INTRODUCTION

This blog has been created for the sole purpose of finding out my ancestor Sarah Walton's family. It's a place to sort through my info and have access to it as I am researching away from home. If you have stumbled across this blog because you are looking for information, or better yet, if you have information, :) please contact me at denianek@gmail.com to share.

MY CONNECTION: William Decatur Kartchner>Prudence Wilcox Kartchner>John Wilcox (m. Sarah Walton)

For more on the Willcox Family see www.thomaswillcox.blogspot.com


Monday, March 19, 2012

Taking 'the Waltons might be German' angle

I'm taking a different angle today - I am following up on the idea that the Waltons might be of German descent .... I tried to make a connection with the Byberry Waltons again today, with no luck.

But... this is interesting.  I Googled a book containing ship lists and there is a Johan Valltin listed (p. 677)  Never before have I considered this spelling, but it might make sense.  A German pronunciation of Walton - "Valltin."

The book is Pennsylvania German pioneers: a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, Volume 2 by Strassburger, Ralph Beave and Hinke, William John. Call number at FHL 974.811 W3s 1992.

I am going to look more into it - also, there are two others to try at this link:


Printed sources: a guide to published genealogical records

 By Kory Leland Meyerink

http://books.google.com/books?id=z8DP4mmc-QYC&pg=PA516&dq=german+pioneers+pa&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Oo5nT8v8BOmSiQLY_ZjpBg&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=german%20pioneers%20pa&f=false

I also need to look more into these sources:

The peoples of Pennsylvania: an annotated bibliography of resource materials

 By David E. Washburn

http://books.google.com/books?id=O6rnKYe2KKwC&pg=PA86&dq=german+pioneers+pa&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Oo5nT8v8BOmSiQLY_ZjpBg&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=german%20pioneers%20pa&f=false
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