Re: Trying to trace WESTRICKs back to Bavaria (or Rhein-Pfalz)
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Re: Trying to trace WESTRICKs back to Bavaria (or Rhein-Pfalz)
Kenneth Thompson 6/25/06
I will be in the NWO (Northwest Ohio) this coming weekend for a Westrick family wedding. When I am there I will get that book from my Dad and I will also talk with my Uncle Mike who has been doing some research himself and share with him the info you have posted. The Urban Westrick you are speaking of I am unaware of. My Great Grandfather Urban died in the late eighties. My father's middle name is Urban after him. I was very surprised to find another Urban Westrick, for Urban is not a name you hear everyday. I should have more info for you by next week.
A lot of what I "know" has been told through stories and tends to be anecdotal. I don't know how much you know about the history of NWO but the region used to be covered by swamp, the Great Black Swamp to be exact and in the 1800's the government was either given away the land or selling for very little money with the understanding that the land would be cleared (it had very dense forests), drained and developed fopr agriculture. I am told that Peter Westrick recieved the last parcel/section in the Southeastern portion of Pleasant Township (Neuber area). Being that I found out from the Census records that Peter was born in Pleasant Township it may be that it was actually his father John that recieved that last parcel or land.
Another interesting thing....I saw mention of the Diemer name in your posting...my Grandma Carroll-Westrick (my Dad's Mom), her mother was a Diemer.
Anyway...I will send out another post to the forum sometime next week after I have more reliable data.
~Krista
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Re: Trying to trace WESTRICKs back to Bavaria (or Rhein-Pfalz)
Kenneth Thompson 6/26/06
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Krista Westrick-Payne 6/27/06
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Dee Scott 8/08/11
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Kenneth Thompson 6/28/06
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