Hi all! Thanks for the several quick replies about the Peter Troxell house. It is still standing and we hope to visit this summer. There is a second house...Troxell-Steckel House that also is on our list to see. That one was built by Johann Peter Troxell, who I think was a brother to Peter. Also have made a couple connections to new "cousins"...great! Have a good week-end, Nola Troxell Donley, in Indiana

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There is a picture of this museum at the Lehigh Co. Hist. Society site, http://www.voicenet.com/~vpsoc/lchs/lchsmus.html Sue Moravian Church Genealogy Links http://www.enter.net/~smschlack ---------- > From: Donley <donley@kiva.net> > To: PALEHIGH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PALEHIGH-L] 1744 Troxell house > Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 1:24 PM > > Hi! > New to the list and am trying to find info on my 6th great grandparents. > According to "History of Lehigh County, PA" and other reports, Peter > Troxell build a stone house in South Whitehall Twp. located "at a point > 500 feet from a turn in the public road before passing under the Iron > Bridge on the C. & F.R.R." Another description is "On a location 1/4 > mile downstream from the stone bridge at "Troxell's Crossing" and to the > south of and within a few hundred feet of the Jordan River.." > > This property was owned by the Troxells, then Minnichs, and then Trojan > Powder Company. Now my question....is the house still standing? If so > could someone give me more modern instructions as to how to find it. > Would like to include it on a photo hunt to PA and WV this summer. > > Any help would be appreciated. Also be happy to connect with any > Troxell cousins. > > Thanks in advance, > Nola Troxell Donley, in Indiana > > > ==== PALEHIGH Mailing List ==== > contact List Manager at judjack@rocketmail.com or judjack@hotmail.com For List Rules visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006 click on Mailing List visit Genealogy of Pa at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6508/ > Please Support Rootsweb. Visit the Lehigh Co. GenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~palehigh > >

Hi! New to the list and am trying to find info on my 6th great grandparents. According to "History of Lehigh County, PA" and other reports, Peter Troxell build a stone house in South Whitehall Twp. located "at a point 500 feet from a turn in the public road before passing under the Iron Bridge on the C. & F.R.R." Another description is "On a location 1/4 mile downstream from the stone bridge at "Troxell's Crossing" and to the south of and within a few hundred feet of the Jordan River.." This property was owned by the Troxells, then Minnichs, and then Trojan Powder Company. Now my question....is the house still standing? If so could someone give me more modern instructions as to how to find it. Would like to include it on a photo hunt to PA and WV this summer. Any help would be appreciated. Also be happy to connect with any Troxell cousins. Thanks in advance, Nola Troxell Donley, in Indiana

This is from the Lehigh Co. Pa PaGenWeb query page. You will need to reply to lthe SUBMITTER LISTED BELOW. NOT TO ME PLEASE> Judy Listowner Scott Tomlinson wrote: > > Surnames: MILLER > Submitter: Scott Tomlinson (mcbeth@iximd.com) > Date: 30 Mar 1999 > > I am looking for the last name of Catherine who married Levi Miller circa 1830. Any other information on this couple, e.g. children, would be appreciated

Looking for info about Hannah APPLEGATE, born 14 Feb. 1805 in Allentown. Later married John A. Kehl, settled in the Ringtown, Schuylkill County area, Dennis. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I noticed a genealogical record of the subject family for sale on Amazon.com on their auction page. I believe they are mainly from New England but the German origin may interest someone. I have no connection with Amazon. Ed Hagan

> Subject: [PALEHIGH-L] Mathew's & Hungersford History > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 14:21:06 -0500 > From: Fred Kligge <fkligge@heyco-metals.com> > To: PALEHIGH-L@rootsweb.com > > Does anyone do lookups on a book (forgive the spelling) called Mathew's and > Hungerford History of Lehigh and Carbon Counties? > > Thanks, Fred > Fred, I don't have a copy, so I can't do a lookup, but the Lehigh Co. Hist. Soc. in Allentown has a copy and you might contact them if no one else can do a lookup for you. You can contact Carol Herrity, the research librarian through their web site. I don't have the URL handy, but you should be able to find it with YAHOO or other search engine. If all else fails, you can buy a copy of the reprint from Higginson books for about $83 as I recall. The pictures do not come out very well in their process, but the text is legible. Dan

Hi: I appreciate all whom responded about church locations in Lehigh and Northampton counties. Please keep an eye out for this name as you research. I have the early church records but little else. A civil tidbit would be nice. The name is easy to spot. Fletcher

Does anyone do lookups on a book (forgive the spelling) called Mathew's and Hungerford History of Lehigh and Carbon Counties? Thanks, Fred

LEHIGH COUNTY, PA CENSUS LOOKUP If anyone has either the 1820, 1830, 1840 or 1850 Lehigh County, Pa. Federal Censuses available to him or her, I would appreciate very much if you will search for NICHOLAS HAUSER. This will be most helpful and I thank you. Joe Baker

Jeff Fowler wrote: > > Surnames: SCHNEIDER SNYDER ROMIG LEUKEL DANKEL BEIGE EROH SCHANTZ > Submitter: Jeff Fowler (jfowler600@aol.com) > Date: 28 Mar 1999 > > Researching Michael Schneider (1743-1834)=Hannah who emigrated from Zweibrucken(?), Germany to settle around Whitehall Twp., Lehigh Co. They had the following children: John Peter (m. Maria Romig); Johanna (m. Samuel Leukel); Michael (m. Dankel); Hannah (m. Beige); Daniel (m. Elizabeth Eroh (or Grob)); George (m. Elizabeth Schantz). Children baptised at Jordan Reformed Church.

Doug Strohl wrote: > I am looking for any and all information on Thomas Davies, possibly June > 17, 1849, Wales or Catasauqua; definitely to married Hannah Philips. > They lived in Catasauqua and bore a son, Thomas Davies, b.January 20, > 1885. Dan Wilson replied: >I'll bet your Hanna Phillips was somehow connected with Mary Phillips. I am not so sure, Dan. I have been collecting information on the Hopkin Thomas / James Thomas family of Catasauqua for several years and have not come across any references to a Hannah Phillips or a Thomas Davies in that line. Daniel Davies and Mary Phillips bore three children: George, to whom you referred, Mary Ann, who married James Thomas, and John Davies. George and his brother-in-law, James Thomas, became prominent as proprietors of the Davies and Thomas foundry, and their histories are well documented.. I have no information on the third child, John, other than he died in 1862. Also, I have found no information on Mary Phillips' family. Mary died in Wales. The odds that Hannah was a sister of Mary, emigrated to Catasauqua, married John Davies and issued a Thomas Davies would seem slim -- but not zero. The Davies and the Thomas families are interred in the Fairview Cemetery, West Catasauqua. John McVey mcveyjb@macconnect.com ---------- >From: PALEHIGH-D-request@rootsweb.com >To: PALEHIGH-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: PALEHIGH-D Digest V99 #74 >Date: Sun, Mar 28, 1999, 12:24 AM > > Content-Type: text/plain > > PALEHIGH-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 74 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [PALEHIGH-L] Lehigh/NorthHampton?? [FleBis@worldnet.att.net] > #2 [PALEHIGH-L] Davies in Catasauqua [Dan Wilson <dan.wilson@asu.edu>] > #3 Re: [PALEHIGH-L] Lehigh/NorthHampt [Bmarsi@aol.com] > #4 Re: [PALEHIGH-L] Lehigh/NorthHampt ["smschlack" <smschlack@enter.net>] > #5 [PALEHIGH-L] QExpress Lehigh Co Pa [Jackson <hjjk26712@townsqr.com>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from PALEHIGH-D, send a message to > > PALEHIGH-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #1 > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 06:56:01 -0500 > From: FleBis@worldnet.att.net > To: PALEHIGH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <36FCC751.4A86@worldnet.att.net> > Subject: [PALEHIGH-L] Lehigh/NorthHampton??? > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hello: > > I have a family who christened in the Reformed Congregation of Lower > Saucon in 1793 and 1794; they christened in Mt. Bethel Lutheran in 1797, > 1801, 1803 and 1804. Two burials (grandparents of the six children > above) are buried via Tohicken records in 1796 and 1815 respectively. > Would this seem to indicate a move circa 1795 or might this family have > lived in the same place and be noted in such diverse records? > > Also, the border between Lehigh and NorthHampton counties seems unclear > on my map. Is it basically defined by some river? > > I am interested in the name SACKRIDER or it's variations. > > Fletcher Bishop > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #2 > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 07:41:23 -0700 > From: Dan Wilson <dan.wilson@asu.edu> > To: PALEHIGH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-id: <36FCEE13.C90BC7B0@asu.edu> > Subject: [PALEHIGH-L] Davies in Catasauqua > Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > Doug, > > I may have some information for you. In the book A HISTORY OF CATASAUQUA > by James F. Lambert and Henry J. Reinhard, published in 1914, there is a > bio sketch on pp. 321 of GEORGE DAVIES, son of Daniel Davies. George was > born in the village of Merthr-Tydvil, Glamorganshire, Wales on 9 April > 1836. When he was 2 years old, his mother, MARY PHILLIPS Davies died > (1838). Seven years later (1845) his father, Daniel Thomas (it doesn't > say if this is his last name or not), left Wales and brought his family > to NY (there was at least one brother). In 1850, they went to Catty > where George worked as a moulder and a machinist under Hopkin Thomas for > the Crane Iron Works. There's an extensive history of the Iron Works, > started by David Thomas, a Welsh engineer brought over for the purpose > by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. based in Mauch Chunk (Jim Thorpe), > Carbon Co., PA. > > On pp. 322 in mentions that George's brother-in-law, James Thomas, whonm > he a known since childhood, bought a half-interest in the DAVIES AND > SONS FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP. I'll have to dig around to see if I can > find any more about this company, but it sounds as if the father, Daniel > Davies, started the business, and took in his sons. That means George > had at least one brother. I'll bet your Hanna Phillips was somehow > connected with Mary Phillips. > > There's more about George that I can give you if you are interested. > > Dan Wilson > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > > Hello list, > > I am looking for any and all information on Thomas Davies, possibly June > > 17, 1849, Wales or Catasauqua; definitely to married Hannah Philips. > They lived in Catasauqua and bore a son, Thomas Davies, b.January 20, > 1885. He was later adopted in Bethlehem by Oscar Levi and Minnie Sue > Strohl. The family owed Strohl's Fruit Stand on Easton Ave., just east > of Liberty High School. > > This family is a brick wall for me. Adoption records don't seem to be > available. Why was he adopted? Who are the ancestors of Thomas and his > > wife Hanna? etc., etc. Thanks. > > > born in Bethlehem, PA > living in Indianapolis, IN > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #3 > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 10:33:14 EST > From: Bmarsi@aol.com > To: PALEHIGH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <5e3f6e68.36fcfa3a@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH-L] Lehigh/NorthHampton??? > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > In a message dated 3/27/99 5:55:34 AM Central Standard Time, > FleBis@worldnet.att.net writes: > > << I have a family who christened in the Reformed Congregation of Lower > Saucon in 1793 and 1794; they christened in Mt. Bethel Lutheran in 1797, > 1801, 1803 and 1804. Two burials (grandparents of the six children > above) are buried via Tohicken records in 1796 and 1815 respectively. > Would this seem to indicate a move circa 1795 or might this family have > lived in the same place and be noted in such diverse records? > > Also, the border between Lehigh and NorthHampton counties seems unclear > on my map. Is it basically defined by some river? >> > > During your time frame, present day Lehigh Co. was still a part of > Northampton. Lehigh became a county in 1812. > > According to maps in Pennsylvania Line, Lower Saucon (southeast corner of > present Northampton Co) and Tohickon (western Bucks Co) are very close > together. Mt. Bethel is at the northern end of present Northampton Co. and is > not so close to the other two sites. > > How about a move about 1795 of the parents and children with the grandparents > remaining at the more southerly location? > > Betty > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #4 > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 14:06:38 -0500 > From: "smschlack" <smschlack@enter.net> > To: PALEHIGH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-Id: <199903271908.OAA19479@mail.enter.net> > Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH-L] Lehigh/NorthHampton??? > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > What about a minister who worked in all three locations? > Sue > Moravian Church Genealogy Links http://www.enter.net/~smschlack > My Genealogy http://www.enter.net/~smschlack/gen.html > > > ---------- >> From: Bmarsi@aol.com >> To: PALEHIGH-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH-L] Lehigh/NorthHampton??? >> Date: Saturday, March 27, 1999 10:33 AM >> >> In a message dated 3/27/99 5:55:34 AM Central Standard Time, >> FleBis@worldnet.att.net writes: >> >> << I have a family who christened in the Reformed Congregation of Lower >> Saucon in 1793 and 1794; they christened in Mt. Bethel Lutheran in 1797, >> 1801, 1803 and 1804. Two burials (grandparents of the six children >> above) are buried via Tohicken records in 1796 and 1815 respectively. >> Would this seem to indicate a move circa 1795 or might this family have >> lived in the same place and be noted in such diverse records? >> >> Also, the border between Lehigh and NorthHampton counties seems unclear >> on my map. Is it basically defined by some river? >> >> >> During your time frame, present day Lehigh Co. was still a part of >> Northampton. Lehigh became a county in 1812. >> >> According to maps in Pennsylvania Line, Lower Saucon (southeast corner of >> present Northampton Co) and Tohickon (western Bucks Co) are very close >> together. Mt. Bethel is at the northern end of present Northampton Co. > and is >> not so close to the other two sites. >> >> How about a move about 1795 of the parents and children with the > grandparents >> remaining at the more southerly location? >> >> Betty >> >> >> ==== PALEHIGH Mailing List ==== >> contact List Manager at judjack@rocketmail.com or judjack@hotmail.com For > List Rules visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006 click on > Mailing List visit Genealogy of Pa at > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6508/ >> Please Support Rootsweb. Visit the Lehigh Co. GenWeb page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palehigh >> >> >> >> > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #5 > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 14:25:04 -0600 > From: Jackson <hjjk26712@townsqr.com> > To: PALEHIGH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <36FD3EA0.141AE4E1@townsqr.com> > Subject: [PALEHIGH-L] QExpress Lehigh Co Pa ( KILLIAN SCHMELL )] > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > This is from the Pa GenWeb Lehigh Co query page. You will need to > response to the SUBMITTER LISTED BELOW. NOT TO ME PLEASE > > Judy > Listowner > > Susan Cunningham wrote: >> >> Surnames: KILLIAN SCHMELL >> Submitter: Susan Cunningham (SueCunning@aol.com) >> Date: 27 Mar 1999 >> >> Searching for information on the Killian family who may have been among > the early congregation at Blue Church near Coopersburg. >> >> Thus far, I have found only two records in that churchbook: (1) the > marriage of Anna Margaret Killian to Michael Schmell, which is noted as > having taken place at Springfield (Bucks Co.) in 1755 and (2) a single > communion record for a female Killian, probably her mother. >

This is from the Pa GenWeb Lehigh Co query page. You will need to response to the SUBMITTER LISTED BELOW. NOT TO ME PLEASE Judy Listowner Susan Cunningham wrote: > > Surnames: KILLIAN SCHMELL > Submitter: Susan Cunningham (SueCunning@aol.com) > Date: 27 Mar 1999 > > Searching for information on the Killian family who may have been among the early congregation at Blue Church near Coopersburg. > > Thus far, I have found only two records in that churchbook: (1) the marriage of Anna Margaret Killian to Michael Schmell, which is noted as having taken place at Springfield (Bucks Co.) in 1755 and (2) a single communion record for a female Killian, probably her mother.

What about a minister who worked in all three locations? Sue Moravian Church Genealogy Links http://www.enter.net/~smschlack My Genealogy http://www.enter.net/~smschlack/gen.html ---------- > From: Bmarsi@aol.com > To: PALEHIGH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH-L] Lehigh/NorthHampton??? > Date: Saturday, March 27, 1999 10:33 AM > > In a message dated 3/27/99 5:55:34 AM Central Standard Time, > FleBis@worldnet.att.net writes: > > << I have a family who christened in the Reformed Congregation of Lower > Saucon in 1793 and 1794; they christened in Mt. Bethel Lutheran in 1797, > 1801, 1803 and 1804. Two burials (grandparents of the six children > above) are buried via Tohicken records in 1796 and 1815 respectively. > Would this seem to indicate a move circa 1795 or might this family have > lived in the same place and be noted in such diverse records? > > Also, the border between Lehigh and NorthHampton counties seems unclear > on my map. Is it basically defined by some river? >> > > During your time frame, present day Lehigh Co. was still a part of > Northampton. Lehigh became a county in 1812. > > According to maps in Pennsylvania Line, Lower Saucon (southeast corner of > present Northampton Co) and Tohickon (western Bucks Co) are very close > together. Mt. Bethel is at the northern end of present Northampton Co. and is > not so close to the other two sites. > > How about a move about 1795 of the parents and children with the grandparents > remaining at the more southerly location? > > Betty > > > ==== PALEHIGH Mailing List ==== > contact List Manager at judjack@rocketmail.com or judjack@hotmail.com For List Rules visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1006 click on Mailing List visit Genealogy of Pa at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6508/ > Please Support Rootsweb. Visit the Lehigh Co. GenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~palehigh > > > >

Doug, I may have some information for you. In the book A HISTORY OF CATASAUQUA by James F. Lambert and Henry J. Reinhard, published in 1914, there is a bio sketch on pp. 321 of GEORGE DAVIES, son of Daniel Davies. George was born in the village of Merthr-Tydvil, Glamorganshire, Wales on 9 April 1836. When he was 2 years old, his mother, MARY PHILLIPS Davies died (1838). Seven years later (1845) his father, Daniel Thomas (it doesn't say if this is his last name or not), left Wales and brought his family to NY (there was at least one brother). In 1850, they went to Catty where George worked as a moulder and a machinist under Hopkin Thomas for the Crane Iron Works. There's an extensive history of the Iron Works, started by David Thomas, a Welsh engineer brought over for the purpose by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. based in Mauch Chunk (Jim Thorpe), Carbon Co., PA. On pp. 322 in mentions that George's brother-in-law, James Thomas, whonm he a known since childhood, bought a half-interest in the DAVIES AND SONS FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP. I'll have to dig around to see if I can find any more about this company, but it sounds as if the father, Daniel Davies, started the business, and took in his sons. That means George had at least one brother. I'll bet your Hanna Phillips was somehow connected with Mary Phillips. There's more about George that I can give you if you are interested. Dan Wilson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello list, I am looking for any and all information on Thomas Davies, possibly June 17, 1849, Wales or Catasauqua; definitely to married Hannah Philips. They lived in Catasauqua and bore a son, Thomas Davies, b.January 20, 1885. He was later adopted in Bethlehem by Oscar Levi and Minnie Sue Strohl. The family owed Strohl's Fruit Stand on Easton Ave., just east of Liberty High School. This family is a brick wall for me. Adoption records don't seem to be available. Why was he adopted? Who are the ancestors of Thomas and his wife Hanna? etc., etc. Thanks. Doug Strohl born in Bethlehem, PA living in Indianapolis, IN

Hello: I have a family who christened in the Reformed Congregation of Lower Saucon in 1793 and 1794; they christened in Mt. Bethel Lutheran in 1797, 1801, 1803 and 1804. Two burials (grandparents of the six children above) are buried via Tohicken records in 1796 and 1815 respectively. Would this seem to indicate a move circa 1795 or might this family have lived in the same place and be noted in such diverse records? Also, the border between Lehigh and NorthHampton counties seems unclear on my map. Is it basically defined by some river? I am interested in the name SACKRIDER or it's variations. Fletcher Bishop

In a message dated 3/27/99 5:55:34 AM Central Standard Time, FleBis@worldnet.att.net writes: << I have a family who christened in the Reformed Congregation of Lower Saucon in 1793 and 1794; they christened in Mt. Bethel Lutheran in 1797, 1801, 1803 and 1804. Two burials (grandparents of the six children above) are buried via Tohicken records in 1796 and 1815 respectively. Would this seem to indicate a move circa 1795 or might this family have lived in the same place and be noted in such diverse records? Also, the border between Lehigh and NorthHampton counties seems unclear on my map. Is it basically defined by some river? >> During your time frame, present day Lehigh Co. was still a part of Northampton. Lehigh became a county in 1812. According to maps in Pennsylvania Line, Lower Saucon (southeast corner of present Northampton Co) and Tohickon (western Bucks Co) are very close together. Mt. Bethel is at the northern end of present Northampton Co. and is not so close to the other two sites. How about a move about 1795 of the parents and children with the grandparents remaining at the more southerly location? Betty

Hello list, I am looking for any and all information on Thomas Davies, possibly June 17, 1849, Wales or Catasauqua; definitely to married Hannah Philips. They lived in Catasauqua and bore a son, Thomas Davies, b.January 20, 1885. He was later adopted in Bethlehem by Oscar Levi and Minnie Sue Strohl. The family owed Strohl's Fruit Stand on Easton Ave., just east of Liberty High School. This family is a brick wall for me. Adoption records don't seem to be available. Why was he adopted? Who are the ancestors of Thomas and his wife Hanna? etc., etc. Thanks. Doug Strohl born in Bethlehem, PA living in Indianapolis, IN

This is from the Pa GenWeb Lehigh Co query page. You will need to response to the SUBMITTER LISTED BELOW. NOT TO ME PLEASE Judy Listowner Eileen WADOSKY Corse wrote: > > Surnames: WADOSKY KLINE > Submitter: Eileen WADOSKY Corse (emc722@aol.com) > Date: 25 Mar 1999 > > I am researaching my family's surname, WADOSKY. My grandfather was JOHN WADOSKY. His brother was PAUL WADOSKY. He had a half-brother named KARL KLINE. Any information would be helpful.