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Barbara Mehlheimer (1823-1906), Floods, Flames and Celebrations, 52 Ancestors...
As I work with the information I have for each of my ancestors when I write these articles, something profound, remarkable or defining seems to emerge for each person. Something that is representative...
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Philip Jacob Miller (c1726-1799), Buried on a Missing Island?, 52 Ancestors #119
Philip Jacob Miller was born about 1726 in Germany to Johann Michael Mueller, spelled Miller here in the US, and Suzanna Agnes Berchtol (Bechtol, Bechtel) and was an infant or child when arriving in...
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Magdalena Miller, Probably Not Rochette (c1730-1800/1808), Grandmother to 97,...
Magdalena, such a beautiful name. Biblical of course, but then her family was Brethren, so a Biblical name isn’t the least bit surprising. It’s somehow a bit ironic that the only mention, anyplace of...
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Jacob Lentz (1783-1870), Shipwrecked, 52 Ancestors #121
This article took not months, but years to prepare. I have written and rewritten the story of Jacob several times now, and even yet this week while preparing the final draft, I made new discoveries as...
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Jacob Lentz (1783-1870), The Brick Wall Falls, 52 Ancestors #122 Part 2
You remember Jacob from last week, you say? What is he doing back again? What more could there possibly be to tell? Hold tight, because a huge, huge brick wall fell this week. Behind that wall, a...
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Fredericka (Not) Moselman, But Ruhle/Reuhle (1788-1863) and The Voyage From...
Fredericka Lentz is one of the women we only knew through her husband and children, as of two weeks ago. Last week, we expanded Fredericka’s life through German church records, and this week…well…you...
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Margaret Lentz (1822-1903), The Seasons and the Sundays, 52 Ancestors #124
Margaret Elizabeth Lentz was born on December 31, 1822, New Year’s Eve, in Pennsylvania, probably in Cumberland County near Shippensburg, to Jacob Lentz and Johanna Fridrica Ruhle or Reuhle. Her mother...
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John David Miller (1812-1902), Never In His Wildest Dreams, 52 Ancestors #125
John David Miller was born April 6, 1812 in Montgomery County, Ohio to David Miller and Catharina Schaeffer. Catharina, his mother, was a widow with two children when she married David Miller on...
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David Miller (1781-1851), Tamed 3 Frontiers, 52 Ancestors #126
David Miller was born on July 30, 1781 to Daniel Miller and Elizabeth Ulrich, according to his father’s Bible. David has been said to have been born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, but I believe he...
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Catharina Schaeffer (c1775-c1826) and the Invisible Hand of Providence, 52...
Catharina Schaeffer was born about 1774 to Johann Nicholas Schaeffer and Susanna DeTurk in Berks County, Pennsylvania. While many church records still exist and are available for the genealogist, it...
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Jakob Lenz (1748-1821), Vinedresser, 52 Ancestors #128
Today, I get to write the article I thought I’d never ever write. For a genealogist, this is red letter day! Not only the fact THAT I get to write about this person that I never thought I’d identify,...
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Maria Margaretha Grubler (1748-1823), A Woman of Steel Resolve,52 Ancestors #129
Maria Margaretha Grubler or Gribler (present day spelling) was born on May 4th, 1748 and baptized the same day in Beutelsbach, Wurttemberg, Germany to Johann George Grubler and Katharina Nopp, both...
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Daniel Miller (1755-1822), Musical Graves, 52 Ancestors #130
There are just too many Daniel Milles in Montgomery County, Ohio in the early 1800s, all Brethren, of course, and therefore, running with the same crowds and very difficult to tell apart. In order to...
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Elizabeth Ulrich Miller (c1755-1832), Listening for Samuel’s Voice, 52...
Elizabeth Ulrich was born about 1755 to Stephen Ulrich and his wife, Elizabeth, surname unknown, probably in Frederick County, Maryland. Elizabeth lived about 77 years and died in 1832 in Montgomery...
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Radegonde Lambert (1621/1629-1686/1693), European, Not Native, 52 Ancestors #132
The first Acadians began arriving on the island of Nova Scotia in eastern maritime Canada in 1604, settling in 1605 near to what is today Annapolis Royal. By Mikmaq – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,...
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Stephen Ulrich (c1720–1783/1785), Twice Naturalized Brethren, 52 Ancestors #133
There is a lot of unsourced information about Stephen Ulrich (Jr.) on the web. As Dwayne Wrightsman, another of Stephen’s many descendants, said about Stephen, “so much has been said and so little is...
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Elizabeth Ulrich (c 1720 – 1758/1782), Not a Cripe, 52 Ancestors #134
Elizabeth Ulrich, the wife of Stephen Ulrich (Jr.), has been rumored as long as I’ve been researching this family to be a Cripe, supposedly the daughter of Jacob Cripe, but she isn’t. Unfortunately, we...
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Another Daniel Miller – A Y DNA Tale – 52 Ancestors #135
Just when you think you have the family all straightened out, a left hook comes along, sneaks up and sucker-punches you. Indeed, as if there wasn’t enough confusion about the various Daniel Millers, we...
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Stephen Ulrich Sr., (born c1690), The Conewago Settlement and the Border War,...
Unfortunately, we have very few records on Stephen Ulrich Sr., and those we do have often introduce more questions than they provide answers. The Ulrich, Miller and Stutzman families reach back into...
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The 1709ers – German Palatinates – 52 Ancestors #137
I’m betting that a lot of you don’t know who the 1709ers were. I didn’t until I discovered I was descended from 1709ers, and then became immediately and compulsively interested in these people, their...
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