Helen's post included: > You questioned the maiden name of Anna Marie, married to > Johann Phillip Emig.......Was it Sprenkle or Gemblin? > > Back when I researched this family I had the same problem. > My source says I chose GEMBLIN because somewhere I found > a record which said "name of wife as "born > Gemblin" confirmed in fraktur for birth of son Johannes (John)". > Unfortunately years ago I did not do detailed notes as I do now, > so I don't know where the fraktur info was found! > > My ancestor was Catherine Emig, daughter of John Emig and > Anna Maria Pflieger. She was a sister of Gwen's Cecelia > Susan Emig. I haven't found any evidence that she belongs in my Sprankle-Sprenkle-Sprinkle family, so Gemblin may indeed be correct. But it would be interesting to know why some researcher at some point in time thought her maiden name might be Sprenkle. The Apenkle name that Gwen posted could be a typo or a misinterpretation of Sprenkle. There are later Sprenkle-Emig connections, including Adam Hershey Sprenkle who married Louisa Emig in 1867. Margaret