Here's a copy of a post I made last November. mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Miller" <mikemilr@blackfoot.net> To: <TRACE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 11:58 AM Subject: [TRACE] Crawford/Berks County Traces > Hello everyone, > > I am new to the list - last I checked a few years ago, this list didn't > exist. > > I have a lot of information on the Trace family from Crawford Co. and > Berks > Co, PA. in the 1750-1850 timeframe. My line comes from Germany where the > name was Dres and anglicized to Trace and it is my belief that most, if > not > all, all the Berks/Crawford County, PA Trace's come from this line. The > references to Langenschwann Twp below are incorrect - it should be > Longswamp - the translation from German to English was incorrect. (or so I > have been informed) > > Some of the PA Traces (my line) moved to MN about 1855 - as I recall > without > digging out the books. > I can send anyone that wants them a couple MSWord docs. > > My GGrandmother (b1880) was a Trace and became interested in genealogy in > the 1920's and was able to talk to a few of the "old timers" that were > still > around, providing many interesting stories. > > Word Doc samples below: Sample 2 has my early line but branches off in the > mid 1800's. > > hope some of this helps, > mike > > sample 1: > > The immigrant ancestor of the Pennsylvania Dres family was Conrad Dres, a > tailor, who > was born 4 March 1728, in Aich, in the Württemberg District of Germany. > Conrad's > family had lived in Aich at least since 1613, when a son of one Hans Dres, > and his wife Anna, was baptised according to the parish register of the > Evangelische Kirche. From these registers, we find all of the records of > the family of Conrad Dres extracted to date from German sources. > > The reference for the film is: > LDS Film #1056613 citation: > > "Parish Register of baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations and family > registers for Aich, N'urtingen, W"urttemberg, Germany. Evangelische Kirche > Aich, N"urtingen, Kirchenbuch 1679-1966." > > > > sample 2: > > FIRST GENERATION > > 1. Johann Georg DRES. > > He was married to Agnes in Germany. Johann Georg DRES and Agnes had the > following children: > > +2 i. Conrad DRESS. > > > > SECOND GENERATION > > 2. Conrad DRESS was born to Johann Georg and Agnes Dres on 4 Mar 1727/28 > in > Aich, Wuerttemberg, Germany. He was a tailor. He emigrated on 27 Sep > 1746 > from Philadelphia. He arrived on the "Ann" Galley on Sept. 27,1746. By > 1765, he was residing in Longswamp Township, Berks County, according to > the > record of his Naturalization which took place in Philadelphia on September > 22 of that year. He died between 29 May 1790 and 14 Jun 1790. > > He was married to Catharina SCHUESTER on 23 Apr 1750 in St. Michaelis > Lutheran Church in Philadelphia, PA. Conrad DRESS and Catharina SCHUESTER > had the following children: > > +3 i. Dewalt (Theobald/Deobald) DRESS. > <-------- MY LINE > 4 ii. John DRESS was born about 1756 in > Langenschwann Twp. (now Longswamp Twp.), Berks CO, PA. > 5 iii. Matthias DRESS was born about 1757 in > Langenschwann Twp. (now Longswamp Twp.), Berks CO, PA. > 6 iv. George DRESS was born about 1759 in > Langenschwann Twp. (now Longswamp Twp.), Berks CO, PA. February > 19,1787 - > Valentine Trace owned 70 acres in Berks County. > May 25, 1809 - George Trace owned > 72.156 > acres in Berks County. (May be Valentine's old farm after the survey.) > 7 v. Elisabeth DRESS was born about 1761 in > Langenschwann Twp. (now Longswamp Twp.), Berks CO, PA. > 8 vi. Michael DRESS was born on 18 Feb 1762 in > Longswamp. > > > > THIRD GENERATION > > 3. Dewalt (Theobald/Deobald) DRESS was born about 1750 in Langenschwann > Twp. (now Longswamp Twp.), Berks CO, PA. He died by 04/02/1790. > Langenschwann Twp. became Langswamp Twp. in 1761. Theobald and Elisabetha > were members of the Dutch Reform Church. > > > > After Dewalt (Theobald) died, John, Jacob, Catherine, and George, along > with > Catherine's husband, Peter Brown and members of his family, decided to > migrate westward to Crawford CO from Berks CO. This took place in 1803. > Their sister and brother, Elisabeth Dres Majer, and Abraham Dres, stayed > in > Berks County. Abraham took over the family farm. > > He was married to Elizabeth/Elisabetha CARL (daughter of Theobald CARL and > Anna Maria MEER) about 1774. Elizabeth/Elisabetha CARL was born on 20 Oct > 1752 in Longswamp. She was born to Theobald CARL and Anna Maria MEER. > Dewalt (Theobald/Deobald) DRESS and Elizabeth/Elisabetha CARL had the > following children: > > 9 i. Abraham DRESS was born on 11 Jun 1785 in > Longswamp. He died on 7 Mar 1834. He was buried in St. Michael's Luthern > Cemetary in Germantown Twp.. > +10 ii. George DRESS/TRACE. > +11 iii. Catherine/Catharina DRESS. > +12 iv. Elizabeth DRESS. > +13 v. John DRESS. > +14 vi. Jacob DRESS/TRACE. > > > ==== TRACE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Admin: mailto:TRACE-admin@rootsweb.com > > To unsubscribe send an email to: TRACE-L-request@rootsweb.com > (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe > in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx