This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sdbloomquist Surnames: LEISTER, LINK Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.3.3.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Brent, Great to hear from you. I hope we can document a connection. I have conflicting names for my 3rd great grandfather: Nicholas Leister, sometimes referred to as John Leister.. I suspect he was named Johann Nicklaus Leister. He married a woman named Margaretha LINK, and they had several children born in Dalberg and Wallhausen in the 1860s before they came to the USA. I'm not sure if Johann Nicklaus LEISTER made it to the USA or if he died in Europe. I do know that Margaretha came over, as did her sons Bernhard, Nicholas, John and her daughters Elisabeth and Anna Maria. They settled in the Troy Hill neighborhood of Allegheny city, Pennsylvania, which became part of Pittsburgh in 1907. Bernhard came over in 1866 on the S.S. Pennland, and his two brothers followed in 1867 on the S.S. Westernland. I have not located the passage for Margaretha or her daughters, or Johann Niklaus if he indeed did make the trip. (Of course, the brothers that I've mentioned could have made the crossing more than once, but this is all I have found thus far). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Brent_JonesII Surnames: Leister Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.3.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Johan had 10 children. Sorry for the mistake. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Brent_JonesII Surnames: Leister Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.3.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello everyone from Brent E Leister-Jones II, My mother is german and my Opa, Bernhard Leister lived and died in Dalburg. I visted him there several times when I was younger. Our Cousin Karl Heinz Leister is currently the mayor of Dalburg. My Uncle and one Aunt still live on the Mosel river very near Dalburg. I visit germany when I can and next time I go I plan on looking up some records in dalburg and other cities nearby to try to find more of my german ancestors and where they went. My Great grandfather - Johan Leister had 9 children as well and we have several cousins still alive and doing well in germany and elsewhere around the world. I am in contact with some of them. My other aunt who now lives in missouri is also helping me to locate old family photos or records of our great great great great grandparents. If anyone has any info that isn't on my tree for the Leister's I would really like to fill in those blanks. Peter Leister was my Great great grandfather and some of his family his brother Johannes Nikolaus Lei! ster migrated to America in the late 1800's. They lost contact after the passage of time. So we never knew what had become of the "american Leister's" until now. This is so cool! :-D I still don't have any info as to who Peter's parents where and the list of all his sibilings. I hope to hear from some of my distant american cousins anytime either here or at my email which is Obladra5@yahoo.com. If anyone has questions or has pictures to swap or share that would be really cool. I'll try to upload more of the Leister pictures that I have in the near future. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BettyScalise Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.3.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I lived in Erie mostly when I was growing up. Also, some in Pittsburg, and Warren. I now live in Orlando, Fl. I think that Grossy is buried in the cementary on a hill that I believe the bus goes to. I think all the family are their too. My father, Ernest, never went to California. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sdbloomquist Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.3.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Betty! I was just photographing some tombstones at Most Holy Name cemetery yesterday to help Debbie (Moore) Lesslie figure out some of the PETRY line. I'm descended from one of Grossie's brothers, Bernhard LEISTER, then his daughter Josephine (LEISTER) MUENZER. Our common ancestors then are Grossie's parents, Margaretha LINK and Nicholas LEISTER (although I have variations on the first name of this man). They would be my 3rd great grandparents. Do you still live in Erie? I had heard that one of Jacob PETRY's sons had gone to California but perhaps it was a red herring. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lesslie88 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Betty, I want you to know that I have information about the Petry family. I can help complete your tree. Debbie Moore Lesslie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lesslie88 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Oh my goodness! I can't believe I found you! This is wonderful. I have been slowly piecing together our family history, and have gotten much from Steve Bloomquist. Please reply to lesslie88@frontiernet.net I very much look forward to hearing from you. Debbie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BettyScalise Surnames: Betty Petry Scalise Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have been searching for roots for the Petry family, with not any luck til today. My Grandmother was Grossy. My father was Ernest,(who passed away about 1958or59) He was married to Helen Emily Jones, from Pittsburg. Elizabeth, your Grandmother, was my Aunt. Wilmer, your father, is my cousin. and Aldof,was my uncle. We lived in Erie,Pa. I have two sisters, Helen, and Audrey. I lived with Grossy for about a year, when I was around seven. I went to the Most Holy Name School. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I do not see any John T Payne information on the items you sent me. How are you related to John T Payne and what is his birth date and what is his occupation and how do you connect to him? Please don't send any more digests. Sincerely, Diane Shotwell Family.Genealogy@comcast.net researching Families: Brightbill; Payne; Long; Sangermano; Antonucci; Massonferri Mays; McElroy; Deiter; Shurilla; Shirey; Deluzeau; Canto

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sdbloomquist Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Of course, to cloud the issue further, the 1900, 1920 and 1930 census all indicate that Elizabeth Leister Petry was born Sep 1866 in Germany. I think it would not be hard to find a birth record in Dalberg or Wallhausen and settle the issue once and for all. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sdbloomquist Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The John Leister who lived next to the Petry's on that Census was your great-grandmother's brother. Your great-grandmother Elizabeth Leister Petry was born on 28 Dec but the year varies with the record. Her marriage license, church marriage record, and the 1910 Census indicate she was born 28 Dec 1868. I have a prayer card from her funeral which says she was born 28 Dec 1866. Her immigration year also varies with the record cited. The 1920 and 1930 Census say 1889, but the 1900 Census says 1890. As a general rule I tend to trust the oldest record, as it was closer to the actual event and less likely to be distorted by the passage of time. Of course, often times I've found that ancestors lied about their age on marriage records because you could not marry without parental consent until age 21. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lesslie88 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Sharon relatives would've been my grandmother, Elizabeth Petry Moore. She had two children, Mariam and my dad, Wilmer. The Moores were originally from Pgh. also, but like so many, moved to Sharon with Westinghouse. I wish I had asked my grandmother more about her family. My email address is lesslie88@frontiernet.net It may be easier to communicate. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sdbloomquist Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You know, my grandfather's only remaining sibling (Robert Muenzer) was telling me about relatives that he used to visit in Sharon, PA when he was a kid. He thought it was a Mary Leister (sister of Elizabeth aka Grosse) who married William Burkhart but I don't know that I ever found evidence that such a Mary ever existed. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lesslie88 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have goosebumps knowing that she even had a brother! Grossie was the sweetest person,. She never said an unkind word. I vaguely remember them talking about an Aunt Josephine. I wonder if it's one and the same????? I would love to meet sometime! I live right outside of Rochester, NY now, but grew up in Sharon, PA. I still have family there, and perhaps I can get at least one of them to meet also. Debbie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sdbloomquist Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Debbie, I live in the North Hills of Pittsburgh. I have some Leister records, mostly concerning my direct lineage through Bernard who was my great-great grandfather and also your Grosse's brother. Grosse is German for grandmother, that's why the called her that. I don't have any really old photos from the Leister side except for my great-grandmother Josephine Leister Muenzer and her brother John and sister Elizabeth. (Yes, we have an Elizabeth in our line also, probably named in honor of your Grosse, who would have been her aunt). There are some Leister descendants here in North Hills, my grandfather's first cousins Doris Leister Dye and Lorraine Leister Gozzard. I could probably get at least one of them to meet for coffee sometime if you like. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lesslie88 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can't tell you how much this means to me! The information we have is sketchy at best.So you are of Grossie's (as we called her)family. We honestly never even knew she had any!She never talked about them. My brother has her steamer trunk, and in the lid is a picture that has been glued in. We assume it is her as a young girl, but there is no other information. The Alexander, or Elexander A., must indeed be the younger brother Grammy called Adolph. Did you ever hear anything about his death? I remember Grammy telling me that Jacob died of cancer in the 30's. She also told me how people would come from all over Pgh. for the dentured he made. We never really heard much about Ernest, who also was a prosthetic dentist. Hollywood, eh? Hmmm, that's very interesting! I hope I can check that out. Would you happen to have any family pictures? Have you done a tree? Also, are you in the Pgh. area? Again, I am so excited to have this information. Thank you so much! Debbie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sdbloomquist Surnames: LEISTER, PETRY, JAEGER, HEBRON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Debbie, I have data about your grandmother..she married Jacob on 9 May 1896 at Most Holy Name of Jesus parish on Troy Hill by the priest John B. Duffner. Here's an abstract of the marriage record at the church: Jacobum Petry; Wallhausen, Prussia and Elisabetham Leister; Dahlberg, Prussia. Witnesses: Nicolaus Leister, John Leister, Christina Hebron, Amalia Jaeger. Note the parish priests Latinized all the names in these books, so his name wasn't really Jacobum.. just Jacob. Same with Elizabeth.. she wasn't really Elizabetham. Your Adolph must be the one I have as "Elexander A. Petry" from census records. One of my grandfather's Leister first cousins remembers the family.. she told me that Ernest went to Hollywood and was a dentist for many stars there. Not sure if you can substantiate that story for me, but it is interesting. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lesslie88 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/112.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is so amazing! I have been searching for the Leister roots and have not been able to find much, until now! My greatgrandmother was Elizabeth, who did marry Jacob Petry.She emigrated in 1889. Her birthdate is December 28, 1866, and she passed away in November 1965. There were three children, Ernest, Elizabeth (my grandmother), and Adolph. Jacob was a dentist, and the family lived on Troy Hill in Pittsburgh. On a census form from 1930 it shows John Leister, adn his family (wife Cecelia, son John, and daughter Cecelia) living next door to the Petrys. I have not been able to find any record of her passage over either. Debbie Lesslie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JeanneTrump58 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/139.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The only Maria Leister I have in my data base was born Dec. 21, 1848. She died in 1867. She lived her entire life in Hilltop Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. I do not know of a spouse or children for her. She was only 18 when she died. Jeanne jeannet418@comcast.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ARokins Surnames: LEISTER / ROKINS Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.leister/139.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am seeking information on Maria Leister spouse of Christopher Rokins. born abt 1813>1818. Mother of George Thomas ROKINS. Particuly Death and burial information. VMT Regards Tony Rokins Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.