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Comment on Into Thin Air by cindy

cindy — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:32:34 +0000

I have just learned of this story. How sad.
Was Unsolved Mysteries ever contacted to run this
story? A LOT of people watch that show.

Comment on 1922 Washington, D.C. Senior Trip by catrackgraphics

catrackgraphics — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:42:59 +0000

Thanks Philip! Good luck with your research on J.M. Naiman.

Comment on 1922 Washington, D.C. Senior Trip by Philip B. Olmstead

Philip B. Olmstead — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:45:57 +0000

P. B. Olmstead
Interestingly, I was researching the photographer J.M. Naiman of Washington, D.C.,who by the the looks of your photo, was the group photographer of choice back in the twenties. I was amazed to see your photo which is apart from the group is the same era as my vintage family group photo. Unlike you, I can’t identify the date or specific family members, but I can tell you the photo was taken in front of the West elevation of Mt. Vernon!

Comment on Here a Zuver, There a Zuver, Everywhere a Zuver Zuver! by Jan Berry

Jan Berry — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:37:11 +0000

I can document my Zuvers back to Soloman, but cannot document any further back. Do you have documentation proving the relationships between Andreas & Henry? The Cerro Gordo County Iowa IAGenWeb Project claims Andreas & a Johannes Zuver are brothers. It goes on the say that Johannes is the father of Elizabeth Zuver Kerns. What are your thoughts this statement?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Jan Berry

Comment on Here a Zuver, There a Zuver, Everywhere a Zuver Zuver! by catrackgraphics

catrackgraphics — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:44:45 +0000

Jan, You are correct, I am mistaken on that…one too many twists to keep straight!

Comment on Here a Zuver, There a Zuver, Everywhere a Zuver Zuver! by Jan Berry

Jan Berry — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:42:12 +0000

I believe the following statement has an error:
“David’s sister Juliana Kerns, born about 1819 in Ohio would marry Elizabeth Zuver’s brother Solomon Zuver, born about 1819 in Pennsylvania, she would be one of his 3 wives, creating yet another twist in the family line. ” Solomon’s sibs were John, Susanna, Lea, Henry & James; no Elizabeth. He did have 3 wives, Julia Kerns, Urilla Kenney & Annette Ravencroft; again no Elizabeth.

Jan Berry

Comment on Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania History by Tom Speers, family historian

Tom Speers, family historian — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 21:31:27 +0000

Solomon Gillespie Krepps 1793-1833 mentioned above was Noah Speer/s Sr’s son in law who married his daughter Cassandra. Through this marriage we have a connection through the Gillespie’s by marriage to General William T. Sherman.. At one time in the late 1700′s, the Speers spelled their last name 3 ways – Speer, Spears, and Speers. A fourth way Spear was later added by one changing his last name from Speers to Spear in Pittsburgh.
Noah Sr inherited his slaves from his mother Regina who died about 1797. In 1825 he is recorded as having 10 slaves. His cousin Nicholas Reasoner had 5.
There are over 17 Noah’s in the family tree. Noah Wyle is one of them. There are, 20 or more Henry’s, 9 Solomons, and 5 Louis M Speer/s, some of these spell their last name Speers, Spear, Speer or Spears. We are not related to Britney, and this is a German line from the Alsace-Loraine area of northern France. They moved to PA from Hampshire County VA / WV and previously located on the South Shenandoah River by 1744. They settled as squatters in the area during the middle 1760′s along with the Swiss German Frey/Frye/Fry family, the French Froman family at Maple Creek and Monongahela PA, the Nicholas Crist Sr family at Columbia/Donora,and the Dutch Kuykendall family north of Monongahela before the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in April 1769 legally opened the area to settlement by William Penn. Not 1773.! Henry Spears was the first registered land owner in Bedford County in 1769 that split into Westmoreland County and others in/after 1773.
Jacob Bowman mentioned above originally worked for David Furnier at the first Mid Monongahela River store at Gibsonton.
The Belle Vernon Bicentennial will be in 2013/14. More interesting details will be available during the Bicentennial celebration in June 2013.

Comment on Saggesser or Carmon or…. by Barbara Snow

Barbara Snow — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:44:07 +0000

Lloyd Withey’s married ca 1908 Fannie Carmon, evidently half sister to Lulu. For what it is worth, here is her obituary. I am trying to identify the parents of Lloyd,

Rites Saturday for Mrs. Withey
VERONA BEACH–Mrs. Fannie L. Withey, 71 of Verona Beach, died in Oneida City Hospital yesterday. She was admitted to the hospital as a medical patient Monday.
She was born in Durhamville, April 6, 1884, the daughter of Charles F. and Edith George Carmon. Her husband, Lloyd Withey, died in 1931. Mrs. Withey had been a resident of Verona Beach 50 years. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Herbert Cavanaugh, Verona Beach and three grandaughters.
The funeral will be at the Campbell Dean Funeral Home, Oneida at 2 p.m. Saturday, with the Rev. James J. Morley, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Fish Creek cemetery. Friends may call…”

Comment on Into Thin Air by Marjorie West – Missing « Diggin up Dirt

Marjorie West – Missing « Diggin up Dirt — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:56:34 +0000

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Comment on Breaking a Brick Wall One Brick at a Time by catrackgraphics

catrackgraphics — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:46:37 +0000

That is so strange. Is it still blank?