BULLETIN #25 30 September 2004 GENERAL INFO [If you don't care to receive future Bulletins, please send me a message and I will remove you from this distribution list. These messages are distributed when I feel there is something useful to communicate to everyone. The circulation is about 700 copies.] PREVIOUS BULLETINS & NEWSLETTERS ARE AVAILABLE If you or someone else has interest in reading some of the previous Bulletins or Newsletters, they can be viewed or download from the MUMMA archives. The index for the archive is located at http://www.mumma.org/archives/archives.html TRIP REPORT TO VA, MD & PA This report presents a summary of the highlights of our three week trip to Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania during May & June of 2004. Additional detailed reports may be issued on specific topics at a later time. The trip began in Lexington, Virginia where 300 cadets were graduated from VMI (Virginia Military Institute) and was one of the primary purposes of our trip. My great nephew, Jonathan Saburn, was graduating from VMI, receiving his commission in the US Navy and he was getting married to a girl who was graduating from Mary Baldwin College. As if those aren't enough life altering events, they were heading to Japan, his first duty station. There were lots of fun events in which we participate and opportunities to spend time with my sister-in-law and family of my niece. While in the area, we visited the Washington & Lee campus (next door to VMI) and saw the name of Clovis Moomaw inscribed on the honor roll of graduates who died in the line of duty during WWI. Clovis graduated from the college and went on to receive his law degree. One of his professors died, so he was asked to teach several classes. This was during WW1 and he decided to serve and went to France. It was here that he died near the very end of the war. His is a very touching tribute to Clovis can be viewed at: http://law.wlu.edu/faculty/history/moomaw.asp We also visited the little town of Buena Vista and "Moomaw's Landing" which is located on the North River Canal. A historical sign marks the location at the western entrance to Buena Vista on highway 60. In May 1863 the Packet Marshall passed here bearing the body of Gen. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson to Lexington. Mrs. Robert E. Lee used the canal in 1865 to join her husband at Washington College (now Washington & Lee University) in Lexington. We had hoped to visit nearby "Lake Moomaw", but ran out of time. After the graduation, wedding and other festivities, we headed north towards Maryland. On the way, we stopped in Staunton and the public library for a few hours to get a feeling for their resources. It was in Staunton that the elusive "Christian Mummer" was listed as serving in the Staunton fire brigade in 1791. Christian is progenitor of the Moomau's of West Virginia, the Moma's of Ohio and the Moomaughs of Georgia. While the library had a special room for their collection of local history and genealogies, there was no reference staff available to provide assistance and no family files for the Mumma/Moomaw/Moomau/Mumaw families were found. I was a little disappointed with the meager information that was readily available, so we had lunch at the old train station and continued on our way to Hagerstown. It was interesting to drive through the Shenandoah Valley where so many branches of the Moomaw and Mumaw families lived or passed through during the last 225 years. It was very interesting to see the countryside and terrain which we found to be very beautiful. Hagerstown/Sharpsburg is an area I always like to visit because it was here that my branch of the Mumma family lived from 1798 to 1827. My GGGGrandfather, Henry Mumma, died suddenly in 1809 and by 1829, most of his children had loaded up their covered wagons and headed for Ohio. One child named Joseph Mumma, however remained in the Washington County area. Almost nothing is known about him after 1830. From census records and marriage records, we know he was probably married twice and had at least 2 children. I had hoped to find something new about him, but I found I had picked Washington County clean of most nuggets of information on previous trips. The frustration with Washington County, MD is there are almost no tax records which survived. There is the 1803, 1804 and then the next tax record is not until the 1890s. I did make one interesting discovery regarding Henry Mumma, son of Henry and the brother of my Jacob Mumma. It has often been assumed that these two brothers and their widowed sister migrated together to Dayton Ohio in 1827, but I found evidence to the contrary. While there are few tax records available, the Hagerstown library has an "every name" index of the local newspapers from about 1800 to 1840. What a gold mine! While I didn't find anything new about elusive Joseph, I did discover several newspaper articles that mentioned Henry Mumma. These newspaper articles prove that in 1828, Henry Mumma was living in a tavern near the Potomac River ferry landing between Sharpsburg, MD and Shepherdstown. WV (then it was VA). My Jacob is documented as being in Dayton, Ohio at this time, so his brother, Henry, migrated to Ohio a year later and they didn’t come together as was often speculated. During our visit to Sharpsburg, I met with Ted Alexander, the senior historian at the Antietam National Battlefield. I found nothing new since my last visit. In Hagerstown we visited John Frye, the librarian in the Western Maryland Room at Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown and spent a few hours with Melinda Marsden at the Washington County Historical Society. She introduced me to a multi volume work called "Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners" by B. Richard Warren Davis, 1997. Interesting books that contain many bits of information about Mennonite families, including various twigs of the Mumma family. While these books are no longer in print, the information is available by Mr. Davis on a "subscription" web site that he maintains. Unfortunately, the books are more convenient for searching surnames that the website data. http://mennosearch.com/ The next stop on our journey was in Gettysburg which is a great place to visit. We spent one day touring the battlefield with a personal guide which is a nice way to see this extensive historical site. Before we left on this trip, we learned that the cicadas (Brood X - a small cricket like bug which only appears every 17 years) were expected to appear in this general area of Pennsylvania during out trip. We were hoping to experience a group of them and their noisy mating call and we were not disappointed. A group of them serenaded us (more like they screamed) in a clump of trees in the battlefield. That was exciting since the are not found in California and this brood only appears every 17 years. We also met with Pamela Mumma, her husband Keith, their two kids and his parents, Ed & Sally Mumma. While the rest of them played, Pamela and I visited the Adams County Historical Society and found lots of interesting items. This was probably the most helpful facility that I visited on the whole trip. As soon as they heard what we were looking for, several of the volunteers scurried off and returned with lots of little goodies of interest. One of my goals was to learn more about the parents of John Mumma (b. ~1850) who acquired the Hempfield township, Lancaster County property of David Mumma [25] about 1773 when David migrated to Baltimore. John sold that property and migrated to York County. He first appears on the tax lists in 1792. In 1820, John hired John Hinkle to lay out a town for him in Adams County which he called "Mummasburg". He was impressed with the way Gettysburg was founded and wanted to do the same thing himself. He was quite an entrepreneur. In 1823 he convinced the Mennonites to relocate their meeting house from Gettysburg to Mummasburg. Another fascinating thing John tried was a very clever marketing scheme for 1820. He offered lots in Mummasburg for $56 and if you bought one lot, you got one free. This proved to be a problem later because he never recorded the deeds of the "free" lots, so a court action had to settle the ownership issue of the "free" lots when people wanted to sell. One interesting document that the Adams County Historical Society folks showed us was one of the original, "pre-printed" deeds for a lot in Mummasburg which contained John's signature and the "mark" of his wife. John's signature is discussed later in this report. John was a very industrious and active fellow. Of course we made our usual pilgrimage to Mummasburg and the cemetery where we photographed the Mumma graves. Only 3 graves are marked with the Mumma name, that of John's son, Abraham Mumma, his wife Elizabeth and their unmarried daughter, Susan. We also took a tour to Bendersville where Dr. Edward W. Mumma (1829-1904) set up practice after graduating from medical school. Dr. Mumma is a descendant of the Baltimore Mummas. He had a lovely old two story house (mansion?) which we visited in Bendersville, as well as the Bethlehem Lutheran Church where Edward and many of his descendants are buried. Another person we pursued was an Adam Mumma (b. 1773) whom we believe is the son of John Jacob Mumma, the seventh child of immigrant Leonard Mumma. He was born in Frederick County, Maryland, but he apparently migrated to Adams County, PA. He appears in the 1820 & 1830 census, but then he disappears. He was taxed from 1813 to 1830 in Germany Township of Adams County, but that is the last entry. From the tax records we know he had little money so an elaborate tombstone is unlikely. No cemetery listing has been found for he or his wife nor have any marriage records for his daughters. Another family was also discovered in Adams county and that was a Henry Mumma, b. abt. 1805. He and his family appear in Adams county in the 1850 census as "Adam Muma", but subsequent census (1860, 1870, & 1880) list him as Henry. He and his wife, Annie, are buried in the Marsh Creek Brethren Cemetery, Highland Twp., Adams County, PA. His parents are unknown. I have been able to trace one of his daughters through the 1920 census of Adams County. It was a great treat to meet Pamela and be able to put a face to a name with whom I have interacted for several years via e-mail. I hope we have an opportunity to do some "joint research" again, face to face. Joan and I took a brief side trip to visit with Betty Mumma, the wife of Kenneth Mumma (deceased) who lives in Rocky Ridge, Maryland. Her husband's family descends from Jesse Nicholas Mumma who was born 1833. Jesse and his descendants lived in the Rocky Ridge area all their lives. I believe that Jesse descends from Adam Mumma that was mentioned above, but proof is lacking. After Gettysburg, we made a brief stop in Hanover, PA. This is where John Mumma (founder of Mummasburg) and some of his family lived and are buried. The US Geological Survey identifies the MUMMA cemetery in its database of historical locations and it is also listed on many maps, but it is easy to miss. The few remaining stones are now in the front yard of a house at 835 York Street in Hanover. All but one stone have been laid down flat and they cannot be seen from the street. It doesn't look like a cemetery! Only one large monument is visible and it lists John Mumma (1750-1839), wife Barbara (1755-1832), John's son Samuel (1795-1885) and his wife Barbara (1797-1875) as well as Samuel's two bachelor sons, Jacob B. Mumma (1819-1893) and Samuel B. Mumma (1821-1891). It is a much newer stone which was likely erected after Jacob B. Mumma's death in 1893. [It should be noted that his death is listed as 1899 in the York County Cemetery inscriptions book. The tombstone correctly says 1893]. Jacob was apparently quite a character and one newspaper article about his death said: "The will of the late Jacob Mumma, the Penn township recluse, has been probated. It was thought the paper would, after the fashion of its writer's life, contains some odd requests, but it is an ordinary document.". The stone was "erected by S. M. Bare". Samuel Bare served as Jacob's executor as well as being his brother's executor. He is believed to be a maternal cousin through his mother, Barbara Bare. The cemetery is not far from "Mumma Street", named after this family. We attempted to make contact with a Mumma family which still lives in Hanover, but were unsuccessful. I spent part of the afternoon in the Pennsylvania Room of the Hanover Public Library, but was disappointed with the total lack of help and service. We proceeded on to York, PA and stayed in the Yorktowne Hotel, a classic old hotel in the middle of York. It is convenient and central to the York Public Library, the York County Courthouse and the York Heritage Trust. The York Heritage Trust is a nice facility and is well staffed with volunteers who are most helpful. Much of their collection is nicely indexed and easy to search. I did not find many new items that had not already been discovered in the Adams County Historical Society or elsewhere. They had an extensive obituary file, but whoever filed the obits neglected to record the name of the newspaper or the issue date, making the items useless in some cases. Oh well. One potentially important record found was the birth/baptismal for Anna Margaretha Mumma. The record said: "Anna Margaretha Mumma, b. 28 Jan 1771, bapt. 7 Apr. 1771 in Emmanuel's Reformed Church in Hanover. The parents were Jacob Momma and wife, Anna Marg. (John Jacob Mumma, b. 1735). Sponsors were Johannes Etzler and Juliana Schreiber, both single." This record suggests that the family left Lancaster County prior to 1771 on their migration to Frederick Co., MD. However, when reviewing the Ancestry On-line records for this church, Anna Margaretha Mumma does not appear. Further investigation is needed. Any help would be appreciated trying to confirm Anna's entry in those church records. Our next stop was in Carlisle, PA, the county seat of Cumberland County. My primary objective in Cumberland county was to identify the connection of the earliest Mumma branch in that in that county. Samuel Hertzler Mumma's 1962 notebook discusses a "Frederick Mumma Family" which his book states they migrated from East Donegal township of Lancaster County. The suggestion is that there was a direct line of "Frederick Mummas" back to immigrant Jacob Mumma. Much of the information came from a Dr. Charles Rife. The notebook lists a Frederick (1742-1807) as the progenitor of this early branch and this Frederick is suppose to be buried in the Kraybill Mennonite cemetery in East Donegal township of Lancaster County. From all research I have done or seen, there is no Frederick Mumma buried in the Kraybill cemetery who was born in 1742 and died in 1807. The entry in this notebook is the only record of this mythical Frederick and I claim he exists through a "clerical" conception and burial. A large number of records were examined in the courthouse and at the historical society shows the early branch of the Cumberland Mumma family descend from a John Mumma, b. about 1755 and he migrated to Cumberland County around 1803. Joan and I also met with several descendants of this branch and we discussed my findings and viewed a number of family bibles and other documents. One of these descendants is Mary Alice Mumma who has the wonderful fortune of living on "Mumma Street" in Mechanicsburg. Oh, what I wouldn't give for that address. The evidence uncovered is very compelling that Frederick Mumma's father was John Mumma, b. bef. 1855 in PA. From the DNA results of his descendants, we can predict that he is a descendant of immigrant Jacob. (The DNA evidence will be discussed later). We met Mary Alice Mumma and her cousins, Grace, Ralph & William Mumma (brothers & sister)and Graces' son, Bill McQuade. We had a wonderful time becoming acquainted which included "discovering" unknown information in some very old bibles they have. We took a drive around the Mechanicsburg area viewing Mumma sites of historical interest, which includes the old Mumma school. If one searches the USGS database for the MUMMA name as a "feature", 9 places contain the MUMMA surname. Of these 9, I have visited 8 of them and 6 of them on this trip. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form The Mumma School that is listed is just outside of Mechanicsburg and is not marked or identified. If someone didn't point it out, you would think is was just a small little house along the road. Seems like the local historical society should at least put a plaque and monument. Maybe an assignment for Mary Alice and her cousins. The following day, Mary Alice planned an elaborate field trip which took us to Lancaster County and the Kraybill Cemetery. (At that time they were still expecting to find the tombstone of "mythical" Frederick Mumma (1742-1807) listed in Samuel Hertzler Mumma's notebook. Of course we didn't fine one. We then had a delicious lunch at a quaint country inn not far from the Kraybill cemetery called the "Cameron Inn and Restaurant". It is really in the boonies! http://800padutch.com/z/cameronrestaurant.htm Here we were joined by Michael & Sage Mumma, Wayne and Rosemary Mumma and Tom & Tiz Williams. Michael and Wayne are descendants of Johannes "John" Mumma (1736- 1816) who lived in Swatara township of Dauphin County. Tom and Tiz Williams now own the old original farm and house which Johannes Mumma built in 1777. After a sumptuous lunch, we all drove back to the William's dairy farm (originally owned and built by Johannes Mumma), toured the house and visited the old Mumma cemetery in the middle of one of Tom's pastures. A description of the burials in this cemetery can be viewed at: http://home.att.net/~charliefies/MummaCem.html Unfortunately, the cemetery is not in very good condition and is in need of some "Mumma kin" to assume the responsibility for it's care and maintenance. The ground hogs and tree roots have done a lot of damage to the old tombstones, but a number of them are still readable. I hope to post photographs at a later time on the web site. In 1897, Johannes Mumma Jr. and his wife were removed from the old Mumma farm cemetery and relocated about a mile south to the Shope's Mennonite Cemetery. I am unaware of the reasons, but Johannes Mumma Jr's grand son, Martin Nissley Mumma, was a devout Mennonite and possibly wanted his kin to be buried in a Mennonite cemetery. Some of his relatives had broken away from the Mennonite religion. Anyway, descendants of Johannes Mumma (1736-1816) are buried in both cemeteries. The Shope's Mennonite burials are listed at the bottom of the page on the URL listed above. I have determined that the Frederick Mumma (b. abt. 1775) of Cumberland County is the son of a John Mumma, b. bef. 1755. Frederick married Barbara Rife and his sister, Barbara Mumma married Abraham Rife. So we have brother and sister marrying sister and brother of another family. Barbara and Abraham Rife remained in Dauphin County where Barbara gave birth to two children before she died in 1802 at the age of 24. She is buried in the Middleton Reformed Cemetery in Dauphin Co. It is likely this is the area where John initially resided and raised his family. From the DNA results, we know he is not a descendant of immigrant Leonard and likely a descendant of immigrant Jacob. This John and his descendants followed the Reformed/Lutheran religion. The connection is not obvious, but some time ago I discovered an "extra" John Mumma in the records of Dauphin County, but now that information is buried in a pile of papers in my office! Any help, information or thoughts would be appreciated. This was a productive and interesting several days and it was fun to meet new members of the Mumma clan. Our special thanks to Mary Alice Mumma for organizing a busy two days and to Tom & Tiz Williams for their wonderful hospitality in showing us the old Mumma homestead and the old cemetery located in the middle of one of his fields. The next and final stop was in Lancaster to pay homage to all of our Mumma ancestors. I divided my time between the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (LMHS) Library, the Lancaster County Historical Society (LCHS) and the Lancaster County Courthouse. While in Lancaster, we had the surprising opportunity and pleasure to spend Memorial Day with Joan's cousin and her husband from England. He was on a field assignment installing new software for an American Company near Philadelphia. This was an unexpected treat to meet half way between our home in California and their home near London. One of the objectives was to confirm and verify the existence of Johann Lorantz Momma. His name is listed on the 1747 passenger list for the ship called the "Two Brothers". Several other court documents about him were described by Margaret Dieringer in her Moomaw Newsletters. Since they were court documents including his verbal Will, letters of administration for his estate and an inventory of his goods, the courthouse was the logical place to begin the search. Unfortunately, nothing was found in any of their old files. I placed a call to Margaret Dieringer to rattle her memory, but she could not remember her specific source for that information. Since many old documents had been given to the Lancaster County Historical Society, this was my next attempt. Again nothing appeared. His Will is not listed on any will lists nor his estate in any of the Lancaster County estate records. As I was discussing this issue with one of the LCHS staff members, a light flashed in his eyes and he tore off to the basement. After a few minutes, he reappeared with the documents in hand which I promptly photocopied. The problem was Lorantz Momms's Will was a "Nuncupative" or verbal will. Since it was not a written Will, it was not filed in the normal Will records and lists. The same also applied for his estate administration. Since there were so few "nuncupative Wills", they simply filed the papers in a "Miscellaneous" box which was never indexed. At last, the documents have been "rediscovered", photocopied and transcribed. This information is contained in database under the notes for Johann Lorantz Momma. From the documents, we know he left a wife and daughter when he died in 1752. Likewise we know he had a brother living in Lancaster county, but we don't know his name. Possibly it was the immigrant Peter Mumma. Anyway, he could be the attachment for some of the early "unattached" lines, such as John Mumma of Cumberland county who we believe was born before 1755. The same is true for the Canadian Muma branch. We have too many "unattached" branches and too few immigrants. Another objective was to work on the descendants of immigrant Peter Mumma. Through the DNA testing, his descendants who have participated in the study are easy to identify with their unique "DNA fingerprint". I believe with some careful analysis of the various tax lists, census, marriages, deeds & wills we will be able to sort out the puzzle of his descendants. Fortunately, the births/baptisms of many of Peter's children and grandchildren are recorded in the records of the 1st Reformed Church of Lancaster and the German Reform Church of Columbia, recorded by Rev. Henry Shaffner. I photocopied all of the church records for the Mummas in the Columbia records, but have not had time to sort out the information. I do know there is an error in the current database for the descendants of Peter. I have not discovered where the error is, but one exists. I will appreciate assistance making the correct connections of Peter's descendants. I spent some time going through the cemetery listings in the LMHS library for Mummas buried in the various cemeteries around Lancaster. A quick review reveals that many of these people are not currently listed in the database. As time permits I will try and sort them out. I found a useful book at the LCHS called the "Personal Marriage Records of Reverend J.J. Strine, 1815-1870". Rev. Strine served Elizabethtown, Maytown, Columbia, Marietta and Corcordia in the western part of Lancaster County. I extracted 31 records in which a Mumma was either the bride or groom. I was surprised that I could not identify a large number the Mummas in these marriages, many of whom are likely Peter descendants. Our three week odyssey drew to a close, we packed our bags and headed for the Dullas airport. We had a late afternoon flight so we stopped in Frederick, Maryland and went to the Frederick County Public Library as well as the Frederick County Historical Society to check for any new MUMMA information. All I found were notes and reports that I had left from previous visits. INTERACTIVE MAPS OF MARYLAND I would like to share the URL for some wonderful, interactive maps of Maryland. This is the best mapping web site I have seen. It starts with the 1855 map of the entire state. When you click on a county, a map of that county is displayed and you can zoom down to the level of viewing the names of the land owners on 13 of the county maps. The search feature identifies 7 instances of the MUMMA name recorded on various maps, most of which are the Mummas living in Washington County near Sharpsburg. Generally people paid to have their name identified on such maps. I think you will enjoy viewing the maps. http://mdslavery.net/html/mapped_images/mapsindex.html SIGNATURES A new web page can be found in the "Mumma archives" which shows some signatures of our Mumma immigrants and ancestors. Several of the signatures are written in "German", a term commonly listed in court documents when the information was transcribed from the original documents. The German "Sütterlin" written alphabet is also presented which shows the use of a "bar" over the lowercase letters m & n to signify that the letters are doubled. In addition, the lower case u is shown with "u-bogen" mark on the top of the letter. This is the correct way of writing the lower case u. Several of the signature examples are written "in German". http://www.mumma.org/archives/signatures.html FUN PHOTOGRAPH - "William Lee Mumaw" Lynn Sine shared a wonderful story and photograph of her great grandfather, William Lee Mumaw (1878-1957), who lived in Shenandoah County, Virginia. She wrote "William Lee Mumaw changed the spelling of his name because his mail kept getting mixed up with another guy. His name was Moomaw. I was only two when he died but from all accounts he was a character. My great grandfather liked to make moonshine and the revenuers would pick him up and the old guy took his moonshine to jail with him.......... he would put digitalis plants in the jug and tell them it was him heart medicine." Lynn also shared a great picture of William sitting beside his still. You can view his picture by going to http://www.mumma.org/databases/mumma/mumma-photo.html Then click on his name, William Lee Mumaw. FIND-A-GRAVE PROJECT - Update Update - Carol Acosta was able to get a new gravestone made for her ancestor, John Mewmaw, who served in the Civil War. She also posted information and a photograph of his new tombstone with the correct spelling of his name. You can view the information about him and see his new tombstone by going to this URL, then enter his name, JOHN MEWMAW, in the search box. The web site is: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi MUMMA SURNAME DNA PROJECT I have been remiss in updating the DNA results from 37 marker analysis. I am currently working on a revised report in support of a DNA talk that I will be giving on October 30th in Houston, Texas. http://www.familytreedna.com/syllabus.html I expect to post a new DNA page in a week or two, so I will not report the result details in this bulletin, other than to list a few of the highlights. * 49 MUMMA descendants have results from the 37 markers on their DNA * A unique haplotype (DNA fingerprint) has been identified for the descendants of immigrant Leonard Mumma. * A unique haplotype (DNA fingerprint) has been identified for the descendants of immigrant Peter Mumma. * A fellow with the BELL surname submitted his DNA to Family Tree DNA in hopes that he might discover his birth surname. A million to one shot!! Well, he got lucky and is a perfect match to the Mumma family through immigrant Peter Mumma. * One branch has been disconnected from immigrant Jacob and reattached to immigrant Leonard based on the questionable reasoning for the original attachment of the branch and the compelling new DNA evidence. DATABASE CHANGES & ADDITIONS o The latest database was uploaded on 30 September 2004 and it contains 66,172 individuals. That represents an increase of 13% to the September 2003 database with this addition of 7,310 people. Some specific changes were: o A new branch, U75, was added to the database for Henry Mumma (1806-1877)and his 9 descendants. He was born in PA and lived in Adams County, PA. He had no male offspring, so the Mumma surname did not continue. His parents are unknown. o Another new branch, U-77, was added for three children found in the Dayton Ohio orphanage in the 1900 census. The eldest one, Montie Mumma (b. 26 Oct 1888), married and remained in Dayton area. He, his wife and their one child are buried in the large Woodland cemetery. Their parents have not been identified. I appreciate all of you who took the time to contact me and either update your e-mail addresses or provide additional information. There were several cases where smaller unidentified "twigs" were connected, which is always satisfying. If I have neglected to include any additions or corrections you may have sent me, please do so again and I will correct the oversight. The information shown below and information about the REF# that are used in the database to identify various branches can be viewed anytime when searching the database. Simply click on "INSTRUCTIONS & HELP" written in green at the top of various database search pages. The links will take you to this page http://www.mumma.org/databases/mumma/igmhelp.html DATABASE TREE INFORMATION Indiv's Desc's REF# Top Person in a particular tree + notes ------- ------ ---- --------------------------------------- 46780 25639 2 Leonard /Mumma/ b. bet 1690-1700 (1732 immigrant) * * 1 Jacob /Mumma/ b. 1685-1690 (1731 immigrant) * * 4 Peter /Mumma/ b. ~1721 (1748 immigrant) Lancaster, PA * * U8 Christian /Mumma/ b. 1791 PA (moved to Clark Co., OH) * * U56 Jacob /Mumma/ b. 1816 PA, (moved to Clark Co., OH * * U57 Samuel /Mumma/ b. 1822 Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA 5241 1978 E ? /Momma/ (European Mommas abt 1490-1500 Aachen Germany) 4196 2691 U21 Jacob /Muma/ b. ABT. 1750 (Canadian Mumas) 1943 1101 U46 David /Mumma/ b. ABT 1791 (Fulton/Franklin Co, PA) 1909 1190 U53 Jacob /Mumma-Mumaw/ b. 1755-1760 - lived Fayette Co, PA 1008 680 U7 David /Muma/ b. ABT. 1760 (Mewmaw spelling) VA, IL, MO 972 575 U45 Christian /Mummer/ b.~1770 (Moma, Moomau & Moomaugh) 673 439 U28 John /Mumma/ b. 1790 W. Hanover Twp., Dauphin Co., PA 618 383 U62 John /Mumma/ b. 27 Nov 1750 Hempfield Twp & York Co. PA 507 310 U30 John (Frederick)/Mumma/ b. BEF 1750 resided Cumberland Co. 241 153 U51 ? /Mummaugh/ b. BEF 1790 - resided Carroll Co., MD 235 135 U25 James B. /Mumma/ b. 1841 (Burnt Cabins, Fulton Co., PA) 193 85 - Pieter /Momma/ b. BEF 1649 in Nijmegen, Netherlands 125 77 U43 Henry /Muma/ b 17 Mar 1787 Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co. 65 25 U50 Samuel /Mumma/ b.~1835 resided Womelsdorf, Berks Co, PA 44 22 U36 Barbara /Mumma/ b. Sep 27, 1768 (m. Henry Strickler) 40 25 - Guilliam /Momma/ b. ABT 1575 around Hamburg, Germany 35 21 U74 Jessie Nicholas /Mumma/ Mar 1833 MD, resided Rocky Ridge MD 58 41 U70 Samuel /Mummaw/ b. 1801 resided Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co. 30 14 - Jakob Ernst /Momma/ b. 1719 Stuttgart, Württemberg area 28 23 U59 Solomon /Mumma/ b. 1793 Cocalico Twp. & Schuylkill Co 20 10 U71 Eli /Mumaugh/ b. 1853 resided Van Wert Co., OH 15 9 U75 Henry /Mumma/ b. 1805 – resided in Adams Co., PA 13 11 U52 Solomon /Mumma b. 1838 PA, resided Granville, IL 13 8 U63 James R. /Mumaw/ b. 1875, resided Shenandoah Co., VA 13 5 U73 Christian /Mumma/ Mar 1822 MD, buried Rocky Ridge, MD 9 4 U77 Unknown /Mumma/- Montie, Jessie & Forest – orphans Dayton, OH 5 1 U72 Ray /Mumma/ b. 1888, resided Allen Co., OH 2 0 3 Johan Lorentz /Momma/, d. 1752 (1747 Immigrant) 1 0 U48 Samuel /Mumma/, b.~1799 d. Old Soldier's Home-Dayton OH 1 0 - Richard /Mumma/ b. 1820, Baltimore, MD 2 0 - A /.Hog/ b. 1 Jan 1900 (my test individual) * because of cousin marriages between branches, five other branches are included in the totals for Leonard Mumma. Because of the large number of small MOMMA "twigs", not all of them have been included in the statistics shown above. MUMMA/MOMMA SURNAME FREQUENCY IN THE DATABASE Mumma[3863], Moomaw[1938], Mumaw[1350], Muma[904], Momma[653], Mumau[319], Mumaugh[303], Reenstierna[215], Moomau[210], Mummau[168], Mummah[126], Mummaw[90], Mewmaw[76], Moma[60], Mumah[57], Mummaugh[53], Moomaugh[31], Mughmaw[27], Reenstjerna[22], Mooma[6], Mummer [1] READABILITY To make sure this Bulletin is readable by the maximum number of different computer & E-mail systems, it is transmitted in plain text, without embedded formatting. This message was composed in 10 point monospaced Courier font. Any necessary indenting, centering and columns was done with spaces, not tabs. It is being sent as "blind carbon copies". This is why your name does not appear on the address line. If you have difficulty viewing or printing this message, please let me know. Douglas M. Mumma 2123 Farmington Place Livermore, CA 94550 Phone (925) 447-5164 e-mail: doug@mumma.org Web Site http://www.mumma.org/mumma.html ************************** END ***********************