APPLEBACH, ABRAM (or ABRAHAM) - 1860 AND 1870 CENSUS

APPLEBACH, ABRAM (or ABRAHAM) - 1860 AND 1870 CENSUS

Abram/Abraham APPLEBACH was born between 1848 and 1851 depending on the document you are looking at. His father was definitely Henry APPLEBACH.  His death certificate says his mother was Catherine STAHR, which is entirely possible.  However, I have also seen her name as Catherine CORNER.

His death certificate says he was born in  Feb. 1851 and he is not on the 1850 census. His mother appears to disappear from sight about the time of his birth.  His siblings appear in the 1860 census as living with other people.

In 1860, Abram was living with Samuel and Harriett MILTENBERGER in Monroe County, PA. He is listed as 10 years old and has been in school that year.

Source: Family Search

In 1870, Abram is listed as living in Northampton County, PA with Sam and Catherine SHIMER.  He is 22, and a farm laborer.

I do not have any information yet on how Abram APPLEBACH ended up in Lancaster County, PA by Dec. 1872 when he married Elizabeth LITTLE in Lancaster, PA. They would live the remainder of their lives in Lancaster County, PA.

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JAMES & VADA APPLEBACH

JAMES & VADA APPLEBACH

Source: Ancestry 09/27/2022

Finally, I found the marriage certificate for my father and his second wife Vada. She was a sweet lady, and I enjoyed her happy spirit. 

My parents divorced on June 24, 1983. James APPLEBACH married again on August 26, 1985 to Vada JONES.

I was no longer in Montana when he remarried and chose to not attend. I find it interesting that they were married by Pastor TANNEHILL, who was a friend of both my parents.  No doubt mom felt very betrayed by that when she did find out.

It is interesting to me the untruths on the certificate that James gave. Birthplace of his father was listed as "unknown" - he was well aware of where Taylor Z. APPLEBACH was born. 

James is also listed as completing high school, but according to the high school records he dropped out during his senior year and did not go back. James did have some college, but it is unclear whether he did finish that. 

James would become an ordained minister in 1964. Mom told me he was always concerned that the lie of him graduating high school would be found out, and he would lose his ordination.

I believe Vada found out very quick that my father was not as nice as he wanted people to believe. He was a difficult person to be around. His siblings all believed that he had some sort of mental issues. 

My personal memories of him are seldom good. However, I find his family history interesting. And it took my ancestors to make me - nice or not.

James APPLEBACH died in January 2005 in Hood River, OR.

Vada died since 2010 in Oregon.  She had remarried so her last name would be changed, possibly to Henry.

Vada is listed on James' death cert as the receiver of his ashes. My sister was able to do some searching around the last time she was in Oregon. She was told that James' ashes were put in the river behind one of Vada's children's homes. 

Original Source: Ancestry

Source: Personal Collection

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PASTOR JAMES APPLEBACH, KILGORE, NEB.

James APPLEBACH graduated from a Bible college in Omaha, NEB in 1960.  The first church he was accepted at was in Kilgore, NEB in early 1964.

I was actually looking for info on my mother-in-laws family who passed through Nebraska in the late 1800's from Missouri to Montana.  Imagine my surprise when I came across a listing for the church records on microfiche of the Kilgore Baptist Church.  The local library here helped me order it and the below images are mostly from that microfiche of the church records.

Source: Personal Collection

I only found mention of my parents on a few pages in the later part of the records, but combined with photos and documents that I already had, I felt like I knew a little bit more about them at this point in their lives.

 Jan. 26, 1964 if accepted, would church support him?

Feb. 7, 1964 - he is accepted as pastor.  

Feb. 16, 1964 - his first sermon as new pastor. The same day, James' name appears

in the notes for a business meeting.

July 19, 1964 accepted for ordination.

August 30, 1964 pastor asked for raise (my note: expecting baby in Dec.)

The above photo is (L to R) Taylor APPLEBACH, Bill HENDERSHOT, Ralph GARNER and James APPLEBACH in the Kilgore, Neb. 1964

Source: Personal Collection

James APPLEBACH was ordained in Kilgore, Neb. in September 1964. The below picture is my parents at the ordination (mom is noticeably pregnant).  The clipping is from a newspaper in Lancaster that grandma Garner sent to mom.

Source: Personal Collection

The two photos below are of James APPLEBACH behind the pulpit at the church in Kilgore, Neb.

Source: Personal Collection

Source: Personal Collection

Pastor & Mrs. APPLEBACH were made members of this church. I would have thought the church would have wanted the pastor to be a member immediately, not several months after coming as pastor.

Became members on Nov. 22, 1964 and removed from membership on Oct. 2, 1966.

Business meeting on Dec. 9, 1964

Below is the "lengthy and detailed" report mentioned in the above notes: 

Meeting for financial issue connected to building.

Another meeting over finances.

Probably end of year meeting: both Pastor & Pauline are mentioned.

Ending prayer at meeting by Pastor APPLEBACH

Pastor resigned in May 1966 and went to Emmanuel Baptist Church in Roundup, MT.

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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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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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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.

Source: Bing clip art

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).

Source: Bing clip art

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.  

Source: Freepik.com

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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