This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wisner/Weisner/Wasner/Whisner/Wesner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBWBAEB/51.2 Message Board Post: I read that the boats on the way to America made several stops. At each country they stopped a new manifest was written. This resulted in many different name spellings. Two brothers on the same ship could have arrived with different spellings of their last names. Lets don't forget that in the 1800s it was fashionable to spell ones name differently on different documents. The wealthy, hired people to think up differrent spellings of their names. My gggrandfather spelled his name Jacob Wisner b 1821 in PA. His daughter, my ggrandmother spelled her last name Weisner. Jacob was a charcoal burner and a farmer by trade. During the Civil War he was a bugler. He migrated from PA to Caldwell Coutnty KY and is showing on the census on the 1860 Caldwell KY census. The 1870 Spring Lake Dent Mo shows him and his family living there. His name is spelled Wasner in 1870. The Norman Dent MO 1880 shows his name as Wasner. After looking at the actual hand written census I think there is an error in the transcription. It looks like Wesner to me. My grandmother had a letter in her cedar chest she said was from an Uncle. I believe the name was spelled Whisner. On a KY site I saw an old letter to a client that had his name researched. I was suprised at all the spellings. I do believe one was Webner. If I can find that I will post it.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBWBAEB/51.1.1 Message Board Post: I also find this interesting. Our name is Wesner or Wessner. During the Civil War my ggrandfather spelled it Wisner. When my grandfather was at the blind school they spelled it Wasner. We have traced my ggrandfather to Kentucky and on the census record he is from Pennsylvania. His name was Jacob Wesner. There are so many Jacobs with the names spelled differently we haven't been able to locate his family.

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In a message dated 4/1/2006 2:04:36 PM Mountain Standard Time, bwesner@prodigy.net writes: I think that the Webner spelling is based on the German script of double-s. WeBner (with some frills or embellishments to the B) is actually Wessner ... Once they received the label of Webner during naturalization, they probably just kept it that way. I hope I am making sense here. Thanks, Brenda! I thought it might be something like this, but you put it so clearly it should solve any problem. It's nice having really bright cousins. Jerry

I think that the Webner spelling is based on the German script of double-s. WeBner (with some frills or embellishments to the B) is actually Wessner, one of the common spellings of Wesner. If someone wrote WeBner for Wessner, English-speaking/writing folks may just think it Webner. )Another example of the use of double-s is in old English and in Colonial America where double-s looked like "Fs" with the "F" having some frills to it. At least two languages write double-s ("ss") as looking like another letter of the alphabet.) So, I can see how an immigrant to America writing his name WeBner would have it interpreted as Webner instead of Wessner. Once they received the label of Webner during naturalization, they probably just kept it that way. I hope I am making sense here. Brenda Wesner bridgebuff@earthlink.net wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBWBAEB/51 > >Message Board Post: > >I am finding strong evidence that some Wesner families in about 1800 Berks/Lancaster/Cumberland Counties, Pa. who were using the Wesner name began using the Webner name. According to a 1929 researcher, John and Peter Webner then returned to the Wesner name on their tombstones. Does anyone have any evidence to contribute to this? > >www.home.earthlink.net/~newebner/roots/roots.html > > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Bible Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBWBAEB/51.1 Message Board Post: That's a very interesting item! Most often name changes happen due to a variety of happenstances. The one who recorded census misspells the name or the one who wrote it in some document lacked good penmenship, and so on. I would welcome learning what evidence you have and I need to know if this line you are a part of is from any Wessnerville famlies whose spellings are documented as WESSNER? My line begins with Mahlon Wessner, a tailor, b. 29 Nov 1819 in Amity Twp., Berks Co., married to Mary Ann Fisher b. 1821 at Falkner Swamp Church Lutheran Church, in Montgomery County, Pa. You can read further on this line at: Mahlon Wessner on Rootsweb and there is a gedcom file you can download. I would appreciate learning more? Diane Wesner Marshall

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBWBAEB/51 Message Board Post: I am finding strong evidence that some Wesner families in about 1800 Berks/Lancaster/Cumberland Counties, Pa. who were using the Wesner name began using the Webner name. According to a 1929 researcher, John and Peter Webner then returned to the Wesner name on their tombstones. Does anyone have any evidence to contribute to this? www.home.earthlink.net/~newebner/roots/roots.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/WBWBAEB/50.1 Message Board Post: Lester, We all want to be helpful, but your query is too short to be of any help. You need some dates in your query. I can help you if you will send more to my above e-mail address. Exactly what type of info are you looking for and what years? Diane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/WBWBAEB/50 Message Board Post: I am Lester Wesner my mothers maidin name is Charlotte Shearer and my fathers name is Mike Wesner i'm looking for any info. any questions just ask thank you

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBWBAEB/49 Message Board Post: I have attached 2 maps in .jpg files that clearly shows that there were plenty of Wessners in this part of Pa. to have their own village. Now, WHERE ARE THE RECORDS from this town such as CENSUS, TAXES, DEEDS, etc.! It seems that when this place changed names to Stony Run, any reffrences to Wessner (Wesner, Woesner and all the other spellings dissappeared too! Doesn't ANYONE live near this place that can find REAL documents: census, etc. and land deeds and at least tell the rest of us out of State relatives, WHERE to find them? Can we politely ask for some feedback please?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wessner, Wesner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBWBAEB/38.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Judy, Back again looking for this elusive fellow: Mahlon was born 29 Mpv 1819 Married: Mary Ann Fisher on 06 Feb 1842 at Falkner Swamp Lutheran Church, Montgomery County, Pa. (in church records his name is spelled: MALAN) All 7 children born in Amity Twp., Berks Co. Pa. And in Census records their name is spelled WESSNER (their #2 son William Fisher (my G.Grandfather changed his last name to Wesner when he moved to Johnstown, Pa.) Both father and this son were tailors. Did you ever determine if your line belongs to this family? Thanks Diane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBWBAEB/15.1.1 Message Board Post: Just now found your message, Sorry, I didn't leave an email, I thought that I did.

Hi Rick I sure do have some questions about Wessnerville. Is there ANY tax records and what was the church called in that town or where was the nearest BRETHREN church to this place? We need RECORDS! Do you have any or know where to find them? Diane

Wessnerville is in the southeast portion of Pennsylvania near Lancanter, Pa. I have been to this area which was a place where germans settled or served as indentured servants in the mid 1700's. If I can answer any questions about this email me rick4washredskins@yahoo.com Rick Facemire

Hello, I believe we share a common genealogy/ancestor line. My research shows that three brothers and a sister came to America in 1752, aboard the Duke of Wirtemberg to Philadelphia. Have you been able to determine the parents of Mathia Wesener? Hope to hear from you. Rick Facemire -----Original Message----- From: bwesner [mailto:bwesner@prodigy.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 7:12 PM To: WESNER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WESNER] My Wesner line I don't have any query at present, but I am placing my family line below: Mathias Wesner (1730 Wuerttemberg-1806 N.C;' immigrated to PA in 1752) and Anna Barbara Giesy (1738 Wuerttemberg -1814 N.C.) Johannes Wesner (1764 PA -1832 N.C.) and Catherina Ebert (1767 PA -1824 N.C.) Jacob Wesner (1791 N.C. -1879 IN) and Mary G. Liston (1801 KY - 1863 IN) Miles Wesner (1827 IN -1881 TX) and Elizabeth Jane Babb (1844 KY - 1933 TX) Jacob Wesner (1875 MO - 1955 OK) and Cora Belle Strealy (1878 KY -1955 OK) then my parents then me, Brenda Wesner ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

My family line is: Judith Wesner and George Miller David Miller and Elizabeth Helton------------brother, James Helton Isaac Miller and Mary Bledsoe and his sister, Rebecca Miller and James Helton-1st cousins / \ Sarah Frances Miller and Barnett Simpson Miller Helton and Arminda Lesley / \ Louisa Simpson and Alvie Gunnels Joseph Helton and Opal Gunnels / \ Opal Gunnels and Joseph Helton Hazel Helton and M.J. Clark / \ Hazel Helton and M.J. Clark Jo Ann Clark / Jo Ann Clark For those of you who base George and Catherine Wesner as Judith's parents, what are you basing that on, just curious? Jo Ann

My family line is George W. Wesner, Sr George W. Wesner, Jr Eli Wesner Benjamin Franklin Wesner Floyd Wesner Mary Louis Wesner married Herbert R McCammon This famil;y is from the MeromSullivan Co, IL side of the river. Bob McCammon

Diane, Sorry I don't know anything about Wessnerville, Pa. I wish I did. I do have something about land in Lancaster Co. Pa. for a Jacob Wesner about 1757. It's packed away since I just moved and will have to locate it. My George and Judith Wesner Miller in Washington Co., MD. are a needle in a haystack. Wish I could find out about their parents and siblings. I can't remember who was the last list owner? Jo Ann -----Original Message----- From: OhioWeaver@aol.com To: WESNER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 3 May 2005 09:46:09 EDT Subject: Re: [WESNER] List admin post, please read Hi Jo Ann I seem to remember there was alot about Nancy Eaton. Have you spoken to the previous list owner? I think that was his family line. Do you have the info about the village known as WESSNERVILLE, Pa.? There were so many (and the original spelling then was Wessner and Wessener and a few other spellings) that they had their own village. Some REAL land deed searching has never been done on this place and I wanted to ask if you have ANY land records? Good luck, Diane ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

I don't really have a question - just trying to help generate some volume! I'm descended from Jacob and Cora Belle Wesner, married 1895, but my dad's cousin Brenda is more of a family historian than I am. Thanks a lot for running this list! I usually only lurk, but the posts are interesting. Caryn Wesner-Early Arlington, VA --- WESNER-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > I would like to clear out bad/old/bouncing emails...the only way to > do this is for there to be more than a few posts within a 24 hour time. > Can you all please post to the list... * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * Safety is not the highest good. * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com