Researching all family members, spelling regardless. Please contact me if you have any information, I have plenty of info to share. Following immigrants to Luzerne and Schuylkill Co. are known (year of immigration is given): I. 1840 Zierdt, Johann GEORG ("big" George) Born August 27, 1818, in Kleinensee, Germany; called 'big George'; died May 1863, Hazleton, PA; married September 07, 1840, in Hazleton to Elisabeth Brill. Emigrated from Germany June 03, 1840. Settled in Hazleton, PA, and became a bottler and liquor dealer, resided Alter Street, 47 North Laurel Street. Buried in Vine Street Cemetery, Hazleton. Eight children. II. 1848 Zierdt, Georg ("little" George) Born March 25, 1834, in Kleinensee, Germany, called 'little George'; died June 21, 1885, in Hazleton, PA, USA; married to Anna Barbara Degenhardt from Solz, Germany; second wife: Lavinia Bahrdt, born in Berka, Germany, married in Hazleton. George emigrated together with his mother, Elisabeth Zierdt, nee Brill, born October 18, 1793, in Kleinensee, Germany, died in Hazleton, PA. Settled in Hazleton. Eight children with Anna Barbara Degenhardt, none with Lavinia Bahrdt. III. 1848 Zierdt, Anna Margretha (married Wetterau) Born January 20, 1828, Kleinensee, Germany; died February 08, 1899, Hazleton, PA; married October 18, 1848 to Christian Friedrich Wetterau from Blankenbach, Germany, in Hazleton, PA. Settled in Hazleton, PA, North Laurel Street, neighbors to George Zierdt. Christian Friedrich Wetterau became one of the most recognized pioneer residents in Hazleton. At least eight children. IV. 1848 Zierdt, Johann PETER Born June 07, 1818, in Hoenebach, Germany; married to Anna Catharina Truemper from Nesselroeden, Germany. Naturalized September 20, 1848 / October 07, 1853 Philadelphia, PA. Settled in Pennsylvania (Luzerne Co.?), but the decendents are not known at all. V. 1848 Zierdt, Wilhelm/William Born December 24, 1823, in Hoenebach, Germany, emigrated together with Anna Cath(arina) Zierdt (his sister ?). Settled in Tamaqua, PA. The spelling of the family name changed to 'Zeart'. VI. 1849 Zierdt, Philipp Philipp Zierdt, born February 16, 1831, Saxony, Germany, arrived January 20, 1849, at an unknown port, married to Maria Katharina Dornemann, Treskow, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1853 (Reverent Isaac Schellhammers daybook, 1845-1854). Family lived in Butler Township, near Hazleton, PA. Gravestones of the family members at St. John's cemetery, Butler Township. VII. 1850 Zierdt, Anna Catharina (married Jaeger) Born August 09, 1823, in Kleinensee, Germany, supposedly died in Hazleton, PA. Married Johann Georg Jaeger (born January 01, 1825, in Kleinensee, Germany), on June 11, 1848 in Kleinensee, Germany. Settled and resided in Hazleton, PA. VIII. 1855 Zierdt, Andreas/Andrew Born November 05, 1806, in Grossensee, Germany; died January 10, 1882, Hazleton, PA, buried Vine Street Cemetery; married June 08, 1834, in Bosserode, Germany, to HELENA Sophia Kohlhaas. Three surviving children: Elisabetha, born September 07, 1828, Bosserode; Michael, born October 27, 1838, Bosserode; BARBARA Elisabetha, born September 23, 1842, Bosserode. Settled in Tamaqua, PA, or Hazleton, PA? IX. Ziert, Heinrich/Henry Born October 06, 1823?, presumably in Heimboldshausen, Hesse, Germany. Possibly emigrated 1856. Settled in Tamaqua, PA? The spelling of the name changed to "Zeird" ?! ***** Holger Zierdt, Muenchhausenstrasse 38, 37085 Goettingen, Germany fon +49-551-484082, fax +49-551-396435, holger@zierdt.de