My Paternal Ancestors: BOZARTH; PEIFFER; QUIGLEY; RHUBART

and allied families

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INTRODUCTION

SURNAME INDEX

SOURCE DOCUMENTS

WAR VETERANS

PHOTOGRAPHS & IMAGES ARCHIVE

CONTACT INFORMATION

AN INTRODUCTION

   I’ve traced my family line back to a Henry Phifer. Henry was born about 1805 somewhere in the German – France border area known as the Alsace region. Henry married a MaryAnn (possibly FINK) about 1828 again probably in German.  They had two certainly and possibly three children the eldest of which may have been a female.  The other two were Henry Jacob b. 24 Apr 1830 and Elizabeth b. abt 1832 all three having been born in either Germany or Pennsylvania. I descend from this Henry Jacob Phifer or Peiffer as he spelled it in his adult years.  I believed they immigrated to the USA about 1840 as they appear on the 1840 Federal Census for 7^th Ward, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, PA. They also appear on the 1850 Census for the same location but sometime before the 1860 Census they relocated across the river to Bordentown, Burlington County, NJ where Henry and MaryAnn are listed. It is assumed that Henry Jacob must have married in this same time frame.  Henry Jacob or simply Jacob

as he was commonly referred to, married a Magdalina HUFF

on 26 Dec 1852 in Philadelphia, PA. Nothing more is known of Magdalina’s family other than it is thought that her mother’s given name was Catherine and that Catherine may have remarried to a man whose surname was Gilbert.  Jacob is thought to have been married three times in life and had sired 11 children. Eight of these were with Magdalina until her death in 1870 and the other three were with his third wife Caroline.  One of Jacob’s sons was Elwood Stokes Peiffer Sr. b. 29 Dec 1864 in Bordentown Twp, Burlington Co., NJ.  He married Katherine S. Bozarth 9 Sep 1886 daughter of Leander Budd and Margaret W. Shinn Bozorth.  They in turn had two children – boys, Albert Jacob and Elwood Stokes Jr.  Albert Jacob had no offspring and Elwood Stokes Jr.  had but two.  Elwood Stokes Jr.  married Ethel Cecelia Quigley 20 Sep 1916 daughter of Thomas  & Martha Platt Rhubart Quigley.  Elwood Jr. and Ethel had two children, Elizabeth Cecilia and Thomas Quigley Peiffer.

BOZARTH; PEIFFER; QUIGLEY; RHUBART and allied families

SURNAME INDEX

The following the surnames of direct ancestral lines found in my paternal family tree.  Webpages have or will be constructed for each name.  For more information about a specific family you are invited to click on the appropriate surname link listed below.

ASAY;  BISHOP;  BOZARTH;  BROWN;  COUNCIL;  GILBERT;  HALL;  HUFF;  MASON-MARSON;  NAILOR / NAYLOR; PEIFFER;  PLATT;  QUIGLEY;  RHUBART;  RIDGEWAY;  RINEAR;  SEARS;  SHINN;  WEST

The following LINK will take you to a database that contains all of the above surnames.

My Paternal Ancestors: BOZARTH; PEIFFER; QUIGLEY; RHUBART and allied families

BOZARTH; PEIFFER;

QUIGLEY; RHUBART

and allied families

 WAR VETERANS

The discovery that an ancestor was involved in one of our national wars or conflicts is usually an exciting and fulfilling experience.  The information we glean from records regarding military units and battles fought tends to provide researchers and their families with a heightened feeling not only our ancestors’ sacrifices but also our own sense of having roots back to those important events that made our country what it is today.    Information about the war veteran’s of one’s family is also an excellent means of gaining the attention of children as well as indifferent relatives.

WAR VETERANS - BOZARTH; PEIFFER; QUIGLEY; RHUBART and allied families

Your LINK to more information about the ancestors within our database identified as veterans of America’s wars.

Military Veteran & Unit Image Archives

Researching our War Veterans

Your LINK to descriptions of America’s major wars as well as supplemental information designed to

 assist with your research to learn more about ancestors who served in the United States military.

BOZARTH; PEIFFER; QUIGLEY; RHUBART and allied families

SOURCE DOCUMENTS

The documents contained herein have been located during my research of this family, and used as evidence to prove many of the facts contained within the database of this family’s record.

    Most of these documents can be considered as primary or secondary.  Primary evidence is usually defined as the best available to prove the fact in question, usually in an original document or record.  Secondary evidence is in essence all that evidence which is inferior in its origin to primary evidence. That does not mean secondary evidence is always in error, but there is a greater chance of error.  Examples of this type of evidence would be a copy of an original record, or oral testimony of a record’s contents.  Published genealogies and family histories are also secondary evidence.

     Classifying evidence as either primary or secondary does not tell anything about its accuracy or ultimate value.  This is especially true of secondary evidence.  Thus it is always a good idea to ask the following questions: (1) How far removed from the original is it, (when it is a copy)?;  (2) What was the reason for the creation of the source which contains this evidence?; and (3) Who was responsible for creating this secondary evidence and what interest did they have in its accuracy?

SOURCE:  Greenwood, Val D., The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy, 2^nd edition, Genealogical Publishing  Co., Baltimore, MD 21202, 1990, pgs. 62-63

You are welcome to download any of the documents contained within this archive.  Should you encounter a problem obtaining a copy you may get in touch with me via the contact information found at the end of this page.

Use the following LINK to view the source

 documents pertaining to my maternal family.

SOURCE DOCUMENTS

BOZARTH; PEIFFER; QUIGLEY; RHUBART and allied families

PHOTOGRAPHS & IMAGES ARCHIVE

During my research I have collected images and photographs that are of general interest to a particular family.  Some of them are presented on this website because I believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. If you have any photographs or other images relating to this ancestral family I would greatly appreciate hearing from you.

Use the following LINKS to ascertain whether we have any images that pertain to this family.

FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES

TOMBSTONE IMAGES ARCHIVE

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email:

Tom
[[Retiree@rogers.com]]

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27 Christopher Dr.
Burton, NB E2V3H4
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