APPLEBACH ITEM IN MY DINING ROOM

Several years ago, my Aunt Fran (APPLEBACH) WOODS asked me if I would be interested in an item she purchased at an auction in Applebachsville, PA many years prior to that.  She thought maybe one of Uncle Varge APPLEBACH's boys would be interested in it as they carry the APPLEBACH name.  None were interested, so I was the next choice.

Of course I said "yes" and the item proudly hangs in my dining room.

I am unsure exactly how the "Minnie APPLEBACH" written on the back relates to me, but the connection is there if I ever get further on the research for the other family lines of APPLEBACH.

Front

Back

I went back to the book "Six Afflerbach Emigrants Who Came To Pennsylvania and Their Descendants 1750-1930" by Jane K. THOMPSON. She lists 3 Minnie's but I am not familiar enough with any of those lines to even make a reasonable guess as to which one this belonged to.

In the meantime, does anyone out there have any ideas?

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ALL PHOTOS AND WRITTEN CONTENT ARE MY OWN UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2019

It seems that this year has just flown by.  It has been a crazy, chaotic year here, but there is still so much to be thankful for: a home, vehicles that run, food, jobs, health, a good church to serve in, family, memories, and the day to day small things that bring a smile to my face and heart.

As I was making pumpkin bread to take to the get together of 6 families today for supper, I thought maybe I would share some of Mom's (Pauline APPLEBACH/HAHN) favorite recipes.  She left Lancaster County, PA only knowing that food.  However as she was exposed to other areas of the US and other people, she found many other food items to add to the selection that we ate as I grew up.

The recipes are in Mom's handwriting. Most of the recipes were in her mind, or passed on to us that way.  These are the few I was able to get her to actually write out. All of them are good.

Pumpkin bread  (I do not add nuts, but do add dried cranberries and chocolate chips):

Banana bread (I don't add the apricots or nuts, but do add chocolate chips):

Carrot Cake (I don't add nuts):

Hobo Bread (This is a good bread, whether made in a coffee can or loaf pan):

Yes, I do remember Mom making Hobo Bread in metal coffee cans.  In fact, when we moved her from Montana to Minnesota, she insisted on moving those 3 cans along.

Pie Crust:

This was my grandma's recipe. It is the only pie crust recipe I use and it is always good.

Salmon Loaf:

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Build memories, and have fun with friends and family.

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SINCE 1730 - CENTRAL MARKET, LANCASTER, PA

I just returned from vacation and was in Lancaster for a few days.  One of my favorite places is Central Market. 

I have wonderful memories of going there with Grandma and Pappy GARNER. They were related to a good many of the vendors and it took several hours to go all the way around market getting various items because every stop involved visiting and catching up on the family news. I loved the smell and variety of items at market, and there were so many good food items - my favorite being the shoofly pie, apple dumplings, and certain meats that were always gotten at WEAVER's.

Now some of the vendors are completely different and there is more variety in the food, but I still love market and try to go at least once whenever I am in Lancaster (this trip I got to go twice).

Here are some photos:

09/10/2019

09/10/2019 - sign at Penn Square

09/07/2019

09/07/2019

09/10/2019

09/10/2019 - the roofing structure - I was fascinated with it as a child

For more info:

https://centralmarketlancaster.com/history/

https://lancasterpa.com/shopping/central-market/

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ALL PHOTOS AND WRITTEN CONTENT ARE MY OWN UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

GOOD REMINDER TO SOURCE WHERE DOCUMENTS & PHOTOS COME FROM

GOOD REMINDER TO SOURCE WHERE DOCUMENTS & PHOTOS COME FROM

I was recently contacted by a very distant relative stating that I should have put him as the source of a photo which I have put on this blog in a couple different places.  Let me state here that while I am sorry I did not give him credit, I also did not know he was the original source of the photo.

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For me, this is a good reminder to somehow add a note to items I am given as to where they came from, but I simply don't always do that as well as I should apparently. I don't see me getting around to writing a book about my family, so this is how I am sharing the info and yes, I do want it to be correct. 

Please give me some credit for being willing to share instead of hoarding it and acting like I am the only person who should have all this information (we all have this kind of person in our families).

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I was given boxes and boxes of photos from both my mom and grandma - many of them were duplicates, but many were not.  Add to that the many photos over the years that other relatives have just given me and (now) my personal collection of photos for all branches of my family number into several thousand photos. 

That does not include obits, files, or other random personal papers. I really do try to source where all this comes from if I know, but many times at this point the item is simply part of my personal collection.

Grandma GARNER loved to take photos of family, but she also was the person that family members trusted with documents that they did not want to keep at their house and/or did not want lost.  

When she died and I inherited more boxes from her there were hundreds of pieces of paper that included death certificates, marriage certificates, social security cards, newspaper clippings, school papers and report cards, military papers, letters, diaries, etc.  

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It took me years to sort it all out.  And then to organize all the photos, it was a daunting and sometimes frustrating job. I have no doubt that some of the photos and documents should be sourced to particular people, but I don't know who at this point.  

Then when mom died in 2016 there were hundreds more of the same type of documents and photos.  Both Grandma and Mom also gave me many, many of these items while they were still alive too so the amount of family items I personally have is well into really scary numbers.😊

Source: Freepik.com

Again, as per in 2 previous posts (see below), I will state if the item is not somehow sourced in the post it is probably because it is now part of my personal collection.  If I find something on Ancestry, Family Search, the Lancaster Archives, etc. I try to be very careful to tell where I found it. 

If in all the organization (and probably some confusion too) I missed telling correctly where some item came from, please contact me so I can correct the situation.

https://lancastercountyfamilyties.blogspot.com/2012/01/welcome-folks.html

https://lancastercountyfamilyties.blogspot.com/2017/08/pleasemy-thoughts.html

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ALL PHOTOS AND WRITTEN CONTENT ARE MY OWN UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

RECOMMENDED FAMILY HISTORY MAGAZINE

If you have "Plain" ancestors of Amish, Mennonite, or Brethren roots then I recommend that you check out Masthof Press and "Mennonite Family History" magazine.  The website is:     https://www.masthof.com/

I have subscribed to this magazine for years and have found some great articles on my own family plus  contact info for others looking for the same families.  It is a very well published quarterly resource and usually has 50-60 pages with photos and text.

They publish many books including fun kids books, plus genealogies of "Plain" families. Back issues of the magazine are also available.

Here is the list of articles from the April 2019 issue:

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ALL PHOTOS AND WRITTEN CONTENT ARE MY OWN UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

RESOURCES AT THE LANCASTER ARCHIVES

Source: Archives website

Lancaster County, PA has a wealth of documents for someone doing genealogy.  The indexes are on line at ( https://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/193/Genealogy-Research-Historical-Indexes ).  I am in Indiana now and cannot just run to Lancaster anytime I find documents in the index I would like to have so I email the info I would like a copy of. 

Per the website, the Archives were established in 1975. The records can go back to the start of Lancaster County in 1729. If you have any ancestors in Lancaster County there is a good chance you will find something here.

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It is helpful to the staff  at the archives if you tell them what you want (example: delayed birth certificate), and whatever info is listed in the index for page, volume, or book. I have found the staff to be very helpful and prompt.  How fast you will actually get the documents has to do with how busy they are. In my experience it is usually within a few days to two weeks.

The charge is very reasonable - I believe 25 cents a page plus postage, or 25 cents a page and it will be emailed to you if that is your request.

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There can be a bit of a learning curve as each document type seems to have a bit different set up for the index, but basic research skills and some old fashioned patience will go a long way toward finding what you wish.

The hours are: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 5.

Address: 150 N. Queen Street, Suite 10, Lancaster, PA 17603

Phone: 717-299-8319

If you are in Lancaster or planning a trip there, the staff suggests that you come with a good idea of what you are looking for.  At the archives, you will have access to micro film and/or micro fiche for printing your documents. They are not set up for saving documents to thumb drives - they make their money from the copy charges. Please be understanding about this. 

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They also offer free classes periodically - check the website for schedule:

• Discovering Your Roots: Genealogy Sources at the Lancaster County Archives

• Homemade History:  

  Researching Your Historic Home at the Lancaster County Archives

This is a fantastic resource, please utilize it if you have roots in Lancaster County, PA

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ALL PHOTOS AND WRITTEN CONTENT ARE MY OWN UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

MARY IDA (WOLF) STOVER'S ESTATE SETTLEMENT

My paternal gr-grandmother was Mary Ida (WOLF) STOVER.  She was born in Lancaster County, PA on Feb. 22, 1864 to Lazarus and Elizabeth (NEWPHER/NEWFER) WOLF. Her first husband was Jacob Hahn - they had one son Irvin. Her second husband (my gr-grandfather) was John J. STOVER - they had 6 known children (one daughter died before her).

By family accounts, John and Mary did not have a happy marriage and it is thought by the current living members of my family that they may have spent the last 10 - 15 years of their marriage living separately.  My grandma (Jennie) told her own children that she was in her teens before she remembered meeting her father.

Above is Mary's death certificate - she is listed as married, and her youngest daughter filled out the info on the death certificate.

Mary STOVER died on Dec. 17, 1924.  Here is her obit in the Lancaster newspaper. She was survived by 6 children and 10 siblings. No husband is listed in the obit, even though he was still living.

Her estate was settled in Jan. 1925 (#25 January 1925).  I obtained this from the Lancaster Archives. The person who signed for the intestate papers for the estate to be settled was Ray Grube - the husband of her daughter Elasta. In fact, John STOVER is not mentioned in the papers at all.

Page 1

Page 2

Notice that on page 2, listed are her children and where they live is listed - I already knew who the children were, but I did not know where all of them lived so this helped me locate some other information.

Page 3

On page 3 the children had to sign all signed to renounce their right to be the administrator of the estate, so I now can see their signatures.

Page 4

Page 4 shows that Mary (WOLF) STOVER had no property and nothing else of value either.

I have not found any photos of Mary, and no family members admit to ever having seen one.

Below is the photo of her gravestone in Terre Hill Cemetery, Terre Hill, PA

Photo Source: Find A Grave
Memorial # 103007174

RUNNING WATER

I was recently reading an article titled "Running Water" in A Simple Life (Summer 2019, pages 66-72) The article talks about running water and indoor plumbing in rural America, and some basic facts of when it came about. It reminded me of a couple things to do with my Grandma Reba (RESSLER) GARNER.

The first thing was her occasional response to the question of "Did you have running water when you were growing up?" Her response was always, "Yes, it just depended on how fast you ran from the pump with it."

The second thing was the indoor bathroom my grandparents had at 1747 Temple Ave. in Lancaster, PA.  When Pappy and Grandma (Ralph & Reba GARNER) bought this house in 1937, I believe the sale price was $4000 because Pappy told me once that with interest it ended up being $6000, which he found shocking for a house.  Anyway, my mom was the oldest kid and she well remembered the inside bathroom being built - she was 14.  It was summer and hot.  The kitchen was at the
back of the house and a single story (the living room and dining room each had a bedroom above them). Anyway grandma and mom were pressure canning green beans.  The workers had stopped for lunch, but the roof was open to the sky as the roof was being changed to a flat frame of rafters to build another room (actually a small bedroom and the bathroom).  The canner malfunctioned and blew up sending glass and green beans everywhere. My mom still could vividly describe the beans all over the kitchen, especially hanging from the new rafters. She was equally amazed that no one was hurt.

Despite the canner malfunction, the workers were able to complete the project and so came to be a small bedroom and a small bathroom.  I remember the claw foot bathtub.  I also remember that a person could not wait too long to use the bathroom because steep steps had to be climbed to the upstairs bathroom.  Years later a hand held shower would be installed as well.

Pappy kept the outdoor privy in the garage working and usable up until he died.  I have no idea if it was still a working privy when the house was sold by Grandma in 1996.

DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND IDA (WOLF) STOVER: ELASTA 1897 - 1973

One of the daughters of John and Mary Ida (WOLF) STOVER was Elasta Gustava STOVER who married Ray Y. Grube.

So far, I have been unable to locate photos of her.

She was born Feb. 1, 1897 and died Feb. 3, 1973. She is memorial #99097373 on Find A Grave.

What I have found (for no reason I can figure out) is that she got 2 delayed birth certificates, one in 1942 and one in 1957.

1957 Delayed birth certificate:

1957 pg. 1

1957 pg. 2

The people affirming her birth are Lizzie Mull, Irwin Hahn, and B. Sylvester Stover:

Elizabeth "Lizzie" MULL was a maternal aunt (younger sister of Mary Ida Wolf).

Irwin (or Irvin) HAHN was the son of Mary Ida Wolf and Jacob Hahn - hence a half brother to Elasta.

B(arton) Sylvester STOVER was a full brother of Elasta G. STOVER.

The 1942 delayed birth certificate:

1942 page 1

1942 page 2

The people affirming her birth are Mrs. T. APPLEBACH, Mrs. T.J. GEIST, and Mrs. Howard MULL.

Mrs. T. APPLEBACH was her sister Jennie.

Mrs. T. J. GEIST was her sister Lottie.

Mrs. Howard MMULL was her maternal aunt, Elizabeth "Lizzie" (WOLF) MULL.

Source of documents: Lancaster County Archives

MEMORIES OF DEC.7, 1941

Source: Personal collection

MEMORIES OF DEC.7, 1941

Pauline (Garner) Applebach, Hahn was about 4 1/2 yrs old when the attack on Pearl Harbor, HI occurred.  Years later she was able to tell people that while she was too little to really understand what had happened, she knew the radio broadcast was bad. 

She remembered sitting beside her mom (Reba Garner) listening to the radio at their home on Temple Ave in Lancaster, that the black out shades were closed, and that while Pappy (Ralph Garner) shook his head in disbelief, and her mom cried.

Her memories of the actual war years were vague and mostly what others in the family had told her about that time, but her memories of the radio announcement of Pearl Harbor did not dim over the years.

Source: Personal collection

Both these photos were taken when Pauline was 4, so 1941-42. This was what she looked like when she heard the Pearl Harbor radio announcement.

OBITS OF DANIEL & MARY RESSLER'S CHILDREN

OBITS OF DANIEL & MARY RESSLER'S CHILDREN:

So far these are the only obits I have personally or have been able to get copies of.

New Era (Lancaster, PA) Sept. 17, 1926

Lancaster Examiner-New Era Feb. 23, 1923

New Era (Lancaster, PA) April 13, 1915

New Era (Lancaster, PA) Feb. 9, 1925

New Era (Lancaster, PA) April 1, 1925

REVISITING JACOB & SUSANNA (BOEHM) RESSLER

In the January 1993 issue of Mennonite Family History Magazine was the below article on the family of Jacob & Susanna Ressler focusing on the line of Samuel Ressler (1804-1876). To be truthful, I am not very familiar with this line as I am descended through the next older boy, Daniel (1802-1901).  However, there are a couple things in the article I would like to correct or add to, so please continue to read below the nice article.

1. The first couple paragraphs is about Johann Heinrich Rossler/Ressler and his immigration. “He was accompanied on the ship by two other Roesslers: Johann Georg Roessler and Conrad Roessler.”  Per the response to a Nov. 1963 letter of Nina Briedenthall (translated by E. Jaeger) asking about the Roessler roots in Wunsiedel, Germany “I would guess that the 3 brothers Roessler, that came 1750 to America, were descendants of Pastor Christoph Roessler in Kirchenlamits…” I have posted the translated letter in its entirety the blog here:  (http://lancastercountyfamilyties.blogspot.com/2018/07/breidenthall-letters-concerning-ressler.html). Per Metzger (pg. 5) the 3 brothers came to America on the ship Priscilla which went from Rotterdam to Cowes, England and arrived in Philadelphia on Sept. 12, 1750. All 3 took Oaths of Allegiance as required.

2. The list of children of Jacob & Susanna basically matches what I have from Grandma Garner.  However, here is where I want to make the correction: their son Daniel was born March 24, 1802 (Metzger pg. 16 and Ressler pg. 1) and died Dec. 18, 1901 (not 1875 as per the 1993 MFH article).  In the 1900 census he was living with single daughter Hettie (who died later that same year) and was listed as 98 years old. He is memorial on FAG #61218182.  Here is his obit from the Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) on Thursday Dec. 19, 1901 – on the front page:

3. Children of Daniel & Mary (Metzler) Ressler, who married Dec. 12, 1833 (Ressler pg. 1-2, Metzger pg. 154 – 171, and Ressler article above): 

Child	Born	Died	Spouse
Hetty	Oct. 6, 1834	Oct. 11, 1900	Single
Amos	April 7 1836	March 28, 1862	Unknown
Barbara	Nov. 6, 1837	1889	Jacob F. Andrews
Henry	Aug. 4, 1839	Feb. 8, 1925	Annie Lefever
Christian	May 10, 1841	April 13, 1915 (not 1951 as in 1993 article)	1) “Lizzie” C. Miller 2) “Sally” Parker
Martin	Dec. 18, 1843	Oct. 1, 1847	Single
Maria	July 6, 1846	Sept. 16, 1926	Single
Susan	March 14, 1848	Feb. 22, 1923	Single
John	Nov. 28, 1850	March 31, 1925	Anna Elizabeth Yost
Emma	Aug. 15, 1853	March 23, 1873	Single

On a personal level, I am descended thru Daniel and Mary's son John.