John’s father, Henry Rhoads/Roth (2nd), arrived in Westmoreland County with his father, Henry (1st). This story is well documented by several earlier researchers, the earliest of which was published in Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1912), though source citations were not provided. This is one of those county histories where a genealogical … Continue reading John Henry Rhoads
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Catherine Arthurs
Who was Catherine Arthurs? She is one of my newest brick walls. For many years I only had her as Catherine Unk, wife of Henry Rhoads/Roth. But I started to pull the strings on her other children (siblings of John Rhoads) and found a death certificate for Deliah (Delilah) Hilterbran (the same Delilah Coder mentioned … Continue reading Catherine Arthurs
Elizabeth Madden
While going through my messages on Ancestry.com again, I re-read a message from 2017 by a researcher who said we had a DNA match (through our autosomal DNA donor on AncestryDNA.) For whatever reason, I failed to respond to her, but I made up for that recently. Lucky for me, this researcher had information enabling … Continue reading Elizabeth Madden
Henry Rhoads
I have been able to look closely at our Y-DNA match from FTDNA and feel comfortable with continuing in my assertion that John Rhoads and Mary Wiegle came from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and are of German-Lutheran lineage. I propose that John Rhoads is the son of Henry Rhoads and Catherine Arthurs of Smithton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Bear with me as … Continue reading Henry Rhoads
Richard Cobe Sr. – Naturalization update
I was reviewing my Cobe file and found that a fellow researcher had been able to obtain the 1850 naturalization record for Richard Cobe Sr. He did complete the naturalization process prior to his death. The record confirms what has already been determined:The Cobe's had been in Ohio by 1840 (evidenced by 1840 census).The Cobe's … Continue reading Richard Cobe Sr. – Naturalization update
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