"The Henry H. Frantz Family of Berks County, PA" is a 45 year update of one of the grandchildren of Matthias Frantz as found in the 1972 "Genealogy Of the Matthias Frantz Family of Berks County, Pennsylvania." Over 2500 individuals are included. Photographs of the first generation help bring these early family members closer to the present. A basic family tree chart for each family helps the reader with a clearer view of the family

Johan Philip Braun (1697-1767), son of Johann Jost Braun, was born in Udenheim, Hessen, Germany. He immigrated to New York in 1709 with his family. He later settled in Pennsylvania. His wife, Elisabeth Magdalena Losch (1699-1763), was the daughter of John Balthaser Losch and Susanna Phillippina Gerina. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ontario, Iowa, Minnesota, and elsewhere.

Michael and Christian Frantz were born in Switzerland about 1685. They and possibly another brother came to America about 1725 and settled in Pennsylvania with other Mennonites. Later descendants became members of the United Brethren Church and moved to Virginia, Ohio and Indiana before separating and gradually settling throughout the west and other areas of the United States. Several branches live in California and elsewhere.

This is part of a series of books about the history of the Allwein family in America, a family descended from an 18th century German immigrant Johannes (Hans) Jacob Allwein and his wife Catharina. This book builds upon the first volume of this series, Familie Allwein – An Early History, which dealt with the Allwein family’s emigration from Germany to America and their settlement in colonial Pennsylvania. This new two-book set represents the second volume of this series, titled Familie Allwein – Journeys in Time and Place, covering Allwein descendants living east of the Allegheny Mountains over the 70-year period from about 1870 through 1940. Part I of this second volume focuses on those families that settled in southeastern Pennsylvania, particularly in Lebanon , Philadelphia and Berks Counties. Part II focuses on those families living in Dauphin, Lancaster, Adams, York and Blair Counties in south central Pennsylvania. Additional future volumes will cover Allwein descendants who moved to western Pennsylvania and those who migrated farther west. Not only is the present volume an update on the families covered in volume 1 of Familie Allwein, it goes beyond the early land, tax and estate records, to include information from marriage and birth records, military records, census records, death records, county atlases and local histories. As in the first volume of this series, the author’s careful documentation of all sources and attention to detail make it possible to reproduce his findings and re-examine his conclusions.

Joh. George Klein Sr., son of Jacob Klein and Maria Madgalena, was born 13 Oct 1715 in Germany. He married Dorothea Rebmann, daughter of Conrad Rebmann, in 1737. They emigrated to America in 1738 landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dorothy died in 1777 and George died in 1783. They had seven children. Their children and descendants have lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, and other areas in the United States.

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Christian Wenger (1698-1772) was born in Bern, Switzerland. He fled to the Palatinate in 1705, immigrated to America in 1727 and settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he married Eve Graybill/Krabill/ Kraybill. Descendants and relatives scattered throughout the United States and into Canada.

Frederick Kreiser was born in 174? in Switzerland. He is believed to have had twenty children. Traces the descendants of two of his sons, Casper (1767-1854) and Frederick (1774-1849). They emigrated in about 1770 and settled in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania.