My gggggrandfathers, Frederick Conrad Haller and Johann Michael Beal were among the original founders of the Blooming Grove Colony, a Dunkard settlement in Pennsylvania. To read about the colony, see my Blooming Grove web page.
ANCESTRAL PHOTOS
IMMIGRANT PASSENGER LISTS:
Johann Peter Ross, Jr. William Tell 1854
Johann Peter Ross, Sr. and family William Tell 1855
Andreas Schimpf and family Duchess d'Orleans 1848
Earliest known ancestor: Barthlin Ross, born in 1618 in Beedenkirchen, Hesse, Germany.
Immigrant ancestor: Johann Peter Ross from Klein-Bieberau, Hesse in 1854.
Destination in America: Crawford County, OH.
Earliest known ancestor: Jerg Bihl, born in 1610 in Württemberg.
Immigrant ancestor: Johann Michael Bühl from Musberg, Württemberg, Germany in 1803.
Destination in America: Lycoming County, PA to Crawford County, OH.
Earliest known ancestor: Sebastian Saal, born about 1700 in Wiebelsbach, Hesse, Germany.
Immigrant ancestor: Johann Georg Saal from Höchst, Hesse, Germany in 1785.
Destination in America: Westmoreland County, PA to Franklin County, OH to Seneca County, OH.
Earliest known ancestor: Jois Weisenauer, born about 1690 in Kaiserslautern, Bavaria, Germany.
Immigrant ancestor: Johannes Weisenauer from Reichenbach-Steegen, Rheinland-Pfalz (then Bavaria) in 1854.
Destination in America: Crawford County, OH
