DAR APPLICATION ACCEPTED - RESSLER

I got the news this week that my DAR application for John Ressler passed and that I will be sworn in as a member at the meeting later this month.  I find this exciting, not so much for me personally, but because of all the work the DAR does and has done to preserve the records and genealogy of descendants of the American Revolution veterans. I am very patriotic, and it thrills me every time I go to a DAR meeting and there is such a spirit of patriotism for this great (not perfect) country. 

So without going into all the documentation tonight, I would like to go through the generations from John Ressler to me with a few basic facts:

(1.) Johann "John" Roessler/Ressler was an immigrant from Germany where he was born. Depending on the source, I have seen his birth date listed anywhere from about 1715-1740 (and this will require further research on my part).  He served with Capt. John Lutt's 5th Company and with the Lancaster County militia. He died after Feb. 1805. I do not believe I have ever heard or seen his wife's name.  It is thought that his son, Jacob, was the only child of this union.

(2.) Jacob Ressler was born Nov. 16, 1767. He married Susanna Boehm/Beam on May 22, 1793 (she was born June 7, 1775). Their known children:

• John - born 1794
• Jacob - born 1795
• Benjamin - born 1797
• Susana - born 1799
• Daniel - born 1801 or 1802 (depending on which source)
• Samuel - born 1804
• Mary - born 1806
• Elizabeth - born 1809
• Magdalena - born 1811
• Martin - born 1816
• Ann - born 1820 

Jacob died Dec. 1843 and Susanna died April 1848 - both are buried Strasburg Mennonite Church.  It is believed that  Jacob and Susanna are buried next to "John" Ressler, however the small stone is unreadable.

(3.) Daniel Ressler was born in March of 1801/1802.  He married Mary Metzler (daughter of Rev. Henry and Esther Metzler) in Dec. 1833. Their children:

• Hetty - born 1834
• Amos - born 1836
• Barbara - born 1837
• Henry - born 1839
• Christian - born 1841
• Martin - born 1843
• Maria - born 1846
• Susan - born 1848
• John - born 1850
• Emma - born 1853

Daniel died in 1901 and is buried at Strasburg Mennonite Church.  Mary (born 1814) died in 1889 and is also buried at Strasburg Mennonite Church.

Here is Daniel's obituary:

(4.) John Ressler was born Nov. 28, 1850 and died March 31, 1925. He married Anna Elizabeth Yost in ___________ and they had these known children:

• Harry - born 1877
• Mary E. - born 1878
• Daniel Y. - born 1880
• Frank Y. - born 1882
• Omar - born 1884
• Estella M. - born 1890

Anna Elizabeth Yost was the daughter of Henry and Barbara (Caskey) Yost, and was born Sept. 2, 1855 and died April 21, 1925. Both are buried in New Providence Mennonite.

(5.) Frank Yost Ressler was born Feb. 7, 1882 and died Aug. 23, 1979.  I was in my early teens when he died and do remember him. He married Anna Bertha "Bert" Findley in Feb. 1903 - she was 17 and pregnant. She died in Feb. 1953. Their children:

• Mary E. - born August 1903
• Emma M. - born 1906
• Anna V. - born 1908
• Martha L. "Marty" - born 1911
• Mabel Reba "Reba" - born 1913
• Clarence W. - born 1916
• John A. "Andy" - born 1919
• Victor E. "Vic" - born 1922
• Charles F. - born 1925

Here are their obituaries:

 

(6.) My grandma Reba Ressler (she hated the name Mabel and always went by Reba) married Ralph Groff Garner March 30, 1935 in Carlisle, PA. They were a huge part of my life. Their children:

• Pauline R. - born 1937
• Jerry - born 1942
• Darlene - born 1945
• Cheryl - born 1948
• Gloria - born 1951

Here is their marker at Conestoga Memorial Park, Conestoga, PA:

(7.) Pauline Reba Garner was born in Lancaster, PA July 30, 1937.  She married James S. Applebach on Sept. 1, 1957. They had 3 children - Yvonne, Melody, and Matthew - all still living. She married Robert Hahn in March 1984 in Billings, MT.

Here is Pauline's gravestone in Minnesota: 

(8.) Which brings you to me, the current keeper of the family photos and documents.