| Johann Christian Ballenschmeider Born: Private Died: | Mary Henschell
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 | Frederick Christian Ballsmith | |
| Charles Ballenschmeider | |
| Christina Ballenschmeider | |
| William Ballenschmeider | |
 | John Ballenschmeider |
| Barbe Leininger | Jacob Weber | Margareth (Weber) | ||
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| Johann (Jean?) Leininger | Margareth Weber | |||
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| Jacob Leininger Born: 24 JAN 1846 Died: 1 MAR 1854 | ||||
| Robert Haudenchild Born: Private Died: | Minnie E. Juergens
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| William Shreve | Elizabeth Fairfax | |||
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| William Shreve | Oara Oara | |||
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| Thomas Sheriff Born: ABT. 1630 Died: ABT. 1675 | Martha (Hazard)
Born: ABT. 1635 Died: ABT. 1691 | |||
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| Thomas Shreve | |
| John Shreve | |
| Caleb Shreve | |
| Mary Shreve | |
| Susannah Shreve | |
| Daniel Shreve | |
| Elizabeth Shreve | |
| Sarah Shreve |
In the Lawrence Sheriff ancestry, Thomas Shreve is the only (named) son
of William Shreve who married Elizabeth (III). In the traditional
ancestry, he is the son of William Shreve married Oara Oara (IV).
There has been a persistent (but unproven) family tale that has William (married Oara Oara) as the first Shreve in America, and that he had three sons, John, Caleb and William. This tale emerges in Shreve family history as early as 1895, when a Samuel H. Shreve of New York wrote in a letter to L. P. Allen that William Shreve married Oara Oara and:
After their marriage, the story of which is quite romantic, they came to Portsmouth, R. I. They had positively two sons, Caleb and John, and probably a third, William, who left no descendants (Allen, p. 8).
Recently this tale has been replicated in World Family Trees [4 : 3265] with the note that William was a probable brother of Caleb and John and apparently left no descendants. The source is ascribed to Allen. Allen, however, makes no mention of a William of this generation except in the context of the Samuel Shreve letter (which Allen rejects a few pages later as an interesting family history). This tale is part of the "traditional ancestry" of the Shreves and should be disinguished from an ancestry based on detailed and painstaking research.
As far as we know there are only the two Williams of the traditional ancestry, born (if you accept the traditional genealogy) about 1560 and 1592 respectively. This third and younger "William " born circa 1620 is apparently a family fable. Thomas may have had brothers or sisters, but no mention of them appears in history; nor did Thomas, apparently, name any of his eight children William. Finally, this William could not have been the father of Thomas, as Thomas was at least eighteen to twenty-four years old, if not older, in 1635, when he was apparently indentured.
Thus, we list these individuals here as "possible" brothers of Thomas, but more likely they are "figments" of the traditional ancestry whose names are partially derived by foreshortening from individuals born a full generation later, e.g., Thomas Sheriff's second and third sons, John and Caleb.
According to The Landed Gentry, Thomas:
Went to America and settled in Rhode Island, and by Martha his wife (m. Before 1649, and who m. 2ndly Thomas Hazard, and 3rdly Lewis Hues.
At least one part of this account is clearly incorrect. There is clear documentary evidence from colonial records that Thomas Sherrif did not first settle in Rhode Island. Rather, he appears first in the records of Plymouth Colony. He is mentioned as early as 1638 and was probably in Plymouth well before that time, most likely arriving between 1633 and1636. Thus, Thomas appears to have been among the earliest residents of Massachusetts.
Some researchers have claimed that Thomas was born about 1620 - 1624; there have even been claims in some WFT (World Family Tree) genealogies that Thomas was born or christened about 1624 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. [WFT 2:4810]. Even if the birth and/or christening date is correct, the location is doubtful. The birth or christening could not possibly have taken place in Portsmouth, as the town was not founded until 1638. It was founded by William Coddington, John Clarke, Anne Hutchinson, and other associates from the Massachusetts Bay Colony , with the original name of Pocasset. If Thomas were christened in America, it would have to have been in Plymouth itself, and he would have to have arrived as an infant on one of the first few ships disembarking at Plymouth. Yet, the passenger lists for the early ships are reasonably well-known, and Plymouth Colony is justly famous for the wealth of records it generated. To date no record or documentary evidence has emerged that Thomas's parents ever set foot on American soil.
It is more likely that Thomas came over to America as an indentured servant, as a so-called "free-willer," someone who was not a prisoner or a pauper, but took indenture to pay for the Atlantic passage. This is particularly true after 1630 when the bulk of the so-called "Great Migration" occured. Between 1620 and 1630 the population of the Plymouth colony and environs only reaches about 300. After 1630, many more ships arrive and the population swells in ten years to over 20,000.
Indenture was one of the most common ways for free-willers to pay for their passage. The practice in those days was to book passage and then allow the captain to "sell" off an indenture to another more prosperous passenger. According to the Plymouth Church Records [12:32], Thomas had apparently been indentured to John Barnes and then, "On the fourth of August 1638 John Barnes sold Robert Bartlett the remaining three years of Thomas Shreve's indenture." Robert Bartlet is mentioned in the 1627 Division of the Cattle as a member of the company of Francis Eaton.
The indentures were of two lengths, a shorter of five years and a longer of seven years. If we assume a five-year indenture, its term would have begun in 1635-1636. If Thomas were contracted into a seven-year indenture, then it would have begun in 1633-1634. This points to an arrival date inside a three-year window between 1633 and1636. The indenture also lends credence to a birth date earlier than 1620, as he would have been only 13-15 years of age booking passage on a ship and selling his indenture. Not impossible, but perhaps unlikely. With a birth date of 1610 he would have been 23-26 years of age.
From the early records it appears Thomas lived initially in Plymouth and then purchased land in Little Compton, now Rhode Island, but originally a part of Massachusetts. The original part of the "Old Colony" of Plymouth covered a much larger territory. At that time, Little Compton was occupied by an Indian tribe called the "Saconets" (Hills 1977, p. 82).
Thomas Shreve appears numerous times in the records of colonial America. On December 7, 1641 he was cited as a complainant in an action of trespass in Plymouth, Massachusetts (Allen, 8):
He and William Brown complained against James Laxford in an action of trespass. They attached four goats and a lamb in the hands of Samuel Eddy and Joshua Pratt, amounting to 33s, and several other sums in other person's hands (GDRI, 177).
In 1643 Thomas Shreve's name appears in a long list of those able to bear arms in the several townships. Note his name in proximity to the name of Robert Bartlett, who held his indenture from the years 1638 through 1641 [RCNP, 187-188].
The Names of all the Males that are able to beare Armes from xvj. Yeares old to 60 Yeares, within the seurall Towneshipps
Plymouth
. . .
Robte Bartlett,
Thom Shreeue,
. . .
In 1652 Thomas appears in the will of Webb Audey (Web Adey, Addy Webb), "probably the best-recorded antisocial pauper in Plymouth Colony [GMB; 13]" both as creditor and as beneficiary [MD XI, p. 8-9].
The last Will and Testaments of Webb Audey late Deceased exhibited at the court of asistants holden at Plym: the 4th of May 1652 and by the said court ordered to bee Recorded
Wee whose names are underwritten being p'sent with Webb Audey the 4th Day of March Anno I)omi 1651 the said Webb Audey being of Desposing memory Declared before us his last will and Testament in these words following viz That hee had sold an house to Thomas Sherive for 4 pounds and five shillings and had Received six shillings in pt of payment; and hee would have one pound ten shillings therof to bee given to Mr John Reyner the Teacher and the Rest to Defray the charges of his buriall; and being Demaunded what he would Doe with his other house hee said there was poore enough in the Towne; and he gave unto goodman Pratt one bushell of corn halfe a bushell to goodnan Savory one peck to goodman Sherive all to bee paied out of Debts which hee said were then owing unto him
John Bower
Martha Sherive
Susanna Jeney
The Inventory of the estate of Webb Audey exhibbited at court abovesaid and likewise ordered to bee Recorded March the 17th 1651
On two separate occassions (May 1652 and June 9, 1653), Thomas is mentioned in connection with an Edward Holman. Holman was: "Or dered not to keep company with Martha the wife of Thomas Shrive. " Holman, by all evidence was a ne'er do well who had been fine d on several occasions for drunkeness and Sabbath-breaking (PCR , 3:6, 37).
On June 20, 1654 Thomas Sherive sells a house in Plymouth to John Smith. The deed is interesting in that it provides significant detail as to the location of Shreve's house [MD VII, 72-73:
Bradford Govr
Memorandum the 20th of June 1654 That Thomas Sherive Doth acknowlidge that for and in consideration of the summe of five & fiftys to him alreddy payed by John Smith senir of Plymouth; hee hath freely and absolutely bargained and sould unto the said John Smith a certaine house and garden plott on which it Standeth being Scittuate in the town of Plymouth aforsaid in the south street on the banke side next unto the brooke together with whatsoever fruit trees and all other appurtenances which are in upon or any way belonging unto the said house and garden plott and all other appurtenances privilidges and emunities belonging therunto unto the said John Smith his heires and assignes for ever the said prmises with all and singulare the said Thomas Sherive his Rig ht title and enterest of and into the same to belong to the onely proper use and behoofe of him the said John Smith his heires and assignes for ever This sale was acknowlidged before Mr Bradford Govr by both pties the Day and yeare above written;
An interesting notation in the minutes of an April 16, 1657, hints at certain domestic difficulties [ERTP, 1656]:
At a toune meeting Aprill the i6 (1657)
it is Consented unto by Voate that Thomas sshreiff hath libertie to sitt doune for the present upon that house plott that John Porter hath giuen him libert[] to sitt doune upon for present: upon his wifes peacabl and good behauiour towards hir neighbours: untill he Can more Conueniently prouide for himself or the toune take further order Concerning them:
mr William Balston Philip Shearman and mr John Briggs are apoynted to speake With shreifs wife and William Charles and George Lawtons Wife and to giue them the best advise and Warning for ther own peace and the peace of the place
William Core is receiued a Tounesman amongst us: Richard Bordin william Almy John Porter william ffeborn John Sanford Jeames Sands are Chosen Commitioners for this toune to meet with
th[ ] Commitioners of the rest of tounes of the Collonie
In 1660 Thomas bought six acres of land in Plymouth at the "New Field" from Josias Cook [MD, 30]:
Prence Govr:
A writing appointed to bee Recorded
This is to testify to whom It may Conserne that I have sold to Thomas Sherive six acres of land that was mine that lay in the New feild att Plymouth; and Doe further promise by this bill that I nor any of mine neither my heires exequitors nor adminnestrators shall ever trouble or molest neither Thomas Sherive nor any that hee shall make sale of this land unto; and this was sold with the Consent of my wife
Dated this 25 of the 3d month by mee Josias Cooke
On December 10, 1666 he was a grantor in a conveyance in Portsmouth [GDRI, 177].
He deeded Thomas Hazard a quarter of a share in Misquamient and also paid him ,20, receiving in exchange therefor 30 acres in Portsmouth, and house, orchard, &c, all to belong to Thomas Hazard for life, and at decease of Thomas Hazard to be for Thomas Sheriff and wife Martha for their lives, and at death of both of them to go to 2d son John Sheriff and heirs, and for want of issue of John to go to 3d son Caleb Sheriff, &c.
Thomas Sheriff's inventory was made 11 June 1675:
House and land 15 pounds, horse and mare 7 pounds, two cows, three calves, five ewes, five lambs, eight shoats, a feather bed, six pillows, two bolsters, six blankets, ring, flock bed, fifty-six pounds of pewter, warming pan, silver dram cup, looking glass, etc. Total 218 pounds and 12 shillings (LCF).
References: Allen, Luther P., History and Genealogy of the Shreve Family p. 17; Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volume I, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995; Austin, John Osborne, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, New York, 1937, p. 177; Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth, E. L. Freeman & Sons, Providence, Rhode Island, 1901, p. 1656; Hills, Leon Clark, History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1977; M assachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, The Mayflower Descendant, Volume VIII; Boston, 1906, p. 72-73; Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, The Mayflower Descendant, Volume XI; Boston, 1909, p. 8-9; Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, The Mayflower Descendant, Volume XV; Boston, 1913, p. 30; Order of Founders and Patriots of America, Founders of Early American Families, Cleveland, Ohio, 1985, p. 283; Plymouth Church Records 12:32; Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, William White, Boston, Massachusetts, 1857, p. 87-88; Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, Little Compton Families, Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton, Rhode Island, 1967, p. 567.
The order of birth of the children of Thomas and Martha is a traditional one, established from reputable secondary sources, including Allen's Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family, Little Compton Families, Vital Records of Rhode Island and the Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. An analysis of marriage dates and the dates of birth of first-born children can be used determine approximate dates of birth. Still, it may be that the traditional order of birth would have to be revised if new primary documents were to emerge. This genealogy uses the following birth order:
1. Thomas
2. John
3. Caleb
4. Mary
5. Susannah
6. Daniel
7. Elizabeth
8. Sarah
| Johann George Stitzlein | Barbara Maria Streng | John Zollars | Elizabeth (Zollars) | |
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| Adam Stitzlein | Carrie Laura Zollars | |||
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| Paul Charles Stitzlein Born: 8 DEC 1904 Died: 15 MAR 1974 | Mertice (Pic) Scott
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Paul was in his early years, starting when still in school, a grocery
man, both in the retail and wholesale business. He later became an
industrial electrician and worked on the construction o f many of the
plants in the Lake Charles Industrial Region. In h is later years he
worked at home as an estimator, reading blueprints and preparing cost
estimates for electrical contractors. H e died as the result of a heart
attack which was triggered b y a strangulated hernia. Paul loved to read
and Pic enjoys Bargello (a form of needlework) and needlepoint.
SSN: Social Security #: 434-05-4571, LA, issued before 1951.
| John Schauweker | Mary Magdalena Strohl | |||
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| John Artz | Louise Schauweker | |||
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| George G. Artz Born: Died: UNKNOWN | ||||
| Carl William Huffman Born: Private Died: | Stella Mae
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| Paul Franklin Huffman |
| Immer Allen McMillen | Mary M. Crum | |||
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| Arthur Campbell | Eliza Cordelia McMillen | |||
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| Keys Campbell Born: BEF. 1893 Died: UNKNOWN | ||||
| Flora Wilhelm Born: Died: UNKNOWN | Robert Sanderson
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| Margaret (Peg) Ruth Sanderson |
| Howard Myers Born: Private Died: | Rita Wissel
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| Kathy Myers |
| Jacob Breitenbucher | Margaret Herman | Jacob H. Stamm | Jella (Julia?) Meyers | |
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| George M. Breitenbucher | Mary Margaret Stamm | |||
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| William H. Breitenbucher Born: Died: UNKNOWN | ||||
| Michel Steinmann | Margueritte Gertler | |||
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| Jean Adam Glor | Margueritte Steinmann | |||
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| Michel Glor Born: Private Died: | ||||
| John Fulmer | Ella Lucrectia Tipton | |||
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| Dwight Milroy McKey | Zella Mary Fulmer | |||
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| Wallace Alexander McKey Born: 18 MAY 1899 Died: UNKNOWN | ||||
| Philip Weaver | Lucy Ann Harris | |||
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| Carl Kinsey | Grace Weaver | |||
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| Fred Kinsey Born: 1913 Died: 1973 | ||||
| Floyd Richert | Grace Viningre | |||
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| Paul Nagy | Norma Richert | |||
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| Donald Forbes Born: Private Died: | Judith Jane Williams
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| Ada Pearl Strang Born: 21 MAR 1891 Died: 6 SEP 1941 | Edward Leander Stitzlein
Born: 27 FEB 1883 Died: 27 JUL 1970 | |||
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| Bessie Stitzlein | |
| Thelma Lucille Stitzlein | |
| Walter Stitzlein | |
| Dorothy Stitzlein | |
| Carl Stitzlein | |
| Clovis Stitzlein | |
| Wava Stitzlein | |
| Robert Wayne Stitzlein | |
| Norma Stitzlein |
Auto accident
Ada was killed in her 50th year when a speeding car came down the hill t the east of the gouse and hit her as she was crossing the road from the house to the barn.
| Elmer George Young | Frances Ellen Stitzlein | Stanton Carey | Clara Raby | |
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| Carl Robert Young | Sarah Elizabeth Carey | |||
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| Holly Lynn Young Born: Private Died: | ||||
| Louis L. Osterlund | Nellie Olson | |||
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| Ralph Pieper | Lillian Osterlund | |||
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| Rita Maxine Pieper Born: Private Died: | ||||
| Jacob Conrad Born: Died: UNKNOWN | Unknown Lavengood
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| Caroline Conrad |
| Raymond Husberger | Eileen Wells | |||
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| Kay Husberger Born: Private Died: | Stanton E. Portz
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| Kandi Jane Portz | |
| Jason Eugene Portz | |
| Joshua J Portz | |
| Shannon Eileen Portz |
| Michael Schneider | Magdalena Breitenbucher | John Ullman | Catherine Derrenberger | |
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| Henry Schneider | Elizabeth Ullman | |||
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| Cora C. Schneider Born: 28 MAR 1872 Died: 31 JAN 1917 | George Hommel
Born: Died: UNKNOWN | |||
| Nicholas Crum | Eliza Shreve | |||
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| Immer Allen McMillen | Mary M. Crum | |||
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| Marriage 1 | Sedonia Arrah (Done) McMillen Born: 20 DEC 1865 Died: 13 AUG 1892 | Eli Mackey
Born: Died: UNKNOWN | ||
| Marriage 2 | Abraham Overholtzer
Born: BEF. 1861 Died: 13 AUG 1892 |
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| Grace Overholtzer |
| James Franklin Wade | Jane Arlys Ulrich | Ronald Rogers Huddleston | Phyllis Elaine Shaw | |
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| Timothy James Wade | Vivki Elaine Huddleston | |||
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| John Bernhard | Catherine Smith | |||
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| Adam S. Bernhardt | Flora Franks | |||
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| Cleo Catherine Bernhard Born: 16 NOV 1899 Died: UNKNOWN | ||||
1900 US Census gives POB as Ohio
| Albert Henry Arnholt | Helen Ruth Breitenbucher | |||
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| Edward Wolf | Janice Ruth Arnholt | |||
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| Joanna Ruth Wolf Born: Private Died: | ||||
| Mathias Darr | Sophia Stitzlein | |||
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| Wilford Hiller | Esther Darr | |||
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| Luella Hiller Born: Private Died: | ||||
| Myrtle Thompson | ||||
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| LeRoy Taylor (Tay) McKinley Born: Private Died: | Miriam Elizabeth Gardner
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| John Taylor McKinley | |
| James Patrick McKinley | |
| Joesph Raymond McKinley | |
| Thomas Richard McKinley | |
| Paul Lawrence McKinley | |
| William Michael McKinley | |
| Miriam Elizabeth McKinley |
| Peter Herkenrath | Mary Ohlinger | |||
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| John Herkenrath | Dorothy Whaley | |||
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| Bernard Herkenrath Born: Private Died: | ||||
| Edward Benbow | Caroline Bray | |||
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| Rees | Jennie Benbow | |||
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| Aphrodite Rees Born: Private Died: | ||||
| Leeta (Leppla) Born: Private Died: | Lawrence Leppla
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| Leland Leppla |
| Nicholas Crum | Eliza Shreve | |||
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| Carolus Crist | Alivida Crum | |||
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| Ray Crist Born: 7 AUG 1894 Died: UNKNOWN | ||||
| Godfrey\Gottfried Schauweker | Sarah Ullman | |||
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| Frank Nunda Patterson | Maria Magdalena Schauweker | |||
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| Ada Frances Patterson Born: 11 JUL 1895 Died: UNKNOWN | ||||
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| Harold Frederick Huffman Born: Private Died: | Mary Evelyn Parsons
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| Lawrence Huffman | |
| John Robert Huffman | |
| Merle Freeman Huffman | |
| Sharon Ann Huffman |
| Barzillai Newbold | Sarah Core | |||
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| Thomas Newbold | Ann Lamb | |||
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| Margaret Newbold Born: 26 MAY 1766 Died: 10 SEP 1852 | Richard Shreve
Born: 25 SEP 1760 Died: 12 SEP 1822 | |||
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| John Shreve | |
| Ann Shreve | |
| Jonah Shreve | |
| Samuel Shreve | |
| Sophia Shreve | |
| Caleb Shreve | |
| Elizabeth Shreve | |
| Jane Shreve | |
| Thomas Shreve | |
| James Shreve | |
| Rebecca Shreve | |
| Benjamin Shreve |
The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641. L. P . Allen,
1901.p. 279. b.&d. date. She was related to the Newbolds of England that
maunufactured cutlery.
[newbold.FTW]
The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641. L. P . Allen, 1901.p. 279. b.&d. date. She was related to the Newbolds of England that maunufactured cutlery.
Lived with Isaac after Richard's death.
| W.F. Fulmer | Amanda Workman | Jacob Snively | Josephine Breitenbucher | |
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| Fred Fulmer | Frances Ada Snively | |||
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| Doris Irene Fulmer Born: Private Died: | Kenneth Strang
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| Rebecca Strang | |
| Ellen Jane Strang |
| Magdelena Dirckzen Born: 1500 Died: UNKNOWN | Wigger Jacobsen Rosenkrantz
Born: 9 SEP 1500 Died: 1584 | |||
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| Jacon Dirksen Rosenkrantz |
| Carl William Huffman | Stella Mae | Donald Raymond Gardner | Mary Ellen Thompson | |
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| Paul Franklin Huffman | Patsy Jo Gardner | |||
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