Hello List I'm looking for a George Bumgardner b. 1790 PA and Barbara Unknown b. 1795 PA marriage 1815 or before. They may have been lutheran. They moved to Indiana after 1830. Thanks Joe Evans

Giliane GBW@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/30/00 1:14:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, > zurlauben@mindspring.com writes: > > << Mater is not to be found in current Belgium telephone > listings >> > > Hal: > > If you check the following site you will see that in 1996 there were 15 Mater > listed in Belgium. There is also a map that shows the concentration. > http://geonome.metaphor.be/cgi-bin/geonome.pl > > On the other hand, if you look at the name Maitre, French for Mater, there > are still about 49 in Belgium... > > Best wishes .... > > Gilane Newton, MA Gilane - that is one of the neatest maps I have ever seen. You are so right - thanks - Hal PS I viewed and then downloaded the map and have since opened it in Corel Paint. It will be part of my family story on my Mateer/Mater/ maybe Matter or Maitre line, no matter what. >

Daniel wrote that Mater is not to be found in current Belgium telephone listings and that Mater does not sound very much like a Belgium name. And I thank him for that. Mater may not be Belgium and that is helpful information. How about de la Mater (and variations) or Mader. We have seen many of the first in the American Colonies from the Netherlands and we are told that Mader is common in Germany. In the American Colonies would Mader sound like Mater? Also, we have references to Mater in Hill Lutheran Church in 1762 Dauphin County, PA. Later this was Quitapohila, Annville Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. And this Mater family is probably Matter of nearby New Holland, Earl Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They are documented back to the early 1600's in Alsace, Bas Rhin, Germany/France. This Matter family is not known to have a branch that changed the name to Mater so this may be an error in entry or subsequent transcription, but we do have George Mater and family living in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland county. Pennsylvania, from 1830 until 1850, and he might be from this Matter lines. May the New Year bring many opportunities (challenges and problems) which will excite your creative juices and bring you the satisfaction of solving one more little puzzle amongst the obscure threads of the tapestry we know our ancestors wove. Regards Hal

Joe, thanks for the memories. May your new year bring as much fun as those days you wrote about. Thanks. Yvonne

Edward L. Peiffer (Published December 22, 2000) TAMPA, Fla. -- Edward Louis Peiffer, 92, of Tampa, Fla., died Friday, Dec. 15. He is survived by his daughter, Marilyn Coleman of Hilton Head Island. Mr. Peiffer, a native of Harrisburg, Pa., retired to Florida 10 years ago. He attended Penn State University and was chief engineer of maintenance and construction for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mr. Peiffer was designated a professional engineer and was honored for his outstanding service by former Pennsylvania Gov. Milton Shapp in 1974. He was a veteran of the Navy, having served during World War II. Survivors in addition to his daughter are his wife of 69 years, Angela Peiffer; a son, Lowell Peiffer of Indianapolis; two sisters, Martha Kempf of Sarasota, Fla., and Sister Agnes Marie Therese of Morristown, N.J.; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at the Garden of Memories Mausoleum, Chapel of Lights, in Tampa. Memorials may be made to Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Tampa. Blount Curry & Roel of Tampa is in charge of arrangements. Copyright © 2000 The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina *****************************************************************************************

jg24fan wrote: > Does anyone know if the Ridge Avenue M.E. Church that served Harrisburg in 1abt. 1870 is still in existence? > I believe this church still exists. If you are interested in the church records the Dauphin County Historical Society has photocopied them. Ray Rhoads

jg24fan wrote: > Does anyone know if the Ridge Avenue M.E. Church that served Harrisburg in 1abt. 1870 is still in > existence?... Ann Marie, You may find Ridge Ave Church has been discussed before by searching the padauphi-l archives. Just go to the following and enter the list name. Then you can search for Ridge Avenue etc, http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Happy hunting, Bill

You might check with the United Methodist Church archives, housed at Drew U. in Madison NJ. Sorry: I have no address or phone number, but you can likely find a web site for the archives or for the main church office. Cordially, Karl E. Moyer, Lancaster PA > From: "jg24fan" <jg24fan@adelphia.net> > Reply-To: PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 17:54:43 -0500 > To: PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PADAUPHI] Ridge Avenue Church > Resent-From: PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 14:53:51 -0800 > > Does anyone know if the Ridge Avenue M.E. Church that served Harrisburg in > 1abt. 1870 is still in existence? > > The Rev. J. Lindenmuth was the pastor at the church. > > Thanks, > Anne Marie > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > DAUPHIN COUNTY PA GEN-WEB site > http://www.maley.net/dauphin/ > >

Does anyone know if the Ridge Avenue M.E. Church that served Harrisburg in 1abt. 1870 is still in existence? The Rev. J. Lindenmuth was the pastor at the church. Thanks, Anne Marie

Hi, my name is Ronald Singer. I am a decendent of David and Jenny Singer from Hummelstown. I need information on this family. I know they had the following children. Cecilia, Anna, Charles, Harry, Frank, and George. I believe David died between 1900 and 1910. I can't find him on the 1910 census. But in 1900 he was living in the 3rd Ward of Hummelstown. He fought in the 109th Infantry in the Civil War. I am looking for the name of David's parents and also David's gravesite. His son Harry is from Dauphin and he is my ggrandfather. Harry married Estella Hinkle.

Merry Christmas -- My dad played baseball for the Hygenic Hose Company ( volunteer fire company) in around 1916-20 era. One of his team mates was a Jim Books. He was a good friend of my dad's and we spent New Years eve at their house or they at ours. I have a photograph of the baseball team if anyone is related to him. (or just interested) Jim Avery Quechee VT

richard beil wrote: > I am looking for Books line. Death certificate for John Conrad Books (d. > 1907 in Iowa) lists birthdate as Jan. 2, 1835 in Dauphin Co PA. father is > Henry Books, birthplace Dauphin Co and mother Elizabeth Conrad, born Dauphin > Co. Found a Henry age 35 or 38 with son John 18 and several other children > on 1850 Londonderry Twshp as a shoemaker with property valued at $2,000. > John Conrad Books married Elmira B. Huff on 9/18/1860 (grandmother's notes). > I assume they were married in Dauphin or Lancaster Co since I found Elmyra > w/ parent John and Ann Huff in Conoy Twshp in 1850. They apparently lived > in Dauphin Co for several years because had son John Henry Books in Steelton > on Ag. 21, 1863. At some point after 1867 they left for Louisa Co. Iowa. I > really am looking for info on Henry and Elizabeth Conrad Books. Have no > birth or death info. Thanks for your interest. Richard et al: I trust you checked out the 10 BOOKS interred in the GEYER'S HILLSDALE cemetery, but had you seen Pvt. Jacob C/R/ BOOKS, Civil War casualty interred in SUNSET cemetery, both in Londonderry Township? I have no details on them other than their headstone inscriptions. As a reminder, they can be found at: <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> Good luck in your research. If you need details on Pvt Books, I can get it for you. -- CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>

Good morning Anne Although it has been several months since you posted this message I am hoping perhaps you might have a record of a female Emrick who married a Wm Campbell in the time frame of 1820-1840 est. I have a PA death cert for a gr grandmother which shows her fathers name as Wm Campbell and the mothers name as ???? Emrick. The Gr grandmother, Martha Campbell Graff died in Perry county in 1920. I have checked the pension files for her husband Robert Graff, but unfortunately it only lists their marriage data as she was Martha Campbell, b. PA in 1849. I have checked the census for 1850 and 1860 for her with any Campbell family in Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry counties. This female Emrick is a 2 yr brick wall <S> I would appreciate any possible info you would be willing to share. Best regards Debbi Gould in Santa Barbara, CA At 08:02 PM 7/19/00 -0400, you wrote: >Have the following and would like any additional information one may be >able to share with me: > > >From History of Dauphin County: >"...Hummelstown borough platted in 1762...named Frederickstown..." >1771 Frederickstown List: Widow Eurick >1778 Oath of Allegience: Hanover Twp Ludwick Emerick >1779 Hummelstown List: Ludwik Emerick >1780 Return Humelstown: Lodwig Emrich > >Have information on Ludwig(sp varies) Emerick(sp varies) from here on >until his death and burial in Greencastle Franklin Co. >Would love to find out if the Widow Eurick in the 1771 listing is his >mother or a relation...am looking for Ludwig's parents. > >Thank you very much for any help. >Anne

WITH THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT UPON US, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BRING BACK MEMORIES......and take our mind of geneanolgy for just a minute ot two..... Close your eyes.....And go back in time.... > Before the Internet or the MAC, Before semi > automatics and crack > Before SEGA or Super Nintendo... > Way back........ > > I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk. > The Good Humor man, > Red light, green light. > The corner store. > > Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch, jacks, > kickball, dodgeball. > Mother May I? > Red Rover and Roly Poly > Hula Hoops > Running through the sprinkler > The smell of the sun and licking salty lips.... > > Wax lips and mustaches > An ice cream cone > on a warm summer night > Chocolate or vanilla or > strawberry or maybe butter pecan. A cherry coke from the > fountain at the corner drug store > > Wait...... > Watching Saturday Morning cartoons... > short commercials > Fat Albert, Road Runner, He-Man, > The Three Stooges, and Bugs, > Or staying up for Gunsmoke > > Or back further, listening to Superman on > the radio > > When around the corner seemed far away, > And going downtown seemed like going > somewhere. > > A million mosquito bites. > Sticky fingers. > Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, Zorro. > Climbing trees, > Building igloos out of snow banks > Walking to school, nomatter what the weather. > Running till you were out of breath > Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt > > Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights > Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling > down was cause for giggles. > Being tired from playing.... Remember that? > > The worst embarrassment was being picked > last for a team. > War was a card game. > Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. > Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any > bike into a motorcycle. > > I'm not finished just yet... > Eating Kool-aid powder > > Remember when... > there were two types of sneakers for > girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyers) and the only time > you wore them at school, was for "gym." > It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. > > When nobody owned a purebred dog. > When a quarter was a decent allowance, and > another quarter a miracle. > When milk went up one cent and everyone talked > about it for weeks? > When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a > penny. > > > When you got your windshield cleaned, oil > checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, > every time. And, you didn't pay for air. And, you > got trading stamps to boot! > When laundry detergent had free glasses, > dishes or towels hidden inside the box. > > When nearly everyone's mom was at home when > the kids got there. > When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if > you even had one. > When your Mom wore nylons that came in two > pieces. > It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb. > > When it was considered a great privilege to > be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your > parents. > > When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high > school, if then. > When all of your male teachers wore neckties > and female teachers had their hair done. > > When any parent could discipline any kid, or > feed him or use him to carry groceries, and > nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. > > When they threatened to keep kids back a > grade if they failed ..and did! > When being sent to the principal's office was > nothing compared to the fate that awaited a > misbehaving student at home. > > Basically, we were in fear for our lives but > it wasn't because of drive -by shootings, drugs, > gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much > bigger threat! and some of us are still afraid of > them!!! > > Didn't that feel good.. just to go back and > say, > Yeah, I remember that! > Remember when............ > > Decisions were made by going > "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." > Mistakes were corrected by simply > exclaiming, "do over!" > "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. > Money issues were handled by whoever was the > banker in "Monopoly." > The worst thing you could catch from the > opposite sex was cooties. > It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an > Olympic event. > Having a weapon in school, meant being > caught with a slingshot. > Nobody was prettier than Mom. > Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. > Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable > aspirin. > Ice cream was considered a basic food group. > Getting a foot of snow was a dream come > true. > Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare." > > Older siblings were the worst tormentors, > but also the fiercest protectors. > > If you can remember most or all of these, > then you have LIVED!!!! > Pass this on to anyone who may need a break > from their "grown up" life... > I DOUBLE DOG DARE YA!!! Joe & Lorraine "The Land of Arizona" Visit our Web Site http://www.homestead.com/JoeBuffington/index.html

All of these wonderful holiday postings remind me of my great grandmother's (Elizabeth Gingrich Humer, Dauphin Co) recipe for cranberry "sauce". We still make it every Thanksgiving and Christmas. 1 lb of cranberries 2 apples cored 2 oranges peeled 1 can crushed pineapple, drained 3/4 - 1-1/2 c sugar. Grind fruit or process in small batches in food processor. Add sugar to taste. The color will be orange the first day you make it but will "redden" in a day or two. Can also be mixed in a red flavored Jell-O with pecans or walnuts and made into a mold. My son's fiancé is from Idaho and they have added this recipe to their holiday meals. Happy Holidays and Thanks for all the sharing that is done on this list each and every day. Vickie Carter Tallent SURNAMES: Carter, Frank, Britcher, Stiegler, Gingrich, Humer, Eppley, Brenneman

If anyone is researching DELLINGER or SHELIDS from PA please let me know , thanks NOTE: Please do not send any thing to this address after December 25, 2000. I will be using the address acairo2@hotmail.com. Thank you.

Marsha wrote on the Dauphin rootsweb: Alsatian, maybe? The Dieffenbach my husband's Ensmingers connect to was in Alsace. When they arrived in PA they spoke German, but of course "ownership" of Alsace was passed back and forth between Germany and France numerous times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes Marsha - It seems very likely - "Carolyn K. Shearer" <awscks@erols.com> on the Alsace rootsweb reported: Here is some additional information about the Mater/Matter family who attended Hill Church in Lebanon County, PA. Perhaps Mary Wendling was married before she left the Alsace. Quitophallia (Hill) Church, (Lutheran) abstracts:Mary Matter, nee Wendling, b. March 24, 1720 in <<<Alsace, village of Buchsweiler. Came over in her 25th year. Married to Jacob Matter; had 8 children, 3 sons and 4 daughters survive; 53 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren. A widow for 19 yrs. Buried Sep 1, 1809. Vomiting and diarrhoea, aged 83 yrs. 5 mos. 6 days.>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are several Matter families in Dauphin County in the 1700's. For instance two John Matter and one Michael Matter - did they change their name to Mater, or was their name actally Mater as in the church record below to Mater or from Mater. Are they the Michael Mater and Jonathan Mater in the 1790 census of eastern Cumberland County? Any comments appreciated. <mailto:PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com> Original posting: > > We have Jacob Mater baptizing his son, John, July 4, 1762 in the Hill > Lutheran Church, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. John > Mater and wife were witnesses. > Our question - where did these Maters come from? Does anyone in the > Mcteer clan claim them? I think they may be my ancestors but I am not > proud. I will accept another Scot connection. Or German. Or Dutch. I > have already found so may different European sources that if I > hyphenated them my lineage would run on for several lines. > The following is one of the few references to a Mater in Europe before > 1800. Taken from a descendant on Ancestor.com > JOHANN GEORG MATER was born Abt. 1688 in Diefenbach, Maulbronn, Wuertt., > Germany. His daughter MARIA ELISABETHA MATER, b. Abt. 1716, of > Diefenbach, Maulbronn, Wuertt., Germany; m. MICHAEL FAZLER, July 16, > 1743, Diefenbach, Maulbronn, Wuertt., Germany; b. Abt. 1714, of > Diefenbach, Maulbronn, Wuertt., Germany; d. Bef. May 19, 1767. evangelisch. > There are many Mater families living in the Netherlands after 1800 - I > have not found any reference to Mater before 1800, but they must be > there. I wonder where to look. > There is a Mater village in Belgium. Said to have been named after the > Mother Superior of a nearby convent which guarded the village in the > early days - there is also a Mater stream nearby. Did those living in > this hamlet move elsewhere and say they were from Mater - de la Mater. > There are many del la Mater families in the colonies. One reference > *Genealogy of descendants of Claude Le Maitre (Delamater) who came from > France via Holland and settled at New Netherland, now New York, in 1652 > by La Fayette De La Mater. Claude Le Maitre, a Protestant, immigrated > from France (via England and then Holland) to Flatbush, Long Island, New > York in 1652. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname De La Mater, > Delamater, or Le Maitre) and relatives lived in New York, New England, > Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida and elsewhere. Some descendants > immigrated to Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. Includes some family > history and genealogy in France. New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania > is included.* > Anyone interested? Regards Hal >

CURTISM749@aol.com wrote: > > I noticed that you have RAY in your info.I have done a lot of RAY > research.Are you interested in sharing?Mary C. > Sorry, Ray is my first name. Ray Rhoads > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com

In a message dated 12/18/00 4:38:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, rhodoray@brinet.com writes: > : rhodoray@brinet.com (Ray Rhoads) > I noticed that you have RAY in your info.I have done a lot of RAY research.Are you interested in sharing?Mary C.

Alsatian, maybe? The Dieffenbach my husband's Ensmingers connect to was in Alsace. When they arrived in PA they spoke German, but of course "ownership" of Alsace was passed back and forth between Germany and France numerous times. PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com wrote: > > We have Jacob Mater baptizing his son, John, July 4, 1762 in the Hill > Lutheran Church, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. John > Mater and wife were witnesses. > Our question - where did these Maters come from?  Does anyone in the > Mcteer clan claim them?  I think they may be my ancestors but I am not > proud.  I will accept another Scot connection. Or German. Or Dutch.  I > have already found so may different European  sources that if I > hyphenated them my lineage would run on for several lines. > The following is one of the few references to a Mater in Europe before > 1800. Taken from a descendant on Ancestor.com > JOHANN GEORG MATER was born Abt. 1688 in Diefenbach, Maulbronn, Wuertt., > Germany. His daughter MARIA ELISABETHA MATER, b. Abt. 1716, of > Diefenbach, Maulbronn, Wuertt., Germany; m. MICHAEL FAZLER, July 16, > 1743, Diefenbach, Maulbronn, Wuertt., Germany; b. Abt. 1714, of > Diefenbach, Maulbronn, Wuertt., Germany; d. Bef. May 19, 1767. evangelisch. > There are many Mater families living in the Netherlands after 1800 - I > have not found any reference to Mater before 1800, but they must be > there. I wonder where to look. > There is a Mater village in Belgium. Said to have been named after the > Mother Superior of a nearby convent which guarded the village in the > early days - there is also a Mater stream nearby. Did those living in > this hamlet move elsewhere and say they were from Mater - de la Mater. > There are many del la Mater families in the colonies. One reference > *Genealogy of descendants of Claude Le Maitre (Delamater) who came from > France via Holland and settled at New Netherland, now New York, in 1652 > by La Fayette De La Mater. Claude Le Maitre, a Protestant, immigrated > from France (via England and then Holland) to Flatbush, Long Island, New > York in 1652. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname De La Mater, > Delamater, or Le Maitre) and relatives lived in New York, New England, > Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida and elsewhere. Some descendants > immigrated to Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. Includes some family > history and genealogy in France. New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania > is included.* > Anyone interested? Regards Hal >   > > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com > > -- *Marsha L. Ensminger __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/