Misc. Notes
Zweibrücken (inhabited place) Lat: 49 15 N Long: 007 22 E
Deutschland.....................(nation)
Rheinland-Pfalz.................(state)
Names:
Rheinhessen-Pfalz (C,V)
Rheinhessen (C,V)
Rhenish Hesse (C,O)
Today the address would look like thsi Zweibruecken, Reinland-Pfalz RB Rheinhessen-Pfalz, DEU
Note - Located on Schwarzbach (river); was independent countship & noted medieval
center; went to Wittelsbachs in 1385; produced famous early editions of Roman &
Greek classics, Editiones Bipontinae; went to Bavaria in 1816; was badly damaged in
WW II.
The German home of the Böshaar family was 6660 Zweibrücken (28 kilometers east of Saarbrücken: Churchbooks begin 1607, Ref.). The earlliest known ancestor of the American family was Hanß Albrecht Bøoshaar.
Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever: uses Boesshaar, Boeszhaar
Hans Albrecht Böshaar is the earliest known ancestor of the American family known as Böshaar. Their are many variations of the spelling of the name ie Bepor/Peeshaar/Bashore/IGI has a Basshaar. IGI lists many Bowsher
Genealogical Library Master Catalog:
Pasour, Paysour, Payseur, Paseur, together at last : including the early history of this Bösshaar family from 1620-1991 and the connections with the Best, Carpenter, Clemmer, Cloninger, Costner, Dellinger, Friday, Froneberger, Helms, Hoffman, Holland, Hovis, Huffstetler, Jenkins, Kiser, Lewis, Lineberger, Mauney, Moore, Moretz, Plonk, Ratchford, Reep, Rhyne, Robinson, Rudisill, Shuford, Smith, Stroup, Summey, Thornburg, White, and Wyant families / compiled by Thomas J. Marino
The Boeshaar family line and linkage was taken from the FamilyHart pages, maintained by Don & Jeanine Hartman at rootsweb.
http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/familyhart/