Thanks for the info on the Raneys. Well, that list will take me a while. I'll get back to you after I've had a chance to look later. Since the baptisms and marriages aren't indexed it will take longer. The memberships is in alpha order but that's all. Pat SNUGAZA@aol.com wrote: > > Thank you Pat, > William C. Raney and Elsie Maud Kimmel were my grandparents. His > brother, Theodore S. Raney, and her sister, Mae C. Kimmel were married in > Wayne St. M.E. Church five months earlier. The Mrs. Theodore Raney you knew > was the 2nd wife of Theodore, following Mae's death in 1947. Theodore's 2nd > wife was a 1st cousin of his 1st wife Mae. Her maiden name was Elva Ione > Connett but she was also on her 2nd marriage, following the passing of her > 1st husband, Ernest Emrich, who preceded her in death by over 65 years. My > Great Aunt Elva passed away in 1983 at the grand age of 91. > As to specific names and dates for lookups in the Wayne St. M.E. > Church records, the birth years for the above mentioned individuals for > possible baptismal records are as follows: > William C. Raney b. 1885 > Theodore S. Raney b.1883 > Elsie M. Kimmel b.1889 > Mae C. Kimmel b. 1886 > There was also Elsie Raney b. 1889 who married (m.1909) Henry Rapp b. 1885 > > One generation further back are: > John Raney (b. Scotland) who married (m.1882) Emma Elizabeth Reed (b.1865) > Newton Kimmel (b.1860) who married (m.1884) Catherine McNair (b. 1865) > > Aunts, Uncles, and a few of the cousins with possible Wayne St. M.E. Church > ties for which baptismal (post 1859) and/or marriage records (post 1863) > might exist include: > > William George Pool who married (m. 1866) Mary Ann Mathias > James Thomas Pool who married (m. 1865) Eva Elizabeth Hazzard > Francis Pool (b. 1867) who married (m. 1893) Flora B. Houghton (b. 1869) > William J. Pool (b. 1870) who married (m. 1896) Mary Hettie Welbaum (b. 1865) > Lewis Rhodes Pool (b. 1872) who married (m. 1899) Bertha Joker (b. 1878) > Viola Pool (b. 1877) > Flora M. Pool (b. 1880) > Newton A. Pool (b. 1883) > Mary Susan McNair (b. 1859) who married (m. 1878) Andrew Dallas Branstrator > John N. McNair (b. abt 1862) > Stella Ann Kimmel (b. 1862) who married (m. 1887) David S, Connett > Nancy Kimmel (b. 1864) > William A. Kimmel (b. 1866) > Milo Charles Kimmel ( b. 1869) > Sarah Catherine (Kate) Kimmel (b. 1872) who married (m. 1895) William Wiebke > Bishop S. Kimmel (b. 1876) who married (m. 1898) Fannie Wass > Ida May Kimmel (b. 1879) who married (m. 1904) Eugene Joy > > Any info would be appreciated. > > Thanks again, > > Rich Raney