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From: Lea Kabala <>
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Bellis and Hummer Family Pictures
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:15:20 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <NEBBJKHBKLBGAKADEDJHCEBAEEAA.bellisgenealogy@verizon.net>


Roz, you are a jewel! Thanks so much for your educated
thoughts on my pictures -- you make a lot of sense. I
was really getting lost for the trees. Thanks for the
inspiration and information to go on with new ideas.
Lea

--- Roz Bellis <> wrote:
> Lea,
>
> The Mary BELLIS who married Johan Peter ROCKEFELLER
>
(http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rozbellis1&id=I450)
> died
> in 1772 -- i.e., before the invention of
> photography. As far as I know, no
> family researcher has ever been able to identify who
> this Mary's father
> was...although all seem "agreed" she belongs to the
> BELLESFELT/BOELLESFELTs
> of Neuwied/Nordhofen Germany (they lived very close
> to the ROCKEFELLER
> family of Segendorf/Rockenfeld Germany).
>
> My guess is Mary Ann BELLIS and Theodore BELLIS in
> your picture were
> siblings, and belonged to this Peter BELLIS and his
> wife Mary M. HOUSEL:
>
(http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rozbellis1&id=I157)
> I
> have a BELLIS/WILLIAMSON connection as well:
>
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rozbellis1&id=I142
>
> Roz BELLIS
> Alexandria, VA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lea Kabala [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:35 PM
> To:
> Subject: [NJHUNTER] Bellis and Hummer Family
> Pictures
>
>
> Hello again,
>
> I just wrote to Sharon about the Rockafellow
> pictures
> in a friends old photo album. I was hoping someone
> might be able to shed some light on another two
> family
> groupings in the album, the Hummer and the Bellis
> families.
>
> Again, the captions are written by George Hummer
> (her
> g-grandmother's, Anna J. Hummer, brother).
>
> The front leaf is inscribed:
>
> "Book given to Anna J. Hummer by George Hummer"
>
> The family picture captions are as follows:
>
> 1) George Hummer
> 2) Brother John and wife Mary (Hummer)
> 3) Brother George and wife (Hummer)
> 4) George Hummer and wife Mary
> 5) Mary and John Hummer (her husband)
> 6) George G Hummer's wife
> 7) George A Hummer
> 8) Mary Ann Bellis (Peter Bellis daughter)
> 9) Theadore Bellis
> 10) John Hummer (my brother of J. Williamson)
> 11) Cora Hummer
> 12) Willie Hummer (brother George's child)
> 13) Mattie Hummer
> 14) George Bellis
>
> I hope someone has put together a family tree that
> could shed some light on these groups of people.
>
> It is an interesting side note that an old picture
> of
> Abraham Lincoln is in the album. His name is
> spelled:
> Abriham Lincomb by whoever wrote the caption.
>
> Also, all the pictures are on metal sheeting. I had
> never seen that before, but I am really green with
> all
> this stuff!!
>
> Thanks for reading and thinking about my dilemma.
> Any
> thoughts or suggestions would be most appreciated!!
>
> Lea Kabala
>
>
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