[Ancestor] Graff
Husband [Ancestor] Graff
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1 M Jacob Graff 1 2
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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Graff
This family resided at Grafenauer, near Manheim, Germany, Graf signifying a title of nobility, and auer, denoting a castle, hence Grafenauer means Graff's castle. The religious proclivities of the Graffs in those days, were what were termed "Watchmen of the Lord," a denomination corresponding with the Mennonites.
1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 140.
2
Paul Graff, History of the Graff Family of Westmoreland County (Philadelphia, PA: Privately published(?), 1891), Pg 3.
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