I am not sure where Palatine is but there were Germans Quakers. I have one such family. Germany only allowed a small number to be Quakers. Mine left Germany in the 1830s for America, living first to Ohio and then in Iowa. Ernest Heineirch KOELLING or KOLLING born Edinghausen, Minden, Germany. His first wife was Anna Marie Christine STIEGMANN and his second wife was Anna Elisabeth Margarethe Hanna WALLGER. Sincerely, Jean Leeper [email protected] or [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee LQM: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialqm/index.htm Cedar Creek Book Update Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee/ccfbook.htm Cedar Creek Cemetery picts: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee/ccrestore.htm On Apr 6, 2009, at 4:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: > This book by Herman & Gertrud Guth and J Lemar & Lois Ann Mast > (1987) must > be something I bought through Masthoff publishers. While I was > flipping > through it this morning I stumbled on to this entry on p 13: > > "Archive Number 77/4337-1685 > > "Mennists living in the Palatine territory. > > "folio 69: > > "OBERAMT ALZEY NIEDERFLOERSHEIM > "Jann Clementz > Christian Buchholder > Julius Schmidt, the younger > Peter Clementz > Julius Schmidt, the older > > "KRIEGSHEIM > Matthias Bonn > Peter Buchholder > Henrich Bluehm > Hans Gram > Gerhard Becker > Arnold Schumacher > Johann Gebhard > Peter Schumacher's foster son, Peter Otto (?) > > "All are Quakers. > > "Gerhard Heinrich > Agnes, Conrad Gebhart's widow > Georg Schumacher > Peter Schumacher's widow > Johannes Cassel > Philipp Lehbusch" > > > So I'm confused. Were there Quakers in the Palatines? I'm > assuming from > the way these folks are listed that the ones in Oberamt Alzey > Niederfloersheim and in Kriegsheim are "Mennists," or Mennonites. > That would suggest that > the folks above or below the "All are Quakers" statement were > Quakers with > German sounding names. > > The listing from Archive 77/4337-1685 goes on with lists of other > folks from > Wolfsheim, Aspisheim, Weinheim (near Wallertheim), Spiesheim, > Gundersheim, > Moelsheim, and Osthofen on this page. > > Jan > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner > for $10 or > less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message