Hi David, Thanks for the reply! At least I have one thing right, I have Adam Belles born 1790! I'm hoping to get some information on Susan Belles's husband, John Hannis, that is the line I'm following - John Hannis is my Brick Wall! Know anything about John Hannis? Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lear" <dlear@epix.net> To: <paluzern@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [PALUZERN] HANNIS-BELLES > Hi Karen, > > What information in particular are you looking for? I have a considerable > amount of information on the Belles family. Neither my wife nor I are > Belles descendants, but we both > have connections to the Belles family. > > Brian mentioned the difference in Adam's date of birth between the church > record and the tombstone record. I believe that Adam was born in 1790, not > in 1789, for two reasons: > 1. His baptismal record gives his birthdate as 12 November 1790 and > that is the record which is closest to the date of the actual event. > 2. A 12 November 1789 birth date would mean that he was born less than > eight months after his brother Peter, which is highly unlikely. > > Larry mentioned an Adam Belles in Buck Township. That was Abram Belles > and he does have a biography in Bradsby. > > Let me know what you are looking for and I will bet back to you. > > David > > Karen Herndon wrote: > >> I am reposting my family names hoping there is someone new out there who >> is tracing the same family. Below are the names: >> >> John Hannis (1810-1847) married Susan Belles (1816-1847) >> Children: Adam (1838-1906), Elizabeth (1842-?), James Polk (1845-1913) >> and Susan (1847-1897). >> >> Adam Belles (1788-1843) married Elizabeth Croop (1790-1873). >> >> Karen Hannis Herndon >> karenherndon@cccomm.net >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PALUZERN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALUZERN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >