Gertrude Gise (1877-1948) – Music Teacher of Gratz
Gertrude Gise was born about 1877, the daughter of Civil War veteran and veterinarian Jonathan B. Gise (1840-1915) and Lillie [Boyer] Gise (1847-1896). After her mother died, the father and […]
Riegle Family Reunion, 19 May 1946 (1)
A photograph taken at the Riegle-Dietrich homestead, Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on 19 May 1946, on the occasion of an annual Reigle family reunion. Front Row (children): Norman […]
Unidentified Photos from Lydia [Helt] Riegle Collection (5)
An undated photo of a group of seven boys in uniform lined up with a football. Location unknown. Lydia Alice [Helt] Riegle (1883-1942) was born in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, […]
World War II – Clair I. Carl – Killed in Action Over Germany, 1944
FUNERAL TODAY FOR TOWER CITY VETERAN [1949] Private funeral services for Staff Sergeant Clair I. Carl, whose body was returned to the United States from Europe [in 1949] will be […]
Mary Ann [Ritzman] Umholtz (1852-1939) & Children
A pre-World War I photograph of Mary Ann [Ritzman] Umholtz (1852-1939), seated, of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with two of her children. Thomas A. Umholtz, at left, later died in […]
Charles S. Ruff (1885-1950) – Engineer, “Buffalo Flyer” of Pennsy Railroad
ENGINEER STRICKEN IN SUNBURY Charles S. Ruff, 64, well known Buffalo Flyer engineer of Sunbury, collapsed and died of a heart attack early Sunday morning at the Sunbury Greyhound bus […]
Jacob Bonawitz (1796-1886)
Jacob Bonawitz was born on 30 April 1796, possibly in Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of George Bonawitz (1774-1852) who moved to Dauphin County north of Berrysburg about 1801, […]
Klinger Homestead in Klingerstown
An undated photograph of the Klinger family homestead in Klingerstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A photo of the same house, although from a later time period, was presented here in a […]