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Yes, I have the four page Clemmer Biography written by JOeph Neal Clemmer,
1900 in Clarksville, Iowa, and it was told to him as a boy by his
grandfather, old Jacob Clemmer. b. 1766 d. 1850 about. The Clemmer family
has been traced by me and others back to Affoltern, Canton Zurich,
Switzerland, in 1566. Some dispute the work, but it is all we have, for now.
I had a aprofessional genealogist read those very hard-to-read documents in
early Swiss church records. I atttempted to trace them further back to
France, cause that is where old Jacob said they had fled from in the
Bartholmew's Eve Massacre. He said they had gone to Zurich. And indeed they
were only a mile or two away from Zurich. They were Reform Faith members.
The area of France I think they fled from is now called Dups, but then it was
Montbeliard, and it bordered on Switzerland. Dorothy
In a message dated 3/31/00 9:24:47 AM Pacific Standard Time,
DCreely103(a)aol.com writes:
> My ancestor Jasper Clemmer, father of Joseph Neal Clemmer, M.D. , was not a
> doctor but a farmer.
Hi Dorothy - I am Emily's daughter Vivia Boe. Sorry if I mischaracterized
our mutual ancestor. I re-read the genealogy written by my great uncle J.
Neal Clemmer, who was a minister in Iowa, and indeed it does not say Jasper
was a doctor. I was assuming that Jasper was meant in the portion that says
Joseph Neal studied medicine under "old Dr. Clemmer." I agree it's a reach
and apologize. By the way, Jasper's son Joseph Neal wrote a genealogy
according to something I once read. But I have never seen it. Have you? I
do have his Civil War pension records - very interesting as he describes his
health problems in his own handwriting, and there are letters from his
friends testifying that he's a sober good-living man. Have a good weekend
everyone! Vivia
There is not a close connection with the Totherows/Detterows. But you are
right that the Blossers, Clemmers, Cageys, Neffs migrated from York County
about 1783 to Frederick County Maryland for a few years,and then moved to
Fayette Co., Pa.. Dorothy
My ancestor Jasper Clemmer, father of Joseph Neal Clemmer, M.D. , was not a
doctor but a farmer. Jasper was son of Jacob Clemmer, and left Fayette
County about 1845 or so, and moved to Green County, Wisconsin. He was
married to Delilah Neal. Delilah Neal's father was Joseph Neal/Neil/ and was
a ferry operator on the Allegheny River, crossing between Fayette and Green
County, Pa. I have maps etc., and also a run-down on the Neal/Neils if you
are interested. Dorothy.
In a message dated 3/30/00 6:15:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
ozarkn(a)southwind.net writes:
>
> Thanks for this lead. Do you have any connections close to Jasper that
> were the Dettero/Dethrow/Tethrow/Toth......? OH HECK! YOU KNOW THE
> FAMILY!!
The closest family connections I know of were the Blossers, Cageys, and Gans
families. According to Gordon C. Baker, the Clemmers, Blossers, and Cageys
apparently all moved together at the same time from York Co to Fayette Co.
PA. Do any of these help? I'm new at this, sorry! Vivia
Vivia,
Thanks for this lead. Do you have any connections close to Jasper that
were the Dettero/Dethrow/Tethrow/Toth......? OH HECK! YOU KNOW THE
FAMILY!!
Lanita
Pardon this non-genealogy humor. Couldn't resist.
Prayer for the Computer Addict...
>
> God, grant me the serenity to accept a post I cannot change,
> Courage to walk past the computer without turning it on when
> I'm running late for work, And the wisdom to know the difference
> between "come to bed now" meaning "let's have some fun" and
> "come to bed NOW" meaning "that computer has got to go"!
> -Amen
>
Lanita Sconce Miller
A real addict!!
Prayer for the Computer Addict...
>
> God, grant me the serenity to accept a post I cannot change,
> Courage to walk past the computer without turning it on when
> I'm running late for work, And the wisdom to know the difference
> between "come to bed now" meaning "let's have some fun" and
> "come to bed NOW" meaning "that computer has got to go"!
> -Amen
>
My approx. ggggrandfather Jasper Clemmer (lived in PA, probl Fayette Co.
1801-1885) was a doctor. I don't know if he took boys in, but he did have a
female ward, Elizabeth Zerley, who married his son Joseph Neal (they were my
ggggrandparents). Joseph Neal was also a doctor. Hope you find what you're
looking for! Vivia Boe
Does anyone know whether there was an "old" doctor in any of the
listings that took in infants/small boys? My Eli was raised by an old
doctor who raced horses. Eli, born 1825-26, was an infant, toddler, or
small boy when he was placed at/sent to/took in by the doctor. Would
have been 1830 census, and/or 1840.
Thanks for any help.
Lanita
Found on another list;
From: marta burns <marta43(a)juno.com>
Subject: [Pafayett-L] gummert, clemmer, shutz, sheppard, hastings
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County by Gresham and
Wiley, 1889, p273
Dr Lewis C Gummert, a prominent young physician and surgeon of
Brownsville, is a son of Thomas C Gummert and Amanda A Clemmer Gummert,
and was born in Brownsville, February 5, 1860.
The ancestry of Dr Gummert's family goes back to Revolutionary days when
Christian Gummert, his great grandfather, left Germany on account of
religious persecution and landed at Richmond, Virginia. He entered the
Continental Army and served throughout the war. After his discharge he
settled in Virginia, and died at Shepherd's church, that State, after
seeing twelve birthdays in the second century of his life.
Christian P Gummert, the grandfather of Dr Gummert, was born in 1806 in
Charlestown, Virginia, and came to Fayette county in 1820. He was a
shoemaker and secured a contract for making the shoes for the men then
employed on the National Roade between Uniontown and Washington, Penna.
In connection with his shoe business, he did a profitable and successful
banking business. He was one of the old members of Christ's Protestant
Episcopal church.
He married Miss Shutz and then Miss Sheppard of West Virginia, and died
in 1856. He was a prominent and influential Mason, and was one of the
first officers of Brownsville Chapter No 164, R A M; Gummert Lodge No
252, A F and M. Fayette City was named for him. He was for many years
grand master of the Masonic Order of Pennsylvania, the most important
office in that ancient order.
Thomas C Gummert, the father of Dr Gummert, was born in 1832 and died in
1883. He was engaged for a while with his father in the banking business,
afterward he was with John T Hogg in the banking business at Mt Pleasant,
Greensburg, Pittsburgh and Brownsville. In 1854 he became assistant
cashier in the Bank of Louisiana at New Orleans. In 1856 he returned
home. In 1861 was employed in the United States commissary department
during the war, and was stationed at Parkersburg, West Virginia. In 1865
he became chief clerk for Westley Frost, United States revenue collector
of the Twenty second district.
At Frost's death he became collector, and served as such until 1869 when
the Twenty second annual district was consolidated along with the Twenty
fourth. He was a democrat, and was once nominated by his part for
tegister and recorder of Fayette county, but declined to run on account
of his mercantile and other business at Brownsville. He was a member of
the Episcopalian church, justice of the peace for sixteen years, a Knight
Templary in Masonry, besides being a prominent member in five other
secret orders. He was an active, useful, influential and honorable
citizen of the county.
Thomas C Gummert was married in 1858 to Miss Amanda A Clemmer of
Smithfield. They had three children: Thomas N Gummert; C Lewis Gummert;
and John S Gummert. Mrs Gummert was born in 1828 and died in 1879. Her
father, Lewis Clemmer, was a native of Germany and a saddler by trade.
His wife, Esther C Clemmer, was a niece of the Hon Benjamin Butler.
Dr C Lewis Gummert was educated in the public schools of Brownsville,
and on leaving school engaged as a clerk in a store for four years. He
quit the store to read medicine with his uncle, the late Dr U L Clemmer,
attended lectures at the college of physicians and surgeons, Baltimore,
Maryland. From this school he was graduated March 2, 1882, ranking eighth
in a class of one hundred eighty four. In addition to his regular
graduation he received an honorary diploma for operative surgery.
In May, 1882, he came to Brownsville and began the practice of his
profession where he has practiced with great success ever since. He was
appointed United States examing surgeon, August 4, 1885, and medical
inspector to the State Board of Health in April, 1888. He is a member of
the Fayette County Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and
the Internal Medical Congress. He is medical examiner for eight or ten
secret order associations.
Dr Gummert was married September 11, 1880, to Miss Mary Hastings of
Brownsville. She ws born in 1859, and died May 5, 1881.
He is a member of the I O O F, I O R M, and K of L. He is a solid
democrat, a prominent citizen and an intelligent, skilled and careful
physician.
Danny/Nancy Clemmer
http://clemmer.org/http://clemmer.org/1962/
I just tried that address I just sent about the Roots Cellar database,
and there's problems with the server. Anybody else has problem with it?
I will go back to the original mailing list where I got the info from
and see if there is a correction.
Sorry, will keep you posted.
Lanita
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Happy Hunting,
Lanita Sconce Miller
Wichita
Viva has allowed me to place the pictures of her treasure (the glass) on
line to make it more accessible to everybody. You may view it at the
following address.
http://www.geocities.com/~clemmer/glass.html
Danny L. Clemmer
Clemmer LIst Owner
http://www.clemmer.org
The quarterly update for our online database is now complete. We now have
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update. We have thousand of Clemmer names on this site.
You can take a look at the database by going to:
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Thanks!
Don & Jeanine
Published in the Burlington, IA - Hawk Eye 1996-6-10
Richard Clemmer
Richard Wayne Clemmer, 68, of O'Fallon, Mo., died Tuesday, June 4, 1996,
while visiting his children in Los Angeles, Calif.
Born Aug. 1, 1927, in Los Angeles, Calif., he was the son of Charles and
Ethel Clemmer. He married Linda Howell on May 1, 1974.
Mr. Clemmer was a World War II Navy veteran.
He was a member of Chesterfield Presbyterian Church in O'Fallon, where he
was
a sponsor of the Friendship Class.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Wayne Clemmer of San Diego, Calif.,
and
Richard Clemmer Jr. of Los Angeles; one daughter, Susan of Los Angeles; six
grandchildren; his mother-in-law and father-in-law; two sisters-in-law and
two brothers-in-law.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
The funeral for Mr. Clemmer was June 7 in Los Angeles.
A graveside service for Mr. Clemmer will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Columbus
City Cemetery, Columbus City.
Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction is in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established for Chesterfield Presbyterian Church.
Danny L. Clemmer
Clemmer LIst Owner
http://www.clemmer.org
NO PROBLEM................LEON CLEMMER
ViviaB(a)aol.com wrote:
>
> I just got my own message and was appalled that the three correct attachments
> did not show up, and that the message itself had been turned into a garbled
> mess. This has happened before occasionally and usually just means you have
> to re-send the attachments one at a time. But I'm unwilling to waste more of
> your time until I make sure I know what I'm doing. This is embarrassing, and
> I apologize.
> Vivia
>
> ==== CLEMMER Mailing List ====
> Post a query to http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Clemmer. You might snag a nonmember.
I just got my own message and was appalled that the three correct attachments
did not show up, and that the message itself had been turned into a garbled
mess. This has happened before occasionally and usually just means you have
to re-send the attachments one at a time. But I'm unwilling to waste more of
your time until I make sure I know what I'm doing. This is embarrassing, and
I apologize.
Vivia
http://lta01.photonet.com/aol/hi/album.cgi?Cookie=278982637.953947921&Fil...
TA173092209
Dear folks,
It seems Kodak is slow in sending the invitation to view the photos. I don't
know if it will work, but try cutting and pasting this URL onto your browser.
Click on the photos to enlarge them. Wish I hadn't cut off the writing along
the top edge, but will re-shoot ASAP. Vivia Boe