Janet, You seem to know quite a bit about the Wimer family. Do you happen to know if any of the immigrant Wimer brothers had a daughter named Mary, who married George Thompson in Pendleton County in 1819???? I believe her father was Henry, but I'm not sure. If ANYONE can assist me in establishing Mary's parents, I'd love to hear from you. I believe Mary Wimer to be a sister of the Henry Wimer who married Elizabeth Thompson, who was probably a sister of Mary's husband George Thompson. Hope to hear from someone soon! THE VAN KIRKS >From: "Janet Cooper" <janet.l.cooper@worldnet.att.net> >Reply-To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com >To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Elizabeth Wimer b. 1831 >Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 15:33:52 -0600 > >According to the will for Henry Wimer I (Pend. Co. Will Book 4, p. 73), >Henry lists his wife as Catherine but gave no children's names. The will >was written 29 Dec 1824 and was proved in court 2 Mar 1825. Catherine's >estate was settled in 1829, (Pendleton co. Inventory book). This Henry >first appeared on the tax lists in 1794. He is on the muster roll of >Pendleton militia in Capt. William Janes' Co. > >Here's an interesting tidbit of information. In a newspaper article in the >Clarksburg Sunday Exponent and Telegram, 25 Jun 1933 entilted Jacob P. >Wimer >represents Fourth Generation of early W.Va. Pioneers, describes Henry Wimer >the immigrant as follows: >"Henry Weimar, one of the four brothers who came to America from Germany, >was the ancestor of the West Virginia Wimers. He settled in Pendleton >county east of the Allegheny mountains and fought through the Revolution as >an American soldier. His mother died at sea as the family was crossing the >Atlantic ocean on the way to America. > "Eccentric in passion, this pioneer held the members of his family in >such terror as to make them afraid to speak to him at times. There is a >legend that when he was at work in the field; members of the family carried >him his dinner and put it on a stump where he could see it, but dared not >tell him anything about it. This story was told by a daughter, Barbara >Weimar Life, the latter part of her life many years ago." >I hesitate to mention this newspaper article because none of the >information >was documented and many inaccuracies were found. One such inaccuracy is >listing the family of Henry and Elizabeth Zickefoose Wimer in the lineage >of >Henry. Glen Huffman (Bridgewater Va.) believes they are in the line of >George Wimer. Janet Cooper in Missouri >----- Original Message ----- >From: <rcflesher@juno.com> >To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, 27 February 2000 1:39 >Subject: Re: Elizabeth Wimer b. 1831 > > > > Elizabeth's parents were Henry Wimer and Elizabeth Thompson. > > Were Henry's parents Henry? and ? > > > > Ray > > > > On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:20:48 -0500 "rlucas" <rlucas@neo.rr.com> writes: > > >I believe someone recently was researching the Wimer family. I have an > > >Elizabeth Wimer b. 1831 d. 1922 who married Samuel Cooper b. 1826 d. > > >1893. They were the parents of Mahala Cooper who was my great > > >grandmother. I have seen the names Phillip, George and Jacob Wimer > > >(Wymer) in early Pendleton co. Is Elizabeth related to one of them, > > >thanks. > > > Rebecca Lucas rlucas@neo.rr.com > > > > > >HEDRICK SITES DAY FISHER CONRAD WIMER ROHRBAUGH TETER > > >PHARES LOUGH COLLETT > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com