This is what i have on some of the SCHEIDs in my line: Name: Jean DECKER --------------------------------------------- Birth: ca 1779 Hottviller, Moselle, Lorraine, France [1] Father: Joseph DECKER (-<1798) Mother: Anne-Elise WITTMEYER (1754-1809) Spouses --------------------------------------------- 1: Eve SCHEID Birth: ca 1783 [1] Father: Nicholas SCHEID Mother: Eve WOLFF Marriage: 23 Nov 1806 Hottviller, Moselle, Lorraine, France [1] Sources 1. Tables Des Mariages enreistres a' HOTTVILLER, 1767 - 1893, Canton de Volmunster; Moselle; Lorraine; France, from Cercle Genealogique de Moselle, copy in the files of Cora Ott. --------------------------------------------- Please send all additions/corrections to: Cora Ott 38 Broadway - Pmb 323 Everett, MA. 02149 E-mail: ArocMae@aol.com ===================================== Another SCHEID family: Name: Pierre FEY --------------------------------------------- Birth: 14 Jan 1804 Hottviller, Moselle, Lorraine, France [1] Death: aft 1860 [2] Occupation: blacksmith; farmer [3], [2] Religion: R.C. Father: Jean FEY (1754-1811) Mother: Anne Marie KRENER/KRAENNER (OR GREINER) (1766-<1819) Spouse: Marie Elisabeth SCHEID [3] --------------------------------------------- Birth: ca 1797 [4] Death: 23 May 1877 Pine Creek, Allegheny Co., PA. [1] Burial: 25 May 1877 St. Mary of the Assumption Cemetery, Pine Creek, Allegheny Co., PA. Might this Marie Elisabeth SCHEID b. ca 17972; d.23 May 1877 Pine Creek, Allegheny Co., PA. be related to our John SIMON's wife Margaret 'Magdalena' [?] SCHEID b.1835; d.1900 Reserve Twp., Allegheny Co., PA.? Sources 1. Joyce Purdue <maddi@nauticom.net>, 9/1/1999. 2. From: Joyce Purdue <maddi@nauticom.net> April, 1999 - August, 2000. 3. From: Fabrice Schneider, <fabriceschneider@videotron.ca>, Autumn of 1998. Cora