If you have an ancestor with a last name pronounced “Flor-ee” or “Flor-ah”, then there is a good chance that you are a descendant of Joseph Flory, who immigrated to America in 1733, settling in Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. However, there are several different Flor-ee/Flor-ah lines that immigrated to the New World, and if you haven’t yet, you should start your search at either Ken Florey’s Flory/Flora/Florey/Florea/Flori or Steve Flora's Florhi + Flory + Flora + Florey + Florig + Florea site. Here you will find an overview of the different lines, including this Joseph Flory, who is line C in either of the above sites.

The goal of this project, a joint venture started by John Marcinkowski and myself (Richard Gethmann), is to compile an on-line listing of all of the known descendants of Joseph Flory. As such, this represents the “third generation” of publications of the family of Joseph Flory, following first Walter Q. Bunderman’s 1948 book and Joel C. Flora’s 1951 book, and then John P. Marcinkowski’s 1973 Supplement and John Boitnott's 1979 book.

The information contained in these web sites started from the databases of David Blocker and Ed Peters, the books mentioned above, various other family pedigree books containing Flory family members, family data that John had collected since 1973, contributions from individual descendants of Joseph, and finally, from various online sites, especially the census and state vital records. We estimate that by the time this project is completed, it will contain over 100,000 names.

Joseph Flory - a short essay on the European origins and life in America of the immigrant Joseph Flory

Joseph's children - short essays about each of Joseph's eight children

Joseph's descendants - listed below are the known descendants of Joseph, organized by grandchild, up through the 1940 census.

(Note - for persons marked in red, we have no further information about them. For persons marked by an "*", we have only limited information)