Peter Hamman was born ca. 1604 or 1607 and was buried in Lachen, Germany in 1688. One descendant, Johann Peter (1781-1834) immigrated to America and settled in Pike County, Ohio. Reiff family is traced to Jacob Reiff and his wife, Adelheid Koch who emigrated in 1661 from Affoltern, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland to the village of Lachen. Hoos family is traced to Nicolaus Hoos (ca. 1642-1719) of Lachen. Families lived primarily in Germany with some...

Esra Z. Burkholder (1894-1987) married Lydia Z. Zimmerman (born in 1897) in 1917 in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Esra was the son of Weaver W. Burkholder (1863-1941) and Maria N. Zimmerman (1866-1941). Lydia was the daughter of Aaron M. Zimmerman (1865-1954) and Magdalena M. Zimmerman (1866-1956). Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Missouri, and elsewhere.

Joseph Edwin Weber was born in 1921. His twin brother died at birth. He served in the Second World War and was trained as a nurse. He also was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was the last survivor of his family line. Information on members of his ancestral lines are included in this collection. Includes Weber, Harbaugh, Reiff, Dick, Tear, Stanborowe, and related families.

Periodical for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Wright, Wait, and Wryght families who are related to the editor, Don Perry Wright. Don is the son of Thelma Fay "Dollie" Harvey and Carl Wallace Wright. He was born in Kennewick, Benton County, Washington in 1931. He married Chizu "Suzie" Kawashiri in 1952. Chizu was born in 1931, in Redondo Beach, California to Chiyoko Yoshiazaki and Jiro Kawashiri. The Wrights and their...

Matthias Reiff Longacre was born 6 June 1836 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. His first wife, Mary J. Goodwin (1837-1879), he married 8 June 1858. His second marriage was to Mary J. Vanderbilt (1846-1893) on 31 August 1882. His third and final marriage was to Regina V. Noll on 5 June 1901. Matthias died 15 May 1911 in Oleander, California. .

Jost Bally was born 25 Mar. 1795 in the parish of Sembach, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany to Jost Bally and Katharina Althaus. He married Elizabeth Bahr on 25 Mar. 1828 in Sembach Parish, the daughter of Johann Bahr and Susanna Von Huben of Rehborn, Germany. Jost and Elizabeth emigrated to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in July of 1829 with their six month old son John. Following the births of two more sons, Jacob and Adam, they moved to Ashland County,...

Peter "Adam" Herber was born 1836 in Erfurt, Saxony, Germany and died 1919 in Michigan. He married Sarah "Sally" C. Hallman in 1859 in Ontario, Canada. She was born in Ontario and died in Michigan. Includes both ancestors and descendants. Some descendants are located in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York. Includes Bergey, Clemmer, Detweiler, Harley, Hunsberger, Reiff, Tyson, and other related...

Nikolaus Nothum was born in 1739 in Differdange, Luxembourg. He married Anne Maria Krieger in 1796 in Bogarsch, Hungary. Antoine Cherrier was born in about 1710 in Bourgaltroff, Lothringen, France. Descendants Michael Nothum (1860-1929) and Magdalena Cherrier (1867-1961) married in 1886 in Sekeschut, Hungary. Magdalena died in 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Hungary, France, Missouri, Arizona and California....

Christian Martin, born in 1669 in Switzerland, immigrated with his wife, Ells, and their two daughters to the Palatinate in Germany. Their four sons preceded them to Germany and then to Pennsylvania. The family was reunited in 1731 in Weaverland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This work traces their descendants through seven generations to Clement W. Martin and his descendants.