Hi Brenda, Wow! You have much more info than I do. Thankfully we have been blessed with cousin Dave Ross who is fluent in German too and he travels to Europe where his daughter resides. Please do contact Dave, he is super! mailto:newtross@aol.com is his email. Hope you will keep in touch with all of us TREON folk from all locations! This is soooo... FASCINATING & WONDERFUL!!!! Bonnie >From: "Casey and Brenda Hines" <kcrad@iolky.com> >To: "Bonnie&Jeff Treon" <cooltreons@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: Treon family heritage >Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 17:19:45 -0500 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [205.198.148.5] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBC963C1B006F40043156CDC694050AD50; Thu Apr 05 15:26:36 2001 >Received: from computer [205.198.155.143] by mail.integrityonline30.com >(SMTPD32-6.05) id AEF67D0130; Thu, 05 Apr 2001 18:17:26 -0400 >From kcrad@iolky.com Thu Apr 05 15:27:02 2001 >Message-ID: <001b01c0be1e$85eef420$8f9bc6cd@computer> >References: <F277VGeSJIEoPXCFbN4000008df@hotmail.com> >X-Priority: 3 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 > >It was good to hear back from you. My father (Elwood Treon) came over this >afternoon and I showed him your site. He was so excited. In Kentucky we >are the only family of Treon's in the state - at least that we know about - >so it's good to know that there are others out there. Here are some >things that might help you in your search. > >I have a book which was given to me by my grandmother entitled Miamisburg >(Ohio) the First 150 years. This book contains much information about the >Treon family and speaks of the Christian Treon (Tryon) you mentioned. Here >is a short excerpt of the book. > >One of old Miamisburg's most notable citizens was Dr. John Treon, whose >home >was the imposing gray brick residence at 315 East Linden, adjacent to >Trinity Church. > >Dr. Treon's residence in Miamisburg is practically the history of the >earlier town itself. He came from a line of physicians. His grandfather, >Dr. Christian Treon (Tryon), was a surgeon in the French army, who arrived >in Philadelphia in 1752. He later moved to Berks County in that state and >there his son Dr. Michael Treon was born in 1761, and his grandson, Dr. >John >Treon in 1791. Dr. John Treon went to Philadelphia where he studied under >the best medical men of his day. > >In September, 1811, with his uncle Dr. Peter Treon, he set out on horseback >for Ohio and arrived in this vicinity 14 days later with 37 1/2 cents in >his >pocket and a debt of $50 for a horse. ... > >The book goes on and on with other information about the Ohio Treons > > >I don't know if anyone has a copy of this book or not. If you want me to >send copies of the pertinent pages to you I will be glad to do so. > >Also, if you need help translating German, we can help out. We have an >Austrian exchange student living with us for two more months and she is >fluent in German, French and English. She said she will be glad to help >with translation if needed. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com