Hello, I tried to send this a while back; it didn't post, but hopefully the bugs are worked out now Gallagher wrote: > hi.. Just was wondering if anybody is on this list? Ive been on for a > couple of weeks and i think ive gotten 3 messages.. 2 of which were mine. > Anybody there? What families are yall researching? > Adrienne. Hello Adrienne, You're right, this list has been sparse - thanks for asking. My Lycoming Co. family is that of James YEAGER (alias John Benjamin ADAMS) (1849-1926) and his wife Margaret Rebecca (nee TROUT) ADAMS(1856-1926). Their children are: -Annie Mayze 1877-1956, mar. Stoughton WALKER & "Frankie" FRANKENBURGER -Julia Ann 1880-1956, mar. Fred ASHWORTH -Minnie Rebecca 1882-1942, mar. Willard PRATT -John Trout 1883-1952, mar Mary Edith KIRK -Maude May 1885-1967, not mar. -Loyd Albert 1887-1896, I know nothing about his death -Lee Russell 1889-1977, mar. Emma TATE -Percie Palmer 1893-1978, mar. Betty ? and 2 others -Mamie 1896-1981, mar. Irving MILLER -Omer Paul 1902-1984, mar. ? James YEAGER was a canal boatman for some time on the Schuylkill Navigation and possibly other canals. Great-grandpa James is one our family's question marks; something he did, we're not sure what, while working on the canal made him change his name to John Benjamin ADAMS. He may have also served in the Civil War and perhaps "something" he did then is why he changed his name. We're all curious, but the relatives who might know have passed away. There is an infant buried in Philadelphia in the Levering Cemetery (near the Manyunk Canal) named Adam Adams, died 1875 age 6 months; no parents listed on the death certificate. We're not sure if/how this child is connected with our family. James was using his alias when he married Margaret "Maggie" TROUT in 1871 on a canal boat in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Co. His father was Jacob YEAGER, no dates, and his mother was Elizabeth or Hannah KREBS/KREPS, no dates. Eliz/Hannah had been previously married to Tom WATTS and had 3 sons by this first husband: George, Pete and Tom. This is sketchy info from a hand- written chart. John B. ADAMS raised his family on a farm near Jersey Shore. We have a photo of the family in front of their "chunk house" on Pine Creek. My late grandmother told us a "chunk house" had vertical boards (they look like 4x4s) that could be taken out in the hot summer for ventilation. Apparently the house was also moved at one time. Sometime I'd like to visit and see if we can find this house, but I'm way over near Philly with a busy life. Most of great-grandpa's children scattered. Margaret Rebecca TROUT's parents were Albert TROUT and Julia Ann BILLGER; their parents were Albert TROUT/Anna and Joseph BILLGER/Sarah MATTHIERS. Maggie was born in Reading, but the family also lived in Schuylkill Co. and Philadelphia. I would like to know more about this family's ancestry and also its descendants. Regards, Joan