Stephen Seifert who lived in the Black Forest region on the border of France and
Germany, was the father of three boys, Philip,
Adam
and Johannes,
who emigrated in the late 1740's. This particular Stephen Seifert has not been definitively
identified as the father of our three
ancestors, although the correspondence in names seems reasonable.  If you are in a
position to research Catholic families in Alsace, please let us know!

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Coming
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Want to meet the Cousins?
 
A Yahoo chat group provides a virtual reunion for any and all descendants of Philip, Adam and
Johannes Cyphert.  We swap family history information as it comes up, and we let each other know
what's going on along the various branches of the Cyphert tree.  It's a great place to get started
if you're not sure where you "fit" into the Cyphert tree.  Somebody probably has the records on your
branch! Go to YahooGroups to
subscribe.




The Reunion The photo above was taken with a rotary camera in front of the Methodist
Church in Kingsville on
June 30, 1923. The occasion was the first Cyphert family reunion (a tradition that continues on the
last Saturday of June at Clear Creek State Park, PA).  The 1923 event gathered the
descendants of brothers William Rolston (1-3-8) and Thomas Burton Cyphert (1-3-6) and their cousin,
Henry Cyphert (1-7-1), who had married sisters Elizabeth, Mary Jane, and Sarah Allison
in a triple ceremony at Brookville, PA in 1857. The reunion organizers were probably congregation
members Hugh Burton (1-3-6-6), David Harvey (1-3-6-3), Curtis Elmer (1-3-8-3), Tate Elsworth
(1-3-8-4) and Barton Elwin (1-3-8-7) Cyphert.  All but Barton Elwin are buried in the Methodist
Cemetery, Mount Calvary, two miles north of Kingsville, and Barton E. Cyphert's house can be seen at
the left of the photo at the left.  
Each of these cousins is in the picture, along with
250-300 other members of the Cyphert family, town friends, and quite a few Aarons.  Click here
for an enlarged version of the photo with identifications.
 Of the three
Allison sisters, Sarah was the only one living to attend the reunion. She was 87 years
old at the time and died in 1930.