From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Jan 13 18:15:40 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0E1FeSK030002; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:15:40 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0E1FblU028479 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:15:37 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0DMmdFI029560 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:48:39 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k0DMmdBL029559 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:48:39 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0DCvZFI028542 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:57:35 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k0DFOLUe018395 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:24:21 -0700 X-Envelope-From: MaeMay510@aol.com Fri Jan 13 08:24:21 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0DFOLSK018384 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:24:21 -0700 Received: from imo-m26.mx.aol.com (imo-m26.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.7]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0DFOKM7015746 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:24:21 -0700 Received: from MaeMay510@aol.com by imo-m26.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id e.46.788ea80e (57293) for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:24:04 -0500 (EST) From: MaeMay510@aol.com Message-ID: <46.788ea80e.30f92014@aol.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:24:04 EST To: Roots-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5301 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Wakesfos/Weckfus/Vickfoos/, Bedford Co., PA Various spellings were found for this family in each census for Bedford Co., PA, 1850-1860-1870-1880--1900. Bible entries found in old German Bible (Source: "Bedford County Archives, Volume II" edited by James Biser Whisker, Ph.D. Apollo: Closson Press, 1985, page 42.") listed the eldest Joseph Weckfus, born 12/29/1817 Born in Bayern/Bavaria, as were his wife and oldest children. His wife, Elizabeth Daubert or Dibert, born 3/9/1822. She had an illegitimate daughter, Susanna Bittle or Biddle, born 12/27/1844. Katarina, born 8/6/1849. She is not listed as a child but a note said her father died in 1879, which leads me to believe she may have been a child. On the 1850 census a one year old girl was named Mary C. Then again, father Joseph was found on the 1880 census. George, born 130/1851. John, born 4/10/1854. Jossey (Josiah on later censuses), male, born 3/2/1857. Anna Maria. bprm 0/24/1859. Jacob, born 2/7/1863. Maria Martha, 11/11/1867. Another entry has Kathe Louiise, born 1869. But also has the entry "The Mother died June 22d, 1861"...which means she was probably a grandchild, not a child of Elizabeth Weckfus. Or Joseph had a second wife. Edward was born October 1881. And then two entries on MAEIR, George and Joseph, both with dates born in 1862. They lived in West Providence Twp., Bedford Co., PA. I found three other Weckfus/many spellings on censuses. George, who was probably father to the others, and two siblings for Joseph: Condrad and Madeline. George was born about 1780 in Wurttemberg, Germany. His wife was Mary C., born about 1790 in Wurttemberg. Matilda, daughter, was with them, born about 1824 in Wurttemberg. Not too far away was the Joseph Weckfus family and near that family was the Conrad Weckfus family. I believe from their dates that Joseph, Matilda, and Conrad were siblings. My interest in this family is John Weckfus. According to family stories told to me by those who knew my great grandmother, Elizabeth Salone Toms Moore, John was her first husband. She had a child by him, John, whose name was spelled WAKEFIELD on the 1880 census. Story was she left "that old German" when she was pregnant, crossed the Laurel Ridge Mountains into Westmoreland Co. where she met James B. Moore. He took her in to care for his many motherless children and apparently after the elder John died in 1878, she married James in 1879 and they were my great grandparents. The child, James Wakefield/Wakfos was killed by a train when he was 11 or so. (Source: Civil War widow's pension application where she listed her first marriage and his death prior to marriage to James Moore, the veteran.) Only problem, John Weckfus (or Wakefos, she named him) was found on the 1880 and 1900 census in Bedford with a wife and children. Is anyone researching this family? Would anyone like more information on them? Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA