Thursday, May 22, 2014

OBIT of CORA (GROFF) GARNER - 1973

OBIT of CORA (GROFF) GARNER - 1973

This obit was published in the New Era, Lancaster, PA on Feb. 24, 1973.  Cora was the wife/widow of Benjamin Garner, and the daughter of Joseph and Josephine Groff.


Wednesday, May 21, 2014

OBIT of ANNA BERTHA (FINDLEY) RESSLER - 1953

OBIT of ANNA BERTHA (FINDLEY) RESSLER - 1953

This was printed in the Lancaster, PA newspaper on Feb. 9, 1953.



OBIT of MARY IDA (WOLF) STOVER - 1924

OBIT of  MARY IDA (WOLF) STOVER - 1924

This was printed in the Lancaster, PA newspaper on Dec. 18, 1924.

She was the daughter of Lazarus and Elizabeth Anne (Newpher) Wolf.  She was the estranged wife of John Stover of Terre Hill, PA.  They had several children together, but no relatives in  my lifetime ever remember them actually living together.


DEATH of ABRAHAM APPLEBACH - 1912

OBIT of ABRAHAM APPLEBACH - 1912

This was printed in the Lancaster, PA newspaper on Oct. 22, 1912. Abraham was the son of Henry and Mary Catherine (Corner/Stahr/Stehr) Applebach.



 His grandfather was immigrant Johann Henrich Afflerbach (known as Henry Applebach "of Nockamixon") who arrived in Philadelphia in December 1807.  He married Anna Elisabeth Triede/Truede in 1809 in Philadelphia.

Abraham was buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, PA.  The two photos below I took on Sept. 10, 2018. Abraham and his wife Elizabeth are buried side by side in a quiet secluded spot of section F almost in the trees.

OBIT of ELIZABETH (LITTLE) APPLEBACH - 1931

OBIT of  ELIZABETH (LITTLE) APPLEBACH - 1931

This was printed in the Lancaster, PA newspaper on July 24, 1931. She was the wife/widow of Abraham Applebach, who died in 1912.


OBIT of LAZARUS WOLF - 1930

OBIT of LAZARUS WOLF - 1930

This was printed in the Lancaster, PA newspaper on Feb. 3, 1930


Monday, March 31, 2014

JOSEPH & SUSANNA (MYERS) GROFF

JOSEPH  & SUSANNA (MYERS) GROFF:

This photo is believed to be Joseph Groff  (1813-1878) and Susanna Myers Groff (1815-1875). They are buried in New Providence Mennonite Cemetery, New Providence, PA.  Joseph was the son of John and Catherine (Eshleman) Groff.  He married Fannie Myers (I have been told that she was Susanna's sister) after Susanna died.  Joseph and Susanna had 7 known children: Barbara (1838-1872), John M. (1839-1929), Catherine (1842-1918), Levi W. (1844-1920), Elizabeth (1847-1918), Fannie (1855-1933), Joseph (1856-1926), who I am descended from.

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