>From where in Lanc county do your Sides hail? My grandmother was a Sides; there is a naming thing within the family where either a Samuel or a George is in each generation. For instance, the Geo has a son Sam, who has a son Geo, who has a son Sam..... Anyway, there are lots of Sides in the Falmouth/Bainbridge area. This is the northwestern part of the county. My grandmother was actually born/raised in Highspire, which is about 15 miles up the Susquehanna River from there (I have visited the family plot in Highspire Cemetary - LOTS of Sides there.) Her father, George Sides, m. a Blanche Edith Grimes - they owned the general store in Highspire for many years. George was actually from the York side of the river maybe there's a connection? Anyway, I'd be interested to see if we have a direct connection or if maybe there's a cousin thing going on. ----- Original Message ----- From: <OmahaMom@aol.com> To: <PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 8:29 AM Subject: [PaDgo] Lost in Lancaster county, PA > Lost, in Lancaster county: > > John Gish, married to Martha Magdalena Miller (b abt 1800) daughter of > Henry/Heinrich Miller & Mary/Polly Bartley. Children: Mary M "Polie Mary", > Christian, Martha (md Samuel Groff/Grove), Anna/Annie & Sarah. John shows up > in Orphan's Court records in Jan 1849. I'm not sure which of the MANY > Christian's is his son from the 1850 census, and don't know where John ties > into the Gish family tree. > > His daughter Mary md John Sides & they had Jacob & Samuel who died as > children, Mary Ann who md Frank Benjamin Stauffer, Amanda who md Nathaniel > McNair out in Nebraska--my line, & John G. Jr. I've got birthdates on the > three children that lived to adulthood. > > But John (7 Jan 1844-21 Aug 1901) was the son of Jacob & Barbara Sides. I > have Jacob's birthdate, and his parents names George U Susanna Eckman Sides > (No dates, just a will date for George.) The missing kids there were: Lydia > (22 Aug 1844-20 Aug 1936 from tombstone), Benjamin, Samuel, Lizzie, Sarah, > and a sister that family couldn't remember the name of. One of the girls had > an illegitimate son named George Good who was born about 1871. Sarah md. > Abram (Abe) B. Hoffman. > > George's family from the will in 1826 were: Jacob (4 Apr 1810-27 Oct 1880 > from tombstone), Daniel, Barbara, Henry, George, Mary, Abigail, Martin & > Fanny. I have no dates or marriage info for any but Jacob. > > Susanna Eckman was the dau of Jacob (will proved 31 Mar 1806) & Catherine and > had siblings: Daniel, Jacob, Mary, Elizabeth, Magtalen & John. I don't have > any dates for any of this bunch, nor do I have any other information. > > I just recently got a lead on the Bartley line, which goes off to Albemarle > co, VA, but know nothing about Henry Miller's parentage or his other kids: > Jacob, Mary (md to Daniel Kapp), and John. There may be other kids, but > those were the only ones mentioned in the will. > > Would be interested in more information on any or all of them. The > Gish/Sides connection were members of the Brethren. > Karen >