My mother, Loretta May Bibb Tabler, wrote a Genealogy book tracing the Tabler name back to 1732, when the good ship
Samuel docked at Philadelphia carrying my Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather (I think that was the right amount of Greats) Leonhart (Leonard) Dobler (Tabler). I have no pictures of these people, and can't supply a picture until I get to my Great Grandparents. So, I'll briefly talk about each person so that we can skip on up to some interesting pictures.
Leonhart Dobler left Germany, sailing from Rotterdam with wife,Anna Maria, and children. The passenger list had only Leonhart on it, women and children were not listed on the passenger list, but as they showed up on records here in the U. S., they must have also been aboard.
They had 4 children:
Matthias
Maria Barbara
George
JOHN MELCHOIR (JOHANN MELGIOR)
All of these were born in Germany.
Our line descended through John Melchoir, who married Catherine Elizabeth Dorn in 1747. Their children were:
Anna Maria
John George
Wilhelm/William
JOHN JACOB
John Adam
Anna Christina
Susannah
Elizabeth
John Michael
Barbara
Eva Margaret
John Peter
Anna Catherine
The line continues through John Jacob. There is no reliable record of JJ's marriage, but we have a list of his children:
JACOB
William
John
We continue through Jacob. Jacob married Nancy Ann McMakin on June 24th, 1805. Their children
were:
Son?
Son?
Joseph L.
Isaac Shelby
Elizabeth
Catherine
Mary Ann
Alexander
William P.
Benjamin M.
JOHN C.
Harris Addison
We continue with John C.. John C. married Dorinda Wiser December 24th, 1848, Christmas Eve. Their children are:
NICHOLAS CLINTON
Amanda
Henry
Paralee
William Franklin (Frank)
Emmalie
Mary There is some belief that Emmalie and Mary may be the same person, Mary Emmalie? Records put their birth dates very close together.
We'll continue with Nicholas Clinton in the next installment. We start getting into pictures of my family from now on. Don't know if that's good or bad.