Marian my Mary Josepha Thoma was born in 1844 and died in 1900. You are the first one I have heard from that had the name Thoma. One branch of the family say she was French and the other branch say Swiss. Sounds German to me though. Also my Eberle's ,some say were from Bavaria and some just say Black Forest Area. Maudean ----- Original Message ----- From: Marian Dietrich <myrnnch@prodigy.net> To: Maudean <tigersmom@jps.net> Cc: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [PFALZ] EBERLE > Nadine, > My great grandmother's maiden name was also Thoma. Adelheid Thoma was > born in 1814 in Pfaffenhausen, Bavaria, Germany and married my great > grandfather, John George Huber, in 1841 in Oberrieden, Bavaria, > Germany. They came to the US in 1854 with four children and settled in > Cincinnati. Don't know if this has any connection to your Mary Josepha > Thoma as they would have been a generation before her. > Marian Huber Dietrich > >