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• Baptism: 18 Oct 1789, Lehigh Church, Lower Macungie Twp, Lehigh Co, PA
• _UID: 9AC1DA8E14564C25B2F57492369648E443DB

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• Unknown: 25 Apr 1778, Macungie Twp, Lehigh Co, PA; US Oath
• Unknown: Bef 1800, Upper Mahanoy Twp, Northumberland Co, PA; Migrated
• _UID: 4914CA76CE704BD980E4C3C6FF6EE09BD41A

Notes:

Name Suffix: Senior

1780 tax, Longswamp, single (or Hereford Twp?)
1784 tax, Longswamp, joyner, 1/2 A, 1C, 1 person
1785 tax, E. District, $2.6
1788 tax, Macungie, joyner, 1H, 1C, $5.0

1790 census, Macungie, 1-2-3 (Geyst)
1800 census, Mahanoy, 20101-22010
1810 census, pg 257, Upper Mahanoy
1820 census
1830 census, pg 233, Upper Mahanoy, 0011 1000 01-0011 0001


w/Elisabeth:
sp -> 1782, Valentine Haupt and Anna M. (at Lehigh)
Johannes 1784, sp Martin Dormeyer and wf
sp - 1786, Valentine Geist and Catharine [Dormeyer]
sp -> 1789, Johann N. Koch and Maria (at Lehigh)
Susanna 1789, sp George Geist andCatharine
sp -> 1791, George Geist and Catharine (at Longswamp)
Elisabeth 1793, sp Nicolaus Hain and Anna Elisabetha (at Lehigh)
sp -> 1794, Johannes Wagner and Anna M. [Dormeyer] (at Lehigh)

w/Christina:
George 1798, Nicholaus Schneider and wf Anna Maria (at Himmel)
Anna Margaretha 1799, Michael Wagner and Barbara [Schneider]
Andreas 1801, Johannes Wagner and Anna Margaretha [Dormeyer]
Peter 1804, Peter Schneider

1791 at Longswamp Church, $15.0

US Oath, 56:205

From Floyd's History of Northumberland County, pg 551:
JOHN H. GEIST; a retired citizen of Sunbury, was born Jan. 5, 1838, at
Northumberland, Northumberland county, and is a member of an old Pennsylvania
family first settled in Berks county, being a great-grandson of Conrad Geist,
who came from Germany about 1760 and located in that county. There is also a
large family of Geists in Montgomery county, Pa., descended from one Christopher
Geist, and there were others in Chester county. In 1790 there lived in
Lancaster county the families of George and Jacob Geist, and in the same year
the families of John and Matthew Geist lived in Montgomery county. In 1790
Conrad Geist, of the borough of Reading, had three sons over sixteen years old;
two daughters; and wife. The same year there is record of George Geist, of
Longswamp township, Berks county, with one son under sixteen years of age, one
daughter, and wife; and of Valentine Geist, of Longswamp township, with one son
under sixteen, two daughters, and wife. John Geist (son of Conrad, who came from
Germany about 1760) was the grandfather of John H. Geist, of Sunbury. He and his
wife, Elizabeth (Koch), were both from Berks county, and lived in that section
of Northumberland county now. embraced in Snyder county, where he followed
farming. He spoke German. The date of his wife's death is not known, but his
occurred in theyear 1812. Among their children were: Daniel, who was a farmer
in Montour county, Pa.; Henry, who located in the West; Conrad, who died in
Dauphin county, Pa.; John; and Peggy, who married a Mr. Dentler and lived in
Chillisquaque township, this county.

Andreas married Elisabeth DORMEYER Abt 1782, Longswamp Twp, Berks Co, PA. Elisabeth (daughter of Jacob DORMEYER and Eva Magdalena VOLCK) was born Abt 1761, Macungie Twp, Lehigh Co, PA; died Abt 1796, Longswamp Twp, Berks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 18D2A725AC2846DE93EAC301E0E45AF4018C

Other Events:

• Immigration: 23 Sep 1740, PA ("Lydia")
• _UID: 5197B153CC224039A662873061A884B15082

Notes:

Name Suffix: Senior

1779 tax, New Hanover, Joseph Geist, $7. (who isthis?)

sp -> 1759, Matthias Fuchs and Anna Magdalena (Trappe)
sp - 1765, -

or died 1742 in Dryville?

From Floyd's book:
Christopher Geist, a German mineralogist, went from his native land to
England, and from there was sent to Schwenkville, in Montgomery county, Pa., to
manage or superintend a copper mine which is to this day an old landmark of that
district. It is believed that one of the sons of this emigrant located in
Longswamp township, Berks county. We find that one Christopher Geist came to
America in 1740 on the ship "Lydia";

http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a52582&id=I63

Christopher married Anna Margaretha UNKNOWN Bef 1746, PA. Anna was born 30 Dec 1724, Germany; died 22 Oct 1776, Berks Co, PA; was buried Christ (Mertz) Church, Rockland Twp, Berks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: E3566609219D4FF9831955D2454635497ADD

Notes:

a source on the internet shows her maiden name as "Plowhead", born 30 Dec 1727.
died 22 Oct 1776. Source?

or daughter of Johan Michael Blau?

This whole thing smells bad. The only time the surname shows up on the internet
is here, and the only referenced parent is named "Blau"?? Ha!!

Other Events:

• Confirmation: 1747, Butten, Alsace, Germany
• Immigration: 15 Sep 1749, PA ("Phoenix")
• Naturalization: 17 Oct 1765, Macungie Twp, Lehigh Co, PA
• _UID: 9E973DA38D3948C0A65FA58EEDF895881DB0

Notes:

Name Suffix: Senior

I don't know if Jacob is a son of Hans Martin. He seems to be related somehow,
so I've placed him here for now. That way, printouts of the decendents
will easily pick him up here.

It would seem he'd be too old to be a son of Samuel or Michael. Maybe a
son of Hans Martin Jr.??

naturalization: Tommayer (Tormayer=Dormeyer)

Uncertain of having daughterElisabeth going here. She's not called
a stepdaughter in Martin's will, plus, the burial record of Eva Magdalena (supposedly) says
she only had two kids by Jacob, so maybe Elisabeth is really a daughter of
Martin by another wife??(I'm going with the latter assumption for now)

Still, I haven't seen the actual record saying how many children she had by which
husband. I haven't found a source for that. OK, source is Rev Helfrich
burial record - see BCGS, Spring 2000, pg 11)

Jacob married Eva Magdalena VOLCK Abt 1759, PA. Eva (daughter of Christopher VOLCK and Elisabeth UNKNOWN) was born 15 Apr 1739, Germany; died 2 Dec 1822, Lowhill Twp, Lehigh Co, PA; was buried Longswamp Reformed Church, Longswamp Twp, Berks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: C918D6B9D03744ED89D9E03008A1601D4072

Notes:

Jacob Tornmayer and wf:
sp -> 1762, Johannes Volck and Anna Maria (Lehigh Church)


was she a Volke? daughter of Christopher and Elisabeth (I heard)?

Note, a Johannes and Joseph Volck, 1749 on the "Jacob"


at Longswamp (Barbara Volkin , wf of Joseph 1740-1806 (BCGS Fall 98)
also Peter Klein 1731-1813

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• _UID: E65582F0081340CAB88E441BDD6954A3B42D

Notes:

Name Suffix: Senior

I don't know the dates of the Butten Dormeyer's.I haven't seen enough
research to know how these people should be organized (or for that matter,
know that they all came from Butten). It does seem that this group
did come from the same place...

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• _UID: 04542A5197F74ACCBBF6D59AE76E574386BF

Notes:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/folk

aka Volck, Volk, Folk,

Christopher married Elisabeth UNKNOWN Bef 1737, Germany. Elisabeth was born Abt 1710, Germany; died Germany. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 3954DFEB5EF5421F81578AFC8F74370EB1DC