Blocher - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Thomas Mary (Hartzell) Blocher

ccarrieb — 2013-06-11 07:35:34Z

I'm from that line as well, Mathias Blocher and Mary Killinger I'm pretty sure are the parents of Thomas Blocher 1802-1880, I can't seem to trace it farther though.

Pittsburgh PA area, 1950 - how were the Blochers & Blumlings related?

ml29618964 — 2013-04-26 19:04:26Z

I have a copy of a Blumling Family reunion list from ~1950. Included on the list is "Mr. Al Blocher & Family, 2930 West Liberty Avenue, Dormont, PA." Can anyone tell me how this family may have been related to the Blumling family of McKees Rocks, PA? Please feel free to contact me at mmbmj@msn.com
Mark Lucas (my gramma was a Blumling)

Eleanor Blocher of Waxahachie, TX 1913

drbrownlee — 2013-01-09 03:25:54Z

Eleanor is pictured in the 1913 Mirage, yearbook of Trinity University in Waxahachie, Texas, and teaches Public Speaking. I'm not kin but thought this might help someone researching this family.

Re: Joseph BLOCHER born 1777

JamesBlocher — 2012-10-27 20:52:00Z

Joseph Blocher born Feb 2 1777 married to Mary Elizabeth Roberts born Nov 22 1784. His parents were Mathias Plocher/Blocher born Mar 11 1730 Holzhausen, Sulz, Wurttemberg, Germany, died Maqr 3 1803, York Co., PA ,mother Barbara Schwabin born circa 1734 Chester Co., PA died York Co., PA married May 15 1759 in Germany

Re: Joseph BLOCHER born 1777

JamesBlocher — 2012-04-08 22:24:41Z

e-mail address is jimblocher@juno.com

Re: Joseph BLOCHER born 1777

JamesBlocher — 2012-04-08 22:23:12Z

I have that info, are you still looking

Re: gg grandfather's information

kathyallen2 — 2012-04-07 02:18:07Z

Please send to my email: kaptheeaagles@hotmail.com

Thank you, Kathy Allen

Re: gg grandfather's information

kathyallen2 — 2012-04-07 02:16:50Z

I would be interested in any information you may have.

Thank you, Kathy Allen

Re: gg grandfather's information

mrmetate — 2012-04-07 00:35:00Z

Hello I have new found info on the Koch family from Holzhausen born 1687??

Re: Blocher / Blocker DNA Project

DBlocher — 2011-06-04 08:52:27Z

Do you have a Facebook account? Here is a link to my account that I created just for relatives doing Family History!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=1000022616...

Re: Blocher / Blocker DNA Project

DBlocher — 2011-06-04 08:39:20Z

I think that when the spelling changed from 'H' to 'K' it is likely to remain with that spelling because when a census taker hears the name they would most likely assume that it would been spell Blocker. My immigrant had such a heavy German accent that that the census taker would probably hear 'Blu-Cher', which might be the answer to those that spell the name as 'Blucher' or 'Plucher' in this country.

Re: Blocher / Blocker DNA Project

watercress_1 — 2011-06-04 03:06:41Z

P.S. I have corrected the original post regarding DNA comparison at Family Tree DNA ... and fixed all the bad links. It shows the exponential growth of internet info when every single link was messed up in only 4 years!

Here is my email address if you or anyone wishes to correspond directly with pedigrees and notes.

watercressmoon@gmail.com

NO SPAM! (to spammers reading this - I will hunt you down! :)

I have some GREAT info from William F. Blocher, including early letters from Pennsylvania Blockers, dated in the mid 1800s!

Thanks,
Jonathan

Blocher / Blocker DNA Project

watercress_1 — 2011-06-04 03:00:17Z

In 2006, I set up a Blocker / Blocher DNA project at FAMILY TREE DNA, which is now found here:

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Blocker-Blocher-Plocher/...

We have achieved the main goal of this project: to prove or disprove that the BlocKer family of America descends from the BlocHer family in Germany.

We had been at a brick-wall for a hundred years on this issue, trying to find the illusive immigrant, or merely determine which country the Blockers here come from.

As to the BlocKers in America, we still believe that the first Michael Blocker (circa 1735 N. Carolina) was deliberately mis-listed as "Michael Blesser" who came over on the Ship Alexander and Anne, William Clymer, Master. September 5, 1730, into the port of Philadelphia.

There are numerous arguments that have led to this theory, so that we now believe this "Michael Blesser" to really be Michael Blocher, son of Georg Blocher and Maria Kapler, or at least from their basic Blocher family, and descended from Georg's ancestors somewhere. (This would include the Blocher/Wegengast marriage) You can check out the notes for who we are calling "Michael I" compiled here:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...

and here for Michael II:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...

We have now PROVEN with DNA that the BlocKer family in America - is closely related to the BlocHer families descended from both

1. Mathias BlocHer
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...

and:::

2. Martin BlocHer
http://genforum.genealogy.com/blocher/messages/21.html

If you wish to join our dna comparison in the Blocker / Blocher family project, please do so soon, and let us know what your line is - as far back as possible. ANY info and of course a DNA connection will greatly add to the dimension of our final goal - to determine our common ancestors in Germany, and the migrations of the various branches.

Family Tree DNA has a strict privacy policy in case anybody is worried:

http://www.familytreedna.com/privacy-policy.aspx

Many Thanks,

Jonathan Blocker-Brown

Re: Blocher / Blocker DNA Project

watercress_1 — 2011-06-04 02:17:43Z

Howdy SWB,

Was glad to see your note... we have already proved that we are close cousins with two of those who spell "BLOCHER."
1. David Blocher - who descends from Mathias:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...

[[[We have a common ancestor with David at Georg Blocher (b. 1633) and Maria Kapler... ]]]

and:::

2. William Frederick (Bill) Blocher - who descends from Martin::

http://genforum.genealogy.com/blocher/messages/21.html

We are a PERFECT match with William F. (Bill) .. which baffles me because in his line - there is no intersect with where we "think" we come from :::

With David - we are one marker off ... and yet we come from a known common ancestor. (David also can't figure out how Martin Blocher ties in to ours!).

I would love to know what you think of the comparison of these lines.

Here is my fourth great grandfather and his pedigree::

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&d...

My line is PROVED back to who we call Michael III Blocher

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...

And there is excellent circumstantial back to whom we call "Michael I" who was married to Margarethe Elizabeth (??? maiden name ??) NOTE: their daughter Barbary has an incorrect birth place noted in this pedigree ...

Let me know your thoughts of where you might tie in above us ... and let's put our heads together on this... I also believed that Bavaria is a stomping ground - but many of the church christenings are listed as Holzhausen Sulz, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Last note::: as far as I can tell - there are NO records in our direct line that were spelled BlocHer ... it was always in the earliest deeds (from 1734) spelled "BlocKer." yet - we are definitely matched with the others.

Be Blessed!
Jonathan

Re: Blocher / Blocker DNA Project

swblocher88 — 2011-06-03 22:57:03Z

Hello Jonthan,

Nice to see there's more Blocher/Blockers out there! I've found
your research to bs pretty interesting. I'm 23 years old and live
in Atlanta, Georgia. From my own personal research, I believe
the Blocher surname originated in Schwabia, Bavaria, Germany
and I know for sure that the first Blochers of atleast my branch
arrived in Pennsylvania in the mid-eighteenth century, because I
still have family there. I love my German heritage and I'm happy
to see other possible relatives of mine embracing and researching
theirs so let me know what's up and hopefully we'll find out.

Best Regards,

SWB

BLOCHER Russell G - Vietnam Wall section 5W

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-05-30 15:56:33Z

BLOCHER Russell G - Vietnam Wall section 5W

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 221,609 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

Re: Mary Priscilla Blocher ~ the Resinol Soap Ad Baby

DBlocher — 2011-03-22 23:04:42Z

I see two different spellings for Mary Priscilla's name. If its indeed spelled with an "h", I suspect that she would belong to the descent of Andreas Blocher (Immigrating nephew of my immigrant Matthias Blocher (1730-1803), considering that lineage is hugely based in Maryland. If the spelling is actually spelled with a 'k', then she most likely comes from Michael Blocker I, who settled in Alabama. Or she could come from Samuel Blocher & Catherine Morningstar (son of Mathias Blocher, whom changed the spelling of his name from BlocHer to BlocKer)but they would mostly be in Ohio. If Norman Hare Jr. is reading this, I would love to get his input!

Re: Mary Priscilla Blocher ~ the Resinol Soap Ad Baby

mallen1720 — 2011-03-22 22:08:04Z

Obviously, the picture is an ad (as seen on the back). Check the website page: http://photographsfromthepast.com/photo2j.html

Are you related? There are some other remarks on the page also...

Re: Mary Priscilla Blocher ~ the Resinol Soap Ad Baby

Mark_Carlock — 2011-03-22 21:18:15Z

Hi Mary Ann
I am in posession of the same picture from my grandfather's photo album - do you think this is just an advertisement?

Re: Blocher/Plocher

DBlocher — 2011-02-03 01:35:44Z

I would be interested in your descent from Mathias Blocher & Barbara Schwab. My line goes to Ohio, then to North Dakota to Indiana to Washington. My descent is as follows:

Mathias Blocher & Barbara Schwab
Joseph Blocher & Elizabeth Roberts
Daniel Blocher & Catherine Bollinger
David Calvin Blocher & Frances Brubaker
Jess Alvin Blocher & Evaline Dorcas Cox
Thomas David Blocher & Peggy Joyce Wilsey
David Alvin Blocher (me)

Joseph Blocher & Sarah Hollinger

DBlocher — 2011-02-03 01:20:19Z

Well, Joseph Blocher is part of my Blocher Family, and I created a Gedcom file on their descentants that I can offer you! You must be on Sarah's side of the family!

David A. Blocher

Re: Thomas Mary (Hartzell) Blocher

DBlocher — 2011-02-03 01:09:46Z

Robert, since you carry on the name, would you consider doing a DNA? This could help narrow down the possible Immigrant you may be from!

Re: Thomas Mary (Hartzell) Blocher

DBlocher — 2011-02-03 01:07:52Z

This is one of the reasons I want to get an account of all the Blocher Immigrants to America, that way we could eliminate the impossibilities and try to get a warmer trail of possibly connecting the brickwall to the proper immigrant.

One suggestion is to have one of your relatives that is still carrying the name of Blocher to do a DNA testing with any other descendants of an established "Blocher" Immigrant!

Re: Blocher/blocker/Plocher

DBlocher — 2011-02-03 01:00:00Z

Can you give me your line of descent from Johan Michael Plocher? I am trying to get an account of all the "Plocher/Blocher/Blocker" emigrants to America so we can designate the lineages and attempt to tie them together!

David A. Blocher

Re: Blocher/Plocher

DBlocher — 2011-02-03 00:52:48Z

Your husband would be descended from Samuel M. Blocker, who married Catherine Morningstar. They changed the spelling from "Blocher" to "Blocker" for some strange reason. I descend from two of Samuel's brothers... John, and Joseph (Joseph's son, Daniel, married John's granddaughter, Catherine Bollinger).

Can you post your husband's line of descent, including their spouses?

David A. Blocher

Re: Blocher/Plocher

shelljuno — 2007-10-02 20:22:08Z

Hi
Just had vacation in Oct last year. Town is really nice small & well kept up. My Plochers don't belong to yours but there is a guy there who has records of all Plochers that came over from Germany (our area) and he was supposed to give me a copy but somehow we missed his last visit to my cousins house in Horb> I got my family records from our family church across the street form my 6th generation cousins, It was great finding them and staying with them for a few days. I just got and E-mail from them this morn and in my return mail I will ask them to contact him for me and ask again for him to send me the list. I think he is your side of the Plochers. Mine settled in Decatur In. and then Defiance and Bluffton IN. Of course by the time my GGGG grandfather got off ship the person recording names had changed his name to Blocher & he just kept it of course will never know why. Then in late 1890s my G grandfather changed name again to Blocker. Kaizer Welheim was in power then lots of famon and plague in Germany plus fighting again. The funny part was he didn't want anyone to know they were German, stopped kids from speaking it also and get this the aentire town was German. Big deal huh? funny anyhow when I get in touch with hanns again I will forward any info to you that he has if you contact me at my home add
shelleyfromak@webtv.net
Shelley Hill

Re: Plocher/Blocher / Blucher

DBlocher — 2007-09-30 08:02:10Z

That was my website! When Parsons sold out their Family Origins program, they changed their Web-site design and took it down! It was a shame, because it was the winner of the Pennsylvania Dutch Award in 1999.

Hopefully I'll some day be able to re-create that website and place it in an independant web-space!

I wonder what Roots Magic's web-designs are like!

David A. Blocher; Federal Way, WA

Re: Blocher/Plocher

cblocker1905 — 2007-09-26 15:39:15Z

My husband is Blocker descended from Mathias Blocher who went to Darke Co. and Wadsworth, Ohio and Indiana. I would be interested in you info, if you would like to share.
Thanks

Re: Blocher/Plocher

cblocker1905 — 2007-09-26 15:34:20Z

My husband's family is from Sulz, Holzhausen, Wuertemberg,Germany. Mathais Blocker , son of Andreas Plocher Mathais son Samuel is in his group. I would love any info you would share to make sure what I have is correct. Our Blockers settled in Wadsworth Ohio and Huntington Indiana.

Blocher, Bernice E. (OBIT PA 1-4-2007)

myobituarysite — 2007-01-30 01:49:15Z

source: The Evening Sun - Hanover, PA 1-4-2007
Deceased: Blocher, Bernice E. (OBIT PA 1-4-2007)
Age: 91
Last Address: Littlestown, PA
Death date: 1-1-2007
Birth date: 6-11-1915
Birth place: Adams County, PA

No relation to the deceased
For a FREE copy of full obit send email to:
rbenjamin@qis.net
(please include date obit posted)

Blocher, Bernice E. (OBIT PA 1-3-2007)

myobituarysite — 2007-01-30 01:35:28Z

source: The Evening Sun - Hanover, PA 1-3-2007
Deceased: Blocher, Bernice E. (OBIT PA 1-3-2007)
Age: 91
Last Address: Littlestown, PA
Death date: 1-1-2007
Birth date: 6-11-1915
Birth place: Adams County, PA

No relation to the deceased
For a FREE copy of full obit send email to:
rbenjamin@qis.net
(please include date obit posted)

Blocher / Blocker DNA Project

watercress_1 — 2006-11-19 19:08:29Z

I just recently set up a Blocker / Blocher DNA project at FAMILY TREE DNA:

http://www.familytreedna.com/(anrz00455pf4qyegfgckb1rq)/ftGr...

The main goal of this project is to prove or disprove that the BlocKer family of America descends from the BlocHer family in Germany. We have been at a brick-wall for a hundred years on this issue, trying to find the illusive immigrant, or merely determine which country the Blockers here descend from.

Some of us now believe that the first Michael Blocker (circa 1735 N. Carolina) was deliberately mis-listed as "Michael Blesser" who came over on the Ship Alexander and Anne, William Clymer, Master. September 5, 1730, into the port of Philadelphia.

There are numerous arguments that have led to this theory, so that we now believe this "Michael Blesser" to really be Michael Blocher, son of Georg Blocher and Maria Kapler, or at least from their basic Blocher family, and descended from Georg's ancestors somewhere. (This would include the Blocher/Wegengast marriage) You can check out the notes compiled here:

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevange...

All we need is a male Blocher who believes they are descended from either Georg and Maria Blocher, or Jakob "Hans" Blocher and Anna Zetzel. I will pay the cost of doing a 12 marker test, which would point to a precise common male ancestor 300 years or more in the past.

PLEASE write me as soon as possible if you are, or know of, a willing Blocher candidate. This project will also help prove or disprive all families believe to related in the basic group of Blocher / Ploeger / Blucher / and Blocker.

Family Tree DNA has a strict privacy policy in case anybody is worried:

http://www.familytreedna.com/privacy.html

Many Thanks,

Jonathan Blocker-Brown

Re: Blocher, Bloecher, Plocher Baltimore

opalehinshaw — 2006-09-12 05:05:24Z

I am searching for the parents of Daniel Davis Blocker born 1812 in Mclean County Ky. He also had siblings named John,Timothy James. My understanding is that the spelling of the surname was changed. I am not aptimistic but would appreciate any info that you might have that relates to Blocher,Blocker in Ky from any port.

Blocher, Emma Louise Lower (Memorial Service 6-18-2006)

myobituarysite — 2006-06-18 23:04:52Z

source: The Evening Sun - Hanover, PA 6-18-2006
Deceased: Blocher, Emma Louise Lower (Memorial Service 6-18-2006)
Age: 77
Last Address: Gettysburg, PA
Death date: 6-16-2006
Birth date: not listed
Birth place: not listed

No relation to the deceased
For a copy of full obit send email to:
rbenjamin@qis.net
(please include date obit posted)

Blocher, Bloecher, Plocher Baltimore

rtdthomas57 — 2006-04-08 16:20:56Z

I have information on various Blocher's from Germany who came to Baltimore.

Re: gg grandfather's information

2005-10-06 01:05:38Z

Hi
I am on vacation right now but leave fro home Oct 15th I can check the ship books and see if I have him listed & let you know

gg grandfather's information

2005-10-05 19:33:11Z

Henrich Blocher born in Jan. 1865 in Holzhausen, Neiderhorlen, Wuertemberg
Germany
came to America in the 1880's. I found his name in the wisconson censes
along with his
wife, Elisabeth Hinn. They had 1 child , Henry Earl Blocher/Bloecher, as
far as my family
knows. I am trying to conform Heinrich's parent's name.

States they lived in Wi, MI and OR. Henry Earl Bloecher, my ggrandfather
is buried in
Riverview Cemetary in Portland, OR. Henry was born in Germany and I am not
sure if
that is true.

Henry married Alvina Lousie Weiderhoeft in Trinity Luthern Church in
Stettin, WI
and had 4 boys. Harold, Wibert, Rhinehard and George. George was my
grandfather
and he married Lydia M. Heoppner/Heppner in Portland, OR in 1925.

I hope this will help jog someone's memory or have information in their
research.
This is only part of my research problems. Also, if anyone has information
on a Eve/Eva
Blocher who married Adam Heppner in 1818. I am looking for her date of
birth.

Thank you for helping me. Kathy Allen

blocher ancestry

2005-09-02 16:20:02Z

I am trying to begin to trace the tree of Dale A. Blocher 1917-1988 whose father was William Edward Blocher born 1884? in Wells County, Indiana. William married Eliza Anne Hovens. William had two sons, Dale & William, and two daughters, Margaret & Martha. Please send any info. you may have.

Blocher

2005-07-05 00:34:40Z

Sorry Rita if Augustine was a Blocher have no idea who he was. Mine was from Ft Wayne area, Bluffton 1810 Johnann Michael Blocher came from Germany

Re: Susan Blocher or her family

ritahawkins_1 — 2005-07-04 23:18:16Z

I'm hoping that Augustine is the father of Sarah Ann Purcel who married William W. Hawkins in Spencer Co, IN, 1841. If these names connect to yours, please let me know. Thank you!

Re: William Edgar Blocher

lorenzblocher — 2005-06-19 11:18:50Z

I have the ancestry of William E. Blocher in my data base and I'll send you the file. For general information use http://lorenz-blocher.de.
L. Blocher , D-68723 Oftersheim/Germany

Re: Blochers from Nordstetten, Wuerttemberg, Germany

lorenzblocher — 2005-06-19 11:18:50Z

Please visit my web-site http://lorenz-blocher.de about all European families Blocher / Plocher. Appendix is a list of 250 emigrants and your Theodor is one one them. There are several villages Nordstetten in Germany and the place of origin is Nordstetten near Horb/Wuerttemberg. I have the information about Theodore and his parents and I 'll send you an extract from my data base.

Re: Joseph BLOCHER born 1777

2005-03-27 01:40:16Z

Joseph's parents were Matthias Plocher (11 Mar 1729/30 - Mar 1803) and Barbara Schwab. I think this information is readily available on the web. But if you can't find it, try going to my database which is on worldconnet.rootsweb.com. My database name is nharejr. I did not do the research on this so I have no more information other than that on rootsweb.

Joseph BLOCHER born 1777

colleencarpenter11 — 2005-03-26 18:46:09Z

Am looking for any information on Joseph BLOCHER, b. 2 Feb 1777 at PA. He married Elizabeth ROBERTS bef. 1805. Does anyone have info on Joseph BLOCHER's parents? Thank you in advance..

Re: What is your Ancestry

ronaldhollinger1 — 2004-11-12 17:52:08Z

David
I am interested in information on the descendants of Joseph Blocher and Sarah Hollinger Blocher. I have 3-4 generations but am looking for more recent descendants. Can you help?

Ronald Hollinger

Re: Clarence Blocher

2004-11-12 01:37:02Z

Hi Eric!
I have tried David Blocher's htm and get only "http://www.broderbund.com/ " as a result. Would you happen to have David's E-mail address?
Joe Murnane -- JMurnane77@aol.com

Re: Blocher, Bloecher, Plocher Baltimore

galespecial — 2004-09-03 21:44:38Z

I am a descendant of Matthias Plocher/Blucher and also have substantial information. If you want to compare notes please contact me.

Norm Hare

Re: Blocker Ancestry Information

WFields0223 — 2004-08-17 13:19:25Z

Bill, please e-mail me at wfields@cox-internet.com. I am lost in finding who my GGgandfather's parents were, and your Joseph in S.C. might fit. I find my James Blocker in S. E. Mo. as early as 1847 by marriage record to Mary Elizabeth Wylie, Scott Co. Mo.. He may also be the James Blocker that married first in 1837 an Odelia Santford in Cape Girardeau, Mo. When he married Mary, there were 3 older Blocker childre,. Columbia, Henry, and Mary. This leads me to believe he was married before he married my GGgandmother.
There were Blockers in N. C., S.C., Tn, Mo. that I believe is where my James may fit. Thank you .

Re: Thomas Mary (Hartzell) Blocher

2004-08-11 13:38:15Z

We are from the same Blocher line. Thomas Blocher and Mary Hartzell had 12 children. One was Thaddeus Blocher who lived in Littlestown. He had 8 children, one being Clarence W Blocher who was my grandfathers father. My father is still living and his name is Ira Malcolm and is 91 years old. He does not remember a lot and is an assisted living facility. Ira Malcolm's father was Ira Clarence. I do have a list of Thomas and Mary 's 12 children. Alot of them are buried in the Benders ville cemetery.

Obituary of Elizabeth Jane (Hager) Marsh Blocher,dau. of John Morgan Hager

2004-07-26 15:18:27Z

Junction City Daily Union
JunctIon City,Ks.

Mrs. Joseph Blocher

Mrs. Joseph Blocher, a resident of Kansas since 1871, and of this city for almost thirty years, passed away Sunday night at her home in the east part of the city.
The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the Pritchard funeral home in charge of Rev. S. L. Buckner and burialwas made in Highland cemetery.
Elizabeth Jane Hager was born in Lincoln county, West Virginia, October 13, 1851. She departed this life, January 8, 1928. In 1871, the family moved to Kansas and located on a homestead near Minneapolis. She was united in marriage in 1877 to Joseph Blocher. To this union were born five children. She is survived by three sons: Doad and Daniel Blocher of this city, and J.B. Marsh, son by a former marriage of Englewood,Colo., a brother, Joseph Hagar, of Huntington, West Virginia, and a sister, Mrs. Rebecca Newland of Denver, Colo. Eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.