DAR APPLICATION - 1968 - JOHANN 'JOHN' ROESSLER/RESSLER (PG. 11-19)

DAR

Reba GARNER, my grandma, helped her cousin Nina do this back in the 1960's so that Nina could join the DAR - at that point she was the only person in the DAR with John RESSLER as her patriot ancestor (I am the second person to use him - 50 years later). Anyway most of this I already had as it was in with Grandma's papers, however, I didn't know how complete it was so I ordered the application papers from the DAR last year and was surprised to find out that I actually did have most of these papers already. However, I am posting what was in the DAR packet because all the papers are included.

Nina was descended thru Daniel RESSLER's son Christian, I am descended thru Daniel's son John. Daniel was the son of Jacob and Susanna (BOEHM/BEAM) RESSLER, and the grandson of John RESSLER.

That being said, there are 33 pages of records in the original packet, which covered about 200 years in Nina's paternal line. At this point, everyone in her records is dead and I am going to post them to help anyone else in John RESSLER's line who would like to simply have the information.
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A side note: I have never seen or heard what Johann "John" RESSLER's wife name was and she does not appear in any documentation I have ever seen.  My grandmother stated on several occasions that the wife never made it to the Colonies from Germany.  Considering she was very interested in her family  history, and knew most of it by heart, I have to believe that she honestly did not know what happened to her.  I have heard 2 versions of said story: 1) she died when Jacob was young and Johann brought Jacob to the Colonies to start a new life. 2) She died on board the ship on the crossing from Germany. I cannot prove or disprove either theory, or maybe neither theory - that is another research project to add to an already long list.

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

DAR APPLICATION - 1968 - JOHANN "JOHN" ROESSLER/RESSLER (pgs 20-33)

Reba GARNER, my grandma, helped her cousin Nina do this research back in the 1960's so that Nina could join the DAR - at that point she was the only person in the DAR with John RESSLER as her patriot ancestor (I am the second person to use him - 50 years later). 

Anyway most of this I already had as it was in with Grandma's papers, however, I didn't know how complete it was so I ordered the application papers from the DAR last year and was surprised to find out that I actually did have most of these papers already. However, I am posting what was in the DAR packet because all the papers are included.

Nina was descended thru Daniel RESSLER's son Christian, I am descended thru Daniel's son John. Daniel was the son of Jacob and Susanna (BOEHM/BEAM) Ressler, and the grandson of John RESSLER.

That being said, there are 33 pages of records in the original packet, which covered about 200 years in Nina's paternal line. At this point, everyone in her records is dead and I am going to post them to help anyone else in John RESSLER's line who would like to simply have the information.

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A side note: I have never seen or heard what Johann "John" RESSLER's wife name was and she does not appear in any documentation I have ever seen.  My grandmother stated on several occasions that the wife never made it to the Colonies from Germany.  Considering she was very interested in her family  history, and knew most of it by heart, I have to believe that she honestly did not know what happened to her.  I have heard 2 versions of said story: 1) she died when Jacob was young and Johann brought Jacob to the Colonies to start a new life. 2) She died on board the ship on the crossing from Germany. 

I cannot prove or disprove either theory, or maybe neither theory - that is another research project to add to an already long list.

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

GROFF NEWSLETTER - Dec. 1992

This is the last newsletter that I have for the Groff's.  If anyone out there is has more of these and is willing to share them on here, please contact me via the comments below.


As these images loaded, I was once again poking around on-line to see if I could find anymore of these newsletters.  Actually, I found a link that might be more interesting, apparently the Lancaster Co. Historical Society has many of the Clyde Groff papers.  The link is: https://www.lancasterhistory.org/finding-aids/groff-clyde-groffs-research-series-2-subject-files/

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

GROFF NEWSLETTER - Dec. 1987

This is the last one from the 1980's that I have found:

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

GROFF NEWSLETTER - Aug. 1987

Another issue of the newsletter......does anyone out there have more issues of this publication that they would be willing for me to share on here??  If so, please contact me thru the comment box, and I will get back to you.

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

GROFF NEWSLETTERS - July 1987

There are only a few issues of this newsletter that I found.  I don't know if there were more sent out, or if it was a very sporadic publication. I have not been able to find anything on-line indicating that anyone is still putting it out.

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

GROFF NEWSLETTERS - Feb. 1987

Many years ago there was a newsletter about Groff info and the Groff - Eshleman Burying Ground in Lancaster Co., PA.  Below is the oldest issue I found in among a pile of old letters.

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