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From: "Marilyn Prinzing" <>
Subject: Re: [BARRINGER] BARRINGER Maryland
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:16:06 -0500
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I did some research at Hagerstown, MD and have found that the Barringers of
Maryland used both Bearinger and Berringer. My g,g,grandfather George used
Bearinger while in the Maryland Militia for the War of 1812, Bearinger for
an 1850 Census in Fayette Co., Pa; but, he and his whole family then became
Barringer. So sons, George, John, and William all served in the Civil War
all using Barringer. I have yet to learn anything about son Joseph who was
born in 1836, most likely in Houston Run, Washington Co., PA.

I am also descended from the Wetzel surname. Now that name must have at
least 15 variations of the spelling. My ancestors have used at least 6 of
them.

Marilyn: Lake Co., IL.; .
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: Hi Ron,
:
: I copied the list, something I don't normally do, but I wanted to make
sure
: that I contacted you. Since most people that subscribe to this list seem
to
: believe that all BARRINGER folks were in North Carolina after coming to
: America, it was a great pleasure to find someone who suspected otherwise.
:
: First and foremost, let me stress that the spelling of the name has been
: both BARRINGER and BARINGER for, not only the same person, but siblings,
: etc.. Never make the mistake that they are two separate families as this
is
: not true. This has carried down to my own Mother, Irene Fay BARINGER.
: Although she, and her Father, and Grandfather, spelled it with only one R,
: obituaries, Census listings,
: etc., continually spelled it both ways.
:
: While we're on the subject of spellings, I recently talked to a real,
honest
: to goodness, living German who lives in Baden, Germany. The correct
spelling
: of the town in Germany is Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg. Since this came from a
: German who speaks German, I'm certainly going to take his word. He also
: assured me that the name BARRINGER is still used in that area. I've yet
to
: contact any of those folks, however.
:
: Johann Jakob BARRINGER (my original immigrant, and 4th great Grandfather)
: born
: 1783 in Germany, died 1866 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY., and his
: wife, Catherinah GOBEL BARRINGER, born 1784 in Germany, died 1862 in
: Louisville, KY., along with at least one child, Daniel BARRINGER (my 3rd
: great Grandfather) were the ones who came through New Orleans, LA., to
: Louisville, KY.. This was in about 1817, but the date of their arrival in
: Louisville, I'm not sure of. Certainly within a year. The following
: information was taken from a book - 'A History of Nodaway County,
Missouri' .
:
: The following is taken from one of the books entitled "History of Nodaway
: County, Missouri". Possibly this from the book written in 1882. I need
: to get a copy of this book to make sure.
:
: DANIEL BARINGER
: Farmer, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, April 9, 1809, and in 1816 went
: to Holland, and from there embarked for Philadelphia U.S.A.. He was on
: the ocean for ninety-one days; was shipwrecked twice, losing everything,
: and out of four hundred and forty-four persons who took passage on the
: same vessel only two hundred arrived at New Orleans. Mr. B. then came to
: Louisville, Kentucky in 1818. In 1829, he moved to Jackson County,
: Indiana, where he bought 240 acres of land for $400 and commenced work
: building a double log house and improving a farm. There he lived for
: thirty years. He married Miss Rebecca LOVIER, a native of Maryland, in
: 1829. They had twelve children, ten of whom are living: Daniel, John J.,
: Nimrod, William, Alpheus, Catherine, Caroline, Elizabeth, Martha Jane,
: and Josephene. James died while in the Army and Laura (Lauraetta)
: was killed by the falling of a tree in Indiana. In 1869, Mr. B. came to
: Nodaway County, Missouri, and bought a large farm, a greater part of
: which has been improved. He has a fine residence and orchard, and
: the farm is divided with hedge fences into twenty and forty acre lots.His
: landed interest embraces 240 acres in section 36. Nimrod BARINGER,
: his son, married Miss Rebecca CONNS, of Iowa, in July 1881. He was one
: of the company who went to the Black Hills and was burned out by the
: government. Upon returning to Iowa he was employed on a railroad until
: he came home to work the farm. Mr. BARINGER held many offices of
: trust and responsibility while in Indiana. He is Mason and a member of
: the M. E. Church.
:
: Since most books written in the late 1800's tended to be a little flowery
: and embellished by the persons writing them, you need to read a little
: more into the above story than what was said. Daniel must have come
: to America in the company of his parents, Johan Jakob BARRINGER and
: Catherina GOBEL BARRINGER, as they both died in Louisville, Jefferson
: County, Kentucky and are buried in Cave Hill Cemetery there. Daniel
: married Rebecca Ann LOVIER in Louisville, Kentucky. The above book
: passage would lead you to believe that they married in Indiana, but this
: is untrue. In addition, Nimrod's name was spelled Minrod in the book.
: I corrected this in my typing of the book passage in the interest of
: clarity. I also seriously doubt that any ship of that time could carry
: 444 passengers. I have yet to find the ship's passenger list that
: carried this family into New Orleans.
:
: I apologize to the List for the length of this message. I have a great
deal
: of further information on this family, and some insight on why they moved
to
: Nodaway County, MO.. Anyone interested in BARINGER/BARRINGER folks,
outside
: of North Carolina, please contact me. If you have genealogy software that
: can handle the importation of a gedcom file, I would be happy to attach
one.
: I have photographs of not only some of the BARINGER folks (my Great
: Grandparents and later), but also photos of grave markers of those who
stayed
: in Jackson County, Indiana. By the way, if you look at a map, Jackson
: County, IN., is directly north of Louisville about 40 miles. I know of
none
: of this family that migrated directly to Iowa, etc., without first passing
: through southern Indiana.
:
: Gene Whitley
:
:


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