The Boorse Family


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Gilbert and John Boorse (Gisbertus Boors and Johannes Bars) arrived at Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1731. John and his wife, Catherine had one daughter, Gedrue Catherine, before his death in 1755. Gesbert (Gilbert) married Margareth Kuster in 1735. They had ten children, and have numerous descendants throughout the United States.







Genealogies in the Library of Congress


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Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.



















The Alderfers of America: History and Genealogy


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Frederick Alderfer, pioneer settler of Lower Salford Township, then in Philadelphia, but now in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was born in Stiensfurt, Germany, in 1715, the son of Hans Lienhart and Anna Barbara Altörfer. He immigrated to America in 1733. He married Anna Clemmer, widow of Hans Clemmer and daugher of Hans Detwiler, in Pennsylvania, in 1738. They had six children, 1739-1754. He died in 1801. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.