Hi Betty Jane, Did I read you message correctly that your line was originally Kimel and became Kimble with John Kimble, Sr? I've been looking into the origins of my 5th gggrandparents, George and Catharina Kimel, for some time. They lived in Rowan Co., NC. Up 'til now I have assumed they moved from Pennsylvania before 1770, because they were Lutherans and lived in an area where there were significant numbers of people of German ancestry, known locally as "the Pennsylvania Germans." I think there is the possiblity they were members of the Bermudian Lutheran Church of York Co. PA, listed as Georg and Catharina Kuemmel, before 1770. However, I may be wrong, and my Georg Kimel may be one of your John Kimble/Kimel, Jr.'s missing sons. I believe my Georg Kimel was born ca. 1751. Dan Kimel At 12:10 AM 8/20/1999 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Jan, >I've been on the list for a while but have never posted. I usually just observe >However this time I have a question for you. My Kimel line became a Kimble line >of Va/WVa through John Kimble Sr. I noticed in your post that you have Stump and >Bower lines. These lines are also associated with Va/WVa and the Kimel/Kimbles >there. My Kimel/Kimbles >are from Hampshire, Hardy, Grant & Pendelton Counties Va/WVa from 1760's to >present. Some of John Kimble/Kimel's Jr. sons and children are lost to us. We do >not know where they went. I'm wondering if your Stump and Bower lines could be >related to those that are also related to our Kimel/Kimble line. We are missing >Lambert/Leonard, >George, & Michael Kimel/Kimble. Where were your Stump & Bower lines from in >America? Maybe my missing Kimel/Kimble went that way also? >Betty Jane Kimble > >KTompk7744@aol.com wrote: > >> eBay is an auction site, and I'd never looked at it till this week, though my >> nephew finds it highly entertaining. Some of the things that are up for >> auction are relatively cheap, and some aren't. The only reason I looked at >> it was that somebody mentioned some antique Shively items. So when I went >> to check on those, I also checked on the Kimmel name. It's not so easy to >> check on some of my other family names--Champion, Mock, Badger, Stump, Bower. >> (There are a lot of mock turtle neck sweaters for sale, and lots of >> Victorian memorabilia includes folks sitting in a bower.) >> >> On my computer, on the line when you'd normally type in http or whatever, I >> just type in EBAY. Then I asked for a Kimmel search, including search of >> descriptive material and not just titles. Quite a few things turned up. >> Nothing tempting, though, but that KIMMEL EAGLE cover except I don't know >> enough about stamp collecting. >> >> Jan > > > >