REPOSTING OF DATA Would SKS please consider assisting in an effort to identify and locate references to the following: Johannes [Jerj/Georg] [Opffer/Opfer]/b. 1734, Germany, Urbach/Neuwied -farmer/m1,1761/m2,[Germany]/d.July 15,1817[Canada] -w1...Anna Dorothea Schmidt-Endters [widow of a Peter Endters who d.1752, son of Matheaus Endters of Doernbach][daughter of a Tiels Schmidt]/b.May 31,1734/m.1761/d.[Germany] -w2...Elwyn Simons [nothing is known of her past] -children: not known if Anna's or Elwyn's John: b. 1762, Germany Catherine: b. 1764, more than likely Germany It is rumoured that the Opffers[?], uprooted by the prevailing unsettled weather, crop failures, wars, famine, and family ruin, escaped, as best they could, from the Palatine region to the embarkation point and onto Rotterdam [following the death of his mother, who had been ill for some time]...then to Philadelphia, on the "Minerva" [either on October 10, October 29 or November 09]. Various references are unclear. But the November 09, 1767 date is most probable, but not fully supported yet. Sincerely, Al Dempster -- GOD IS WATCHING YOU, SO MAKE IT A GOOD ONE! Visit: www.myfamily.com for the latest in our Family's genealogy. An ancient philosopher once said, "When here is there, and there is here, the picture is more confused, and the idea is less clear." "Whoever sees evil around him, let him change it first with his hands, then his tongue, and if it has not been affected, lastly with his heart." Paraphrasing from the Book of Islam.