My Luzerne County roots go back to some of the earlier days of settlement. My ROGERS line which is fairly well documented includes early settlers: Josiah ROGERS, son of Hope and Esther (MEACHAM) ROGERS b 7 Oct 1720 in Windham (now Hampton), Windham Co., CT res: Ashford, Windham Co., Ct and Plymouth Twp, Luzerne Co, PA d 4 Dec 1815 in Exeter Twp, Wyoming Co., PA m 1 Mar 1742/43 Hannah FORD, dau of Joseph Jr. and Elizabeth (HOVEY) FORD b 9 Sep 1723 in Hampton, Windham Co., CT d 9 Jul 1778 near Allentown, Lehigh Co., Pa escaping the Wyoming Massacre their son: Jonah ROGERS m Deliverance CHAFFEE My questions concern their son and his wife: Josiah ROGERS b 18 Dec 1768 in Plymouth Twp, Luzerne Co., PA d 11 June 1814 in Plymouth Twp, Luzerne Co, PA m 5 Aug 1790 in Luzerne Co, PA Mary WHEELER b 21 Dec 1772 in Luzerne Co., PA ? d 27 Jan 1857 in Fox Twp, Elk Co., PA Searching for the parents of the above Mary. The only WHEELER family I can find in the Luzerne Co area in 1780/90 is Abel WHEELER. This Abel possibly married Rebecca WHITTIER in Fairfield Co., CT. Can anyone confirm or deny ? Thanks. Neal Thompson Gardner Canton, Ohio

Gertrude Kemp b. 19 Apr 1886, d. 23 May 1950 (both in W-B) m. 01 May 1904 to Daniel Dillon (1882-aft. 1950) f: Fred Kemp, b. in England m: Elizabeth Rowe, b. in PA I'm searching for KEMPs who lived in W-B in the 1880s. My g-grandmother was Gertrude Kemp, b. 1886, and her parents were Fred Kemp and Elizabeth Rowe. When Gertrude married Daniel Dillon, consent for the marriage was given by a "William Kemp". He is listed as Gertrude's "brother and guardian". This would seem to indicate that Fred must have been deceased by then or he would have been the one to give his consent. There's a Gertrude "Camp" in the 1900 census, living with her mother Elizabeth Camp a widow, in the 1900 census. This Elizabeth was the mother of six children, only one of whom was still living. This matches up with the family story that says Gertrude was an "only child", but not the "brother William" who consented to her marriage. I have found a number of Kemps in the W-B records but haven't been able to connect them to Gertrude yet. 1880 US Census, Pennsylvania, Luzerne county, Pittston township Kemp, Elizabeth,60,h,w,widow,Ire,Ire,Ire,noR/W Kemp, Edward,22,m,w,son,miner,Ire,Ire,Ire 1890 City Directory Fred Kemp, elevator operator, bds at 137 E. Market (if this were Gertrude's father, why is he boarding with another family?) 1900 Census, PA Luzerne county 06 JUN 1900, Wilkes-Barre, Northampton St.,R1,109,109 William Kemp,head,w,m,Nov 1871,28,m6,PA,ENG,PA,daylaborer,6 mo. unemp Jennie Kemp,wife,w,f,Nov 1874,15,m6,1,1,PA,PA,PA Lillian Kemp,dau,w,f,Feb 1899,1,s,PA,PA,PA Lizzie Wood,sister,w,f,Jan 1884,16,s, PA,PA,PA David Wood,father,w,m,Apr 1850,50,m27,PA,--,PA,laborer in sawmill (Could this be the William that consented to Gertrude's marriage? Gertrude's father, Fred, was reportedly born in England, so that part matches up.) Any information on the Kemp family during this time period would be extremely helpful. Shirley Rankin Sonoma County, California mommashark@worldnet.att.net WB names: DILLON, KEMP, WILLIAMS, JONES, EICKE