Johannes Conrad Yoho, I

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Origin of Most American Yoho's

The origin of most American Yoho's is Alsace France. Keep in mind however that although the origin of American Yoho's is Alsace, research shows the origin of the Joho name is Swiss.. The majority of Joho's to this day still live in Switzerland. Evidently, some Joho's moved from Switzerland and settled in Alsace and Germany during the 1600's or early 1700's... Alsace, a small region located at the center of Western Europe (red region in above image), is bordered by Germany (G) on the East and Switzerland on the South.

Alsace is divided into two regions based on origin of the Rhine River. The region closest to the origin (Switzerland) is called the Upper Rhine or Haute-Rhin. The capital of this region is Colmar. The Lower Rhine (actually Northern Alsace) is the Bas-Rhin with the capital of Strasbourg (Photo Below). Lembach Alsace, circled in red in both maps below is reported to have been the home of Johannes Joho, the first known American immigrant. For history of Alsace Click Here.

Johann Michael Joho

The earliest known Joho in Alsace was Johann Michael (1678-1735) the father of Johannes Joho the first known American immigrant..

A Word About Names: Johann Michael Joho had at least three sons with the first name "Johannes". All but Johannes "the immigrant" had a "middle name". This is confusing to new researchers. Based on explanation below Johann Michael would have been called Michael Joho. His son Johannes Joho (no "middle name") would have been called John. .. From Kerchner: 18th Century German Naming Customs:

Old European names often have two given names prior to the surname. The first is the spiriutal and the second the secular or call name. .. If two given names are used, the first is the spiritual and the second the secular or call name . The child's secular name was really John, if and only if, at baptism he was named only John, usually spelled as Johannes, with no second given name. The name John spelled as Johannes is rarely seen spelled as Johannes as a spiritual name, i.e., you rarely will see the name at baptism recorded as Johannes Adam Kerchner, etc. It is generally always found spelled as Johan or Johann when used as a spiritual name. Thus, you find the spiritual name of John recorded as Johan Adam Kerchner or Johann Adam Kerchner, not Johannes Adam Kerchner. Many researchers, new to German names, who find a baptism of an individual with a name such as Johan Adam Kerchner, thus mistakenly spend a lot of time looking for a John Kerchner, in legal and census records, when he was known after baptism, to the secular world, as Adam Kerchner....

Johann Michael was born ca 1678 but his birth place is not known. He was living in Alsace at the time of the confirmation of his son Johannes and daughter Anna Maria Margaretha.in 1729. It is also not known if Michael's children were born in Alsace or Switzerland. Family tradition indicates they were born in Alsace but new research (11/05) found no record of their births there (See Menu Item: Latest Research).. Since the earliest Joho originated in Switzerland (Baden 1395), Michael. and his children may have been born in Switzerland and moved to Alsace in the early 1700's. Records indicate Michael was living in Sulzthal/Lembach Alsace, the location of which can be found in the above maps.

Michael is reported to have been a Meat Cutter and to have served as a soldier in Alsace. Denver Yoho reported that Michael died in Alsace in 1735 but more recent research does not confirm that data.

Johann Michael married Susanna Gelker(? - ?).. They had at least four children who lived in Sulzthal/Lembach. More information about this location can be found in menu item: Latest Research.

   *Johannes Conrad Joho (1705-1729)

*Johannes Joho (1712- 1795) The first immigrant to America
*Johannes Michael Joho (1718-1735)
*Anna Maria Margaretha Joho (1714 - ?)
First Immigrants: Johannes and Susanna Joho

The first recorded evidence of Joho immigrants to the US was in 1738.. Pennsylvania German Pioneers (Genealogical Publishing Company 1966) recorded a list of all the Palatine Passenger on board the ship "Snow Two Sisters", James Marshall, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes in England in the year 1738. The ship landed in Philadelphia on Sept 5th. The passenger list shows 41 men, 30 women and 39 children at half freight.. Among the passengers were Johannes Joho age 37 and his wife Susanna age 44*.. An "Oath of Allegance" list is also included. . Men were required to signify their allegance to the new country by putting an "X" by their name..

It is interesting to note that Joho is spelled Johe on this list but an "X" does appear by his name.. There are families in Europe and America today that spell their name Johe and Yohe. The unanswered question is whether these are derivations of the original spelling Joho or separate families.. Passenger and Oath List. (Strassburger)

• Evidence Below of Lau Family disputes Susanna's age at time of immigration. In the Lau records, Susanna was born in 1705 which would have made her 33 at time of immigration not 44. As well, Johannes was reportedly born in 1712 which would have made his age 26 not 38 as stated in ship's log.

Origin of Johannes and Susanna Joho

Records show that Johannes Joho and his wife Susanna Laur (Lau) Joho lived near Lembach on a farm named Sulzthal. This area is located in Northern Alsace or in the Bas-Rhin Region.

Johannes, son of Michael Joho was reportedly born in 1712 . He died in 1795 and is buried in the "Yoho Cemetery" along Fish Creek in Marshall County WV.. The date of Susanna's death and her burial site is not known. She may also be buried in Yoho Cemetery.

Susanna (1705 - ?) was the daughter of Hans Theobald Lau (Laur) who was either a manorial farmer in Sulzthal near Lembach Alsace.. Hans married a Margaretha Unknown and had four children in Sulzthal. The following information is from Data Page of John Boring and the Henderson Family Page

   *Conrad Lau (Laur) (abt 1694 - ?) Immigrated to US 1732 on ship "John and William". Moved with wife Roseannah to Guilford NC around 1750

*Christman Lau (Laur) (1696 - 1772). Married Cleophe FREY. Immigrated US 1732 on "John and William". Settled in York PA
*Johann Peter Lau (Laur) (1701 - ?). Married Elisabetha GUTHMANN. They had 9 children in Lembach
*Susanna Lau (Laur) (ca 1705 - ?) Married Johannes Joho
Johannes and Susanna were married March 1, 1735 in Lembach and had one daughter there.. Marie Christine was born in 1735 and died in 1738 the year they immigrated to America.

First American Settlement: Conewago PA

Johannes and Susanna moved to Conewago in Adams/York County Pennsylvania. Conewago is an iroquois name meaning below the riffles. Martin Kitzmiller first purchased this land in a proprietary tract known as "Digges Choice" in 1737. The tract as surveyed contained 6,822 acres and was described as lying on "Little Conewago Creek". It principally lay in what is now Adams County, but passed into York County. In this county it comprised the present limits of Germany and Conowago Townships.

In August 1745, a resurvey was made and 3,679 acres were added to the former survey. This tract was 4 miles north of the temporary line between PA and Maryland surveyed in 1732. Subsequent disagreements led to the murder of Dudley Digges by Jacob Kitzmiller in Feb 1752. From 1735 to 1752 Germans came by the thousands. In the fall of 1749 no less than 20 ships arrived in Philadelphia bringing 12,000 passengers. (Egle) For those looking for historical records, there are several churches in this area. Conewago Chapel was originally a Jesuit chapel and built in 1787. This chapel is on U.S. 30 four miles south of New Oxford. Christ Reformed Church is 3 miles east of Little Town and 5 miles north west of Hanover. The grave yard has graves of many pioneers.

While living in Conewago, Johannes and Susanna had 2 daughters. Records show that Johannes still used the original Joho spelling of his name for the first two children in America.. Maria Christina Joho was born March 14 1740.. She was baptized on May 20 1740 with her sponsors being Janeslaus Wuchtel and Maria Christina Baumann. There is no known record of her marriage or death.. Eva Catarina Joho was born May 26 1741. She was baptized June 25 1741 with her sponsors being Wentzel Buchtrueckel and wife. Eva married George Lemley.. George settled just north of the Mason Dixon Line along Dunkard Creek in 1797 on a tract of land named in the patent "Cheval-de-Frise". .Family tradition says he was born in Germany about 1742.. He died June 11, 1813. . Eva Catarina bore him eleven children. She died Nov 5, 1825. (Core)

Birth Records From:

Notes & Queries

Historical, Biographical and Genealogical Relating Chiefly to Interior PA.

Geneaological Pub. Co. 1896

Second Settlement: First Use of Yoho

Johannes and Susanna moved to near Winchester Virginia sometime during or before 1745 since their oldest son Peter was born in 1745 eighteen miles from Winchester.. All known records show Peter's and his other brothers and sisters surname as Yoho.. Since "J" in German is pronounced as "Y" in English, it must be assumed that Johannes and Susanna "Americanized" their name during this time.

The exact location of their land may be on or near a tract deeded by Lord Fairfax to John "O" Yoho* in 1766 and sold by John "O" Yoho to Alexander Machir in 1771.. Was the John of this deeded land Johannes the father or his son John? This question has not been answered but the assumption is it was Johannes the father who had also "Americanized" his first name to John.. My hypothesis is that this John was the son of the Johannes. Some support for my hypothesis is discussed below in the move to Western VA. The deed for this land can be seen in another section (Main Menu).

• For some time, I assumed the "O" in John Yoho's signature was a middle name. However, Page Miller in 1995 sent convincing evidence that the "O" was actually John's Mark to signify his signature. He evidently did not want to use an "X"

Seven additional sons and daughters were born to Johannes and Susanna while they lived near Winchester. The history of these children is discussed in another section (Main Menu: Children of Johannes/Susanna).

   *Peter Yoho: (1745 - 1823) Married Margaret Baker. Settled VA/WV

*John Yoho: (ca 1746 - ?) Married Unknown. Settled in PA
*GeorgeYoho: (? - 1795) Married Unknown. Reportedly killed by indians in Ohio/Marshall Co. VA/WV
*Henry Yoho: (1752 - 1845) Married Catharine Baker. Settled VA/WV
*Prudence Yoho: (? - ?) Married Vincent Parsons. Settled Greene Co. PA
*Jacob Yoho: (1765 - 1851) Married Margaret Dailey. Settled in Ohio
*Barbara Yoho: (1765 - 1816) Married James Bradford. Settled Greene Co. PA
Third and Final Settlement: Western VA (WV)

The final move of Johannes, Susanna and their family was to Western Virginia now West Virgina. They settled in what is now Marshall Co. near Fish Creek in the Ohio Valley located in the northern panhandle of the state.. Based on one of their sons war record, the move occurred around 1763. Henry Yoho's war record states that he moved with his fathers family to Western Virginia when he was eleven years old. Since Henry was born in 1752, he would have been 11 in 1763.

The move could have taken place in 1771 after the sale of the Fairfax land if Johannes was the John Yoho of this deed.. However, if Henry Yoho's war record is correct and he and his family moved to Western VA in 1763, why would Johannes stay behind in Winchester and be deeded land from Lord Fairfax in 1766 and then sell that land to Alexander Machir in 1771.. It seems more likely that Johannes' son John stayed behind and was granted land by Thomas Lord Fairfax in 1766. He would have been twenty years old when granted the land and twenty five when he then sold that land in 1771 and joined his family in Western Virginia.. This is further support for the hypothesis that the John "O" Yoho of the Fairfax deed was not Johannes but his son.

The family definately had to be in Western VA sometime prior to the Revolutionary War since Henry Yoho enlisted in the Western VA. militia in 1776 while John and Henry served in the PA Militia in 1777.. Virginia tax records of 1785 and 1795 lists John, Jacob, Peter, and Henry as living near Fish Creek.. Johannes died ca 1795 and is thought to be buried in the Yoho Cemetery. Susanna's death date is not known. She is probably also buried in the Yoho Cemetery.

Sources

   *      Boring, John Data Page and Henderson Family Page

* Core, Earl L. Cronicles of The Core Family From 1760-1960.
* Kerchner: 18th Century German Naming Customs
* Egle, William H. Notes and Queries. Historical Biographical and Genealogical Relating Chiefly to interior PA. 1896. Genealogical Pub. Co.
* Lembach Photos http://www.photo-alsace.com/2_photo/12000-13000/n12200.htm
* Strassburger, R.B. Pennsylvania German Pioneers. 1966. Genealogical Publishing Company
* Yoho, Denver. Rt 3 Box 202 Gallipolis, Ohio 45631.

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Johannes Joho (Yoho) was born in Alsace (Elsace), Germany, in 1700 or 1701.He came to America in 1738 with his wife Susanna Joho, who was 44 years old. Johannes Joho was listed as being 37 years old. They traveled from Rotterdam to Cowes, England. They would qualify on the day that they landed in the Americas. They landed in Philadelphia, Pa., on September 9, 1738. The Ship was the Two Sisters, and the Master was James Marshall. The ships log lists the Palatine Passengers on Board. There were 110 passengers on board the Two Sisters that day; 41 men, 30 women, and 39 children. On board were Anna and Christian Shenk (Shank), [possible ancestors]. Anna was 40 and Christian was 15 years old. I have found that Johannes Joho may not be Peter Yoho's father, but maybe a grandfather. They had two children listed in their European Records, Maria Christina, born October 20, 1735, and Eva Catharina, born June 18, 1737. Three more were born in the Colonies, they were: Maria Christina, born March 14, 1740 and baptized May 22, 1740; Eva Catharina, born May 26, 1749, and baptized June 25, 1749. The last child listed was born to a second wife, Anna Maria, and that is Anna Maria who was baptized on September 9, 1750. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EMIGRANTS FROM THE NORTHERN ALSACE TO AMERICA by AnnetteKunselman Burgert, Picton Press, Camden, Maine. JOHO, JOHANNES age 37 Snow TWO SISTERS, 1738 S-H, I: 209, 210, 211 with Susanna Joho, age 44 EUROPEAN RECORDS Lembach Lutheran KB: Johannes Joho, single Holtzschuhmacher (maker of wooden shoes) in Sultzthal,son of the late Joh. Michael Joho, former butcher, m. 1 Mar. 1735, Susanna Catharina, daughter of Theobald Lau, smith at Sultzhal. They had: 1. Maria Christina b. 20 Oct. 1735 Sp.: Friederich Boh, son of Philip Boh; Maria Catharina wife of Heinrich Zehender, des Jager von der Hard. 2. Eva Christina b. 18 June 1737. AMERICAN RECORDS Rev. John Casper Stoever's records: Johannes Joho (Conewago) had children: 3. Maria Christina b. 14 Mar. 1740, bp. 22 May 1740 Sp.: Janeslaus Wuchtel and Maria Christina Baumann 4. Eva Catharina b. 26 May 1749, bp. 25 June 1749 Sp.: Wentzel Buchtrueckel and wife. Rev. Jacob Lischy's records, York co: Johannes Joho and wife Anna Maria had: 5. Anna Maria bp. 9 Sept. 1750. Sp.: Peter Lau and Susanna The YOHO Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, (April, 1993), states in an article that Johannes and Susanna had five children, but, four of these children were boys. Peter, Henry, John, Jacob are the boys' names. Peter and Henry have not been, at this time, linked with Johannes and Susanna. Peter and Henry fought at Ft. Fincastle (Fort Henry in Wheeling) and at Beeler's Station in southern Marshall County. Another brother fought alongside Peter and Henry and would settle in the this area, Wetzel County and on the waters of Fish Creek in Marshall County. The entire Yoho Clan can be traced back to Peter and Henry, and as an additional quirk, the two brothers married the twin daughters of Capt. John Baker, another famous and early county settler.

INFORMATION THAT DENVER YOHO SENT TO ME THAT HE HAD GATHERED FROM A CLARICE V. STANLEY, 605 VINE ST., MARTINS FERRY, OH, 43935. [1-614-633-9735] THIS INFORMATION STATES THAT "JOHANNES" WAS BORN IN 1712.

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From: The YOHO Newsletter
April, 1993 Yoho Family Association Newsletter Volume 2, Number 1

The following article was published in the Wheeling News Register on July 23, 1980 by Becky Clutter, News Register Staff Writer. A copy of the article was submitted by Robert L. Coffield, new Martinsville, West Virginia.

THE LONG, HARD SEARCH TO DISCOVER YOHO ROOTS

A seven year search is nearing completion for Marshall County native Iven Garner Yoho... the search for his family "root". Iven began his quest in 1973, on a return trip to his home in Maryland, after visiting relatives in the Marshall County area. Iven says he could "visualize his early ancestors traveling somewhat the same route when they came to the Flats of Grave Creek" around 1771 from White Post, Virginia, and he decided to trace the family origins, mainly as a legacy for his two sons and two grandsons. What Iven found is a remarkable legend of the Yoho family. Months of letter writing, transcontinental phone calls, visits to the National Archives in Washington, D. C., stops at county seats, and a lot of "family memory" have culminated in an accurate detailed family tree. Correspondence with archives and government offices in Switzerland, France, and Germany, has determined that Yoho (spelled Joho, but pronounced the same) could be traced to "three sides of the valleys of the Rhine River in France and Germany" but Iven tends to think his ancestors came from Phaltz, Germany, north of the Rhine. But from there on, Iven's family history is based on fact, with as much substantiation as possible. "Johannes Joho and Susanna Joho came to America in 1738 in the ship 'Snow Two Sisters', out of Rotterdam and Cowes, England." "John Yoho" received a land grant in 1766 from Thomas Lord Fairfax in the "northern neck of Virginia" (in or near White Post, Virginia, approximately eleven miles southwest of Winchester.) John Yoho produced five children, Peter, Henry, John, Jacob and Catherine. Intese research traced the offspring of John (Johannes) and record tell of their settlement in the area of "West Augusta," (now Greene County, Pa.), Ohio and Marshall Counties, West Virginia. Iven learned that three of the brothers were frontier soldiers and fought in recorded battles at Ft. Fincastle (Fort Henry in Wheeling), and Beeler's Station in southern Marshall County. Thus, between 1792 and 1800, the three brothers settled in Wetzel County and on the waters of Fish Creek in Marshall County. Iven has found that the entire Yoho clan, can be traced directly back to Henry and Peter, and as an added quirk, the two brothes married the twin daughters of Capt. John Baker, another famous and early county settler. The Yoho name, although very common in this area, is almost unheard of throughout the rest of the country. In going over the family lists, it's amazing how often a few of the names turned up generation after generation, probably unknowingly. Henry, Peter, George, Sarah and Elizabeth seem to dominate the Yoho offspring. Interesting facts about the ancestors come to light; such as a romantic detail learned through an old wedding certificate showing Iven's parents were married aboard the riverboat "Ruth" on the beautiful Ohio River near Captina. Iven looks back on his years of research and refers to it "like being a detective". Finding a clue here and there, and finally all the pieces falling together. But the driving force behind his quest was the determination to leave behind an accurate family record for his children's children. Iven is proud of his findings, but is quick to point out and credit those who have helped him. His cousins, Sullivan Yoho and Grace Yoho Taylor, both natives and residents of Marshall County, have shared their time and memories with him, along with countless "nameless" folks in county offices, libraries and genealogical institutes. And what has resulted in a permanent, last legacy for all the Yoho 'kin.

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The following article by Don Palmerine has unknown origin (at this time).

MAN STUDIES YOHO NAME
By Don Palmerine

Iven Garner Yoho of Hyattsville, Maryland has studied the Yoho name since 1973. He has collected documented material proving where the Yoho roots are woven. Why would a man spend seven years of his life studying a name? "The only gain I hope for from this is that some future descendants, fifty, hundred years from now will just say thank." Iven, retired and a widower, has traced the Yoho name back to the original two Yohos who first stepped foot in the United States. The first Yohos to come to this country were John (spelled Joh) and Susanna Yoho (originally spelled Joho, but pronounced Yoho) in September of 1738. Iven says that since the first two Yoho came to this country, a long line of names have been created through marriage. Asked why so many Yohos seem to be scattered throughout northern West Virginia and southern Pennsylvania, Iven said, "The begats kept begattin'." The first Yoho to come to Wetzel County was Henry Yoho, son of John Yoho. Henry was an Indian fighter. Since then, as Iven rightly puts it, there was a lot of begatton. "People always ask me what nationally is the name Yoho. Most people say that it is a funny name. The actress Carman Miranda, who talked with a heavy accent, once came up to me and said that my name sounded phony. I was a little upset about it until someone told me she was really saying funny instead of phony." Iven hopes to write a book about the Yoho family. He wants to make it a fictionalized, historical novel beginning with Henry and Peter Yoho, who fought in the Revolutionary War. "Facts can tie you down when you want to write a novel that you someday want to see a movie. If I wrote simply facts, it would probably only saleable to other Yohos. Even some Yohs might care less. In the movie "Roots," 90 percent of what you saw or heard was fictionalized. It has to be. I don't know exactly what Henry said over two hundred years ago. But if there is going to be a movie about him, he has to do some talking." Iven has made his genealogy of the family as complete as he could. "I have put everyone in there; the good and the bad shall be remembered." Iven believes that htis part of West Virginia is being historically ignored. He says that the only history book worthy of what happened in Wetzel County is the book, "Lewis Wetzel: Indian Fighter," by C. Allman. "Lewis Wetzel, from what I understand, was a good Indian fighter, but was very close to being simply a murderer. In doing the research for my genealogy. I talked with Allman and he gave me some good advice and he also told me that in writing the Lewis Wetzel book, it was hard not to depict him as a murderer." Iven has received some additional help with his research from Mrs. Ethel Briggs of New Martinsville. Before beginning his research, Iven worked as a salesman and radio announcer. He worked for such stations as WKWK in Wheeling and WAGA in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was the late Walter (Austin) Yoho of Marshall County. He has two sons and two grandsons. A list of some of the names which appeared in Iven's genealogy who married into the Yoho family are: Parsons, Wells, Gatts, Wayne, Henthorn, Furbee, Cosgray, Wycart, Copper, Coffield, Eller, Mason, Cecil, Yeater, Goddard, Rine, and many others. Iven will be in the area until August 10. He asks if any persons who have photographs of the Yoho families that they would wish to donate or any other information that might be vital to his henealogy, that they contact him at P. O. Box 207, Proctor.

NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV 1980

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The YOHO Newsletter
April, 1993

THE YOHOS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS?

Editor's Note: This article written and submitted by Sullivan Yoho, Proctor, West Virginia.

You may ask why I say Yohos and neighbors? Well, our neighbors are relatives of the Yoho's because the Yohos have been know to intermarry. The Yohos I know and have known over the years in most cases lived in and around northern Wetzel and southern Marshall counties. While I was in the army and going to numerous places the name Yoho was not prominent. Yet the name Yoho is well known in Germany, Switzerland, and likely in France where it is spelled Joho. I think we Yoho's are very fortunate that Peter and Henry Yoho were scouts in the Revolutionary War. The state of Virginia, more or less, gave them land as partial payment for their services. This allowed them to go out into the frontier to live and develop something from the forests. This helped us to get land that has been handed down to us through generations. The Yohos are and have been good workers. In the past they were possessed with the desire to help their children obtain some land and farm animals and grub out an independent living. When I say independent, that is exactly what it was. During my lifetime we have experienced two big snow storms, in 1936 and 1950. We Yohos and neighbors were nestled pretty secure in our environment. In 1936 at my house at bedtime the pump was drained and the fire went out. Every liquid in the kitchen froze solid. Mother had our canned goods down in the cellar and when it began to freeze my Dad lit the lantern and placed it there for heat during the night. In the morning if you were thirsty you had to break the ice in the waterbuckets to get a drink. We definitely are not independent enough to sustain that kind of storm today. In our present frontier we must make contack with supplies. Each fall I do my best to prepare myself to last through some unforseen storm. I have been accused of crossing bridges before I get to them. However, I do look ahead to see if it is safe because often the sign on the bridge says, "one vehicle at a time." I am sure that my parents were more independent than myself. They had it much harder work-wise to survive than I. When they went to Moundsville, as children, their family, horses, and wagon left Rines Ridge at 4:00 a. m. - going through Graysville, out Gatts', Taylor's and Robert's Ridges. They would be on Robert's Ridge at daylight. They had no headlights on their horses (however horses can see in the dark) and it was not very comfortable in cold rainy weather. My grandparents and their parents, lived under other hardships. What I am suggesting is the Yohos and their neighbors have had it tough out here on the ridges for generations. But now our frontier is clear around the world. For instance, in 1920 beginning at the forks of Birch and Rines ridges going north -- Vincent, Roy, Thomas, Timothy, Joseph, Blair, Jehu, Riley and Melvin Yoho lived on and owned most of the first four miles of Rines Ridge. A lot of Yohos have died after some 150 years of steadfast homemaking in this part of the country. Their kin have sold the land. Presently, it leaves only Ima Lee Meadows Yoho, Ruth Yoho Cozart, Gary and Donna Yoho and Arvella Furbee Yoho owning land on Rines Ridge. Since World War II, a lot of Yohos have begun to travel and for looking for what their ancestors were looking for. Freedom. Freedom is the greatest thing on earth. God bless the Yohos and their neighbors.

Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/y/o/u/Rex-A-Young/WEBSIT...

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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Johannes Joho

Name: Johannes Joho

Year: 1738

Age: 37

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1701

Place: Pennsylvania

Family Members: Wife Susanna Catharina Lau 44; Child Joho, Eva Catharina; Child Joho, Maria Christina

Source Publication Code: 1031.10

Primary Immigrant: Joho, Johannes

Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Name of ship, village of origin, and reference to original record may also be provided. Spouse and children, mentioned prior to emigration, were assumed by indexers to have accompanied emigrant. Much genealogical data is also provided. Source Bibliography: BURGERT, ANNETTE K. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992. 690p. Page: 280

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Peter Yoho (son of Johannes) Cemetery: http://www.timyoho.com/yohopage/Cemeteries/Peter%20Yoho%20Cem.html

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Johannes “John” Yoho BIRTH 1701 Switzerland DEATH 1795 (aged 93–94) Graysville, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Peter Yoho Cemetery Marshall County, West Virginia

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158280806/johannes-yoho

Johannes's birth place is sort of a mystery which cannot be proven. Some say he was born in the farm community of Sulzthal, (near present day Windstein), Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France, but it is now thought he was born in Switzerland and came with his parents to the farm community of Sulzthal, Alsace. Regardless, he lived in this community and was a shoemaker, and his father, Johann Michael Yoho, a meat cutter in the same community. His wife, Susanna Catherine Lau was born most likely in that community, as it seems the Lau's owned the farm. They were married March 1, 1735 in Lembach, Alsace. They appear to have been Lutheran. They, along with one child, Eva Cathrina, journeyed across the ocean, and Eva tragically died on the way. A sister who was born in 1740 was named in her memory.

Johannes and Susanna first settled in Conewago, Pennsylvania upon arriving in the new world. Later they would move to a 246 acre tract of land on Cedar Creek, in what was then Frederick County, about 18 miles distant of Winchester, Virginia. next they would once again move to Ohio County, Virginia, in a part with would later become Marshall County, West Virginia, on a large tract of land lying about a mile up from the mouth of Fish Creek. Here they died and were buried, the first occupants of the Peter Yoho Cemetery.

Children Photo Eva Catrina Yoho Lemley 1741–1825

Photo Peter Yoho 1745–1823

Photo Barbara Yoho Bradford 1765–1816

Photo Jacob Yoho 1765–1851

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Johannes's birth place is sort of a mystery which cannot be proven. Some say he was born in the farm community of Sulzthal, (near present day Windstein), Bas-Rhine, Alsace, France, but it is now thought he was born in Switzerland and came with his parents to the farm community of Sulzthal, Alsace. Regardless, he lived in this community and was a shoemaker, and his father, Johann Michael Yoho, a meat cutter in the same community. His wife, Susanna Catherine Lau was born most likely in that community, as it seems the Lau's owned the farm. They were married March 1, 1735 in Lembach, Alsace. They appear to have been Lutheran. They, along with one child, Eva Cathrina, journeyed across the ocean, and Eva tragically died on the way. A sister who was born in 1740 was named in her memory.

Johannes and Susanna first settled in Conewago, Pennsylvania upon arriving in the new world. Later they would move to a 246 acre tract of land on Cedar Creek, in what was then Frederick County, about 18 miles distant of Winchester, Virginia. next they would once again move to Ohio County, Virginia, in a part with would later become Marshall County, West Virginia, on a large tract of land lying about a mile up from the mouth of Fish Creek. Here they died and were buried, the first occupants of the Peter Yoho Cemetery.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 9 2019, 3:46:47 UTC

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Johannes “John” Yoho BIRTH 1701 Switzerland DEATH 1795 (aged 93–94) Graysville, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Peter Yoho Cemetery Marshall County, West Virginia

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158280806/johannes-yoho

Children Photo Eva Catrina Yoho Lemley 1741–1825

Photo Peter Yoho 1745–1823

Henry Yoho 1752–1845

Photo Barbara Yoho Bradford 1765–1816

Photo Jacob Yoho 1765–1851

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GEDCOM Note

Timeline:
9 Sep 1738, arrived at the port of Philadelphia on the Ship "Sno Two Sisters", James Marshall, Master, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes in England. He was a wooden shoe maker.
1752 he was living near Winchester, Virginia
1761 he moved to an area of Virginia which would later lie in southwestern Pennsylvania (probably Greene Co., PA).
19 Aug 1766 Frederick County, Virginia- Land Transfer Document from Lord FAIRFAX to John YOHO
22 Jul 1771 Frederick County, Virginia- Joho YOHO sells land to Alexander MACH
1795 Virginia Tax List - Jonathan YOHO, Peter YOHO,

Source:
"The Descendants of Henry Yoho & Annabelle Buchanan" compiled by Richard E Henthorn and T. Vernon Anderson.

Source:
"Charlie Yoho--his family: 200 years along the Ohio River" by Denver Clayton Yoho (1913-), index by Mrs. Carol Hassig. Gallipolis, OH (Rt. 3, Box 202, Gallipolis, OH 45631) : D.C. Yoho [1982] 311p. Library of Congress Call Number: CS71.Y537 1982. Dewey Decimal: 929/.2/0973 dc19. Includes index. John Michael Yoho. John Michael Yoho was a meat cutter.

Source:
"My Mother's people" by Glen Allan Lincicome (1932-), Urbana, Ohio (454 1/2 Scioto St., Urbana, OH 43078) : G.A. Lincicome, 1986. Library of Congress Call Number: CS71.P69 1986. Dewey Decimal: 929/.2/0973 cd19. Includes index.

Source:
Dr. Tim P. Yoho, Chairman & Professor of Biology @@Lock Haven University Yoho Family Newsletter, 1995