Info about Hochstetler massacre site and Kauffman genealogy
It was great meeting everyone at the 2024 SAGA meeting in April. It was
the first time Jeff & I attended a SAGA meeting, and we really enjoyed it.
Thanks to Lois and the organizers for a great event, especially the Friday
excursion.
Jeff & I updated the "history" on our genealogy site vitter.org about the
Hochstetler attack, and we added some photos at the end taken during the
excursion, including a long video of the tour Kevin Schlappich gave. He
was nice to give us permission to post the video and photo. Here's the
link to the Hochstetler attack history:
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/HochstetlerAttack.php
And Jeff gave a short talk during the Saturday Q&A about updated Kauffman
genealogy info. He annotated Charles Fahs Kauffman's famous book on
Kauffman genealogy with updates and corrections in the margins (highlighted
in yellow), and it's available online. You can find a link to the online
annotated pdf in the following history on our website:
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MennoniteBeginnings.php
The history also gives a link to Ellen Levy Kauffman's Y-DNA analysis that
shows that the immigrant Michael Kauffman (AAMG ID KFM, 1675–1718) was not
related by paternal lines to 1737 immigrant and Sharon's 6th great
grandfather Isaac Kauffman (AAMG ID KF, born 1685, son of Täuferlehrer
Isaac Kauffman AAMG ID KF footnote 8). The history also gives a link to
Wayne Kauffman's recent analysis of Michael's likely relatives.
You may be interested in other histories on the home page
https://vitter.org/familytree/index.php
and on the Relativity Research page
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/relativityresearch.php
Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Looking forward to SAGA 2025!
Regards,
Sharon (née Weaver) & Jeff Vitter
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Sharon W. Vitter
Sharon.Vitter@gmail.com
(979) 587-9900
Hi Sharon and Jeff,
This email is totally exciting! Thank you for sharing about all your research and especially your website.
Might you be willing for us to print two articles in an upcoming Mennonite Family History? We are interested in your:
1) The Hochstetler Genealogy
2) Mennonite Beginnings
We would design these two in two different MFH issues and then send it to you for your approval. Of course, your contact information would be included for persons to contact you — it is always amazing how new information is uncovered and shared through these publications whether it is on your website or in Mennonite Family History.
Thank you for your kind consideration.
Lois Ann Mast, Editor
Mennonite Family History
219 Mill Road
Morgantown, PA 19543
www.masthof.com
On Jun 2, 2024, at 4:18 PM, Sharon Vitter via List list@maillist.saga-omii.org wrote:
It was great meeting everyone at the 2024 SAGA meeting in April. It was the first time Jeff & I attended a SAGA meeting, and we really enjoyed it. Thanks to Lois and the organizers for a great event, especially the Friday excursion.
Jeff & I updated the "history" on our genealogy site vitter.org http://vitter.org/ about the Hochstetler attack, and we added some photos at the end taken during the excursion, including a long video of the tour Kevin Schlappich gave. He was nice to give us permission to post the video and photo. Here's the link to the Hochstetler attack history:
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/HochstetlerAttack.php https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/HochstetlerAttack.php
And Jeff gave a short talk during the Saturday Q&A about updated Kauffman genealogy info. He annotated Charles Fahs Kauffman's famous book on Kauffman genealogy with updates and corrections in the margins (highlighted in yellow), and it's available online. You can find a link to the online annotated pdf in the following history on our website:
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MennoniteBeginnings.php https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MennoniteBeginnings.php
The history also gives a link to Ellen Levy Kauffman's Y-DNA analysis that shows that the immigrant Michael Kauffman (AAMG ID KFM, 1675–1718) was not related by paternal lines to 1737 immigrant and Sharon's 6th great grandfather Isaac Kauffman (AAMG ID KF, born 1685, son of Täuferlehrer Isaac Kauffman AAMG ID KF footnote 8). The history also gives a link to Wayne Kauffman's recent analysis of Michael's likely relatives.
You may be interested in other histories on the home page
https://vitter.org/familytree/index.php https://vitter.org/familytree/index.php
and on the Relativity Research page
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/relativityresearch.php https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/relativityresearch.php
Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Looking forward to SAGA 2025!
Regards,
Sharon (née Weaver) & Jeff Vitter
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Lois, thanks for your note! We'd be delighted to have the two histories
printed.
You might also be interested in the history about the Weaver immigrants
from the Zurich Canton, Switzerland to Somerset County, Pennsylvania:
The Weaver Way: Zurich → Pennsylvania → Ohio: Vitter-Weaver
Genealogy https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/WeaverWay.php
vitter.org https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/WeaverWay.php
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https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/WeaverWay.php
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/WeaverWay.php
We don't yet know if they are blood-related to the Weaver/Weber family that
settled in Weaverland, near where we were at the SAGA 2024 Meeting. The
immigrant Jacob did marry a woman (Magdelena Oberholtzer) from nearby
Weaverland in Lancaster County, but they soon moved to Somerset County to
settle. Where there was a relation between the two Weaver/Weber lines back
in Switzerland is an open question.
There's also a history about the Weaver move from Pennsylvania to Ohio to
Kansas, where my wife Sharon was born. Her paternal great grandfather
Martin Samuel Weaver moved from Ohio and established the Weaver Homestead
in Wagstaff, Kansas, which Sharon's brother and his sons farm today.
Martin's mother was Catherine Kauffman, a direct descendant of Isaac
Kauffman, mentioned in the "Mennonite Beginnings" history. Catherine
passed away shortly after her 8th child; her husband Samuel P. Weaver
remarried a younger cousin of hers, Mary Nickey (who was even younger than
Martin!), and had 10 more kids. (No wonder Martin moved to Kansas!).
Here's the link to the history:
Martin Samuel Weaver: Kansas Homesteader: Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MartinSamuelWeaver.php
vitter.org https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MartinSamuelWeaver.php
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https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MartinSamuelWeaver.php
https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MartinSamuelWeaver.php
Regards,
-- Jeff & Sharon Vitter, vitter.org/familytree
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Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter
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