Sarah (Stephens) Kroh

Ancestors

Daughter of [private father (1950s - unknown)] and [private mother (1950s - unknown)]

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Biography

Sarah (Stephens) Kroh is a Texan.

Sarah (Stephens) Kroh is a member of the Kroh Name Study Project.

Sarah Stephens is the eldest daughter of Jack Stephens and Brinda Pool. She holds a BA in History from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. She is a member of the Williamson County Genealogical Society in Round Rock, Texas and has a side project called Found Object Genealogy, which aims to return photos, letters, and other items to their families.

Sarah (Stephens) Kroh has Scottish Ancestors.

• Scottish Roots: Maggie (McKillop) McKim, my Most Recent Immigrant Ancestor, was born in Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She came to America as a young child in 1869 on the SS Europa.^[1]

Sarah (Stephens) Kroh has French origins.

Sarah (Stephens) Kroh is of Swiss descent

• French and Swiss Roots: Mary Melosie (Vascocu) Stephens was a Natchitoches Parish native, and had Swiss and French (by way of Quebec) roots. The French roots come primarily from Magdeleine Barthe (Pereau) Vascocu's branch, and the Swiss from the family of Marie Barbe (Toups) Vascocu.
  

  Sarah (Stephens) Kroh has roots in the region now known as Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Sarah (Stephens) Kroh is the descendant of Palatine migrants.

• Baden-Württemberg and Swiss-Palantine Roots: John William Pool's parents were both natives of the Orangeburgh community of Lexington County, South Carolina, an enclave of German and Swiss families. His second great-grandmother, Anna Barbara (Snider) Pool, was born in Nöttingen, Enzkreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg; at least the third generation in her father's family to be born there. John William Pool's maternal great-grandfather, John Murff (or Morf), was a Palantine migrant who was born in Zurich, Switzerland.
  

  Sarah (Stephens) Kroh has roots in the region now known as Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Descendant of Paulus Kuster, who was part of William Penn’s Pennsylvania Settlers community..

• Nordrhein-Westfalen and William Penn's Settlers Roots: Paulus Kuster, the father of Johannes Kuster, was a part of William Penn's Pennsylvania Settlers community. Paulus was a Mennonite from Kaldenkirchen, Germany, and his son Johannes was a member of the Abington Meeting of Friends.

Sarah (Stephens) Kroh has English ancestors.

Sarah (Stephens) Kroh is related to US President Abraham Lincoln. Here is the trail.

• English Roots: Cordelia (Yoakum) Bryant's mother, Artemisia (Hanks) Yoakum, was a descendent of Thomas Hanks, born in England. He is how our family is tied to Abraham Lincoln and Tom Hanks. Edmond Liston Moore was a descendent of Morris Liston, a Quaker who moved from Yorkshire, England^[2] to New Castle County, Delaware.

Sarah (Stephens) Kroh has Irish ancestors.

• Irish Roots: William McClintock was born in County Wicklow, Ireland. His family came to South Carolina in 1772. His father, James Timothy McClintock, is said to have been born in County Antrim, today a part of Northern Ireland. McEdna (Bryant) Pool is a descendent of Redmond McMahan, born in Ireland. The McMahan surname is possibly why McEdna's mother, Jemima McMahan, chose to add the unusual prefix to her daughter's name - to preserve her maiden name.

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957," Year 1869, Arrival New York, New York, USA, Microfilm Serial M237, 1820-1897, Line 48, List Number 1057, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 7488 #7001035 : accessed 31 July 2022), Name Margt McKillop, Gender Female, Ethnicity/ Nationality Irish, Age 1, Birth Date abt 1868, Place of Origin Ireland, Departure Port Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland, Destination USA, Arrival Date 10 Sep 1869, Arrival Port New York, New York, USA, Ship Name Europa.
2. ↑ Birthplace mentioned in Stanley and Liston's The Listons of America, 1665-1987, 1988. But some have put forth Ireland as well. I'd love to have a better source for this; please get in touch if you have one.

• First-hand information. Entered by Sarah Stephens at registration.

Confirmed by DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Sarah Stephens and Brinda Pool, child and parent. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: Mother based on sharing 3,465 centimorgans shared across 65 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Sarah Stephens and FC, second cousins, 1x removed. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 3rd - 4th cousins based on sharing 129 centimorgans shared across 8 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Sarah Stephens and MB, second cousins. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 1st - 2nd cousins based on sharing 361 centimorgans shared across 19 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Sarah Stephens and DA, second cousins, 1x removed. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 2nd - 3rd cousins based on sharing 235 centimorgans shared across 11 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
• Paternal and maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Sarah Stephens and her first cousin, twice removed, HS. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, Joseph Stephens and Nellie McKim. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd–3rd Cousin, based on sharing 266 cM across 9 segments.