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Hi Geri...
I didn't know the Falconers have any connection to the Dreisbachs beyond me <grin>. My husband's family is Scottish in origin and came to Canada in the 1830's, and has resided there (with a branch in Michigan) ever since. Falconer is one of those occupational last names, like Miller or Smith, and so there may, or may not, be a familial connection between people with the same surname.
I was just looking over some of your posts about the Northampton PA branch of Dreisbachs (which is my family).
You may be interested to know what is in "The Dreisbach Book" about Simon Sr. Simon was born in 1698 in Oberndorf (Wittgenstein) in the 'higher' portion of the town called Aberge, in house #2. The house burned in 1842 but its location is still known to older local residents. Oberndorf is about an hours's drive southwest of Cologne, not near Bavaria.
Simon married Maria Katharina Keller in the Feudingen church in 1720. He had 9 children, the oldest was (Johann) Jost. They left Oberndorf on May7 25, 1743 when Jost was 21 years old, Simon was 45 and his wife was 47 - rather old to be immigrating. They arrived in Philadelphia, PA, on the ship "Lydia", in 1743.
Historically there was some confusion about which
"Wittgenstein" was home to the Dreisbachs. Thanks to German genealogists, it has been determined, without doubt, that the Simon Sr. Dreisbachs come from the Wittgenstein which is in the middle (relative to north/south) of Germany and closer to the western border where the Rhine flows than to any other river. Thus the Dreisbachs are not from the Palatinate and not from Bavaria, nor were they religiously persecuted. At least according to all the German sources that have been consulted. More likely they wanted to get away from wars and poverty, and to have a better future for their children.
Have you seen "The Dreisbach Book"? It's full of good, accurate, information.
Cheers,
Marcia Falconer
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