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Many Lauvers can trace their roots back to a Mennonite settlement community in Juniata County, in west central Pennsylvania. The progenitor of that group was Michael Lauver (1757-1839), who was the son of the immigrant Lauver of Lancaster County, Pa., Johann Balthasar ("Baltzer") LABER. The Lauvers come directly from German, primarily the former Baden area of the Northern Kraichgau region, near Heidelberg. However, the Lauvers trace back to Switzerland, presently as far back as the 1500s. The spelling usually recognized there is LAUBER, but the Swiss pronounciation is the same as the German LAUVER, or spelled LAVER. Spelling is arbitrary in the 19th and earlier centuries anyway, as good as the next census taker or tax collector since most farming families could not read or write.
We do know that some Lauvers left Pennsylvania for points west, such as Iowa, but I cannot find your exact connection. Ammon is a name that appeared in the family as did Joseph, but which one I cannot say at the moment and I do not have the women you named in my files. If you find a Pennsylvania link, I might be able to put you on the right trail.
Fred
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