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from my family, those of my husband, and those of my
significant other.

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BOWMAN

This family first came from Germany and settled in South Philadelphia, PA shortly after the German Civil War in 1847.  Family folklore states that the youngest daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Bowman blackmailed her father as a deserter in the Civil War, and the surname was changed from Bohn/Baumann to Bowman.  There are no records of a Bohn/Bauman/Bowman being enlisted in the American Civil War, and nothing has developed in finding records in the German Civil War of 1847.

Related surnames:  Allibone, Dence, Reed, Seher

SEHER

This family first came from Germany in the early 1800's and in the Philadelphia, Pa and Camden, NJ areas.  About 1940, a branch of this family relocated to Baltimore MD and remains there.

Related Surnames: Reitz, Fort, Jorett, Lenhart, Bowman,
Winters

ASCHE

This family first came from Germany and in the mid-1800's settled Hamilton and Scioto Counties, Ohio.  The first known ancestors of this family are Conrad and Whilimina Feltman Asche.  Other branches of the Asche surname are prevalent in Indiana, Illinois, and California.

Related Surnames: Seiling, Birch, Vallandingham, Adams,
Schmucker

MINK

This origin of this surname is unknown but it is believed that they first came from Germany around the end of the 1700's.  They settled in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee and Kentucky.  This branch of the Mink family comes from Rockcastle and Bell Counties, Kentucky.

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