John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 1728

Which family names occur most often in the Baptismal Register at the German Lutheran Church in the Robinson River Valley of Virginia? I'm not going to count them exactly but use estimates based on the number of columns the family has in the Index. The winners are:

FAMILY	COLUMNS IN INDEX
Capenter *	2.00 col.
Blankenbaker	1.80 cols.
Utz	1.20 cols.
Weaver	1.10 cols.
Crisler	1.00 cols.
Cook	0.90 cols.
Yager	0.85 cols.
Broyles	0.80 cols.
Crigler	0.80 cols.
Garr	0.80 cols.
Willheit	0.80 cols.
Smith	0.75 cols.
Clore	0.70 cols.
Rouse	0.70 cols.
Tanner	0.70 cols.
Fleshman	0.60 cols.
Wayland	0.60 cols.
House	0.50 cols.
Huffman	0.50 cols.
Zimmerman	0.45 cols.
Finks	0.40 cols.

FAMILY	COLUMNS IN INDEX
Aylor	0.30 cols.
Barlow	0.30 cols.
Bunger	0.30 cols.
Deer	0.30 cols.
Delph	0.30 cols.
Fisher	0.30 cols.
Snyder	0.30 cols.
Beemon	0.25 cols.
Frey	0.25 cols.
Miller	0.25 cols.
Wayman	0.25 cols.
Baumgardner	0.20 cols.
Kinslo/Kuenzle	0.20 cols.
Moyer	0.20 cols.
Reiner	0.20 cols.
Schwindel	0.20 cols.
Chelf	0.15 cols.
Holtzclaw	0.15 cols.
Lederer	0.15 cols.
Price	0.15 cols.
Reser	0.15 cols.

( * Having a minister in the family helps.)

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