The other document is from … Iowa. It is obviously in error in many ways. I find that there is an interesting entry, though. The document reports that George Hodson married Rachel Christie instead of Rachel Oldham. That makes three different documents (all from the Ohio or Iowa area) that list her name a Rachel Christie.
We’ve also considered the possibility of a connection with Erstein in Alsace, and I’ve saved some sugar packets from Strasbourg that were manufactured by ‘Sucre Ehrstein.’ My sister also located the name ‘Aloise Ehrstein’ from the early 1800s in an engraving in the cathedral (Munster) in Freiburg, Germany …
Glenn Ehrstine, 2007
A genealogy regarding Piedmont Quaker pioneer George Hodgson and his lines
Orphan George 