On This Day : July 6

1606 - Barbara REIST born in Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland.  Barbara was the daughter of Hans REIST and Kungold ZEHNDER.  Barbara was my 9x-great grandmother.


1673 - Hannah CHENEY born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Hannah was the daughter of Thomas CHENEY and Jane ATKINSON.


1711 - Jonathan MORGAN born in Springfield, Massachusetts.  Jonathan was the son of David MORGAN and Deborah COLTON.  Jonathan was my 6x-great grandfather.


1750 - Anna Catherine Maria RULLMANN born.  Anna was the daughter of Heinrich Hermann RULLMANN and Catherine Maria KAHRE.


1772 - Lydia WORCESTER died.  Lydia was the daughter of Abraham TAYLOR.  Lydia was my 6x-great grandmother.


1809 - Jacob JACKSON married Susannah GAINES.  Jacob was the son of Curtis JACKSON and Ruth BEALS.


1822 - John LAMBERTSON married Sarah A. WILLSON in Belvidere, Sussex County, New Jersey.  Sarah was the daughter of Samuel WILLSON and Elizabeth _______.  They were my 4x-great grandparents.


1822 - Margaret RINEHART born in Henry County, Indiana.  Margaret was the daughter of Jacob RINEHART and Mary ADNEY.  Margaret was Eileen's 3x-great grandmother.


1839 - Lydia MAXSON died.  Lydia was the daughter of Simeon BABCOCK.


1845 - Jesse Turner WILLIAMS married Anna H. GROW.  Jesse was the son of Richard WILLIAMS and Sarah RUSSELL.


1847 - George W. METZNER born in Licking County, Ohio.  George was the son of John METZNER and Catharine YOUNG.


1847 - Christina BOYER married Job MATTHEWS in Warrick County, Indiana.  Christina was the daughter of Martin BOYER and Anna BENNETT.


1863 - Louhaney LEE died in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Louhaney was the daughter of Aaron SWAFFORD and Lucinda HOWARD.


1877 - Blanche Amanda ANDERSON born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.  Blanche was the daughter of Samuel Wallace ANDERSON and Lydie Louisa HALL.


1894 - Virgil Lee WRIGHT born in Orestes, Madison County, Indiana.  Virgil was the son of John William WRIGHT and Ellen KING.  Virgil was my great-grandfather.


1906 - Aaron LEWIS died in Griswald, Cass County, Iowa.  Aaron was the son of Nathaniel LEWIS and Nancy Ann SNIDER.


1907 - White Patton SWAFFORD born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  White was the son of Aaron SWAFFORD and Nancy Alice PATTON.


1978 - Lester SIGLER died in Elwood, Madison County, Indiana.  Lester was the son of John H. SIGLER and Nelia KIMMERLING.


1985 - Beatrice Mae PENISTEN died.  Beatrice was the daughter of George Washington PENISTEN and Jemimah STIGLEMAN.

Today in my database : Barbara Reist (b. July 6, 1606)

Today's featured relative in my database is my paternal 9th great-grandmother, Barbara Reist.

Barbara was born July 6, 1606 in Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland, the daughter of Hans and Kungold (Zehnder) Reist. Barbara married to Leonard Eggiman in Switzerland, before 1640.
I do not have information on her date of death.

I descend from Barbara & Leonard's daugther Verena as follows:

Barbara Reist m. Leonard Eggiman
Verena Eggiman m. Peter Schurch
Ulrich Schurch m. Barbara Grundbacher
Ulrich Scherch m. Anna Swarr
David Shirk m. Barbara Erb
David Sherrick m. Eve _______
David Sherrick m. Susan Jacobs
Mary Jane Sherrick m. George Washington Haley
Eli Weldon Haley m. Cora Belle Metzner (my great-grandparents)