Lancaster County Family Ties

Lancaster, PA Laurel Outlook, Laurel, MT

Thank you to B.Speck for sharing this death certificate with me.  FAG memorial #102337355 Katherine (or Catherine) Stover is related to me (in ascending order): myself (my father) James Applebach (my paternal grandmother) Jennie (Stover) Applebach (my paternal gr-grandfather) John J. Stover (my paternal gr-gr-grandmother) K/Catherine (Kane/Kaul) Stover

1938 1941 OR 1942 Pauline as flower girl at the wedding of Harry Barbarian and Martha Ressler Atlantic City, NJ 1950's 1955 High School Graduation Sept. 1, 1957 (She said the dress made her feel like a princess) 1965 - With James and oldest daughter

PAULINE REBA (GARNER) APPLEBACH, HAHN : My mom died after an extended illness on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 in Buffalo, MN. My sister was with her. I had been up there the week previous for a few days, and was actually in the airport to return to Minnesota when she died. Thankfully, she is no longer in pain and is with her Savior in Heaven. Our brother had been with her the last part of October, so she had all of us there within the last few days. Mom was the oldest child of Ralph and Reba (Ressler) Garner.  Her siblings in birth order are: Jerry, Darlene (deceased), Cheryl, and Gloria. Mom, like her parents, grandparents, and siblings were all born in Lancaster County, PA. After her marriage to James Applebach she moved to Nebraska, Idaho, North Dakota, and Montana. In 2011, we moved her to Minnesota to be closer to my sister. She loved the color red, watching birds, visiting with people, reading the newspaper, and showing her love for her Savior in every way possible thru her lif

I don't know the source for this, it was among the papers that grandma gave me.  Maybe the Lancaster newspaper......

Frank Ressler farmed in New Providence township.  The address it would have been in the 1920 - 1940's was a rural route and I do not have a current address.  However, thanks to cousin M. Ressler who was willing to share this photo, this is what the farm looked like in 2012.  When grandma was alive and we would drive in that area, she always refused to stop.  She said too many changes had occurred and it didn't even look like the home place to her anymore. The above house was built in the very late 1930's or very  early 1940 and is in the background of several photos of my mom labeled 1940. This was the previous home on the farm and was where all of Frank and Bertha's children were born.  Grandma thought this picture was taken in the early 1920's. Anna Ressler in the early 1920's with the farm buildings in the background.

RESSLER PHOTOS - THANKSGIVING DAY 1915: Thank you to relative K. Hess for her willingness to share these two pics. These two go with the 2 others that I put on here earlier.  It must have been quite a family event to have had these pictures taken.

Update 9-10-16 Mom and I spent last weekend going over these pictures, plus with some help from cousin K. Hess, we were able to have an "ah-ha" moment and come up with some answers.  There are actually 4 known photos taken of the John Ressler family at the farm on Thanksgiving Day 1915. I will add the other 2 at a later date.  For now the photo above is written in Uncle Andy's handwriting (son of Frank Ressler) so it is from his perspective.  Dad is Frank Ressler, Aunt Stella is Estella (Ressler) Andrews, Uncle Harry is Harry Ressler, and Uncle John is probably Daniel Ressler - these would be the four living children of John and Elizabeth (Yost) Ressler at this date.  John (1850-1925) and Lizzie (1855-1925) are the seated couple. Update 9-10-16: Many of the people in this picture are still not named, however, we are making progress. The seated couple is John and Lizzie Ressler with their living children and grandchildren.  There are also some misc. people in t

MARY IDA (WOLF) HAHN STOVER: This is the family story as I know it from being told several times by older family members: Mary Ida (known as Ida) married Jacob Hahn and they had one son - Irvin.  The husband left the area (speculation was whether due to something illegal or job hunting) and told Ida he would contact her as soon as he could and send her some money. This would have been in the mid 1880's.  Anyway time went on and she did not hear from him.  Per the marriage license of her and John Stover, she divorced Jacob earlier in 1889 for desertion. She went on to marry John Stover in 1889. She and John had several children of their own.                (Source of certificate: Lancaster County Archives) The story continues that her parents (Lazarus and Elizabeth Wolfe) did not like Jacob Hahn. When they had both died and the house was cleaned out, a box of letters from Jacob Hahn to Ida were found unopened in the attic. There is no clear indication that Mary and Jacob

BARTON SYLVESTER STOVER (1889 - 1974) - I remember vague references to "Uncle Sylvester" from my father and his siblings,  but nothing now that I could actually tell about.  He was a brother to Jennie C. (Stover) Applebach, making him the son of John J. and Mary Ida (Wolfe) Stover.  On Find A Grave, he is memorial #82857511.  In the 1910 Lancaster Co (Earl Twp), Pennsylvania census he is listed as age 20, a farm laborer, boarding in the household of Harry Zimmerman. In the 1920 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania census he is listed as age 30 and married to Gertrude with 2 daughters. He is listed as renting and a farmer. In the 1930 Lancaster County (Earl Twp), Pennsylvania census he is listed as age 40 and married to Gertrude with children: Dorothy, Evelyn, Alfred, Lucille, and Leonard. He is still farming. In the 1940 Lancaster County (Earl Twp), Pennsylvania census,  he is listed as age 50 and married to Gertrude with children: Dorothy, Evelyn, Alfred, Lucille, Leonar