My mother's maiden name was Edith Wolford of Conesville Iowa, and I can say with some certainty that she was of the German Wolford's. The reason I say this is sometime ago I read about the church they attended in Conesville and how when the preacher left they were looking for another who spoke german... I have communicated with Mickey over the years, and by the way Mickey where are you living in Arizona. My oldest brother is living in Greenvalley now... Don Williams Eugene, OR >From: Mickeyfix@aol.com >Reply-To: WOOLFORD-L@rootsweb.com >To: WOOLFORD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Oral CARTER >Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:00:09 EST > >Jim > >Long time ago, the Postmistress of Salamanca called me to tell me that >her >Grandfather John,deserted his family.(and that he was my grandfather too) >Her John was not my Grandpa John who had 10 kids and was with them to the >end. >However, the name Reyless came up somehow but I'm not familiar with any >connection to my clan of Wolfords. >I do know that the Wolfords of Butler and Venango counties were located >near >the Cornplanter Reservation(Salamanca). >My GUESS is that the Bell Twp.Wolfords came from the Christian Wolford clan >of Loyalhanna, Westmoreland Co. >Christian was around in the late 1700's and may have come from the German >branch in Bedford Co. >If I stumble across any further information I'll send it to you. >Max Mickey(Wolford) > > >============================== >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 >