Sue, Michael Rose, et al::}~ The STONER ancestors are very elusive, perhaps for reasons elaborated on by SAMUEL S. WENGER, as published in the January 1988 issue of the Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. His article, entitled "An Essay on the STONER / STEINER Families of Pennsylvania", contains numerous references to source data and reflects 50 years of searching. He goes on to point out another reason making tracing individuals difficult is the repetitious naming conventions such as Abraham, Jacob, Henry, Christian and John, most of which are found on EVERY branch of STONERs / STEINERs. There are dozens of them referenced throughout his STONER essay. Subsequently, the more I traced the lines the more confused I became, sure of only one thing: I don't know who my wife's ancestors were! If you haven't seen this essay, perhaps you could still get a copy of it from the Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Regards, with regrets to Netscape6 users (what a mess!) 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> ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue & Associates To: Charles Fies Retired Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 8:52 PM Subject: Re: Penna. Stoner and Dawson Hi, I was wondering where the info below in red come from. Ours seem to be a lost limb of the Stoner family and we can't find any connection past 1805 ish. Maybe if I worked from another direction, it might help. William Stoner was b in 1833 in Lancster PA and we have yet to find any kind of info about him prior to 1860. His father was Joseph. All I have. Thanks for any help you have. Sue Looking for Stoner's all I have is this: 5 Brothers came to PA about 1776 and may have foughts in Rev War. Names I have were: Michael, John Christon, Peter and an unknown. One of them gave birth to Absalom Boyles Stoner b. 10/12/1840 Blair County sone of George Stoner and mother was Rachel Noble. Any info on any of them? ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Fies Retired <chasfies@worldnet.att.net> To: <STONER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 4:38 AM Subject: Penna. Stoner and Dawson > Vicki et al: > > Thanks for the info. May I ask: Where did they come from? My > information is sketchy, and I have no way of going back that far since > I don't have source data on EMMA STONER (b. 1908)'s parents; just > speculation. And wondering about the 50 (photographs) of stoner > headstones in the Lower Swatara Township Stoner Cemetery on the Stoner > farm. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: vicki marsh <vmarsh@toad.net> > To: <chasfies@worldnet.att.net> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 2:58 PM > Subject: Stoner and Dawson > > > Looking for Stoner's all I have is this: 5 Brothers came > > to PA about 1776 and may have foughts in Rev War. Names I > > have were: Michael, John Christon, Peter and an unknown. > > One of them gave birth to Absalom Boyles Stoner b. > > 10/12/1840 Blair County sone of George Stoner and mother > > was Rachel Noble. Any info on any of them?