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Why Mennonites? Why not Simonites?

Posted on August 27, 2014 by robertagoering

by Daniel P. Goering Have you ever wondered why Mennonites are not called Simonites? (After all the founder’s name was Menno Simons. What other group is known by its founder’s first name?) This question puzzled me for many years. I … Continue reading →

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Archer Sundgren on Okinawa

Posted on May 26, 2014 by robertagoering

Aunt Martha shared that this photo by Ernie Pyle of Uncle Archer appeared in the local newspaper during World War II.

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How well do you know your Goering history?

Posted on May 23, 2014 by robertagoering

From the Goering Gazette, March 1992, Pre-reunion issue #2 1. Our earliest ancestry can be traced to the Canton Bern in Switzerland. That year was approximately ___________. 2. We laughingly say we are descended from Moses. The truth is our … Continue reading →

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The Military & Alternative Service Project – Larry writes…

Posted on May 22, 2014 by robertagoering

Larry

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Index to John B. Goering’s memoirs

Posted on May 22, 2014 by robertagoering

Forward Many of the family were aware that Dad had done some journal writing, in which he recorded various anecdotes, special family occasions, remembrance of family history, and much of his philosophy. He did this with encouragement from several members … Continue reading →

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The siblings then and now

Posted on May 19, 2014 by robertagoering

Dan, Bill, Al, Walt, Herb John, Jim, Frieda, Harry, Joan, Elva, Martha, Art Leonard, Larry, Ralph This is the first photo we have of all 16 together and below is the most current group photo from the reunion in Colorado … Continue reading →

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Aunt Rosie tells the Katharina story

Posted on February 22, 2014 by robertagoering

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 see also: Katharina Gering, August 7, 1871

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Another bit of Goering history

Posted on February 21, 2014 by robertagoering

by Rosella Goering Brandt A number of years ago after our heritage trip to Ukraine/Russia, I was reading up on Goering history. I found that Johann Gering, 1804-1878 and his second wife, Barbara Stucky Sehner, 1840-1904 had settled in Freeman, … Continue reading →

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Dorothea E. Goering

Posted on August 5, 2013 by robertagoering

Dorothea E. Goering (August 29, 1928 – December 7, 2010) Dorothea E. Goering, 82, died on her home on Tuesday (Dec. 7, 2010). Dorothea was born on August 29, 1928 to C.P. and Helen (Toevs) Regier of Peabody. The daughter … Continue reading →

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Uncle Jim

Posted on June 5, 2012 by robertagoering

  James A. Goering,             James Alfred Goering, 79, of 7387 Horeb Church Road, Dayton, Virginia, passed away on May 31, 2012 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for a week.             He was born on … Continue reading →

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