APPLEBACHSVILLE, PA IN THE NEWSPAPER 21August 1949 and SOME INFO ON THE TOWN ITSELF

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.

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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 Stokes family from approximately 1735-1837. 
  • The land was sold to George F. Dutch in 1837. His son (not named in  book) owned the land in 1842 and sold it to the Applebach brothers in 1847.
  • Gen. Paul Applebach and his brother Henry in 1847 were already successful in the horse and cattle business.  They laid out part of the tract in building plots on both sides of the Bethlehem Road in 1848. Soon there were 30 brick homes along the road.  A daily stage went through between Bethlehem and Philadelphia.
  • The post office was established in 1874. 
  • The Lutheran church was built in 1855.  Paul and William Applebach were part of the building committee.
  • The family was started by immigrant Johan Heinrich Afflerbach who was from Wittgenstein, in Westphalia Germany, where they are said to have been manufacturers of iron. Johan Heinrich Afflerbach (who would become known as Henry Applebach) embarked at Rotterdam on the ship Sally which arrived in Philadelphia on 29 Oct. 1770.  He gave his age as 31 and occupation as smith.
  • He appears in Springfield Township in August 1775 on a roll of a company of Associators. He married Maria Renshimer, daughter of a nearby farmer. Their third son, Daniel, started the Haycock branch of the family. Daniel married Catherine Apple 02 June 1811. Daniel became Justice of the Peace on 15 May 1833 and held the office until his death.
  • Daniel and Catherine's three sons: Paul, Henry, and William were all prominent locally.






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