Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Germany and a Patent

I can't believe that my maternal grandmother's line goes back to 1500 Germany.  They all came from Germany.  A small little town close to the Belgium/France border called Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany .  Johannes Pontius arrived in Pennsylvania in 1738 with his mother, Rosina Catharina Hauch.  I want to take some time and map out their journey.

On the Nailer side of my mother, my aunt Joyce sent me a link to a patent that my grandfather, Oliver Nailer, owned.  He invented an improvement to the folding crib and rocking cradle.  http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=TtheAAAAEBAJ&dq=Oliver+Nailer
It's kinda neat. 

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