lehigh co. history ringer family, john ringer, was born dec. 8, 1775 and died dec. 31, 1831. he built the unionville hotel. he and his son john, each died in their 45th year. his wife, elisabeth remaly, born june 16, 1787 and died may 2, 1853. children; john, jonas, edward, and maria. john jr., was born nov 28, 1810 and died oct 10, 1856. he married maria wotring. children; mary ann, born 1832, m. messina a slatington, fianna died in infancy, elizabeth married george frederick, john, sarah a.,, married george knecht, francis of slatington, james s. of slatington. roth, thomas, of allentown, was born on the homestead of his grandfather, david eberhard, aug. 3, 1856. later he moved to wilkes-barre for 4 years, then returned to allentown. he was married 3 times, 1st was sarah knecht and they had 2 children (annie l., w/o jammes larosh and mark e. deceased), 2nd to amanda koch and they had ( edwin h, who married jennie v. schaffer), 3rd clara nee seip, fehr, widow of anthony feh. the two former wives of mr. roth and his son mark e., are buried at mickleys. oplinger, john a., of northampton co., was born nov. 18, 1839, s/o daniel and lovina (seip) oplinger. the family is an old and honored one, the grandparents of john a. splinger having located in the lehigh vally in a very early day. daniel oplinger is still living (1894) age 78. of the children in the parental family, one is deceased and five survive, john a., emma, w/o herny buck, reubn r., mrs. amandus app and catharine, w/o jeremiah houer. john a. married 1865 to alvsta e. d/o reuben leitengut, children; henry h, harvey n., emma j. and jeremiah d. oplinger, reuben r., was born oct 29, 1843, s/o daniel and lovina (seip) oplinger. reuben r.married 1873 to catharine clewell, d/o john. they had 8 children, 6 are deceased, 2 living (1894) walter w. and edih e. Best Wishes, Geri -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Mitchell Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 9:28 PM To: geri brennan Subject: Knecht - Oplinger connection Hi: You are such a big help to so many people. A number of the Knecht family came to Summit County, Ohio with the Nathan (Sabina Dieter) Oplinger - Seiberling -Miller - Bauer- Hauser- and others.They all lived in the same community, went to the same church and are buried in the same cemetery. I have been told that the Knechts are cousins to the Oplingers. I have no proof. BUT I do know that Dora Oplinger grand-dau of Nathan had an illegitimate child Vernon Knecht Sept. 30, 1894 died September 29, 1901. Then Bessie Oplinger sis of Dora had an illegitimate child by the same man...she named him Victor Knecht. He was born November 30 1912 and died July 30, 2003. Victor is the one that gave me the information. The Knecht family has owned a cider mill and they have a cider festival every year in Loyal Oak, which is just west of Akron, Ohio. If any one needs any cemetery dates I will be happy to supply them. Or if there is a connection I would like to know it. There was one more Oplinger sister Mabel, my husbands mother. Jackie Mitchell