note- Nicholas was born in Pennsylvania in 1755, not Germany, and not 60 years earlier but 146. However, he had died about 60 years before the first reunion in 1841. Also, the Disingers were not factually in nearly every state, maybe a dozen or so.

note- Vice president "W.F. Kin" should be W.F. King husband of Virgie Disinger, daughter of Samuel Disinger of Seneca County, NY.

note- Mr. and Mrs. Reed had a daughter named Albie. The Ernest and Frantz families were originally from Pennsylvania and moved to Seneca County, NY, like the Disingers.

The drive from Geneva was nearly 100 miles, taking Route 20 to Route 5 through Batavia to Route 77 into Lockport. Parts of Route 77 were paved in 1914, and possibly parts of Rt 20 and Rt 5 were too. The rest of the trip was likely on dirt roads, perhaps widened and smoothed, but muddy when it rained. Their car and the roads presumably limited their speed to 30-40 mph at best. So it likely took 2 to 3 hours to travel to the reunion if the dirt roads weren't muddy. Their car may have gotten 20 mpg, and gas was around 15 cents, so they needed about 5 gallons, 75 cents total (about $15 today). A train trip might have been cheaper and shorter, but less convenient.

note- Held in Canoga, Seneca County, NY, at the home of Birney Disinger, grandson of Daniel Disinger, near Lake Cayuga. Birney's farm was likely part of his grandfather Daniel's property, which he inherited from his father John's estate about 100 years earlier.

note- After 60 years of reunions, the family still didn't know about Barthel and Heinrich. Nicholaus and his two brothers (William and Johan George) were born about 50 miles west of Philadelphia. None of them died in the war, and the only one besides Nicholaus who left descendants, Johan George, is the one they thought died. Nicholaus only owned about 20 acres in Seneca County (his son John owned hundreds of acres), but they had the Indian part right. They simply didn't have access to more information.