin of mine but his Isaac Groce married my great-grandfather Charles Craver's sister Lucy - so he is my 3rd cousin through the Cravers. Only one person that I thought was coming from DC area didn't come. Jed had been able to contact descendants of two of the other founders - Fishburn and Keener I think but none of them were able to attend - the others he couldn't even find anyone researching them. I had gathered all my material and brought it up there with me - the Groce family treemaker file printed out to 289 pages!!! Since it took an entire binder by itself I made up a separate binder with all the documents I've been able to accumulate on Simon and pictures of Groce descendants that various folks from around the country have sent to me along with my ancestor who comes to closest in my line back to Simon - my great-grandmother Betty Gough who married Charles Craver - and her Aunt Mandy Shore - my line is through Simon's son Theobald, his daughter Anna Margaretha "Peggy" who married John Shore, their son Isaac who married Elizabeth Steelman, their daughter Mary Ann who married Franklin Gough - Betty Gough's parents. Victor had gotten maps of Rapho Township land grants from the 1700s with Simon's land on it and he superimposed it on a topographical map so you can see the topograph of the area - and he made copies for everyone with the 5 founders land shown on the map. Simon's land was furthest away from the church. Jed will be writing a book on the history of the church and I imagine - since he is now very interested in our "search for more on Simon" that he will include what he can on him in the book. He works for the local newspaper in Lancaster City and he is a real treasure to his church, his community, and to us. None of this would have happened without him and his determination and dedication to uncovering his church's history. It was all in all - just a wonderful trip - long drive (8 hrs. each way), hot dry weather but such fun to be with other Groces, with Jed and his interesting stories and wealth of knowledge of local history, the nice folks at the church and the beauty of Lancaster county around us. Was just great - I was grateful to be a part of it all. Susan Gall Winston-Salem, NC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/IWg.2ACIB/329.648.691.705.706.1.1 Message Board Post: HI MICHELE I AM ANSWERING YOUR POST BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW YOUR CONNECTION TO THE LAST NAME MARITAS THANKS

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/1123.1.1 Message Board Post: Joanne, My great grandfather John Gross was born 7 November 1862 in Germania, Potter County, PA and never left the area as far as I can find out. He married Minnie Noelk and died in Germania in 1937. I don't think that's much help, is it? Let me know. John Gross

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vaughn,Woodward,Schaeffer,Gross, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/1123.1 Message Board Post: Can you please tell me what info you have on the Gross family in PA ?? My ggrandfather was John Gross of Lavelle,Schuylkill County..He married a Jennie {Emma} Klinger..I can't find anything other than this out on him..My grandfather doesn't remember his grandparents on his dad's side..So I;m stuck.. Please help if you can.. Thanks Joanne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/1124 Message Board Post: GROSS- In this city, December 19, 1966. George B. Gross. Husband of Georgia S. Gross of Sacramento.. Father of Audrey G. Gibson and Mrs. Billie G. Monighan of Sacramento. Brother of Mrs. Sparks of Sacramento. Leaves 4 grandchildren. A native of Sacramento. Aged 74 years. Friends are welcome at the Land Park Chapel of Harry A Nauman and Son, 4041 Freeport Blvd and are respectfully invited to attend the funderal Thursday at 11:00 a.m. in East Lawn Chapel. Entoumbment East Lawn Mausoleum. Services will be held under the auspices of Capital City Lodge, #499 F and SM. Contributions may be sent to the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children, San Francisco. Sacramento Bee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/1123 Message Board Post: Have had success finding my German ancestors. Thanks to Ewe Keller for his help finding the Lutheran Church in Einhausen, Thuringia. Not only located Caspar Gross but thanks to the church secretary, Margarete Dressel, I am now back 4 more generations to mid 1600's. All the records were in the church files, birth, marriage and death, and she has sent them to me along with addresses of 3 living relatives in the town of Einhausen. Am still interested in decendants of Eva Gross Beissmann and Mathias Gross who arrived with Caspar Gross in 1852 at Ellis Island. Their first move was to Salem, NJ. Caspar came into northern PA, have no idea exactly where the others went. I have made contact with John Beissmann in Houston, TX who was Anne's great grandson. If anyone out there is also interested in this Gross line please contact me, I have verified family now back to 1600's. John Gross

Hi, In researching my Reed family, I have found a marriage record for Isaac N. Reed and Ella C. Gross, May 9,1870, in Henry County, Illinois. If there is anyone who has info on this person I would appreciate hearing from you. Thanks, Doris Reed Forsyth

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/1122 Message Board Post: Looking to get in touch with a relative Erma/Irma birth surname Gross. Mother's name was Mildred Gross. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks Much Angi (Gross) Hawkins

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gross; Wright; Bruce Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IWg.2ACIB/1121 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Thankful Gross b. 1726 Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA. married to Ebenezer Wright 4 December 1755 Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA I decend from their daughter Sarah Sally Wright who married James Bruce. Who are Thankful's parents? Any other children?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCRUGGS, HEGGIE, COVINGTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IWg.2ACIB/1094.1.1 Message Board Post: I know that we are related I have Henry Scruggs born in 1660 and he married Anne Gross on Jan. 25, 1685 or 86. But this is all the information I have on these. My great, great grandpa is Thomas Scruggs and his son Robert Milton Scruggs is my great grandpa and his son Eugene Talmage Scruggs is my grandpa. Email me anytime at lkoster@alltel.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GROSS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/1120 Message Board Post: GROSS_Clyde_and_Gladys.JPG GROSS_Richard_Gayle_1934_1996.JPG I photographed these tombstones in the Parker Memorial Cemetery, Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas. Feel free to use these pictures for your records. These are some of the 14,668 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/383.398.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Ashland,Pennsylvania..Schuylkill county..

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IWg.2ACIB/383.398.1.1.1 Message Board Post: We could be connected. If you don't mind me asking, where are you from? Because I was trying to maybe locate my half sister I can hardly remember. Last time I remember seeing her was around the time of my mother's, Mary Ann Barner, funeral in April 1988.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/383.398.1.1 Message Board Post: Cornejius, My father was also Lamar Gross who was born 1/13/1939 and died in 6/1/1991 And my grandfather is Lamar Gross whom still lives was born 1919..He came from the area of Lavelle,Schuylkill county,Pennsylvania.. It seems that Lamar may have been a family name.. I only that ny grandfathers fathers name was John Gross..i can't seem to find anyhting else out about them..Pap doesn't remember..Only that his fathers half sister was Ida Welker.. Can we be connected maybe ?? Joanne