the family can to the New Orleans La. area about 1850 but we do not know what part of Germany they can from can you help Donald
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My grandfathers name was James Clifford Grab. I'm not sure where his side of my family came from. Please email me with some info?
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My name is James Clifford Grab but I am not your grandfather. I find it unbelievable that there are two (maybe more) persons with the same name. There is a James Grab from a family of 19 children in Harrisburg, Pa. and they are 2nd cousins but I know that his middle name is not Clifford. I always believed that my ancestors came from Germany but now have reason to believe that Grab may be derived from Grabowsky or some similar form of that name so maybe I am descended from Polish (Jewish) stock) I was told by my Father that my Greatgrandfather's first name was Peter and that he came from Germany. My Father was raised around Coumbia, Pa. Do you have any relatives from that area?
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Dear Mr. Grab I am searching for the father of Mary Grab. She was born in California in 1964. Her mother Katherine Kerr had three children, and put them up for addoption, 2 of the girls have the name of Lippert and Mary retained her birth name. At one point we were told her father was Donald Grab but are not sure. We havent had much luck with the adoption board. If you can help us at all please, email me, we are trying to locate mother also.
Thank you
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Some of the names you mention coincide with names in my family but I don't believe that they are the same. There was a Mary Grab, maiden name unknow, she married a Robert Grab. She was born many years before 1964 and she and her husband Robert had 19 chldren. I am sure one of those 19 had to be named Mary but never knew the family to live in California. They had their roots around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Robert was the son of George Grab. George was my father's brother (Henry Grab) and the whole family had their roots in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Strangely enough my brother's name was Donald, actually Henry Donald Grab. If you think that any of this is in any way connected with the search that you are conducting please let me know and I will help in any way that I can. Jim Grab
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Jim, according to your post, I'm your 2nd cousin once removed. :) I don't know if you will still receive this reply but if you do, I'd like to be able to chat. :) If you could reply to here or send me a message via ancestry (I'm not currently a member but I'll join if I see a message come through) I'd like to be able to connect.
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Mary Grab, who married Robert Grab (son of George), had the maiden name of Mary Lawless Mahon. As the name suggests, she was the child of Irish immigrants. Their oldest daughter is named for her mother. The family only ever lived in PA, to my knowledge.
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