EARL LIGHTCAP

EARL LIGHTCAP:

Earl married Katie GARNER (daughter of Charles and Lizzie GARNER), who was the sister of Ben GARNER.  Earl and Katie's daughter Thelma would grow up to marry John Andrew "Andy" RESSLER.  

Typical of tangled Lancaster County roots: Ben GARNER married Cora GROFF and their oldest son Ralph married Reba RESSLER, who was the older sister of "Andy" RESSLER.  So the children of Andy and Thelma are related to me on both my RESSLER and GARNER family lines. I remember discussions growing up about them being double cousins to the rest of us.

 

 

  Earl LIGHTCAP at "Butchering Day in 1946" (used by permission of Ron Schneider 11/2014)

 

 

 

Earl LIGHTCAP with Charles GARNER, holding Thelma (Earl's daughter), and Lizzie GARNER (on far right).  Probably taken in 1924. Charles and Lizzie were his in-laws as he married their daughter Kathryne (Katie). Used by permission of Ron SCHNEIDER 11/2014

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