Genealogy


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Michael Weidler--his Antecedents and Descendants


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Michael Weidler (1705-1770) was born in Kirchardt, Baden, Germany. He married Anna Elizabeth Klein in 1726. They came to America in 1727 and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Texas, California and elsewhere. Includes ancestors in Germany and Switzerland.







Traxel, Trexel, Trexler, Trissler, Trostle, Troxel


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A one-name study of families with the surname Traxel and its variants including those begiing with the letter "D", Dressler, Drexel, Drexler, etc. in the United States.




Christian Strickler Sherk


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Family history and genealogical information about the ancestors and descendants of Christian Strickler Sherk who was born 16 June 1773 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. He was a descendant of Joseph Sherk who was born ca. 1700 in Germany or Switzerland and immigrated to America ca. 1727. Christian married Martha Magdalena Rohrer ca. 1807 in Pennsylvania. They lived in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania and were the parents of ten known children. Descendants lived primarily in Pennsylvania.







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Descendants of Otto Henrich Wilhelm Brinkman


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"Franz Henrich Hildebrand relinquished the family name Hildebrand in favor of the family name Brinkman ... [when he] was married on October 9, 1795 to Anna Maria Luise Brinkmanns." His son Otto Henrich Wilhelm (later William) Brinkmann (1979-1873) emigrated from Häver, near Kirchlengern, Westphalia, Germany to Lancaster, Pennsylvania between 1829 and 1837. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.