There is a Bowers and Kimble(Kimmel) relationship in Va/WVa also. Look at John Bowers Sr. born in Pa below. Does he relate to any of the Bowers/Kimmels on this list? Mark E. Bowers of Harrisonburg, Va and also Pendelton County, WVa is a Kimble/Kimmel and Bowers descendant. He wrote a book Christian Bowers and His Descendants published 1991. Mark also published another book along with Nancy Hill on the Kimble and Alt Families of WVA which starts with the ADAM KIMBLE Line and his descendants. (Mark is the descendant of the Bowers, Alts and Kimble/Kimmels) ADAM was the son of JOHN KIMBLE (Johannes Kimmel) of Hampshire, Va now Grant WVA. John of Va had several sons that we know of as well as other children we do not know the names of. Those we know as follows Lambert, Jacob/John, Michael, Adam, Harmonas, George. (Lambert also had a son named George) Lambert and son George went to Fayette Co., Ohio from Va early 1800's Michael not sure where he went (Possibly is the Michael Kindle in Rockingham County, Va) Jacob/John not sure what happened to him (missing after 1798) Adam stayed in Va Harmonas went to Kentucky George I think went to Fayette Co., Ohio ( I am not sure if the George referred to in Fayette Co. Is the son or the Brother of Lambert above) (Information from Tim Kimmel of Fort Wayne & my correspondence with the descendants of the above sons of John ) 1850 Federal Census Microfilm #432-968 Pendelton County, Virginia (West Virginia) NAME AGE PLACE OF BIRTH Bowers Amanda 25 Virginia Bowers Amanda S. 4 Virginia Bowers Amos 2 Virginia Bowers Ann E. 2 Virginia Bowers Charles 7 Virginia Bowers Christian S. 27 Virginia Bowers Christina 69 Virginia Bowers Elizabeth 28 Virginia Bowers Henry 1 Virginia Bowers Ishmael 10 Virginia Bowers Jacob 33 Virginia Bowers John 27 Virginia Bowers John 4 Virginia Bowers John, Jr. 34 Virginia BOWERS JOHN,Sr. 63 PENNSYLVANIA (Born in Pa ca 1787) Bowers Lavina 5 Virginia Bowers Leah 25 Virginia Bowers Lucinda 8 Virginia Bowers Martha E. 5 Virginia Bowers Mary 24 Virginia Bowers Mary S. 4/12 Virginia Bowers Morgan C. 9 Virginia Bowers Phoebe 7 Virginia Bowers William A. 8/12 Virginia Also, on this census we have One William KIMMEL age 24 3 KEMBLE & about 20+ KELLER with the oldest listed as John born in Pennsylvania age 62 Is KELLER another variation of Kimmel in records? Kemble & Kimble are a variation of Kimmel. Some of the first names of the Keller group are known first names of Kimble/Kimmels of that time. There are no KIMBLEs listed in Pendelton County for this census I find this interesting as I know there were many in this area as well as in the adjoining county of Grant/Hardy. What are some of the unusual variations of the Kimmel name that you have seen in documents? Has Keller ever been used for a Kimmel? I know that some of the Kimmels on this list have other family names that are also associated with our Kimble/Kimmel line in Va/WVa . 1. Shook 2. Shirk 3. Synder 4. Kreider (Crider) 5. Miller (Muller) 6. Bower(s) (Bauer) 7.Site/Seitz 8.Judy Who on this list can make connections to these names through their Kimmel Line. Please let me know what your Kimmel line is also. I think that not everyone on this list has connected to the main Kimmels in Pa that the majority seems to come from. Perhaps our Va Line might be related to a Pa line. Betty Jane Kimble mountroyal@erols.com