Marriage of Bedford, Cecil {I199} (b. 27 AUG 1906, d. 7 JAN 1987)

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Mary Evelyn Bedford Fontaine (cousin)
Title: Cecil and Mildred are her parents

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family Connections pg 1, 2 & 3
Title: The Record of The Shobe Family in America From 1737 to 1954
Text that appears on the first 3 pages of the book.
Mary E. Shobe has a original copy of this book in her possesion
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Text: The Shobe ÓFamily
in America
In 1925 a book was published by Faust & Brumbaugh entitled "Lists of
Swiss Emigrants in the eighteenth Century to the American Colonies"
and on page ll0 of Volume II appears the following story:
"A considerable time before the beginning of the year 1737 some
eighteen subjects from Biel-Benken, Arisdorf and other places had come
to Basel, (Switzerland) and expressed their desire to go to Carolina
(America) but the mayor had denied them the Chancery order to their
Obervögte and the Council had up-held his action. Still earlier the
Council had learned of some 'plotting' at the house of the 'Lehnsman'
fief holder or sub-tenant Lienert Heyer on the Rütihard, and ordered
the Obervögte (Magistrate) to look into the matter. The result of his
report of Sept. 4, 1736 was in substance as follows:-
"Lienert Heyer's brother and Antoni Rieger of Benken and Jacob
Küntzlin, a carpenter, and Hans Kapp, a wagon maker, of Münchenstein
had discussed emigration to Pennsylvania. They had been actuated to do
so partly by the letter of Antonio Gondy in praise of Carolina,
written in Charleston, S. C., in 1733, but only lately come into their
possession through a man of Grenzback across the Rhine, and partly by
their own unfavorable circumstances. The carpenter and the wagon-maker
had complained of the growing competition in their trades and all of
them had arrived at the conviction that their heavy debts and the five
percent interest they had to pay in consequence of a certain mandate,
combined with the tithes of grain and wine made it impossible for them
to sustain themselves here any longer.
While Jacob Küntzlin and Hans Kapp gave up the thought of emigration
for the present and did not go for three years later, Lienert Heyer
and Antoni Rieger actively pushed their preparations and succeeded in
obtaining the consent of the government. They claimed to have friends
in the vicinity of Manheim in the Palatinate and, if they did not find
their fortunes there, they would seek it in another country. The
following table of their families and their property is based on FAF
and supplemented from AA and KB.
Benken
FAF Saturday, May ll, 1737
Rudolph J Lützler, of Benken, (60 years of age)
Lienert Heyer, his son-in-law from there, (41 years of age) and
Clara Lützler, his wife, (32 years of age) who intend to go to the
Palatinate.
Children of Lienert and Clara:-
l. Anna Barbara, " baptized Feb. 22, 1724
2. Elizabeth, " Jun. 17. 1725
3. Leonhard, " - Dec. 25, 1727
4. Hans Rudolph
5. Hans Ulrich, baptized July 29, 1731
6. Clara 2 1/2 years old
Anthoni Rieger, of Benken, (47 years of age)
Barbara Würtzin, (from Wittinsburg) his wife (also aged 47) and
Elsbeth Scholerin, (from Zunzgen), her mother, (72 years of age),
who also intend to go to the Palatinate.
Children of Anthoni Rieger by Juditha Schaub, his first wife:
1. Anthoni. 2. Burkhard. 3. Barbara---and by his present wife:---
Maria and Hans Jacob.
The children of Jacob Schaub, deceased, and Barbara Würtz,
of Wittinsburg: .....
1. Jacob shoemaker, baptized -Sept. 9, 1714
2. Anna, Baptized - Jan. 31, 1719
3. Martin, " -July 27, 1721
Tax on their Lb.130 worth of property-~Lb. 13......
Another daughter by the name of Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 20, 1716 did
not emigrate, for according to KB of Rümlingen, she came to Waldenburg
in 1743, though her family in America longed for her very much.
The further experiences of the two families are known thru a letter by
Lienert Heyer written two years after his emigration and an entry in
R.P. 129 Aug. 7, 1756. Lienert Heyer lost his youngest child, Clara,
by the small-pox in England and the next youngest, Hans Ulrich, in
America, but had another son, Antoni. In 1739 he and Antoni Rieger
were living in "Dolben Hagen", Pa. (Probably Tulpehochen, Pa.). in
1756 the Junt Brothers attest his presence in Virginia and report his
willingness to renounce his claims to an inheritance in favor of his
son-in-law who had stayed in Switzerland.
-----o----
The next chapter of this story of migration can be found in the
"Collection of 30,000 names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania. 1727-1776."
by Rupp, at page 107. (Newbury Library, Chicago, Illinois. #E
6968.76).
Arriving at Philadelphia, Sept. 24, 1737. In the Ship the Virtuous
Grace. Capt. John Bull, from Rotterdam, by way of Cowes, England.225
passengers. Among the names of those who landed are:-Antoni Rüger,
son; Antoni Rüger, Jr.; Burckhart Rüger; Jacob Schaub; Leonhart Heier;
Rudolph Lützler; Jacob Stokee and Simon Stokee.
The above named passengers all signed the Oath of Allegiance then
required of all immigrants over 16 years of age who were not already
subjects of the British Crown, but women and children were not
required to sign. Martin Schaub, who had passed his sixteenth birthday
during the voyage, was apparently not required to sign because of his
youth.
Within twenty weeks of the time they had left Basel, these families
had reached Philadelphia, which indicates that they had made a fairly
expeditious trip for the time and conditions. Even at best, however,
the journey from Switzerland to America was slow and tedious. First
there was the long trip down the Rhine by river boat to Rotterdam.
Then at Rotterdam there was necessary delay while a ship could be
found and passage arranged. Part of the transportation charges must be
paid and provisions and supplies bought for the voyage; for the
travelers had to furnish their own food and drink for the time they
would be at sea.
Nearly all of the ships sailing from Rotterdam for America made a stop
at some port on the south coast of England - Dover, Deal, Cowes,
Plymouth or Falmouth-where repairs or replenishment of supplies went
on, sometimes for a few days, sometimes for several weeks. Often there
was a wait for favorable winds before the ship would venture out of
the English Channel into the open sea. Cowes seems to have been the
most usual port of call for these ships from Rotterdam, and it was at
Cowes that the Virtuous Grace made her last stop before crossing the
ocean. It was doubtless at Cowes that Leonhart Heier's youngest child,
Clara, died of small-pox.
In the death of this little child on the journey may lie the key to
the repeated use in succeeding generations of the Hyer family of the
name Clara, modified to Clore, in the dialect used in America by these
German speaking Swiss families. Likewise, the name Elizabeth in the
Shobe family may stem from the "great longing" of the Young Shobe's
for their sister Elizabeth who remained in Switzerland.

Page: pg 16

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 24

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

Page: pg 19

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Imported GEDCOM file SHOBE 97299 Hal Phillips
Title: GEDCOM file imported on 16 Apr 2000.

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Shobe Family in America vol 2 (from 1737 to 1954)
Title: Book contains the names and dates of all the descendants of Martin &
Jacob Schaub
Author: Frank D. Shobe
Publication: Private Publisher

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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Mason.FTW
Title: Mason.FTW
Author: Donna Silver

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Bill Tanner cousin (e mail btanner@sprint.ca)
Title: Bill Tanner cousin
Author: Bill Tanner

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Bill Tanner cousin (e mail btanner@sprint.ca)
Title: Bill Tanner cousin
Author: Bill Tanner

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Catherine Di Pietro (e mail vdpcom@warwick.net)
Title: Catherine Di Pietro (e mail vdpcom@warwick.net)
Text: CLOSE
Re: Tanner
Catherine Di Pietro <vdpcom@warwick.net> on 10/13/97 12:26:59 PM
Greetings TANNER Researchers,
Here's the first generation of TANNERs for your consideration. It's
based heavily on the wonderful research of Dave Tanner of Halifax.
Dave's solved several misconceptions about this family including that
the
Elizabeth TANNER who was buried 28 Jul 1753 is most probably Hans
Jacob
Tanner's sister rather than first wife. The TANNERs definitely arrived
in Halifax prior to 1750 (son Christian bapt. 12 Oct 1750, may have
been
]born on board ANN) which lends credibility to the theory that they
are
the TANNERs listed as "Bound for the Carolinas" but redirected,
possibly
by Cornwallis, to settle in Nova Scotia. Dr. Winthrop Bell in his
"Foreign
Protestants", pp. 163-5, creates a strong argument for the TANNER and
MOSSMAN
families arriving in London, England on the ALDERNEY or NANCY prior to
continuing on to Halifax. In the Pennsylvania German Folklore
Society's
Vol. 16, pg. 194, it states that in a list of 122 families from the
Canton
of Schuaffhausen in Switzerland to the American Colonies, all 8 TANNER
families were from Bargen.
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Hans Jacob TANNER born about 1718 in Bargen, Canton Schaffhausen,
Switzerland
m.Ursula Elizabeth _________ presumed in Bargen, having known issue:
1) George b.abt 12 Aug 1741, d.22 Nov 1836 ag 95.3.0, m. 1775, Johanna
Judith SEELIG
2) Anna Maria b.abt.1743 m. John Nicholas WIEGLE abt 1764, first child
1765.
3) Ursula Maude b.1748, d. 7 Feb 1834 Mahone Bay, m. 14 Feb 1769 St.
Johns, Lun to Alexander KEDY of Alex. and Eliz. (PERRYMAN) KEDY
4) Christian bapt. 12 Oct 1750 St Pauls, Hlfx, m. 3 Jan 1775 Dutch
Reformed, Lun. to Catharina HAWBOLDT
5) Johann Philip bapt. 10 May 1754 St. John's, Lun., d.17 Apr 1822
Lun.
Pres. m. Maria Catherina WAGNER of J. Heinrich 11 Nov 1777.
6) George Peter, bapt. 4 Sep 1756 St Johns, Lun., d. 12 Mar 1780 Dutch
Ref.
m. 13 Dec 1774 St. John's, Lun. to Anna Catharina SCHLEER. She m(2)
John
HOFFMAN.
7) Barbara bapt. 16 Apr 1759 St Johns, Lun., bur. 7 Jan 1763 St.
John's Lun.
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I am descended from both Anna Maria and Ursula Maude. I would invite
any
speculations, arguments, corrections or additions to this very
mysterious
family.
Best Regards,
Cathy
Cathy DiPietro vdpcom@warwick.net listowner: Lunen-Links-L
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Bill Tanner cousin (e mail btanner@sprint.ca)
Title: Bill Tanner cousin
Author: Bill Tanner

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Dave Tanner on John McDoanld
Author: Dave Tanner
Text: "John McDonald (Johan McDonel- abt 1812-abt 1885)- This person just
seems to appear in the Blue Rocks/Black Rocks area of Lunenburg County
in the 1830's. He marries Sophia ELIZABETH Tanner in 1837 and they
have thirteen children between 1839 and 1862. He is found in the
census for the area up to 1871 but is not in the 1881 census for the
area. Presumably he moved to Halifax/Dartmouth in the 1870's as a
number of his children turn up there and his wife, as a widow, dies
there in 1887. Census info indicates he was Scottish, born about 1812,
a school teacher in Black Rocks, and Presbyterian. His second name,
William, is only found once in records- the baptism of son John
William in 1846.
He was the grandfather of my grandfather, E M Tanner (1885-1980).
In letters from my grandfather in the late 1970's, I learned the
following tidbits and clues, which should be taken as leads only as
the were vague recollections of an elderly man. He was referred to
in the home as Ian, Scottish for John, and may have fought in the
Crimean War. Glasgow, Scotland, was often talked about in the home for
some reason. He is thought to have died on his birthday when my
grandfather (born Hfx- Apr 14 1885) was still an infant. There is a
death recorded in the Camp Hill Cemetery of Burials for a John
McDonald at 73 years buried on December 31 1885 (cause unreadable),
Division 2, Scottish Presbyterian (PANS #12037). This is strong
possibility as a match for our John McDonald as he was Presbyterian,
the right age, and my grandfather was 8 months old at the time. There
was no death info in any of the four Halifax papers for the person.
I have not looked for him in the 1881 census of Halifax, or
checked for wills for him or his wife, or checked any property deeds.
(Dave Tanner- Feb 2001)"
Sandra Jeanne (Muise) Town - Feb 10, 2001 Edit | Delete | Viewers
| Reply to this item I did a general search the other night and
found 2000 John McD's. No middle initial and all over the country. Is
it possible that he moved to NH or MA with his son George I. or lived
in Arlington or Lexington, MA with or near Amanda? I tried searching
the county for cemeteries but didn't get any info. Emailed to one
person transcribing the cemetery lists for the county but no reply.
I've tried remembering when we used to visit Amanda when I was a child
but I don't think there were many of the older generation around. I do
remember Bessie Nowe and Angus Nowe visiting from NS to my
grandmother's house in Gloucester, I have one photo of them. The Nowe
and MacDonalds are buried in Beechbrook Cemetery, right at the
entrance near the Fishermen's graves in W. Gloucester or possibly
some at Oak Grove, Gloucester. I am trying to get a photo of the
stones. I know NH had snow this week so my brother probably won't be
going to Gloucester this weekend. I feel helpless in Georgia and sense
your frustrations. I will try more later as I also want to know where
he is resting. Anyone living in Gloucester now that is willing to take
photos of the stones and scan them? Sandy

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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Bill Tanner cousin (e mail btanner@sprint.ca)
Title: Bill Tanner cousin
Author: Bill Tanner

Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
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Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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Source: (Marriage)
Abbreviation: Donna Silver (e mail dhope@brunnet.net))
Title: GEDCOM file imported on Feb 20 1999.
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