See: http://www.searchforancestors.com/bios/pennsylvania/steinmetz/steinmetz_george.php for a biography on George Jacob Steinmetz
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Translation of birth record by Heiko Fahlbusch:1775 February 15th born, March 12th baptized, a child named
George Jacob
Parents: Philip Steinmetz & Magdalena, his wife
Godparents: Jacob Strübi / Bernhard Shlauch / Margareth Häberli & Margareth StrübiThe name Steinmetz (Stone mason) is really common all over Germany. But Strübi and Häberli sounds like names from Switzerland.
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See: http://www.searchforancestors.com/bios/pennsylvania/steinmetz/steinmetz_george.php for a biography on George Jacob SteinmetzGeorgeJacobStametsGrave
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The Spicer Genealogy, page 184: Jonathan Spicer. His name appears as John
Spicer in a Patent for 152 acres of land, S.E.1/4 sec. 23, T. 2, R. 6, which is
recorded in U. S. Land Office Records, Zanesville, Ohio, Vol. H. Page 225.
Patent dated Oct. 1, 1824. Upon this land he built his home and resided there
until his death.
The family name of his wife, Lavinia, according to her grandson, Henry V.
Spicer, was Barnes. His father, David Wilson Spicer, told him the name was
Barnes and his brother, William, was given the name Barnes for a middle name in
honor of his grandmother.
The Spicer Genealogy, page 184: Jonathan Spicer. His name appears as John
Spicer in a Patent for 152 acres of land, S.E.1/4 sec. 23, T. 2, R. 6, which is
recorded in U. S. Land Office Records, Zanesville, Ohio, Vol. H. Page 225.
Patent dated Oct. 1, 1824. Upon this land he built his home and resided there
until his death.
The family name of his wife, Lavinia, according to her grandson, Henry V.
Spicer, was Barnes. His father, David Wilson Spicer, told him the name was
Barnes and his brother, William, was given the name Barnes for a middle name in
honor of his grandmother.Jonathan Spicer
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