Were there any special churches there? I always meant to ask. It appears a lot of the early obits I typed had to do with United Brethren Church. Was there an enclave of UB people? Were they the Brethren which are sometimes called the Dunkers? I had another question on if anybody recalls their ancestors spoke German at home, even though they were born in the US. I had a report from a cousin that they did. Suzy Many migrated here because of good land, good education, good water and good people :) Take your choice :) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)
There were a few early German-speaking ones in pockets (Darlington) but mostly not or at least to my knowledge. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Limequilla@aol.com> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Migration NJ to Colerain Twp Ham.Co Ohio toMontgomery Co > > Were there any special churches there? I always meant to ask. It appears > a > lot of the early obits I typed had to do with United Brethren Church. > Was > there an enclave of UB people? Were they the Brethren which are > sometimes > called the Dunkers? > > I had another question on if anybody recalls their ancestors spoke German > at > home, even though they were born in the US. I had a report from a cousin > that they did. > > Suzy > > Many migrated here because of good land, good education, good water and > good > > people :) Take your choice :) > > **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making > headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Karen Zach wrote: > There were a few early German-speaking ones in pockets (Darlington) but > mostly not or at least to my knowledge. United *Brethren* Church, Alamo; membership 60 Church of the *Brethren* (Bethel) Cemetery, north of Ladoga -- Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG ~~~~ "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." Samuel Adams "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams
Suzy, United Brethren are like German Methodists. Church of the Brethren is a modern church which descends from the Dunkers ; they were German Baptists, to oversimplify the case. My father had cousins in Jasonville, a very German town until quite late. They stopped having church services in German because of social pressure during WWI, but German was still the home-language for many when he lived and worked there in the 1930's. Don't know about the 40's. His/my Dunker descended family living in Montgomery County so squeezed out the German-ness that I asked once if Shelleys were English, a question greeted by such hilarity that I was seriously offended (I was about twelve, and a sensitive blossom.) I only figured out why it was funny after I had done quite a bit of genealogical research. Finding the bits was tough, and doggone it, those relatives who laughed knew it all and just kept their mouths shut! The social pressure NOT to be German seems to have affected them deeply. Then, too, my grandmother was all Scottish. But putting seven sweets and seven sours on the table for every meal was a good clue involving no language at all, I guess! It just took me an extra 50 years to understand it. Kathy > From: Limequilla@aol.com > Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:28:07 -0500 > To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Migration NJ to Colerain Twp Ham.Co Ohio to Montgomery Co > > > Were there any special churches there? I always meant to ask. It appears a > lot of the early obits I typed had to do with United Brethren Church. Was > there an enclave of UB people? Were they the Brethren which are sometimes > called the Dunkers? > > I had another question on if anybody recalls their ancestors spoke German at > home, even though they were born in the US. I had a report from a cousin > that they did. > > Suzy > > Many migrated here because of good land, good education, good water and good > > people :) Take your choice :) > > **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making > headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
United Brethren weren't Dunkers or German Baptists. UBs later joined up with Methodists. German Baptists, Mennonites, Amish, and other forms of Anabaptists with German/Swiss/Dutch/Belgian heritage were just called "Brethren" as a group or Baptists until the English Baptists came into the same area. Then they were called German Baptists for clarity. I have noted that, in the absence of a Lutheran, Reformed, or Brethren congregation, that German families coming into an area often joined a UB church. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: Limequilla@aol.com To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 9:28:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Migration NJ to Colerain Twp Ham.Co Ohio to Montgomery Co Were there any special churches there? I always meant to ask. It appears a lot of the early obits I typed had to do with United Brethren Church. Was there an enclave of UB people? Were they the Brethren which are sometimes called the Dunkers? I had another question on if anybody recalls their ancestors spoke German at home, even though they were born in the US. I had a report from a cousin that they did. Suzy Many migrated here because of good land, good education, good water and good people :) Take your choice :) **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I was thinking that too that they later went into Methodism :) Gosh, that might be a GREAT article -- church info :) HMMMM, I'll think on that one, too -- you guys are all so awesome :) ----- Original Message ----- From: <s.m.mills@comcast.net> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:18 AM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Migration NJ to Colerain Twp Ham.Co Ohio to Montgomery Co > > > United Brethren weren't Dunkers or German Baptists. UBs later joined up > with Methodists. German Baptists, Mennonites, Amish, and other forms of > Anabaptists with German/Swiss/Dutch/Belgian heritage were just called > "Brethren" as a group or Baptists until the English Baptists came into the > same area. Then they were called German Baptists for clarity. > > > > I have noted that, in the absence of a Lutheran, Reformed, or Brethren > congregation, that German families coming into an area often joined a UB > church. > > > > Sharon > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Limequilla@aol.com > To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 9:28:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Migration NJ to Colerain Twp Ham.Co Ohio to > Montgomery Co > > > Were there any special churches there? I always meant to ask. It appears a > lot of the early obits I typed had to do with United Brethren Church. Was > there an enclave of UB people? Were they the Brethren which are sometimes > called the Dunkers? > > I had another question on if anybody recalls their ancestors spoke German > at > home, even though they were born in the US. I had a report from a cousin > that they did. > > Suzy > > Many migrated here because of good land, good education, good water and > good > > people :) Take your choice :) > > **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making > headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
s.m.mills@comcast.net wrote: > United Brethren weren't Dunkers or German Baptists. UBs later joined up with Methodists. German Baptists, Mennonites, Amish, and other forms of Anabaptists with German/Swiss/Dutch/Belgian heritage were just called "Brethren" as a group or Baptists until the English Baptists came into the same area. Then they were called German Baptists for clarity. > > > > I have noted that, in the absence of a Lutheran, Reformed, or Brethren congregation, that German families coming into an area often joined a UB church. > > > > Sharon > The other group were the "Church of the Brethren" see brethren@rootsweb.com mail list, a fascinating list to be on. Jeff > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Limequilla@aol.com > To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 9:28:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Migration NJ to Colerain Twp Ham.Co Ohio to Montgomery Co > > > Were there any special churches there? I always meant to ask. It appears a > lot of the early obits I typed had to do with United Brethren Church. Was > there an enclave of UB people? Were they the Brethren which are sometimes > called the Dunkers? > > I had another question on if anybody recalls their ancestors spoke German at > home, even though they were born in the US. I had a report from a cousin > that they did. > > Suzy > > Many migrated here because of good land, good education, good water and good > > people :) Take your choice :) > > **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making > headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG ~~~~ "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." Samuel Adams "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams
Limequilla@aol.com wrote: > Were there any special churches there? I always meant to ask. It appears a > lot of the early obits I typed had to do with United Brethren Church. Was > there an enclave of UB people? Were they the Brethren which are sometimes > called the Dunkers? > The Brethren that were called Dunkers were those who believed in adult baptism by dunking three times, generally, the term comes from the German "Tunken." (to dunk). > > I had another question on if anybody recalls their ancestors spoke German at > home, even though they were born in the US. I had a report from a cousin > that they did. > > Suzy The Mennonites used German as a home language right up into the 1900s, and I have an 1867 Mennonite Bible published in German. (Guengerich family genealogy in it) Jeff