In a message dated 4/15/2003 5:18:38 PM Mountain Daylight Time, BeeandBop31@aol.com writes: > Diana, > I am not descended from the Sigler family, but I have two family > connections > to that family. > > My Gr. Grandfather William Henry Rice married Mary Jane Sterling. Mary > Jane's parents were Thomas Sterling and Rebecca J. Endsley. Thomas died in > > the Civil War, and Rebecca (Endsley) Sterling remarried to John Sigler on 6 > > Oct 1864 in White Co., IL. John Sigler's had first married Isabella W. > Black > on 2 Dec 1841 in White Co., and they were recorded as residents of > Shadsville, Hamilton Co., IL, in the 1860 census. John was born 2 Nov 1809 > > in KY, and he died 28 Dec 1902 (in Hamilton Co., I believe). I don't know > whether I have his parents' names in my files somewhere or not. > > In the same Rice family, my Gr. Grandfather William Henry Rice's daughter > Effa Irene Rice married Charles Williams. Their daughter, Mary Frances > Williams, married Sherman Leonard Sigler, son of Emanuel Sigler and > Florence > Hardesty. One of the granddaughters of Mary and Sherm sent me a diagram of > > her family. It shows Emanuel Sigler and a John Sigler as brothers who came > > from Germany. There is a date of 1805 written next to the John Sigler on > this diagram, and 1812 written next to Emanuel Sigler. I assume the John > Sigler who married Rebecca Endsley Rice (above) was part of the same > family. > If that John was born in KY in 1809, how was the brother of Emanuel born > in > Germany in 1812? I think both John Siglers mentioned are the same person, > and that the part about having been born in Germany is in error. Emanuel, > 48 > in the 1860 census, was also listed as having been born in KY (about 1802). > > I think the Siglers in KY might offer a clue to your puzzle. > > The person who sent me the diagram doesn't do actual research. She did > the > work as a school project, and wrote to my Dad and probably other family > members. > > This probably isn't anything new to you. I wish I could help you more, but > I > don't research this family, as I only record material tangential to my Rice > > family. I would like to know, however, how you are related to the Sigler > family. > > Good Luck. > Shirley Fritsche > > Shirley, I am descended from Emanuel Sigler who was born in KY not Germany. He was brother to John Sigler and their parents were Isaac and Ann Sigler. Diana