Pennsylvania Dutch Are Of German Heritage, Not Dutch > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: BOWSER AND HOPKINS > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3dB.2ACI/6164 > > Message Board Post: > > My Grandfather William H. Bowser was born in Ligonier, Westmoreland, > PA...I can not find him in any of the earlier census before 1880...I just > found out that they were Pennsylvannia Dutch and I am not quite sure what > that means or what records I could find more information about him in. > His mother's name was Margaret...she married a William Hopkins some time > between my ggrandfathers birth in 1846 and the birth of his step brother > in 1857. William also served in the Civil War, so his obituary said, but > I can't find any record of him that matches age and place where he might > have joined up. Any ideas of where to go next would wonderful! > Jeanie > > > ==== PADUTCHgenONLY Mailing List ==== > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry Pennsylvania Dutch Message Board > are gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > messages may not be a PADUTCHgenONLY list subscriber so please reply to > gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board > and/or include the author in your e-mail reply. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >