Kevin. What do you know of Christina Margaretha Sholderer, nee Kaiser's parents? My gr great grandfather had a daughter Christiana named after his brother Christian. His name was Gotttlieb Kaiser, b. 1806 in Wurttemberg, arrived here 9/1/1833. Any help is appreciated. Walt Kaiser, formerly of Jersey Shore, now of Rescue, Cal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sholder, Kevin L" <KS100004@exchange.DAYTONOH.NCR.com> To: <PALYCOMI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 1:23 PM Subject: NEWS FLASH: Scholderer / Sholder and related families > All, > > Recently, I have made a contact in Germany that is willing to help on the > research for the Scholderer / Sholder Family. We have already made some > wonderful discoveries as well as making to link back to Degerloch, > Württemberg, Germany, which is where Christian August Scholderer was born > and came to America from. The linage that we have based on Church records > from Degerloch are as follows: > > Christian August Scholderer - Our Ancestor > Johann Jacob Scholderer - Father > Johann Karl Scholderer - Grandfather > Stephan Scholderer - Great-grandfather > Stephan Scholderer - Great-great-grandfather > Martin Scholderer - Great-great-great-grandfather > > We currently can not get any additional generations, due to the fact the > Church books that we have been using start at 1644 and Martin was born > before that. At this point I think that it is pretty safe to say we have a > pretty good lineage for our family. I will continue to research with my > contact additional information about these ancestors. > > The one interesting fact is that Christian's father died in 1812. His > mother remarried to a Johann Jacob Sigmund some time after that. This > Johann Jacob had a son Samuel Friedrich Sigmund (born 18. Feb. 1798) that > went to North America on 5 July 1819. Then in 1832 Christian his bride Anna > Lutscher, as well as his mother and step-father ALL came to America to the > son Samuel Friedrich Sigmund, in Centre County. The possible wife of Samuel > Friedrich Sigmund shows up in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Lamar Twp, Clinton Co, PA > as Rosannah Margaret/Rosina b.Feb 19, 1799 d.Feb 28, 1867 and is w/o S. F. > Sigmund. She was born in Wittenburg, Germany. Based on the same church > records, the Samuel was born in 1798. > > So we have some more research to do in our own backyard. This is why I am > writing to all of you. You have all been helpful in looking at your > families and gathering information for me. Currently we have 1178 > descendants of Martin Scholderer through 13 generations. I would ask all of > you to see if we can go the next step and work on completing (as much as > possible) the Descendants of Christian August Scholderer, our ancestor. So > any information that you can provide via e-mail or regular mail would be > greatly appreciated. Specifically copies of any documents, land records, > bibles and newspaper items, such as marriage, anniversary, obituaries or > just general interest if someone was written about. Also if you can find > the time a great personal touch would be to write something about your > parents, grand-parents that you remember and that you can send me for > inclusion as well, this may be the nicest touch of all. I'm also interested > in obtaining mailing addresses of anyone related so that I can snail mail > them as well, while putting together a formal mailing list. My mailing > address is: > > Kevin L. Sholder > 48 Esquire Ave. > Centerville, OH 45459 > > My fire has just had some additional wood placed on it and hopefully I can > light yours as well. I have (or will shortly) post a list of surnames that > fall into our family tree. Below are some current questions that I need > answers too, if any of you can help. > > Here is the obit for the gentleman's whose mother was a Sholder: > Jack M. Lukens > > Jack M. Lukens, 81, of Hollidaysburg, formerly of Montgomery, died > Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, at Bon Secors-Holy Family Hospital in Altoona. > Born May 28, 1920, in Williamsport, he was a son of Wally and Dorothy > Sholder Lukens. He was an Army veteran of WWII. He was self-employed as a > carpenter. > He was a member of the American Legion Post 268, Montgomery. > He is survived by one son, Jack L. Lukens of Lock Haven; two daughters, > Patti Malizia of Montoursville and Lisa Cox of Hillsgrove; four > grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Charles E. Winter of > Orofino, ID. He was predeceased by a son, Timothy Lukens. > Funeral services will be private and at the convenience of the family. > Family will provide flowers. > Arrangements by Kaufman Funeral Home, 2102 Northway Road, Williamsport. > > I believe that the Dorothy Sholder listed above is Dorothy Mary Sholder > (born Apr 1895, baptized 16 Jun 1901 at Bethel United Presbyterian Ch) > daughter of Eli Sholder and Wilhelmina C. Fullerton. Could someone possibly > call the son or one of the daughters to confirm? > > I was wondering if Christina Margareta former wife of Johann Jacob > Scholderer, widow nee Kaiser and her husband Johann Jacob Scholderer could > be buried in Wildwood, on the same plot as Christian and Anna. Can someone > check this out? > > I am also looking for information on a Pete Sholder that had a dance hall on > Misner Road. Was this a nickname? If so what was his real name? > > Thanks, > Kevin L. Sholder > rdrunner@siscom.net > > Don't wait to make your Son a great man. Make him a great boy. > --Unknown > > http://www.siscom.net/~rdrunner/ <http://www.siscom.net/~rdrunner/> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rdrunner/ > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rdrunner/> > > kevin.sholder@ncr.com > > LOCATIONS THAT I AM RESEARCHING - Pennsylvania (Berks, Centre, Clinton, > Lycoming, Sullivan, Northumberland Counties); Germany (Württemberg). > > SURNAMES THAT I AM RESEARCHING - Aderhold; Alexander; Bower; Campbell; > Carpenter; Cohick; DeRemer; Hafer; Heim; Horn; Kiess; Kinley; Lovell; > Mahaffey; Marquardt; Marshall; Metzger; Paulhamus (Polhemius); Pepperman; > Rentz; Robinson; Roller; Sholder (Scholderer); Smith; Springman; Stabler; > Stoltz; Ulmer; Updegraff (Op den Graeff); Waltz (Walz); Wurster (Wurster Von > Igelsberg) and their related family lines. > >