ELD. SAMUEL GARBER AND ELIZABETH MILLER OF AUGUSTA CO., VIRGINIA DATE MICROFILMED DEC 1 1 2001 ITEM « 4 PROJECT and a s. ROU • CALL! E 14 4 0 5 4- M USLA&J Compiled by Floyd R. and Kathryn G. Mason 115 East Rainbow Drive Bridgewater, Virginia 22812 2000 FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY 35 NORTH WEST TEMPLE * SALT LAKE CITY UTAH B4150 Descendants of Niclous Gerber & Anna Bachman I I The Big Garber Family - Pour Books I ' ' - Niclous Gerber & Anna Bachman I _ I I Niclous Gerber(2 bro , Johannes Gerber I Martin Garber John H. Garber(1) Michael Garber Magdalena Garber (4) Samuel Garber (3 1 John H. Garber & Barbara Miller of PA, MP & VA 2 Niclous Garber Family Record 3 Eld. Samuel Garber & Elizabeth Miller of Augusta Co., VA 4 A Wampler Family Record - John Wampler & Magdalena Garber ELD. SAMUEL GARBER AND ELIZABETH MILLER of Augusta County, Virginia "Some people do not seem to know from whence they came, Just Pa and Grand Pa Many do not know the way ahead, just Day to Day My work may help you with the former, Read along And if the 'Past is Prologue', you may find the latter. Have Faith ! ! " - by Mason ...See some of my work... OUR FAMILY BOOKS Jflhn Hftsoji and Maty. Ann Millex by Mason Ziegler garniIy Recoed by Mason Matthias Miller and His 12 Children by Mason A SnanK Family. Record by Mason A Wampler Family Record by Mason Michael Miller Family Record by Mason Cline-Kline Family History-Reprint by Mason George Klein ffr. Family Record by Mason Niclous Garber Family Record by Mason John iL_ Garber & Barbara Miller by Mason Eld* Jacob Bswjnan £r_. Family Record by Mason Eld Jeremiah Qarat and nis Descendants by Mason Adam Miller and Barbara Roger Family Record by Mason Write or email us for free information sheets <[email protected]> Samuel Garber and Elizabeth Miller Floyd R. Mason M. Ed. University of Virginia Kathryn Garst Masc B. A. Bridgewater Collee Virginia Floyd and Kathryn at work many hours, days and years with the help of the computer Eld. Samuel Garber & Elizabeth Miller Introduction and History TABLE OF CONTENTS Page/s Key - abbreviated symbols 4 Introduction and History Introduction 4 Why we wrote this book 5 How to use the Henry Numbering System and the Index ... 6 - 7 Some early pictures 8 - 13 John Hannes Garber Family Tree Record 14 - 108 Appendix New information 109 John/Hanns Gerber Will father of Michael & John H.... 110 Ulrich Gerber of Switzerland 113 Garber's Cemetery near Flat Rock Church 114 Search of tax rolls for Garber land 119 Martin Garber Family of OK 121 Bibliography - Sources 123 Index . 125 Eld. Samuel Garber & Elizabeth Miller Introduction and History Key = Abbreviated Symbols + • see the same number - next generation c or ca = circa or about b - born g or gg = grand & great grand d = died da = daughter s = son unm = unmarried or single m • married, m-1, m-2 etc. bu = buried ChB = Church of the Brethren, [German Baptist Brethren, Dunkard, Dunker & Tunker - early names before 1883] OGBB = Old German Baptist Brethren called Old Order - since 1883 CCh « Church of Christ UCC = United Church of Christ Menn. = Mennonite name of denomination = the name is given when we know the church preference. [ ] information entered by compiler for clarity ?, = unknown Introduction We present here some information that we hope will give you some ideas why we are presenting to you this comprehensive family record of our progenitors. We hope you will enjoy the fruits of our labors. Eld. Samuel Garber & Elizabeth Miller Introduction and History Why we wrote this Book After 30 years of teaching in the Virginia classrooms, the compilers decided to retire and spend their remaining years doing some of the things that we always wanted to do. Floyd had some difficulty with his back and took early retirement. This resulted in a slight handicap and has limited our physical activities somewhat. We have gotten interested in family history and research. The first project was to research the Mason family and in 1986 we published our first book, " John Mason and Mary Ann Miller of VA". We then rewrote the "Ziegler Family Record" and published it in 1990. While doing this we kept files on many other families that we found the family related to. Our curi­ osity got the best of us and we began to add to these families. Having families that lived in the Shenandoah Valley of Virgin­ ia, we found that these family lines married into each other about every third generation. So when you have a record of one family you often have a record of many families. After publishing the family book of my father, the Mason Family and then rewriting the family book of my mother the Ziegler Family, we plan to continue publishing other family lines as time and resources permit. Looking at many lines of our immigrant gggg parents and finding that the books written on their lines are out of print, need up dating or don't exist at all, we have decided to spend our efforts as writing some of them. In these times when there is a lot of stress on family rela­ tions, the writer is dedicated to activities that will hold up the family-at-large and help our youth see them as "Models" or "Heroes". We have a rich heritage, one in which we can take a lot of pride. We have tried to keep our expenses minimal and still present enough information to make you proud of your rich heritage. Some will wish we had given more information, such as marriage dates, day and month of birth. In some cases we found these but in the effort to keep the book expenses down, we left out some details. We used the year of birth with our numbering system. It was important to establish the order of birth. In some cases we did not know the year and therefore they may be out of order. 5 Eld. Samuel Garber & Elizabeth Miller Introduction and History Mistakes We started out with the previously printed books and then added information that descendants sent us. Much of it was original information submitted on forms that you filled out. we have copied it as we found it but had no way to check the information to see that it was right. It is the best that we could do. We acknowledge that we have made some mistakes and have proofed and reproofed it to get them out. If you find that we have the information incorrectly recorded, we beg your forgiveness. When we found the information given two differ­ ent ways, we often gave you both ways, like born 1940/41. It has been a joy to work with this project and to learn to know so many different connections, many that we never dreamed existed. We found that those who worked the most on the project experienced the most joy. We hope you find our work exciting and that you will help us spread the good news. If you have been blessed with good fortune, please support the project by buying a few books and giving them to those who are living on limited budgets. A book of one's family makes a very nice gift. Thanks. How to use the Henry Numbering System and the Index. We suggest that you start with the index and look for the person that you seek. In some cases you will find many by the same name. In these cases we suggest that you look for the wife by her maiden name. This should take you to the page where they will be if this is in the family tree section. Once you have found your person, you will likely find them as parents. Look back one generation, using the same number and you will find them listed with their parents. In some cases they might be listed as children without a + by their number. This means that they were not carried to the next generation for some reason. When a + is given in front of a number, look in the next generation for the same person and wife or husband and their children. Using the same number, Eld. Samuel Garber & Elizabeth Miller Introduction and History show their relationship. Place number 5 7 sis/bro 131 the first digit that is the same 2 . 5 1st coz at the top and the next number is a 3 . 1 2nd coz brother/sister relationship. From 1 . 2 3rd coz there on they are cousins (coz). 2 . 2 4th coz ....very easily done....works for anyone... 13152312 Truman Garber, retired mail carrier and 13175122 Maurice G. Wright - building contractor were 4th cousins Here's how. Try it it's fun. Numbering System We have used the Henry Numbering System, revised The numbering system used gives the reader the generation and the child's number in each case. #1311442 would be the number of Edward G. Frantz and Effie B. Wine. The spouse has the same # as the descendent. You will read it as follows, 1st. Column is the 1st. Generation. The 2nd column is the 2nd Generation, etc. A = 10 B = 11 and so on. The # in that column is the 1st., 2nd, etc. child of the previous child and so on. You will understand this as you begin to use it. The # is used twice, once in the gen. as the child and again in the next gen. as the parent. The + is given if the child is carried forward to the next generation using the same number.