I'm expanding the recipient list on this to include both the Carver and
Gerber mailing lists as it concerns both.
Thank you very, very, very much for this information. I've traced the
Gerber line back to an Andreas Thomas Gerber, b. May 06, 1564 in
Gruenhain, Zwickau, Sachsen (Saxony, Germany). If anyone has additional
info our would like my list or gedcom file, please let me know.
Thanks,
Roy Carver Bruce
AbigtM(a)aol.com wrote:
I'm very interested in this, as I'm descended from a Christopher
Carver of Lancaster, PA (who moved to North Carolina and married).
Now I've heard it discussed -- without any clear documentation either
way -- that Christopher was the son of a Michael Gerber, born in 1722
in Lancaster Co., PA, and that the name Gerber was confused into
Carver due to his Germanic accent.
What you've found may contradict this, and I'd be very interested in
learning more.
IN REPLY
Yes, your understanding is true. The will of Michael Gerber was first
written in German and then later translated into English. Michael and
his family (including son Christian) lived in PA. Christian served in
the Rev. War. from PA. Michael died and is buried in the area where
his son Christopher (Christoph/Christian) Carver (Gerber) lived in
North Carolina prior to the family migrating into TN, then KY, (some
OH) and into IN. After this time (Christopher returned to NC to marry
his sister-in-law and after the death of one of his son's) the
remainder of the Christian Carver family moved to Illinois where he
died. This line has been documented. We are still concerned about
the entry into the US of Christian. We do BELIEVE that we know the
time and place but these matters are very difficult to PROVE.
However, the evidence is overwhelming in our favor.
Marilyn Abigt
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First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not
a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out because I was
not a
Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because
I was not a
trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a
Protestant.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me.
-- Paraphrased from Martin Niemöller's 1968 statement before the U.S.
Congress