Jim Avery's Comments

I did not know that. What is his name? I took a photography course in college and love to take pics too. I would be interested in seeing some of his. My genealogy research all began because of a Kleckner relative, Henry, who was married to Sarah Brocklehurst. The family story was that she was Irish or her mother was and I have been trying for 3 years to find out her mother's maiden name. Her father was Levi Brocklehurst. Have you come across any of those names?

Yes, Your John was a brother to my Johan Nicholas and their father was Johan Anton or Anthony. So we are distant cousins.

My Kleckner (originally Gloeckner from Switzerland) goes back to Jacob Gloeckner in 1665. Your names are not fimiliar to me but I have not yet charted all the descendents in the Kleckner line. My family is from Lehigh Valley PA, specifically Catasauqua, Northampton and Klecknersville. I will do some more research and let you know if I find your family.

Look under the Groups and didn't see anything listed under Wolford, am I not looking in the right place?

yes was on the chat today.

Hi Jim---Sorry it took me so long to respond---still not used to getting around this site. I have a Matthias Snook in my line, but my direct line comes via John who I've tracked to Vinton Co., Ohio in the early 1800 tax rolls. But I still haven't determined which Snook line he came from. I'm pretty sure they were in New Jersey and then Allegany Co., MD before moving west to Ohio and then Iowa in the 1830s.

Sounds interesting! I hope I can help you find what you are looking for. The next time I go to my history center to research I'll be sure to add that name to my list!

Sorry I'm just now responding. I haven't been on here in a while. I'm not familiar with a Chris Spangler/Spengler in my particular line. But most of my Spanglers are from PA and NC. I'll double check my records to see if I can find him anywhere in there and get back to you.

Jim.... I'm so sorry that I haven't been back to you soon. I had computer problems this summer and lost my messages and my list of contacts. I also couldn't recall the name of this site until this morning when I decided to do a serious search and found it. I will take a look at our Avery connection and get back to you.

I went to the site (about the Kimmel family) you posted in the PA Chat tonight; I have bookmarked it, so that I can recheck the information for use in my genealogy/family history.
Thank you for the tip.
Sue

Sorry I was called away from the Chat before I could say bye. My bad. I do know about Bro Angonius he is mentioned frequently in Sangmeisters diaries. He sounds like one of the truly pious monks. I spent this afternoon with Annette K. Burgert who wrote "Palatine origions of some Pennsylvania pioneers" and a book about the Ephrata Cloister.

Long story short; wife and I shopping, she meets an old classmate and introduces me. Friend stares at me and said "Gee, that is convenient," Never have figured out what she was talking about ???????????????? :-)

Jim, I lost your email address. I would like to request the transcript of the Mennonite chat from Sunday evening. My email address is mccormack44@mchsi.com

Hi Jim....Let me know the details of the Steinmetz's you are looking for and I'll see if I can help. Please note that I am recently digging up my genealogy work after a bit of a break so my memory is fuzzy! I'm getting back into the swing of it though so would love to see if we can help each other with Steinmetz info! Thanks!

I have Comfort's from these areas and I have some Avery's, but I don't have either one of those names as of yet. My research is on hold at the moment.

Hi Jim, Thanks for the ancestry.com offer. I have used familysearch.com quite extensively. We are headed out of town, to NW Pennsylvania (Elk County) for a couple weeks starting tomorrow. Only communication is via cell phone so this discussion will have to be suspended for awhile. I am certainly interested in continuing Snook research and your inputs. Thanks again. -Ted

Jim, Thanks for the inputs. I can not verify very much of what you wrote. All on-line US Census data paths (except 1880) appear to go through Ancestry.com. No, I am not a member of Ancestry.com. Not yet, anyway. And, again, the 1880 census record and an obituary are all that I have about MY Levi W. Snook. I do not have the names of his parents. I do not have the names of siblings (other than Elias) The family lore had him moving to Johnsonburg, Elk County, PA, to "help" build a paper mill (it's still there, making magazine and computer paper) in the 1890's. He was married to Harriet Melissa (Berry) at the time. She refused to move with him, they got into a quarrel that ended in divorce. Harriet remarried James Pierce. The family lore of Levi got vague. No one seems to know for sure what happened to him after he left Johnsonburg. They "thought" that he may have gone to live near his older brother, Elias, in Franklin, Venango County, where he "may" have died. There was never a suggestion that he "may" have remarried and moved to California. That's a twist. Although not unlikely. A twist of fate, Harriet died while visiting her daughter, Mary M. (my G'Ma) in Johnsonburg and is now buried there, along with J. Pierce. That, after her very determined obstinance to moving there with Levi. Too, I have the newspaper obituary notice of Elias' death but not Levi's. Again, thanks for the info.

Jim, I just looked at our Avery/Schuck book. Looks like we go back to a Mark Avery born 25 Nov 1820, but we don't know where. He married Helen Colborn in Wisconsin. If anyone goes back to this line, they can let me know.

Jim, I am really new to these discussion groups, etc. I looked at the Avery surname group and got a message that it doesn't exist, so how do I get into the Avery discussion group? We have a cousin who has done extensive work on our Avery line and if I can share that with anyone, I'd be happy to.