Jane at JHScottie@aol.com wrote on Fri, 30 May 2008 Does anyone know the maiden name of the wife of Jeremiah Boyer? In the 1850 census she was Eleanora -- in 1860 Ellen. She was born about 1808. They had a daughter, Catherine, who was born about 1838 in Berks Co., probably in Exeter Twp. Jeremiah was the son of Henry Boyer & Hannah Steiner (?). Siblings were Isaac, Henry, Catherine & Julian. Jane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the BIOs by Morton Montgomery in History of Berks co, page 635, there is this Jeremiah, who seems to be buried in Amityville cemetery: "Heinrich Boyer was a son of Johann Heinrich. His wife's name was Hannah. They had children: Jeremiah, born April 26, 1810, died March 3, 1848, and his wife Nellie, born Dec. 30, 1807, died Dec. 12, 1883 aged seventy-five years, eleven months, thirteen days; Anna Maria, born 1812, died 1832; and Isaac, born 1817, died 1839. All of these Boyers are buried in the graveyard at Amityville. " Nellie can be used as a nickname for Eleanor....... I don't see Jeremiah on the list of burials at Amityville Lutheran cemetery posted to the Berks board, but it is only a partial list. http://www.pa-roots.com/~berks/cemetery/AmityvilleLutheranChurchCemetery In marriages at Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading: Jeremias BOYER, Exeter, to Eleanora GERST, Exeter on 2/12/1832. Now GERST is KERST in my family lines. But I don't have an Eleonora who married a BOYER in my tree! G and K are often interused in surname spelling. I do have KERSTs that were in Exeter, but I do not know who this Eleonora is a daughter of. I will have to do some research for her family! I have an earlier Eleanor KERST b 1801, dau of George Kerst Jr and Mary Ergood, who m Samuel MILLARD, and went to Columbia Co PA. She was also known as Nellie, Ellen and Elinor...... Diana in AL audianaq@msn.com A KERST descendent!