Treons, I can trace one Drion to Hatten, Alsace, Bas-Rhin, now France. John C. Heiby ---------- >From: "Bonnie&Jeff Treon" <cooltreons@hotmail.com> >To: TREON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TREON] TREON'S PA>OH / **WELCOME NEWFOUND COUSIN/FAMILY HISTORY >Date: Thu, Apr 5, 2001, 1:40 PM > > WELCOME OUR NEWFOUND COUSIN! > > From: "Casey and Brenda Hines" <kcrad@iolky.com> > To: <cooltreons@hotmail.com> > Subject: Treon family heritage > Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 11:44:20 -0500 > > > **Forwarded letter from BRENDA TREON HINES: > > mailto:kcrad@iolky.com > I wandered upon your website while I was researching my family heritage and > I think I found some common links. My great-great-great-great grandfather > was Dr. Jonathan Treon (also known as John Francis or Frances Jonathan) who > seems to be the 11th child listed as a child of Michael Treon. Jonathan was > born in Pennsylvania in 1784. He was married to Catherine Leiter and their > son David was my greatx3 grandfather. Jonathan died June 9, 1855. My > unconfirmed records indicated that Jonathan was the son of Michael Trion and > his second wife, Elisabeth Seltzer. Michael's fathers name was also Michael > and he is listed as a private in the militia of Lancaster County, > Pennsylvania according to my records - but you seem to have him being in > Heidelberg if I understand what you have written. > > Another son of Dr. Michael Trion is Dr. Peter Treon who traveled to and > basically founded Miamisburg, Ohio with his nephew John. > > On my maternal great grandmother's side, the Treon name continues to appear > and we feel she is descended from the above mentioned nephew John, and > almost surely linked to the above side of the family. Almost everyone is > from Berks County, Pennsylvania. Her name is Ida Jane Stine, who was the > daughter of Sarah Jane Treon Stine, who was the daughter of Michael Treon of > Berks Co. born July 6, 1820 and died May 5, 1900. He is buried in the > Ellerton Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Montgomery County. We have not been > able to trace this Michael back further, but feel he must be related to the > other side. We do know that he had some legal dealings with the above Dr. > John Treon (my 4xgreatgrandfather above) because he put up a security binder > of $1100 along with Isaac Treon (Dr. John's youngest brother) when Francis > Jonathan Treon's estate was settled in 1855 and 1856. However, we have not > been able to trace this side of the family any further. > > I am very interested in information which will help me extend the family > tree of John Francis (which appears is the #11 son of your Michael) and the > Michael on my maternal great grandmother's side. > > I am particularly interested in what part of Alsace/Lorraine they came from, > as I will be in that area in June and I would love to see the towns. > > Please write if you have further information, can clarify this information, > or if you would like the information I have to fill for Jonathan Treon. > >>From BRENDA TREON HINES > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >