Paternal Line

    Martin Birer lived in Urach, Wurttemberg, Germany and died sometime prior to June 10, 1579

    Hans Birer, born approximately 1555 in Urach, Wurttemberg, Germany; died before September 28, 1625
    Appollonia Bucher, also died before September 28, 1625

    Martin Birer, born on November 18, 1579 in Urach, Wurttemberg, Germany; died before February 3, 1637
    Catharina Ruopprecht, who was not from Urach, died sometime before December 8, 1612

    Martin Birer, born on November 12, 1611 in Urach, Wurttemberg, Germany; death unknown
    Barbara Beisser, born approximately 1630 in Neuffen, Esslingen, Germany; death unknown
            (married January 27, 1652 in Urach; daughter of Adam Beisser)

    Christoph Buehrer, born on July 28, 1658 in Urach, Wurttemberg, Germany
            Spouse unknown; died December 30, 1693 in Tamm, Wurttemberg, Germany

    Bartholomew Casper Buehrer, born 1686 in Tamm, Wurttemberg, Germany; died April 25, 1742 in Wiernsheim
    Christina Pfluger, born November 22, 1696 in Wiernsheim, Wurttemberg, Germany; died April 2, 1745 in Wiernsheim
            (married August 24, 1717 in Wiernsheim, Enzkreis, Germany)
            (daughter of Hans Jacob Pfluger 1665-95 and Maria Bauchlen 1666-1733, all of Wiernsheim)

    Johannes Buehrer, born November 3, 1728 in Wiernsheim, Wurttemberg, Germany; died May 27, 1797 in Wiernsheim
    Ursula Catherina Pfluger, born August 22, 1728 in Wiernsheim; died March 10, 1772 in Wiernsheim
            (married February 8, 1752 in Wiernsheim)
            (daughter of Hans Jerg Pfluger 1703-59 and Anna E Strobel 1703-29, all of Wiernsheim)

    Johannes Michael Bührer, born 1765 in Wiernsheim, Wurttemberg, Germany; died 1804 in the West Indies (en route)
            (application to emigrate posted in 1804 in Maulbronn, Germany)
    Barbara Muller, born 1763 in Birkenfeld, Wurttemberg, Germany; died 1843 in Greensburg, PA
            (married May 8, 1781 in Wiernsheim)
            (daughter of Johann Philipp Muller 1725-99 and Maria Elisabetha Dithiss 1723-68, all of Birkenfeld)

    Johann Everard Buhrer, born 1795 in Wiernsheim, Württemberg, Germany; died 1876 in Uniontown, PA
            (settlement and occupation, Bank of Fayette Co., Uniontown Market, Insurance Company)
    Margaretta Catherine Rukenbrod, born 1798 in Malmsheim, Wurttemberg, Germany; died 1858 in Uniontown, PA
            (married 1816 Greensburg, PA; daughter of George David Rukenbrod and Barbara C. Mitchell, both of Germany)

Fayette County, Pennsylvania

    Daniel Welty Bierer, born 1833 in Uniontown, PA; died 1891 in Uniontown, PA
    Sarah Turner, born 1839 in Uniontown, PA; died 1925 in Uniontown, PA
            (married 1860, daughter of Charles G. Turner and Eliza Rose)

    Walter Bierer, born 1868 in Uniontown, PA; died 1954 in Uniontown, PA (great grandfather)
    Sarah Ella Jolly, born 1874 in Phillipsburg, Beaver, PA; died 1954 in Uniontown, PA (great grandmother)
            (married 1892 Uniontown, PA; daughter of William Jolly of England and Rachel E. Dean of West Virginia)

    Leslie "Les" Bierer, born 1909 in Uniontown, PA; died 1988 in Masontown, PA (grandfather)
    Esther Seaman, born 1913 in Uniontown, PA; died 1962 in Uniontown, PA (grandmother)
            (married 1930 Mountain Lake Park, MD; daughter of Floyd Monroe Seaman and Mary)
    Elizabeth "Libby" M. Honsaker, born 1914 in Masontown, PA; died 2004 in Masontown, PA (step-grandmother)

    Daniel James Bierer, born 1949 in Uniontown, PA; died 2004 in New York, NY (father)
    Alice Marie Dix, born 1947 in Caswell Co, NC (mother)

Maternal Line

    Thomas Dix, born 1215 in Tilney, Norfolk, England; died 1268 in England
            (granted a charter of lands in Walpole to Lewes Priory in approximately 1250)
            (held the post of Commander of Dykes and Sewers, possibly a family trade learned in The Netherlands)
    Amicia de Wiggenhall, born 1217, of Norman origin, with a family name derived by location in Norfolk.

    William Dix, born 1242 in Tilney, Norfolk, England; died 1286 in England
            (also of Claire and Hundon, Suffolk, England; held the post of Commander of Dykes and Sewers)
            (spouse is unknown, believed to have died during childbirth)

    Thomas Dix, born 1280 in Tilney, Norfolk, England; died 1328 in Tilney, Norfolk, England
            (Owned freehold lands in Tilney, Wiggenhalls, Terrington, Emneth and Walpole, Norfolk)
    Margaret De Tilney, born 1292 (daughter of John De Tilney of Norman descent)
            (Tilney family became related to Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard families; both future wives of Henry VIII)

    William Dix, born 1327 in Tilney, Norfolk, England; died 1372 in England
    Spouse named Margery, born 1329 in Tilney and died prior to 1372 in England
            (of Tilney, Calthorpe Farm and Islington; merchant in London)

    William Dix, born 1370 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England; died 1420 in England
    Spouse named Dionysia, born 1404 in Norfolk, England

    John Dix, born 1402 in Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England; died 1465 in England
    Spouse named Joan

    William Dix, born 1444 in Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England; died 1509 in England
    Spouse named Dionys, born 1455 in Norfolk, England

    John Dix, born 1484 in Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England; died 1538 in England
    Spouse named Joan Markland

    Henry Dix, born 1520 in Wickmere, Norfolk, England; died 1570 in Wickmere, Norfolk, England
    Blandina Knott, born 1522 in Norfolk, England

    Henry Dix, born 1538 in Wickmere, Norfolk, England; died 1597 in Wickmere, Norfolk, England
    Margaret Mawle-Barker, born 1541 in Nayland, Suffolk, England; died 1589 in Nayland, Suffolk, England
            (married November 3, 1562 in Wickmere, Norfolk, England; daughter of John Mawle and Margaret Abbes)

    Joseph Dix, born 1571 in Wickmere, Norfolk, England; died 1652 in Wickmere, Norfolk, England
    Anne Betts, born 1572 in Wickmere, Norfolk, England; died 1654 in Wickmere, Norfolk, England
            (married February 8, 1611 in Wickmere, daughter of Robert Betts)

    John Dix, born 1613 in Calthorpe Farm, Norfolk, England; died 1678 in Essex Co, VA
    Easter (Esther) Hester, born in Virginia; died 1713 in Virginia

    John Dix II, born 1639 in England; died 1691 in Essex Co, VA
    Mary Talbutt Sharpe, born 1641 in Essex Co, VA

    John Dix III, born 1665 in Essex Co, VA; died 1709 in Essex Co, VA
    Ursula Payne (Paine), born 1669 in Virginia; died 1720 in Essex Co, VA
            (married 1683 Essex Co, VA)

    William Dix, born 1690 in Essex Co, VA; died 1745 in Pittsylvania Co, VA
    Martha Tandy, born 1692 in South Farnham, Essex Co, VA; died 1742 in Charlottesville, VA
            (married 1719 in Essex Co; daughter of Roger Tandy)

    James Dix, born 1724 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died 1790 in Pittsylvania Co, VA (slave owner)
            (fought in the American Revolutionary War, received Caswell Co land grant in 1783)
    Henrietta Reeves, born 1730 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died sometime before 1790
            (married 1752 Essex Co; daughter of Joseph Reeves and Susanna Price)

    William Dix, born 1755 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died 1829 in Pittsylvania Co, VA (slave owner)
    Martha Patsey Hendrick, born 1766 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died 1860
            (married 1797 Pittsylvania Co; daughter of Humphrey Hendrick)

    John Rock Dix, born 1799 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died 1882
    Martha Fallen, born 1812 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died 1875
            (married 1834 Pittsylvania Co; daughter of Redmond Fallen and Elizabeth Gwin)

Caswell County, North Carolina

    John Rock Dix Jr, born 1840 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died 1910 in Caswell Co, NC
            (served as a private in Company E 38th VA Infantry, Confederate States of America)
            (his regiment was in Pickett's charge and present at the "High-Water Mark of the Confederacy.")
    Fannie Frances Moore, born 1841 in Milton, NC; died 1912 in Caswell Co, NC
            (married 1869 Caswell Co; daughter of Spencer Moore and Eliza Frances Warren)

    Berry Roy Dix, born 1874 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died 1948 in Pittsylvania Co, VA (great grandfather)
    Harriett Jennie Jordan, born 1883 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died 1970 in Danville, VA (great grandmother)
            (married 1898 Milton, NC; daughter of Charles Samuel Jordan and Tamson Frances Ferguson)

    Ross Martin Dix, born 1902 in Milton, NC; died 1983 in Danville, VA (grandfather)
    Ollie Bettie Snead, born 1908 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died 1991 in Danville, VA (grandmother)
            (married 1925; daughter of Thomas C. Snead and Alice Lee)

John Rock Dix, Jr