Wordless Wednesday: Unknown Pennsylvanians
Starting this week I’m starting a new photo series—Unknown Pennsylvanians. Amongst the photos I inherited from my maternal grandparents were a whole slew of photos of people that no one in the family can identify. Since none of them are labeled with names, I’m going to post them in a gallery here on my website… read more
Tombstone Tuesday: Horace & Mary (Breish) Witmer
Horace Witmer, son of Edward J. and Lydia (Kline) Witmer, was born 21 Dec 1864 and died 5 Dec 1926. His wife, Mary A. C. (Breish) Witmer, was born 8 Jan 1870 and died 31 Mar 1944. They are buried in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Tombstone Tuesday: Edward & Lydia (Kline) Witmer
Edward J. Witmer, son of John and Rachel (Jones?) Witmer, was born in Quakertown 13 Oct 1833 and died near Finland 24 Jan 1912. His wife, Lydia Amanda (Kline) Witmer, daughter of Philip and Lydia (Markly) Kline, was born 26 Mar 1836 near Pennsburg and died 30 Mar 1926 in Red Hill.
Tombstone Tuesday: Philip Kline (1799-1877)
Philip Kline was born 6 March 1799 in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He died 30 January 1877 and was buried in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery in Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He married Lydia Markly on 17 February 1825 in Faulkner Swamp Church in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Tombstone Tuesday: Lydia Markly Kline (1806-1890)
Lydia (Markly) Kline was born 22 October 1806 and died 8 April 1890 in Pennsylvania. She was buried in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church cemetery in Red Hill, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She married Philip Kline on 17 February 1825 in Faulkner Swamp Reformed Church in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
In Memorium: Helen (Wieder) Kelly (1917-2011)
My great aunt Helen (Wieder) Kelly passed away Saturday, 16 July 2011, at age 94 years. She was the youngest daughter of Edwin J. and Mary Catharine (Waage) Wieder of Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.
Wordless Wednesday: The Greulichs
Today’s photo is the Charles and Caroline (Wolf) Greulich family of East Greenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken circa 1887.
Tombstone Tuesday: Joseph and Judith (Deisher) Snyder
A gravestone for Joseph Snyder and his wife Judith Deisher of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Joseph was born 2 Jan 1826 in either Germany or Pennsylvania and died 4 Nov 1895 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He married circa 1855 Judith Deisher, daughter of Peter Deisher and Maria Trump. She was born 15 Aug 1830 in Pennsylvania… read more
Mortgage: Henry Snyder, 1830
Among my grandfather’s papers, I found the original document of a mortgage between Henry Snyder and George Hillegas for 62 acres 40 perches in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The document was dated 17 Aug 1830!
Wordless Wednesday: Wieder Anniversary
In honor of my great-grandparents wedding anniversary next Tuesday, April 19th…
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