History and Descendants of Joseph J. Troyer and Magdalena B. Weaver, 1867-2014 amish Local lore

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History and Descendants of Joseph J. Troyer and Magdalena B. Weaver, 1867-2014 amish Local loreJoseph J. Troyer (1867 1943), son of Joseph D. and Catherine Hershberger Troyer, m. Magdalena Weaver (1871 1968), daughter of Benjamin and Anna Gerber Weaver. They raised 11 children in Holmes Co., Ohio. Joseph J. is the great grandson of Immigrant Michael and Magdalena Mast Treier, to which nearly all of the North American Troyer families can trace their origins to. Frequent surnames: Hershberger, Mast, Miller, Troyer, Yoder, etc. (419pp. illus.