Re: Conrad Wickizer born in Pennsylvania
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Re: Conrad Wickizer born in Pennsylvania
Donna Phillips 8/07/00
Conrad and Rosina did not have daughters named Lydia or Rosina, at least that are recorded anywhere in real life.We think that one dear old lady just made them up, so far as we can tell, to fit the gaps in the birth order of Conrad's children.I have seen the birth record for Anna Margretha Wickesser.The others in the family are linked together circumstantially and by Occam's razor.
Despite diligent looking, no trace of Conrad Sr. has been found in Germany.We thought that we had found a prime candidate many years ago, but, alas, the Konrad Weckesser that we discovered of just the right age and just the right place--well, he had the bad grace of actually dying there!So it goes sometimes.
Michael Burgess