Lancaster County Family Ties

APPLEBACHSVILLE, PA IN THE NEWSPAPER 21August 1949 and SOME INFO ON THE TOWN ITSELF This is the second article involving Applebachsville, PA that Aunt Fran gave me.  It was in the Philadelphia newspaper. Following the article is info on Applebachsville from a book. The article is titled: Latvian Refugees Find New Life in Bucks County Community The article basically speaks of how the small village is going from Pennsylvania Dutch (with associated names) to a place of refuge for Latvian refugees after WWII. The article is interesting and well worth reading. ******************************************************************************* Info on Applebachsville - according to the book, "Place Names in Bucks County Pennsylvania" by George MacReynolds on page 8-10: Applebachsville is a village on the Bethlehem Road in northwestern Haycock Township.  The land the village is on was apparently originally named Stokes Tract or Stokes Meadow as it was owned by the

LAZARUS WOLF - 1870 AGRICULTURE SCHEDULE Source: pg.71 of Agriculture Schedules and Federal Census Schedules 1850-1880 by James E. Frey 1997 Lazarus is listed as having:  45 acres improved land valued at $2300 Farm machinery valued at $50 Total wages paid $10 2 horses, 2 milch (milk) cows, 1 other cattle, 4 swine valued at $315 131 bushels wheat, 100 bushels Indian corn, 260 bushels oats, 25 bushels Irish potatoes, orchard products valued at 5200 pounds, butter, and 6 tons of hay Animals slaughtered valued at $98 Estimated value of farm production $962

GARNER, Ralph - Hoopla Around His Birth 1906 It was certainly no secret in our family that "Pappy" (Ralph Garner) had been conceived out of marriage by his folks. So the story goes like this: When Cora GROFF found out she was pregnant in the early spring of 1906, she told the father of said pregnancy Ben GARNER. His response was to take off for Ohio to hide with Mennonite or Amish cousins there. Cora complained to her parents, who complained to Ben's parents.  Ben's father (and possibly brothers) went to the cousin's home in Ohio and drug Ben back despite his protests and made him marry Cora.  Remember they were both minors and Ben admitted that the baby was his. Notice on the below marriage license that both fathers had to give permission for the wedding to take place. Source: my personal collection While I never personally witnessed any unkindness toward my grandfather due to the hoopla of his conception and birth, from comments made in my heari