Robert F. Smith Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan spoke in response to the State of the Union Speech last night, and her last name caught my eye. Purely as a genealogical matter: I researched her genealogy back to Jacob Witmer L1VR-ZTF (1735-1807), and compared that with Peter Whitmer LZRN-WVZ (1747-1776), grandfather of Peter Whitmer Sr, the father of the LDS Whitmers, but could find no direct connection. Both genealogies go back to German-speaking Mennonites in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but no obvious immediate relationship. Sorry for the false alarm, but maybe someone else can do better. Link to comment
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