Connie, In the 1860 census, George H & Barbara Brant are living with George's parents Frederick & Mary in Cumberland Valley, Bedford Co PA. They were enumerated on July 7th, 1860. What is clear is that the Miss Brotemarkle who married George H used the name Barbara. In 1850, she is also listed as Barbara, living with her parents Michael and Susana in Allegany County. The date differences are easy to explain. What is recorded in the marriage records is the date of the marriage license. The name difference is open to lots of speculation, including difficulty reading the original records to the possibility that Barbara's legal name was actually Margaret. Hopefully this helps, Carol -------------- Original message -------------- From: connielark@comcast.net > Seeking help on a Brotemarkle/Brant connection. I had George Hilleary Brant > married to Barbara Ellen Brotemarkle March 20, 1860. Cannot remember where this > information came from. I also have found a record from the Allegany County > Marriages - Book B that list a George H. Brant married to Margaret E. > Brotemarkle March 2, 1860. Would appreciate any help regarding these names and > dates of marriage. > Thanks, > Connie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Oh boy, this is a long shot... I had relatives who lived in Grahamtown that I remember when I was a little girl. She, Marie, was a pretty woman with short black hair, used to visit us in Knapps Meadow and we'd visit them. This would have been in the 1950's. She lived with another woman, I can't recall if it was her mother, sister or what. They lived in a brown and yellow house going towards Frostburg, it was on the right side, about 3 or 4 before the sharp turn to the left and the turn to the right to go to The Maplehurst. I believe she was my mother (Ruth McFarlane Thrasher)'s cousin on the McFarlane side but her last name was not McFarlane. Wish my brain was working better. Anyone from Grahamtown that remembers them? I may be able to find some living cousins from the McFarlane side if I could nail down the name. Thanks ~ Chere caskey23@comcast.net wrote: Connie, In the 1860 census, George H & Barbara Brant are living with George's parents Frederick & Mary in Cumberland Valley, Bedford Co PA. They were enumerated on July 7th, 1860. What is clear is that the Miss Brotemarkle who married George H used the name Barbara. In 1850, she is also listed as Barbara, living with her parents Michael and Susana in Allegany County. The date differences are easy to explain. What is recorded in the marriage records is the date of the marriage license. The name difference is open to lots of speculation, including difficulty reading the original records to the possibility that Barbara's legal name was actually Margaret. Hopefully this helps, Carol -------------- Original message -------------- From: connielark@comcast.net > Seeking help on a Brotemarkle/Brant connection. I had George Hilleary Brant > married to Barbara Ellen Brotemarkle March 20, 1860. Cannot remember where this > information came from. I also have found a record from the Allegany County > Marriages - Book B that list a George H. Brant married to Margaret E. > Brotemarkle March 2, 1860. Would appreciate any help regarding these names and > dates of marriage. > Thanks, > Connie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message