Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Barger (and variant spelligns) families in the United States.

Thomas Rukavina (1877-1952) emigrated from near Perusic, Gospic County, Lika Province in Croatia (then in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire) to Baltimore, Maryland in 1900, moved to Chicago, Illinois (from where he went to many states for temporary work). He married Lucy Basi in 1913 in Chicago, and later moved to Virginia, Minnesota. Descendants lived in Minnesota, Illinois and elsewhere.

Joseph Loomis (ca. 1590-1658), the emigrant ancestor, was the son of John and Agnes Lyngwood Loomis, born in England. He was a woolen-draper in Braintree, Essex Co., England. He married Mary White (1590-1652), daughter of Robert and Bridget Allgar White of Messing, Co. Essex, England, in 1614. They sailed from London on Apr. 11, 1638 in the ship "Susan and Ellen", and arrived at Boston on July 17, 1638. In 1639 he and his family settled in Windsor,...

The earliest Peeler ancestor was Johannes Buller, who came to Philadelphia, via London, from Germany in 1727. His son, Michael Bueler, moved to Rowan County, North Carolina from Pennsylvania in 1748. All of his children used the surname Peeler. George Walter Peeler (1895-1970) married Carrie May Holshouser (1896-1983) in 1920. The earliest known Holshouser was Casper Holshouser (d. ca. 1784), who married Margaretha Bingham (d. 1783) 1732. He was...

Chiefly genealogical tables. Francis Barger (1831-1900) of Clear Spring, Maryland, was the son of Obadiah Barger (1812-1882) and Rachel Nugen Barger (1809-1879) and the grandson of Henry Barger (b. ca. 1788). He and his wife, Mary Turner (1828-1891) had five children, 1853-after 1870. One died as an infant. Few locality names given on charts for descendants. A list of addresses for living descendants indicated that they lived in Maryland, West...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Lafnear (and variant spellings) families in America. Focus is on (but not limited to) Paul Lafnear (1837-1932), and related families, such as Carl and Olga Hoff, and their daughters, Karen Hoff Lafnear and Catherine Hoff Mount who left Norway for the United States during World War II. The Lafnears lived mainly in Ontario (Canada), Michigan, and New York. Later descendants and...

William Terry (1724-1803) lived in Botetourt County, Virginia about 1744, before it became Augusta County. He married Rachel Manson in 1759. Descendants scattered throughout the South and West.

William Henry Marvel, Sr. (1831-1910) was born in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1849 he married Elizabeth Snell and they were the parents of two children. After her death he married Mahala Miller and they were the parents of eight children. They moved to Binger, Oklahoma. Descendants live in Oklahoma, Colorado and other parts of the United States.