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DREISBACH-DRESBACH FAMILY ASSOCIATION
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For our German forefathers, Advent was the beginning of the Christmas Holy Days. It also marked the season of festivities. A candle is lit every Sunday in Advent - and on December 8th we honor the holiday and our ancestors by lighting the third Advent Candle.
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2024 DDFA Christmas Newsletter
Interested in Dreisbach-Dresbach GENEALOGY?
see our updated DDFA Genealogy Database at:
https://ddfa.tribalpages.com/
click on the above link to learn more about it.
This database is as accurate as our current knowledge - but there are errors, we would appreciate if you let us know about errors you find
A change to the database does require documentary evidence
Introducing DDFA “Genealogy and Culture” ZOOM talks
A series of talks for current DDFA members
Check back here to see when the next Genealogy and Culture talk will be offered.
We’re sorry if you missed our February 10th Genealogy and Culture talk about Pennsylvania Dutch Cookery. There will be more talks offered in the future.
Three Major Dreisbach Immigrants:
Simon Dreisbach Sr. (1698-1785) - 1743 immigrant with his wife Maria Katharina Keller (1696-1768), sons Jost (1721-1794), Adam (1722-1803), Simon Jr. (1730-1806), George (1733-after 1800), John (1735-1796) and young daughter Anna Catherina (1738-after 1763).
Martin Dreisbach Sr. (1717-1799) - 1751 immigrant with his wife Anna Eva Hoffman (1722-1789), son Martinus (1745-ca.1763), daughter Margaretha (1748-ca.1800), and baby son Jacob (1750-1804). Martin used both Dreisbach and Dresbach surname spellings.
Henrich Dreisbach (1735-1808) - 1754 immigrant who traveled as a single man.
It is certain there were other early Dreisbach immigrants. They have left traces behind, but we do not have any information about them other than that they are named in several documents.
There were also many later immigrants, but the three above are the progenitors of most of the Dreisbach descendants found today in the United States.
We spell our surname in many different ways!
“Dreisbach” is the earliest known form and was in use in the 1600’s. By the 1720’s “Dreysbach” was found in at least one document. Simon Dreisbach descendants generally use the “Dreisbach” spelling. 1751 immigrant Martin used both “Dreisbach” and “Dresbach” sometimes in the same document and his descendants mostly use “Dresbach”. Many surname spellings were used, often depending upon pronunciation. Only after 1900 did spelling begin to stabilize. Our surname lent itself to many variations including: Dreisbach, Driesbach, Treisbach, Tricebaugh, Trespach, Dresbach, Dresback, and many more. That’s fine. We are all family! No matter how we spell our last name.
It was a GREAT 2023 DDFA REUNION!
Thank You, Matt, Jennifer and Sharon.
2023 Dreisbach-Dresbach Family Association - August 18, 19 and 20
Dedication of new tombstone for Magdalena Buchs Dreisbach, the wife of Revolutionary War Soldier and Patriot, Johann Jacob Dreisbach, at Dresbach Cemetery, Tarlton Road, Circleville, Ohio. L-R: Terry Dresbach, Pastor Dan Shepard, Debbie Forquer, Jennifer Dresbach, Patt Clifton, Tod Dresback, Jerry Cotton, Rachel Meyer, Rex Parker, Marquell Segelken, Stephen Roediger, Sharon Driscoll, and Matt Dresbach with two 7th great grandchildren of Magdalena.
Recent Books about Dreisbachs
New book by Rachel Meyer. The latest research of deeds in Ohio follows the tracts purchased by Dreisbachs through the years and identifies specific families when they inherited property and then sold it to settle their spouse’s or parents’ estates. The findings are shared in Rachel Woolever Meyer’s new book, The Dreisbach Families Settle in Ohio 1801-1875 which can be downloaded here for free, or a full-color paperback version can be purchased on lulu.com.
New book by Marcia Dreisbach Falconer and Ardis Dreisbach Grosjean, First Tracts of the Simon Dreisbach Family in Northampton County, PA. 1747-1806. Available for free download here! Paperback version can be purchased at cost (nobody makes any profit) on lulu.com.
