REUNION CANDIDATES
Step 1- Go to our WorldConnect public database, "edeversole",
(See URLs on the Useful Links page) and find the common ancestor of the relatives
you are hunting. Bring up that ancestor's "Descendancy" chart. Go to
each of the "Living" descendants and record their ID number. (Note:
WorldConnect ID #s are preceded by the letter "I" which doesn't
need to be used in Step 2 of this process.
Step 2- Go to the EV/EB GenForum for the common ancestor's surname (see URLs
listed below)and post a
message listing the WorldConnect ID #s you found and stating your interest in
contacting them. Ask them to contact you at your email address as shown
in GenForum's "spam resistant" unique "picture" manner or to post a message
to the GenForum and you can contact them. There are 2 active EV/EB GenForum's:
Want to contact all your living EVERSOLE or EBERSOLE "cousins", "aunts & uncles",
etc., to see if they might be interested in a family reunion or a
family newsletter; but you don't have their email addresses and
you don't want to expose either them, or yourself, to the email spammers?
Here is a way to find them and to exchange email addresses safely.
ONLINE NEWSLETTER
In addition to this issue (Vol. 4
No. 1 ), all earlier issues are available on the Newsletters Page. Printed copies
of the current issue are available on request by submitting
some data for the E162 Archives along with your current U. S.
Postal Service mailing address. Data submitted should be
about:
- Corrections to, or additions to, EV/EB data in any
published documents
- Copies of documentation verifying existing data, or
- An accurate description of the location of such supporting
documentation.
If the information submitted is about someone still living, only the name, date of birth and relationship will be made available to anyone else without appropriate written permission.
DATABASE STATUS
Over 300 new individuals have been added to the EV/EB portion
of the E162 Database since our last report. There are currently
1925 Ebersoles, 1998 Eversoles,
174 Ebersols, 169 Eversulls, 56 Ebersohls, 43 Aebersolds and
2 Ebersolls born with an EV/EB surname in the database plus
1346 females who have married an EV/EB male for a total of
5730 people who have used the EV/EB surname. In addition
there are 1224 males who have married EV/EB females for a
grand total of 6924 people in the EB/EV portion of the E162
Database.
EV/EB TREASURES
As we mentioned in the last issue, Shelley Cardiel "rescued" an
old photograph of Clint
EBERSOLE taken in Hummelstown County, PA. The photo was taken
at the M. E. Bare Studio probably in the 1870s. Clint appears
to be in his teens in the picture. Shelley tried vigorusly, but
unsuccessfully, to
locate his family and to return the photograph. She has now donated
it to our E162 Archives. If you are a member of this family, or
know someone who might be, contact us. The "Clints" that we have in
the E162 data base don't appear to be matches.
EBERSOL FAMILIES IN AMERICA BOOK
Numerous queries have sought information about where the Rev. Ebersol's
book can be found. Here is a current list of locations from the E162 Registry
of EV/EB Family Treasures:
If you know of the location of other copies, please contact me and we'll add that info to the list. A more complete list of the source material in the E162 Archives can be found on our website. Check out the Useful Links Page
CONFLICTING CONNECTIONS (CCs)
This is the second of a series of articles on people whose
family connections are different, depending on which
published source is referenced. If you know of more of these
CCs please send us some details; or better yet, send us some
evidence that will help resolve the conflicts. In this issue,
we describe some of the
conflicting information we have about Jacob (#59).
Jacob Ebersole (#59) according to Rev. E's book was born in 1730, one of Abraham's (#56) sons. He shows Jacob served in the war during 1781 and died around 1804. Nine (of 10) children are listed with the earliest birth date being 1775 and the latest (of 3 dates given) being 1794.
Davis' book has Jacob (#59) being born about 1752, the son of Abraham (#7858). Davis lists the same 9 names as Jacob's children, the same (3) birth dates plus others, other data, and the same name, Mary, as Jacob's wife.
We have chosen to use the Davis data, as most likely, primarily because of the different birth dates. If Jacob had been born in 1730 he would have been 45 years old when Peter (his first?) was born, 51 years old in 1781, and 64 when David was born. A birth date of 1752 would make him 23 when Peter is born, 29 during the war, and 42 when David is born.
Gerberich's article doesn't shed any light on these particular individuals. We welcome any other analyses or data that would help resolve this Conflicting Connection.
OTHER EV/EB IMMIGRANT LINES
Many families may be able to trace EV/EB ancestors back to one of the 7 individuals
landing in Pennsylvania in the 1700s, ( Abraham (#56), Johannes (#7854), Peter (#53),
Jost (#49), Carl (#181), and Jacob (1569)), and thru them back to Anabaptist families
escaping religous persecution is Switzerland. However as some researchers are
discovering, several other families with similar surnames have made their way from
Europe to the US in later years. Obviously one can conjecture that,
since the apparent origins of these groups appear to be from similarly named villages
in Switzerland, they may be related. However much more research is needed to
substantiate such conjectures. Listed below are some of these other immigrant families
and individuals who are researching them. We hope to learn more about their studies
in the near future.
SEARCHERS SALUTE
The following individuals have provided us with new
information on various EV/EB individuals. As we have stated
before, these brief acknowledgements do not begin to reflect
the value or scope of these contributions. In many cases they
are complete family histories replete with memos, sources and
background material. Most have many more individuals in them
than we add to the E162 archives since they are usually whole
family histories and the E162 Project is concerned primarily
with individuals that have used the EV/EB surname at some
point in time. Thus we both "daughter out" and "grandmother
out" in order to keep the database from theoretically
including everyone who ever lived. :-)
Stephen Flowers - BAI(Best Available Information) on 15 additional descendants of Leonard Martin Ebersole (#5033), corrections and SE (Supporting Evidence) in the form of copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates, obits and registration cards for various descendants of John (#5003) and Fannie (#5004) Ebersole. Steve is a continuing source of data on his lines. Thanks Steve!
I. Barton - BAI on update of Ivan Ralph Ebersole (#5241) data. Thanks Mr. Barton!
Craig Butcher - BAI on 86 additional descendants of William Perry Eversole (#8653) Thanks Craig!
Merle R. Ebersole - BAI on 93 additional descendants of John Ebersole (#6111), plus updates on many of John's descendants already in the E162 Database. Thanks Merle!
Paula Elvick - BAI on 85 additional descendants of Jacob Ebersohl (#156) plus updates on many of Jacob's descendants already in the E162 Database. Thanks Paula!
Kurt Kunze - SE in the form of an obit of Dilmer Eversole (#8540) on 22 members of Dilmer's family. Thanks Kurt!
Benton Gentemann - BAI updating data of James Gentemann Sr.(#3544) Thanks Benton!
LaVeta Irion - BAI on additional descendants of Isabella Eversole (#2304) plus updates to some of the data on Isabella's family in the E162 Database. Thanks LaVeta!
Flora Roberts - BAI on 29 additional descendants of John Eversole (#7833) plus updates on some of John's descendants already in the E162 Database. Thanks Flora!
USEFUL LINKS
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