Person:Philip Glasser (1)

PHILIP was probably born in the area of the village of WALDGREHWEILER, which is in the Palatinate, and not connected to Bavaria! There also were Glassers (with an umlaut) in Ransweiler, which is a village about a mile east of Waldgrehweiler.

The "heart" of "White Creek's" research, and posting of over 2,700 people to this WeRelate website, are the pioneers who migrated from the WALDGREHWEILER area of the Palatinate to America. The first arrivals went to the remote, hilly region of Tuscarawas County, Ohio beginning about 1834. Later, some of them migrated on to Wabash County, Indiana. According to the HISTORY OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, OHIO (1884) Daniel Lower was the first to relocate in circa 1848. Later migrants from the Waldgrehweiler area, went directly to Wabash County.

The GEIBEL family is a perfect example of this migration. It seems the parents and some of the children (and grandchildren) migrated to America in circa 1852. It seems they went directly to Wabash County, where two of the daughters had already migrated. Therefore, there was no apparent reason for the rest of the family to stop over in Tuscarawas County. These two daughters had earlier migrated to Tuscarawas County, where they met and married their husbands there, and later migrated on to Wabash County, in circa 1848. Perhaps with the Daniel Lower group?

One of the Geibel parents who migrated in circa 1852 was the wife, Elisabetha (GLASSER) Geibel. Elisabetha was born in circa 1787, perhaps in Waldgrehweiler? All but one of her children were born there! Perhaps she was the sister of Philip Glasser of this WeRelate.org page? It seems logical, but there has been no connection made between the two Waldgrehweiler village migration lines. Therefore, these families still don't directly connect, even in these WeRelate pages, however compelling the evidence is. However, if two unwed sisters went off to America (perhaps at different times) and arrived in a remote area of America, where people with the same surname of their mother lived, who migrated from the same tiny village, then the evidence is very strong! We just have to prove it!

--White Creek 11:43, 3 December 2012 (EST)

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971.