The Bohr family originally of Langenfeld, West Germany. The earliest known ancestors were Peter Bohr born 1650 and Anna Pung born 1650, parents of Johann Bohr born 1680 in Langenfeld, Province of Coblenz, Germany. The immigrant ancestor, Mathias Bohr (1824-1883), son of Michael Bohr and Anna Schueller, was born in Langenfeld. He married 1848 Gertrude Doll (Tholl) (1828-1907), daughter of Mathias Doll (Tholl) and Katherine Miller. He immigrated to...

Daniel Vance (1843-1895), the son of Elmer Franklin Vance, was born in Ohio and moved to Indiana with his family at age eight. He married Loretta Haley (1868-1924), daughter of James Haley and Caroline Matthews in 1868 in Indiana. They moved to Ida County, Iowa, in 1877. Daniel died in 1895 at Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa. Loretta married 2) Alfred Fred Upham in 1900. She died at Cerro Gordo, Iowa. Descendants live in Iowa and elsewhere. Includes...

Valentine H. Smith was born 22 July 1838 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Frederick Kline Smith (1801-1873) and Mary Hiltebeitel (1808-1867). He married Elizabeth Walter (1834-1913) 2 January 1862 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had seven children. Valentine died in 1890. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Includes Bennett, Reiter, Walter and related families.

Matthew Whipple was born in Essex, England in about 1560. His son, Matthew Whipple II (1590-1647), married Anne Hawkins (1605-1643) in Bocking, Essex, England and they immigrated to America. They settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. They were the parents of eight children. Another Whipple who settled in America was John Whipple (1618-1675). he was born in either England or Wales and settled first in Dorchester, Massachusetts where he married Sarah Darling....

Nicholas Graffis (1746-1822) immigrated (with his parents and their family) from Germany to York County, Pennsylvania in 1749, served in the Revolutionary War, and married Maria Elizabel Correll (Coryell?) in 1769. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, Indiana, New Hampshire, California and elsewhere.

Peter Jacoby (d.1761) married Maria Elizabeth Heuer, and in 1741 the family immigrated from the Palatinate of Germany to Philadelphia, settling in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is presumed that Maria Elizabeth Jacoby died about l January 1790. " ... The administrators bond was dated 7 Jan. 1790 ... Both Peter and Maria Elizabeth Jacoby were buried in the grave yard at the Tohickon Church."--P. 81 located in Bedminister Tp. Includes information...