Hi Philip..
We are doing the same Ancestry search.My name is Anna White.. And Im from the Punxsutawney, Pa area.. We have been trying to find out John Whites correct last name.. He is listed as Jean Blanchet on the DuPont Powder records.. My father always said.. Keziah took the last name of Vandever to have a Christian marriage to John.. The VanDever name was to have been John Whites Mothers maiden name.. so my thinking is ..that Hollingsworth Vandever was John Whites Uncle??.? Do you have proof that Blonthiel was Johns correct last name other than family members having a middle name of Blonthiel.? We also have people in the tree that state Brontel was the last name.. And have been named Brontel as a middle name.. I had Mrs Louise Swartz as a teacher at Punxsutawney and just loved her.. It wasn't until the last 4 years of her life did I know that she was a White also... We had exchanged info ..and this is where I got the information on the Blonthiel name... John White Jr. Is burried out in Lovilla, Iowa.. The marker at the bottom of John and Keziahs grave in Punxsutawney is just put there in memory of John Jr....the Historical Society in Punxsy is waiting on the book we are creating to put in the White Room they are creating there..so any info you may want to share would be very helpful... Thank you in advance..
Anna White Rugh Noble.....
Annaviola819@yahoo.com