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Updated March 8, 2004

Robin Faye Boyer

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The surnames of the page title are all from the southeastern part of Pennsylvania, primarily from southeastern Berks County, northern Chester County, and western Montgomery County.
The earliest Pennsylvania ancestors I have for each:

John Philip Beyer, 1701-1753 b. Germany, d. Berks Co PA, (American Boyers chapter AC) m. Elisabeth Breunich, b. Germany abt. 1701. Lived in Amity/Oley area, Berks County.

Johann Bernard Scheifley (Schaeufele), b. 1791 Wurttemburg, d. 1888 Limerick PA, m. Mary Barbara Goll, b. 1791 Wurttemburg, d. 1882 Limerick PA

Johann-Wilhelm Op den Graeff, b Feb 1732 (prob. in Coblentz), emigrated to PA ca 1750, married Elizabeth Benfield (1729-1804). Lived in Amity/Oley area, Berks County.

Henry Wright, (1805-1878) married 1) Mary (Polly) ???;
m. 2) Sophia ??? (~1811-1889), widow of Gabriel Kepner; lived in Douglas Twp, Berks County PA.

Some of the surnames I'm researching are: Ahn, Beary, Benner, Boyer, Davidheiser, Goll, Gould, Grant, Haldeman, Hoffecker, Holter, Kemmerer/Gummere, Kerlin, Kern, Kline, Knauss, Koch, Lessig, Miller, Potts, Reinwald/Rinewalt, Roeder, Schaffer, Scheifley, Stout/Staudt, Schmehl/Smale, Stauffer, Stiehl, Trout, Updegrove, Wade, Walter, Weldner, Wright, Yocom.

I'm happy to share and/or exchange information with anyone researching these names and others in southeastern Pennsylvania. Please contact me via e-mail if you see any errors or would like to exchange information!

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  • The family of William John Boyer, Sr., ca. 1929 (125 KB)
    From left to right: Mary Elizabeth (Updegrove) Boyer; William J. Boyer, Jr; Virginia Elizabeth Boyer; Carrie (Weldner) Boyer; Charles Stiehl Boyer; Charles Wilson Boyer; William John Boyer, Sr.
 

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