User talk:IowaGal

Error importing Brereton.ged

We had an error while attempting to import Brereton.ged. This is most likely our fault. We will review the error and should have your pages ready tomorrow (or Monday if tomorrow falls on a weekend). There is no need to re-import your GEDCOM file.

-WeRelate agent 20:33, 9 April 2007 (MDT)

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Brereton.ged Imported Successfully

The pages from your GEDCOM, "Brereton.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.

-WeRelate agent 09:25, 10 April 2007 (MDT)

Delang.ged Imported Successfully

The pages from your GEDCOM, "Delang.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.

-WeRelate agent 01:36, 11 April 2007 (MDT)

Brereton.ged Imported Successfully

The pages from your GEDCOM, "Brereton.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.

-WeRelate agent 10:15, 11 April 2007 (MDT)

Brereton.ged Imported Successfully

The pages from your GEDCOM, "Brereton.ged" have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.

-WeRelate agent 14:56, 12 April 2007 (MDT)

WeRelate talk:Places

Hi, Thank-you for your comments about doing research in Kansas City! I moved them from the WeRelate talk:Places page to the Place:Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States page so that they would be more visible for people interested in Kansas City.--Dallan 15:40, 12 April 2007 (MDT)

You wrote: "Thanks for the information on the parents of Anna Leash who married Peter Dierdorff, brother of my John Deardorff. I'm new to WeRelate and not sure I interpreted all 3 of your entries correctly. It appeared to me you were saying that Anna Leash Dierdorff was the daughter of Jacob Leash and Anna Marie Moyer, but also that Jacob was the son of Balthazar Loesch and Anna Moyer. Are you saying that the maiden name of both Jacob's mother and wife is MOYER?"

Yes, both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had the same name. It has been a thorn in my side for over ten years! I'm still trying to figure it out. Hopefully, another researcher will come along and explain everything.

Rich

You wrote: "My information on Peter Dierdorff and Anna LESH (LEASH) came from the Dierdorff side in a book by Chester A. Peters: SOME DESCENDANTS OF ANTHONY DIERDORFF JR. (a paragraph on page 17 of 860 pages. He also mentions Anna's second marriage to Stephen E. Miller who reared Peter and Anna's 6 children (named with approx. dates of 1803-1809)as his own. He made provisions for the Dierdorff children in his will.

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	+	Edna Britton DeLong also wrote a very short book about the Dierdorff/Deardoff family. On page 14 of her book, THE DEARDORFF-WILLIAMS FAMILY, she names the children of Peter and Christine Deardorff, including this entry:
	+	10. Peter, Jr. -- married Anna Leash, on May 22, 1802. (daughter of Jacob Leash). [no further information]"

I've heard some of my own family members pronounce their name like "Leash" but they all spell it "Lesh." But just a few generation back, many different varieties of the name appear such as Loesch, Lesch, Lash, Losch, even Lush! I will accept your spelling but add alternate names so they will appear on family pages with each spelling.  :-)

Rich Hollenbeck