This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gAB.2ACI/1961.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Angela, I checked the records of St. Francis Seraph church in Cincinnati, Ohio today. I was hoping that the marriage record of George Pelstring and Maria Haringer might contain some information that would allow you to decide whether this is the person for whom you are looking or not. The records are not easy to read in all cases, so I could be missing reading some names, but this is what it appeared to be to me. "George Pelstring married Maria Haringer on May 3, 1864 at St. Francis Seraph Church at Liberty and Vine Streets in Cincinnati, Ohio. The witnesses were Henry Pont and Mary Richter, Bernard Blei and Elizabeth Mag and Henry Luecken and Anna Osterkamp? Pater Eusebius Schmid was the priest." I had hoped that Josephine might have been one of the witnesses, but she is not listed in the record. I then looked at some of the Baptismal records beginning with the middle of 1864 and going through December 31, 1868. The only record I came up with was the following. "Cath. Josephia, born June 3 and baptized June 4, 1865. Father: George Pelstring Mother: Mary Ver. Horen? The godparents were William Maag and ____ Wesveler or Werveler. I am confident that this is the name that you have as Weveler and that the name Maag is the same as the Mag in the marriage record. I am afraid that in my effort to read the name We?veler correctly, I failed to not the first name of the person. I will try to get back soon and find the first name. Again,even though I did not find Josephine's name anywhere, I think that the appearance of the name We?veler gives a pretty good indication that this is in your family And the appearance of the name Mag and Maag in the two records seems to link them together. I have no explanation of what seems to be a different maiden name for the mother from the bride. I did the best reading that I could.