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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Rev. Oliver F. Schaeffer (1858-1949) – Hegins Reformed Pastor
REV. OLIVER F. SCHAEFFER Rev. Oliver F. Schaeffer, age 85 years, a former pastor of the Hegins Reformed Chuch, died at his home in Berwick Sunday morning. He had been […]
Prudence [Daniel] Copenhaver (1881-1949) – Matron of the Hershey School
MRS. PRUDENCE COPENHAVER Mrs. Prudence Copenhaver, age 87 year, widow of George Copenhaver, of Hershey, died in the Hershey Hospital last Thursday. She had been in ill health for some […]
Unidentified Photos from Lydia [Helt] Riegle Collection (3)
An undated photo post card view of a woman and three children. Location unknown. Lydia Alice [Helt] Riegle (1883-1942) was born in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and died in Robesonia, […]
Gratz Fair – Officers, 1911
A photograph that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph on 19 October 1911 of the officers of the Gratz Fair Association, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the men are identified. […]