http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FLORA/1998-12/0913839966
[Last accessed 20140420. Posted 16 Dec 1998.]
... My recent interest in this area was stimulated by Sabine Schleichert, the
German genealogist who worked with us on the 1754 Flory brothers Birkenau
project. Sabine came across a reference to a Peter Meyer, who died in
Switzerland in 1735. His wife was Catherine Flory, who had died about two
years' earlier. Since the two did not have any children, their estate,
which was not insignificant, was divided among their siblings. Siblings of
Catherine included an unnamed brother and her sister's children who then
were "im Neuen Land." Sabine tells me that the phrase "im Neuen Land" could
only mean "America." ... For your interest, I have included a genealogy of Catherine Flory's
(Meyer) Swiss Flory family as far as is known. This genealogy was prepared
by Sabine ... Catherina's siblings included Franz,
Magdelena, and Anna, as well as the unnamed brother and sister. ...
2b. Magdalena Flory, marries Ulrich Ellenberger (he dies in 1766), another
Mennonite of Swiss origin; name Ellenberger in the Palatinate from 1717
onwards.
3a. Ulrich Ellenberger, arrives Philadelphia 9 Sep 1749 with a large number
of other Mennonites (on the ship list as Albrecht Ellenberger)
3b. Peter Ellenberger, arrives Philadelphia 9 Sep 1749
3c. Rudolph Ellenberger, takes the Otterberger Hof in 1757 from his father,
is documented there in 1767. ...
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[cos1776 Note: Task = locate, transcribe, cite original documents.]
