CARDEL LOKER married my ancestor FANNIE REBECCA NISWANDER 21 Sept 1873 in Rockingham County, Virginia. He was 21 years 11 months old at the time. His parents were THOMAS and MARY BURNS LOKER. I have this info from Cardell and Fannie's marriage record. This is my only sighting of the man. I have found no record that he came to Iowa with the Niswander family. I think something must have gone very wrong with the marriage of Fannie and Cardel, Fannie took back her maiden name and also changed her son's name to Niswander. I have found no record of the Thomas Loker family in Virginia although I did find on a death index a Betsey, daughter of Thomas and Mary Loker, who died 9 April 1856 at the age of 25 years. Rebecca Frances "Fannie" Niswander was born in Rockingham County, Virginia 2 September 1873. Census records show she had a son born c. 1874 in Virginia. A letter from the Nevenhoven Funeral Home in Brooklyn, Iowa provides some information on Luther Niswander. It says his middle name was Samuel, that his father was Luther LOKER and his mother Fannie Niswander. Barb barbgeni@ix.netcom.com http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/r/Barbara-E-Christie/ searching: Bucknam, Coleman, Niswander, Breneman Rosch, Patterson, Spearman ----- Original Message ----- From: <kascomm@earthlink.net> To: <VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 6:49 AM Subject: [VAROCKIN] PICKERING-WOODLEY-LOKER > Hi, I'm new to this mailing list. Would like to hear from others > researching the PICKERING, WOODLEY, or LOKER families of Rockingham > County. > > Thanks !! > > Keith >