keiter, frank, t.l. of allentown, was born in the city, aug. 11, 1864. his grandfather was casper keiter, and his father was aaron e. keiter. the latter a native of allentwon, he married susan mohr, a native of lehigh co., d/o daniel mohr. the became the parents of rev. william d.c. of bethlehem and frank t.l. frank t.l. married 1891 to anna blank, of allentown. members of st. michael's lutheran ch. no mention of children. beck, john, of northampton (mt. bethel) was born feb. 1816, s/o ludwig and elisabeth (schooh) beck. natives of northampton and berks cos. jacob beck was a native of germany, emigrated to america fox, edward j. of easton. there are memorial to michael fox, one of his ancestors, in the church of s.s. oeter and oaul, in northampton, and a coat-of-arms was recignized by herald's visitation. through connection with an insurrection in irland against the english goverment the famil was finally dispersed. the 1st rep. of the family to america was edward fox, who was born in dublin, irland, 1752. he emigrated to america and settled in phila., where in 1780 married a sister of jonathan dickerson sergeant. hohn fox, s/o edward was born in phila., april 26, 1787, a grad of th u.of p. admitted to the bar 1807. opened a law office of newtown, then bucks co. he remained there until its removal to doylestown in 1813, on june 6, 1816 he married margrey, d/o gilbert rodman, of bensalem. he retired from the bench in 1841. he died at doylestown april 15, 1849. edward fox, s./o judge fox was born at doyletown, sept 15, 1824. june 15, 1849 he married mary c. wilson,d/o james of easton. this lady died nov. 27. 1871 and on the 16th of jan. 1978 he married 2nd to elisabeth f. fandolph, d/o han. james f. randolph of n.j. diehl, phaon, of lehigh co., was born in whithall twp., lehigh co., 11 oct 1842, s/o solomon diehl, also a native of lehigh co., born 1808, he died 1880. his wife, was born 1815, bore the maiden name of susanna guth, she died 1887. phaon diehl married 20 0ct, 1864 to ellen good, d/o elias good of north whitehall. children; harvey h. and eddie p. members of zion ref. lived at 224 n. 8th st. scheirer, franklin albert, of slatington. the 1st rep. to america was hans scheirer, who emigrated from switzerland in 1725. 7 years later he married mary magdalen christ, d/o jacob, and they became the parents of 5 sons and 5 daus. he rests at an unknown grave in the old cem., at new tripoli. 1725, hans scheurer, of bargen, has requested me to give him emigration papers, as he wants to leave this county to try his luck elsewhere, which request i hereby comply with abd therefore certify that hans scheirer, born in the county of arberg, of christian parents, was bp, in a christian cong. he has often taken part in the sacrament of the lord's supper, and as far as i know led a christian (upright) life. to certify this i hereby sign my own name, gabriel strohler march 25, `1725. john karl, s/o hans, was born aug 24, 1749, and on march 14, 1775, married filbina weida. they settled in rocklan, berks co., and became the parents of 9 sons and 4 daus. their son charles was born july 21, 1793 Best Wishes, Geri