Re: Maria Magdelena Lerchenzeiler/Germany
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Maria Magdelena Lerchenzeiler/Germany
Sharon Wilson 7/18/00
SHARON, I AM AMAZED TO FIND ANYONE LOOKINF FOR MY GRANDMA.GLAD TO KNOW YOU.I DO NOT HAVE MUCH AND IT IS NOT CONFIRMED, SO TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.I AM NOT SURE AND DO NOT HAVE THE INFO HANDY, BUT I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CAME FROM THE RESEARCH OF THE LATE DR. PARKER ELROD. MARIA M. WAS THE D/O JOHAN HINDRICH WILHELM LERCHENZEILER BN ABOUT 1650 IN PALATINATE, GERMANY. DIED CA. 1728 IN CHRISTINA, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE. HIS WIFE WAS SUSANNA CATHARINA ----? BORN CA 1650 IN GERMANY, DIED JULY 1719 , BURIED 14 JULY 1719 IN CHRISTINA, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE. M.M.L. WAS BORN BEFORE 1674 IN PALINATE, GERMANY D. CA 1721 IN LANCASTER, PA. SHE WAS THE FIRST WIFE OF JOHAN DIETER ELROD.WIFE # 2 WAS SARAH WOOD SMITH. THE ELROD AND LERCHENZEILER FAMILIES WERE ON THE SAME BOAT FROM ROTTERDAM SAILING ON 15 JULY 1709 AND ARRIVING IN LONDON ON 24 JULY OF THAT YEAR. THEY SHOW UP IN N.Y. THE SAME YEAR.HOPE THIS HELPS.HAPPY HUNTING. BOB CONNER