Herbert E. BIGELOW

[10288]

1887 - 1955

Father: Frank A. BIGELOW
Mother: Della Dora MYERS


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[10288] Herbert m. Jennie Holway (1886-1974) and carried on his father's livery business, later becoming the Chevrolet dealer in Peninsula, OH. They had Lloyd L. Bigelow (b. ca. 1909, d. May 16, 1979, buried in Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, OH) who joined his father in the automobile dealership and m. Dorothy Becker - Lloyd and Dorothy had Richard H. Bigelow and Douglas L. Bigelow and these sons took over the Chevrolet dealership. "The Akron Beacon Journal, 25 May 1955," p. 32: "BIGELOW, Herbert E., of Peninsula, beloved husband of Jennie: father of Lloyd; brother of Mrs. Marcia Stein of Orrvllle, O.; grandfather of Douglas and Richard, passed away Tuesday. Friends may call at the Donald B. Johnson Funeral Home, Hudson, O. . . "

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Sarah BIRDSEYE

[42529]

1616 - 16 JUL 1655

Family 1 : William HAYDEN
  1. +Nathaniel HAYDEN

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[42529] This person is from an unverified file in Ancestry.com in 2017 which states Sarah is daughter of Edward Joseph Birdseye (1597-1690) and Abigail Phebe Dayton (1601-1693).

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Peter BREINER

[39475]

7 DEC 1808 - 25 MAR 1875

Father: Johann ("John") George BREINER
Mother: Anna Maria WEHR

Family 1 : Maria Magdalena HOPPES
  1. +Susanna BREINER
  2.  Joseph BREINER

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[39475] This person is from the unverified McDill - Bowers family tree in Ancestry.com in 2015.

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Amalric I of CYPRUS

[27243]

CA 1145 - 1 APR 1205

Father: Hugh VIII "The Brown", Sire DE LUSIGNAN
Mother: Bourgogne DE RANçON

Family 1 : Éschive D'IBELIN
  1. +Hugh I of CYPRUS
Family 2 : Isabelle of JERUSALEM
  1.  Sibylle of CYPRUS
  2.  Melisende of CYPRUS

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[27243] Robert Brian Stewart's genealogy at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/p407.htm offers: "He married Eschive d'Ibelin, daughter of Baudouin d'Ibelin, Lord of Ramla & Mirabel and Richilde de Beth'san, before 29 October 1175; His 1st. He was able to make peace with his Muslim neighbours, thanks to the struggle that took place among them, after Saladin's death in 1193. He was summoned by the Franks in Cyprus to become king there after the death of his brother Guy in 1194. King of Cyprus between 1194 and 1205. He was crowned as King of Jerusalem, but decided to administer Jerusalem separately and to regard himself as merely its regent, in 1198. He was induced to marry Henry's widow, Queen Isabella I, because the emperor's German advisers were hoping to get the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem (then only a thin strip of the Palestinian coast) as a fief like Cyprus. He married Isabeau I, reine de Jérusale, daughter of Amaury I, roi de Jérusalem and Maria Komnene, in 1198; His ? (widower) Her 4th (widow). King of Jerusalem in Acre, Outremer, between 1198 and 1205. He renewed the treaty with the Muslims in September 1204. He died on 1 April 1205 in Acre, Outremer." Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalric_II_of_Jerusalem.

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Sophia DAY

[52741]

____ - ____

Family 1 : Joel WATERS
  1. +Isaac WATERS

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[52741] The unverified file KL7M-SCQ in familysearch.org provides Sophia and Joel and states she is daughter of John Day, a Loyalist, who d. in 1794.

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Daniel James FITZGERALD

[17212]

28 MAR 1904 - ____

Father: Daniel J. FITZGERALD
Mother: Mabel Cochran GIBSON

Family 1 : Helen Audrey FARRELL
  1. +Audrey Virginia FITZGERALD
  2. +Beverly Anne FITZGERALD
  3. +Nancy Elinor FITZGERALD
  4. +William Perrin FITZGERALD

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[17212] Daniel's parents are from his marriage record in New Hampshire. The 1930 federal census in Melmont, Middlesex Co., MA lists Daniel as manager of a vending machine company and lists his wife and children.

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Anna Elizabeth GOULD

[56554]

CA 1792 - OCT 1860

Family 1 : Benjamin Harrison DYER
  1. +Franklin Howard DYER

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[56554] Anna is daughter of Nehemiah Gould, Jr. (1752-1817) & Molly Kemp (1756-1830' m. 9 March 1773 in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA)

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Abigail Jones HOPTON

[55120]

1593 - CA 1638

Family 1 : Nicholas Cooke STILLWELL
  1. +Nicholas (III) STILLWELL

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[55120] The unverified file LV7Z-J54 in familysearch.org offers: "When Abigail Jones Hopton was born in 1593, in Somerset, England, her father, Henry Johnes of Inner Temple, was 54 and her mother, Jane Kemeys, was 24. She married Nicholas Cooke Stillwell about 1633. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died about 1638, in England, at the age of 46."

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William K. KEHRES

[14092]

5 APR 1808 - 3 MAR 1891

Family 1 : Lydia ERDMAN
  1. +Nathan E. KEHRES
Family 2 : Catharine ERDMAN
  1. +Sarah Ann KEHRES

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[14092]

As received by e-mail in February, 2000:

"I happened upon your website the other day, and noticed that you had a William Kehres listed. I am sending you some information which was given to me from a Leitzel relative. My Grandfather was Fred Kehres, and my grandmother was Irene Leitzel. -- Sharon Blankenship (Glassygal@aol.com). PS. I had to scan this from paper, so there may be some typo's that I didn't catch and fix.

"FRANKLIN L. KEHRES, of Rebuck, is engaged as a merchant, hotel- keeper and farmer carrying on a business established by his grand father many years ago. He has the leading story and hotel at the place. Mr. Kehres was born in Washington township, where he has passed all his life, Nov. 30, 1857, son of Nathan F. and Catharine (Hoffman) Kehres. He belongs to an old family of this region, his father and grandfather having lived in Washington township, and, bear a name which, in various forms, is now numerously represented in Pennsylvania. The original form was Gehres, and the branches of the family found in Berks and Schuylkill counties, and in the Shamokin region, still retain that spelling as the variation Gehris- William Kehres, grandfather of Franklin L. Kehres, made the change from 'G' to 'K' which has been followed by his posterity.

"John Gehres, the emigrant ancestor of this family, is said to have come from Germany, and at first located in Berks county; Pa., whence be moved across the Blue Mountains into Schuylkill county settling in the Deep Creek Valley, where he owned land. He died in 1820, and his wife, whose maiden name was Catharine Otto, survived him over fifty years, dying in April, 1873, at the advanced age of ninety-three. They were of the German Reformed faith, and are buried side by side at the Deep Creek Church. They had seven children, namely: John is mentioned below; William is mentioned below; Betty married John Bressler and they lived in Deep Creek Valley; Sallie married David Stutzman; Maricha married Michael Stutztnan, who was killed in the Civil war; Catherine married a Mr. Warfel and they lived in Deep Creek Valley (their son is a prominent Minister of the United Evangelical Association); Mrs.Ossman and her husband were members of the United Evangelical Association and moved to Iowa. John Gehres, son of John and Catharine (Otto) Gehres, located at the upper end of the Deep Creek Valley in Schuylkill county, and was a farmer by occupation. After his retirement, being advanced in years, he made his home with his children for a number of years before his death, which occurred in 1908, when he was ninety-six years old, while he was living with a married daughter in Berks county. He was twice married, and survived both his wives, one of whom was a Reed.

"Among his seventeen children were: Sarah, Lovina, Carolina, Lydia, Emanuel (of Upper Mahantango Valley), Daniel (of Shamokin, Pa.) and Mrs. Haupt (who lives at Mount Cannel Pa.). A number of the posterity of this John Gehres have lived in Berks and Lehigh counties, some now (I 9 1 0) residing in Hamburg, Berks county, and one Milton Gehres, who formerly taught school in Berks county, now holds a responsible government position at Washington, D.C. This branch of the family adhere to the original spelling of the name. William Kehres, son of John and Catharine (Otto), bom April 5, 1808, was but twelve years old when his father died. He lived in Washington township, Northumberland county, where he was active throughout a long life, 'in his earlier manhood following fanning exclusively and later building the Kehres mill, on Greenbrier creek, which he operated for many years besides following agricultural pursuits. This mill was continued in operation until about 1893. His farm consisted of about 160 acres. Mr. Kehres was an early settler at Rebuck, where he was one of the first merchants, being succeeded as such by his son Nathan. He died March 3, 1891, and he and both his wives are buried at the Himmel Church.

"Mr. Kehres first married, April 26, 1831, Lydia Erdman, who was bom July 4, 1812, and died Sept. 14, 1834. They had four children: George F., born Sept. 19, 1831, whose wife Sarah, born Nov. 1, 1828, died March 21, 1885; Nathan F., born Sept. 29, 1832; William F., born Aug. 1, 1834; and Lydia, who died young. On Oct. 4, 1835, Mr. Kehres married (second) Catharine Erdman (a sister of his first wife), who was born May 25, 1818, and died July 8, 1895. Nineteen children were born to this marriage, as follows: Daniel, Oct. 6, 1836; Emanuel, Oct. 20, 1837 (his wife Rosanna, bom Aug. 3, 1848, died July 21, 1904); Lydia, Oct. 17, 1838; Man'a, Jan. 21, 1840; Henrietta, Feb. 1, 1842; Sarah, May 18, 1843; Catharine, Sept. 30, 1844; Levi, June 3, 1846; a daughter, March 4, 1847 (died in infancy); Paul, March 11, 1848; Lavina, March 9, 1849; twin of Lavina (born dead); Malinda, July 11, 1850; Amanda, Jan. 22, 1853; a son, Jan. 20, 1854 (died in infancy); a son, November, 1854 (died in infancy); Fietta, Aug. 27, 1855; a daughter, 1856 (died in infancy); Jacob Wilson,Jan. 31, 1858. Nathan F. Kehres, son of William, was born Sept. 29, 1832, in Washington township, and died Sept.10, 1902. He was a farmer until 1873, when he also engaged in the general mercantile business at Rebuck, continuing same until succeeded by his son F. L. Kehres in 1888. He was a successful man and left a valuable estate, owning several farms in Washington township and also one at Klingerstown (of over one hundred acres). He was a useful and respected citizen, served his township faithfully as treasurer, and was an active member of the Reformed congregation of Himmel's Church, in which he held the offices of deacon, elder, trustee and treasurer.

*Originally a Democrat in politics, he later became an adherent of Republican principles. On June 15, 1856, Mr. Kehres married Catharine Hoffman, who was born Jan. 9, 1835, in Upper Mahanoy township, Northumberland county, daughter of, Henry D. Hoffman, of Berks county, and died Nov. 11, 1895. Children as follows were born to their union: Franklin L. is mentioned below; William H. was bom Jan. 26, 1860; John M. was bom Jan. 19, 1862; Lydia E. married E. R. Reitz; Mary Etta, bom July 18, 1867, died Aug. 10, 1886; C. Reuben was born Sept. 21, 1869; Samuel was born Dec. 12, 187 1, and died Jan. (?)9, 1876; Kate A., born Aug. 14, 1877, married David C. Drumheller; Rosie A., bom Jan. 21, 1880, married A. J. Schwalm, Franklin L. Kehres received his education in the schools of the home locality and was reared to farm life. At an early age he began running a huckster team to Shamokin and Ashland, with produce, and was thus engaged for seven years, meantime commencing to clerk in the store for his father. Eventually he gave all his time to looking after the store, and in 1888 succeeded his father in the mercantile and hotel business, having moved to the old stand two years previously. Rebuck is an old-established business center in Washington township. Mr. Kehres carries a full line of general merchandise, continues to conduct the hotel, and operates his farm of ninety acres in conjunction with his other interests. He enjoys a large share of the patronage in his section of the county. He is agent for fertilizers and farm implements, in which line he has built up a good trade, and he has been postmaster at Rebuck since the Harrison administration, having been appointed by John Wanamaker. One of the leading citizens of his district, he is identified with everything affecting its development and progress. On June 23, 1878, Mr. Kehres married Sarah E.Hetrich, who was born in Washington township Dec. 2, 1860, daughter of Daniel Hetrich, and died Sept. 22, 1893. They had three children, John O., Cora A., and Gertle M. (wife of Norman Peifer). On Nov. 30, 1899, Mr. Kehres married (second) Katie E. Reed, daughter of Henry A. Reed. They have no children. Mr. Kehres and his family are Reformed members of the Himmel Church, and he has been joint treasurer of the church since 1903. In politics he is a Republican. John 0. Kehres, eldest of the family of Franklin L. Kehres, was born Oct. 11, 1879, and obtained his early education in the local public schools. Later he attended the Interstate Commercial College, at Reading, and he subsequently formed a partnership with William Hetrich, under the firm name of Kehres & Hetrich, engaging, in the lumber business and the manufacture of cider, and also operating a gristmill, in Washington township. They were associated in business for ten years, and since 1904 Mr. Kehres has been in partnership with his father in the general merchandise business. He is an enterprising and respected young man, and is progressing steadily in business circles.He is a member of Lodge No. 355, B.P.O. Elks, at Shamokin, and since 1900 has belonged to Lodge No. 5 5 1, I. 0. 0. F., at Mahanoy. Ephraim H. Gehris, late of Boyertown, Berks Co., Pa., was also a member of the Gehres family of which this, article treats. He was a native of Boyertown, son of Isaac and Sarah Gehris, and passed nearly all his life there. He followed the occupation of tinsmith, and was a faithful employee, having been with Jacob B. Yahn for more than thirty years. In politics he was always an active and enthusiastic Democrat, and held several minor offices in the borough. From early youth he had played in the Boyertown Band, first as snare drummer, later as trombone. He was a charter member of the Keystone Fire Company, in which he was very popular, and served as chief engineer for a number of years. He belonged to the Knights of the Mystic Chain at Boyertown and to the Independent Order of Mechanics at Pottstown. Mr. Gehris died in June, 19 1 0, at his home on Washington street, Boyertown, aged fifty-three years, six months, eleven days. He was buried in Union cemetery. Mr. Gehris married Ada Shaner, who survived him with the following children: Ella, wife of Dewitt Engel; William; LeRoy; Isaac; and Agnes, wife of William Troutman of Boyertown."

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Irving W. SIMMONS

[53573]

24 OCT 1918 - 7 DEC 1979

Family 1 : Charlotte Elaine STROUT
  1.  Harold Morgan SIMMONS
  2.  George I. SIMMONS

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[53573] Irving served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army dring World War II. He is son of George I. Simmons (b. in 1894) & Cecelia A. Savage (b. in 1897; m. 18 March 1929 in Maine). "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 10 December 1979, p. 34: "Charleston - Irving Simmons, 61, husband of Charlotte (Strout) Simmons, died Dec. 7, 1979 at a Bangor hospital following a long illness. He was born Oct. 24, 1918, in Charleston, the son of George and Bertha (Bickmore) Simmons. He first served in the Canadian army after which he joined the U.S. Army and was a veteran of World War II. He had worked as a self-employed trucker and was a member of the Charleston United Baptist Church. He was a member of the Brown-Dow-Leavitt Post, VFW, of Charleston; the East Corinth Post, American Legion. He is survived by his wife of Charleston; his mother of Gardiner; four sons, Harold, David and John, all of Charleston, George 6f Upper Heyford, England; one daughter, Mrs. Douglas (Laura) Partridge of East Corinth; one granddaughter, Erica Jean Partridge of East Corinth; several brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews."

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