David Sherk (1782-1828+) and Descendants, "Lumber Merchants Since 1810"


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David Sherk, son of Casper Sherk and Feronica Groff, was born in about 1782 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Barbara Graybiel, daughter of John Graybiel and Barbara Bowman, in about 1806. They had eight children. He died in Humberstone Township, Niagara Distirct, Upper Canada. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Ontario and Missouri.




Beery Family History


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Also includes some descendants of Otto Beery. He was born in 1859 at Langnau, Berne, Switzerland and immigrated to the United States ca. 1885. He married Mary McCleary in 1890 at Passaic, New Jersey. They had five children, 1891-1906. He died in 1918 at Wallington, New Jersey.




The Bordner and Burtner Families


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History of the Gerberich Family in America (1613-1925)


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Ancestry is traced to Hans Gerberich (1613-1681) of Altfled bei Marktheidenfeld, Germany. Two grandsons, Hans and Michael, immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1751. Hans had married Christine Schuch in 1727. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, California and elsewhere.




Suffolk Surnames


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Descendants of Barbara Hochstedler and Christian Stutzman


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Jacob Hofstedler came to America from Holland in 1736, settling in Pennsylvania. Descendants are traced through his daughter, Barbara, who married Christian Stutzman.







A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz and a Complete Genealogical Family Register. With Biographies of Their Descendants From the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time


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Mennonite Arts


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The rich and diverse arts practiced by the distinctive Mennonite communities in Europe, Pennsylvania, and Canada over a 300-year period are presented. A host of newly recognized Mennonite artisans of traditional quilts, furniture, wood carvings, and fraktur, are introduced, and many are displayed here in the hundreds of color images.




The Descendants of Richard Beckley of Wethersfield, Connecticut


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Richard Beckley was living in New Haven, Connecticut, by 1639. He lived there until he moved to Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecituct, in 1660, in a section later called Beckley Quarter. He married twice and had six children. He died in Wethersfield in 1690. Descendants lived in Connecticut, New York, Vermont, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, California, and elsewhere.