THOMAS FAMILY
ALEXANDER AND unknown THOMAS JOHANN AND MARIA BOSHAAR JACOB AND ??? MAST Grandmothers Family

ALEXANDER AND CATHERINE THOMAS

JACOB AND ANNA MAUST

MICHAEL AND MAGDELENE THOMAS

{sjt#3-1}Records of: Ron Sands
FAMILY GROUP RECORD FOR MICHAEL THOMAS [SENIOR] / MAGDALENE MAUST -10 Apr 1999
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HUSBAND Michael THOMAS [Senior]
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BIRTH: 15 Aug 1774 PLACE: Brothersvalley or Turkeyfoot Twp,Bedford Co.,Pennsylvania
CHR.: PLACE:
MAR.: PLACE:
DEATH: 1 Oct 1852 PLACE: ,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania
BURIAL: PLACE: Markleysburg,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania Parent Link Type: (B)
FATHER: Alexander THOMAS [Revolutionar War Veteran - Sgt] MOTHER: Catherine [Mrs. Alexander Thomas]
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WIFE Magdalene MAUST
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BIRTH: 25 Dec 1775 PLACE: Brothersvalley Twp,Bedford Co.,Pennsylvania
CHR.: PLACE:
DEATH: 16 Dec 1857 PLACE: ,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania
BURIAL: PLACE: Markleysburg,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania Parent Link Type: (B)
FATHER: Jacob MAUST [II] MOTHER: Anna L. [Mrs. Jacob Maust]
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CHILDREN
Parent Link Types: (B)=Biological, (A)=Adopted, (G)=Guardian, (C)=Challenged, (D)=Disproved =============================================================================
1. NAME: Jacob M. THOMAS [Reverend] Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: 15 Mar 1795 PLACE: ,Somerset Co.,Pennsylvania
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DEATH: 21 Nov 1881 PLACE: ,Preston Co.,West Virginia
BURIAL: PLACE:
SPOUSE: Mary FIKE There are other marriage(s)
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2. NAME: Abraham M. THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: 1796 PLACE: ,Somerset Co.,Pennsylvania
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DEATH: Mar 1868 PLACE: ,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania
BURIAL: PLACE:
SPOUSE: Elizabeth FIKE
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3. NAME: Barbara THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
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DEATH: INFANT PLACE:
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4. NAME: Frances "Fanny" THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: PLACE: ,Somerset Co.,Pennsylvania
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DEATH: 1846 PLACE: ,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania
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SPOUSE: George MOYERS [Junior]
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5. NAME: Catherine M. "Katie" THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
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6. NAME: Michael M. THOMAS [Junior] Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: 18 Jan 1804 PLACE: ,Somerset Co.,Pennsylvania
M CHR.: PLACE:
MAR.: 3 May 1824 PLACE:
DEATH: 28 Jul 1898 PLACE:
BURIAL: PLACE:
SPOUSE: Mary Magdalena mn RINGER There are other marriage(s)
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7. NAME: Anne M. "Annie" THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: 11 Oct 1805 PLACE: ,Somerset Co.,Pennsylvania
F CHR.: PLACE:
MAR.: 22 Jan 1825 PLACE:
DEATH: 2 Nov 1868 PLACE:
BURIAL: PLACE:
SPOUSE: Andrew UMBEL [Senior] There are other marriage(s)
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8. NAME: Samuel M. THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: Abt 1808 PLACE: ,Somerset Co.,Pennsylvania
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DEATH: Apr 1891 PLACE:
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9. NAME: Joseph M. THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: Abt 1807 PLACE: Markleysburg,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania
M CHR.: PLACE:
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DEATH: PLACE:
BURIAL: PLACE:
SPOUSE: Anne [Mrs. Joseph Thomas]
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10. NAME: Daniel M. THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: 9 Apr 1811 PLACE: Markleysburg,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania
M CHR.: PLACE:
MAR.: PLACE:
DEATH: Abt 1841 PLACE:
BURIAL: PLACE:
SPOUSE:
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11. NAME: John M. THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: 9 Apr 1811 PLACE: Markleysburg,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania
M CHR.: PLACE:
MAR.: 1831 PLACE:
DEATH: 26 Dec 1884 PLACE:
BURIAL: PLACE:
SPOUSE: Mary RINGER There are other marriage(s)
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12. NAME: George M. THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: 24 Jul 1813 PLACE: Markleysburg,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania
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DEATH: 7 May 1901 PLACE: Henry Clay Twp,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania
BURIAL: PLACE: Clifton Mills,Preston Co.,West Virginia
SPOUSE: Margaret (Mary) FIKE
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13. NAME: Christian M. THOMAS Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: 16 Jul 1818 PLACE: Markleysburg,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania
M CHR.: PLACE:
MAR.: PLACE:
DEATH: 1 Sep 1908 PLACE:
BURIAL: PLACE:
SPOUSE: Susannah FIKE
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HUSBAND Michael THOMAS [Senior]
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 29.
1850 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 150; Michael Thomas, Sr. [Head Of Household]. Listed as a farmer.
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Umbel. Family Groupsheet - Andrew Umbel/Ann M. Thomas.

Cooper, H. Austin. Two Centuries Of The Church Of The Bretheren In Western Pennsylvania 1751-1950. 1953. "The Markleysburg Congregation". In 1810 Michael Thomas, with his wife Magdalena Maust Thomas, and their large family of children left Conemaugh Twp, Somerset Co., and moved to a farm near what is now Markleysbugh, Fayette Co.[,PA] near the West Virginia line.

Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Family Notes (Internet) - Thomas. Internet. Gingrich-Kreider.
BIRTH:
1850 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 150; Michael Thomas, Sr. [Head Of Household].
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Family Notes (Internet) - Thomas. Internet. Gingrich-Kreider.
DEATH:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Family Notes (Internet) - Thomas. Internet. Gingrich-Kreider.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania - Wills. Book 3, Page 49, Michael Thomas, Sr.. Fayette County Courthouse, Main Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Date of entry: 1852.
BURIAL:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979. Buried in Thomas Cemetery.
WIFE Magdalene MAUST
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 29.
1850 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 150; Michael Thomas, Sr. [Head Of Household].
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Umbel. Family Groupsheet - Andrew Umbel/Ann M. Thomas.
Cooper, H. Austin. Two Centuries Of The Church Of The Bretheren In Western Pennsylvania 1751-1950. 1953. "The Markleysburg Congregation".
Family Notes (Internet) - Mast. Internet.
BIRTH:
1850 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 150; Michael Thomas, Sr. [Head Of Household].
Cooper, H. Austin. Two Centuries Of The Church Of The Bretheren In Western Pennsylvania 1751-1950. 1953. "The Markleysburg Congregation".
From Summit Mills in the Elk Lick Congregation (at that time Brothersvalley Twp.).
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
DEATH:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
BURIAL:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.

CHILD 1 Jacob M. THOMAS [Reverend]
OTHER MARRIAGES: Hepsybaugh DAVIS
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Cooper, H. Austin. Two Centuries Of The Church Of The Bretheren In Western Pennsylvania 1751-1950. 1953. "The Markleysburg Congregation".
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 104.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.
1860 U.S. Census; Virginia,Preston Co.,District 1. Family # 50, Jacob M. Thomas [Head Of Household]. Farmer.
1860 U.S. Census; Virginia,Preston Co.,District 1. Family # 50; Jacob M. Thomas [Head Of Household]. Farmer.
BIRTH:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
DEATH:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.

CHILD 2 Abraham M. THOMAS
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 29.
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.
1850 U.S. Census; Maryland,Allegany Co.,Election District #2. Family # 377; Abraham Thomas [Head Of Household]. Farmer.
BIRTH:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 29.
DEATH:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 29.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania - Wills. Book 4, Page 227, Abraham M. Thomas. Fayette County Courthouse, Main Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Date of entry: 1868.

CHILD 3 Barbara THOMAS
SOURCES:
LIFE:Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.
DEATH:Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.

CHILD 4 Frances "Fanny" THOMAS
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.
DEATH:Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898. Died at age 40.

CHILD 5 Catherine M. "Katie" THOMAS
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.
DEATH:Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898. Roadside Marker, Friendsville,Maryland, Died at age 92.

CHILD 6 Michael M. THOMAS [Junior]
OTHER MARRIAGES:Elizabeth BOWMAN Married: 1842
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 43.
Hoye, Charles E.. Garrett County History Of The Fike Family. Mountain Democrat.
1850 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 169; Michael Thomas [Head Of Household]. Listed as farmer.
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 43.
Family Notes (Internet) - Bowman. Internet. Index Of Surnames,
BIRTH:
1850 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 169; Michael Thomas [Head Of Household].
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
DEATH:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania - Wills. Book 11, Page 173, Michael Thomas. Fayette County Courthouse, Main Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Date of entry: 1899.

CHILD 7 Anne M. "Annie" THOMAS
OTHER MARRIAGES:Amos MOYERS
SOURCES:
LIFE:
1850 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 153; Andrew Umble [Head Of Household].
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Umbel. Family Groupsheet - Andrew Umbel/Ann M. Thomas.
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.
BIRTH:
1850 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 153; Andrew Umble [Head Of Household].
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Umbel. Family Groupsheet - Andrew Umbel/Ann M. Thomas.
DEATH:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Umbel. Family Groupsheet - Andrew Umbel/Ann M. Thomas.

CHILD 8 Samuel M. THOMAS
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Friend, Ethel Fike. History Of The Sand Spring Church. 1976. Appendix I, Membership Role Of Sand Spring Church Of God.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.

CHILD 9 Joseph M. THOMAS
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.
1860 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Wharton Twp. Family #2085; Joseph M. Thomas [Head Of Household]. Farmer.
BIRTH:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Shows birth in 1810.
1860 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Wharton Twp. Family #2085; Joseph M. Thomas [Head Of Household]. Based on age at time of census - abt 1807.
DEATH:Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898. Died at age 83.

CHILD 10 Daniel M. THOMAS
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.
BIRTH:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
DEATH:Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898. Died at age 30.

CHILD 11 John M. THOMAS
OTHER MARRIAGES: Sarah (Christina) LAMBERT
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898.
1870 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 202; John M. Thomas [Head Of Household]. Farmer.
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 161.
1860 U.S. Census; Virginia,Preston Co.,District 1. Family # 68; Abraham Thomas [Head Of Household]. Farmer.
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 161.
BIRTH:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
DEATH:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.

CHILD 12 George M. THOMAS
SOURCES:
LIFE:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898. Lives in Wharton Twp.,Fayette co.,Pennsylvania.
1870 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 206; George M. Thomas [Head Of Household]. Farmer.
1860 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Wharton Twp. Family #2082; George M. Thomas [Head Of Household]. Farmer.
BIRTH:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
DEATH:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
BURIAL:Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Christian Fike and His Descendants. Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, 1996. Page 54.

CHILD 13 Christian M. THOMAS
SOURCES:
LIFE:
1850 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 149; Christian Thomas [Head Of Household]. Listed as a farmer.
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
Michael Thomas Enters His 95th Year. newspaper clipping, 17 Feb 1898. Roadside Marker, Friendsville,Maryland, Lives in Henry Clay Twp.,Fayette Co.,Pennsylvania.
BIRTH:
1850 U.S. Census; Pennsylvania,Fayette Co.,Henry Clay Twp. Family # 149; Christian Thomas [Head Of Household].
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.
DEATH:
Morrow, Merilyn B. Fike. Family Notes - Thomas. Family Groupsheet - Michael Thomas Sr./Magdalene Maust. Date of entry: 11 Oct 1979.

Lonnie Thomas (thomas@utahmart.com) saw the entry for Jacob M. THOMAS [Reverend] Parent Link Type: (B)
--- BIRTH: 15 Mar 1795 PLACE: ,Somerset Co.,Pennsylvania
SPOUSE: Mary FIKE

And Lonnie adds: "They had a daughter by the name Magdalena Thomas. My research shows a husband but I am unable to find a name."

-SJT, Feb 5, 2001

LINKS TO CHILDRENS FAMILIES

JACOB M.

ABRAHAM M.

BARBRA

FRANCES "FANNY"

CATHERINE M.

MICHAEL M.

ANNE M. "ANNIE"

ANDREW AND ANNE UMBEL

SAMUEL M.

JOSEPH M.

DANIEL M.

JOHN M.

GEORGE M.

CHRISTIAN M.

THOMAS REFERENCES

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