Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Heard (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. Some immigrated to Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia in the 1600's. In the 1700's, some settled in Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and West...

Jacob Bower (1754-1825) moved from Pennsylvania to Maryland, served in the Revolutionary War, married Anna Rohrer in 1782 at Hagerstown, Maryland, and moved to Stark County, Ohio. Descendants lived in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, California and elsewhere.

Isaac Samuel Smith was born 31 December 1857 in Brigham City, Utah. His parents were Samuel Smith and Sarah Jane Ingraham. He married Harriet Camilla Ensign and they had twelve children. He married Elizabeth Fuhriman and they had seven children. He died 30 March 1914. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Utah, Idaho and California.

Edward M. Dawson was born in England about 1836. With his parents Dennis and Ellen Dawson and 2 daughters Ellen and Jane, they arrived in New York City about the middle of the 19th century. Edward married Margaret Graham in 1861. Edward was a butcher by trade. He enlisted in the Civil War in Co. B, Independent Battalion, New York Infantry for 3 years. Edward and Margaret had six children.

Thomas John Hopkins (1871-1938) son of David Robert Hopkins and Keziah Shore, was born in Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales. His family came to America in 1872 and settled first in Pennsylvania. They migrated to Utah in 1881 and eventually settled in Soda Springs, Idaho. He married Emma Petrine Christensen (1877-1936), daughter of of Christian Christensen and Marie Sophie Jensen, in 1894, she born in Denmark. They had fifteen children.

Periodical for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Heard and their related families. The Heards originated in Normandy, and the surname variant spellings were Yard, Yerd, Herd, and De Herde. Due to religious persecution, their ancestors moved to Bavaria (Germany), France, England, and Holland. Heard and Cummings families later moved to Ireland and Wales then immigrated to Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania,...

Life story of Adolph Gericke. He was born 26 April 1832 in Leveste, Kingdom fo Hannover, to Johann Ernst WIlhelm Gericke and Sophie Friederike Elisabeth Wedekiind. He married Ellen Louise Fallon 9 January 1858 in San Francisco. He came to America in 1852. Ellen was born 6 July 1841 in County Roscommon, Ireland. She came to America in 1856. She died 2 June 1902 and is buried in Tomales Cemetery. He died in 1913 and is also buried in Tomales...

Henery Herd married Agnes Yeatts in Dent, Yorkshire, England in 1699. Grandson, John Herd (1784-1870), married Ann Whitehead in 1807 in Sedburgh, Yorkshire. They emigrated in 1849 and settled in Indiana. He died in Cass County, Indiana.