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- JOHANN ADAM WIRTH B b. 28 Jul 1727 in Berod, Oberwesterwald, Palatine; to America on Ship Two Brothers 1753; d. 25 Aug 1806 in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA; he married on 03 Aug 1755 to Eva Elizabeth Schnug (Snoke) b. 1730; d. 1800. Nine sons and two daughters. JOHANN ADAM WIRTH was a son of Johann Jacob Wirth 1697-1735 and Maria Eva Sohn 1704-1784 who married in Berod, Westerwald on 17 Nov 1724. Ancestors of numerous Wert, Wirt, and Wertz families in PA and the United States. [Contributed 28 February 2006 by Jonathan Wert jwert-at-tricountyi.net]
- More on Cornelius Van Staveren on the ship's list of 9 Oct 1749. He was born in Amsterdam 4-16-1713 and died 10-12-1793 near Gap Mills, in Monroe County, Virginia in the Sweet Springs valley. He was the son of Nickolas Van Staveren born in French Netherlands. They were millwrights and Cornelius, his sons, and grandsons, built or repaired many mills through out this area. Their story is listed in Oren Morten's History of Monroe County W. Virginia. The information I have was copied from a family Bible dated, 1806 and was the original property of Nicholas, the son of Cornelius and Agatha. Other spellings of Van Staveren are .....Van Stavern, Vanstavern, & Van Stavoren. The name is derived from Stave and is associated with the bishop's or shepherd's crook. I am told the cross of St. Andrews is derived from the same. Another derivation is from the Nordic god Stavo ... god of storms. There are two towns with the name - Stavoren, Staveren, Starum in the Netherlands & Stavern in Norway. Van meaning from or of Stavern. My web site has work that I have researched over the years http://www.vanstavern.net. [Contributed 3 February 2006 by Robert Van Stavern robvanstavern-at-netzero.com.]
- I have information on my family’s immigration to the Philadelphia but have never been able to find the ship they arrived on. You might be interested in what I do know. George Johann Weiker settled in Goschenhoppen near Woxall and Salfordville now Montgomery County, then Philadelphia County. He arrived in 1724, and helped build the Goshenhoppen Lutheran Church 1732, (the log cabin still exists) In 1750 built an Inn (Still Exists and is lived in) also a Grist mill and Saw mill, the beginning of a town that was later called Zieglersville. They came from Eschollbruecken Germany and I have their ancestors complete back to 1602 and some work back to 1460. If this is any interest I have more but I would really like to know the ship they traveled on. If you can be of any help I would greatly appreciated it. [Contributed 20 January 2006 by Philip H. Weiker PWeiker-at-terra.edu.]
- Johann Stephan Dietewig arrived to PA in 1749 on the passenger ship Lydia to PA and then settled in the Shenandoah County, Virginia. He lived in the Northern Neck of Virginia. I am writing this in case you want to add this to your lists from Pennsylvania to Virginia. Thank you. [Contributed 20 December 2005 by Jan Didawick jdidawick-at-yahoo.com.]
- Thank you for your informative and most helpful site. My great-grandfather, John Kindla (Johann Windel?) left his home in Centawa along with many other families in Silesia in response to letters written by a Polish priest (Fm Moczygemba) working in Texas to his family in Wielka Pluznica praising conditions the Germans settlers were enjoying there. They arrived on board the Weser at Galveston, Texas Dec. 3, 1854 and founded the first Polish Catholic Church in the US at Panna Maria. My family settled in Bandera, Texas. For your information, the Polish Genealogical Society of Texas (PGST.org) located the passenger list for that voyage in the "Zietung" published in New Braunfels, TX. It was translated and printed in PGST News Vol XI, No. 2, Summer 1994 Newsletter. [Contributed on 6 November 2005 by L. Smith lsmith050804-at-aol.com.]
