Re: Pennsylvania Dutch Easter(s)
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Re: Pennsylvania Dutch Easter(s)
Doris Mason 10/01/00
Hello Doris,
Just found your message about Wigfield/Easter's. Philip Wigfield and Catherine Easter are my husband's gg grandparents. Their son Upton Bruce Wigfield is his g grandfather. They lived in Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
Catherine Wigfield
Death 26 october 1897
Place County Infirmary New Phildelphia, Ohio
Burial County Infirmary Cemetery, Goshen Twp. Tuscarawas County, Ohio
There were 4 families who migrated from Reading, Pa. The Wigfield,Browning,Berkshire and Miller's. They arrived in Ohio 1845 and settled near Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
From the Pa. Census 1838 Philip Wigfield Southhampton Twp. Bedford, Pa. Parent John wigfield.
Philip and Catherine's 1st son was John and the 2nd son William. Could the sons bear their Grandfather's first name? Her father's name William Easter.
Thelma
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Re: Pennsylvania Dutch Easter(s)
Doris Mason 2/23/01