A Treasured Family Photo from 1888
There is an interesting provenance to this photograph of the Harrison and Hannah Riegle family of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. And, this is another story about how family […]
Martin Rickert (1804-1871) & Elizabeth “Betsy” Yerges (1813-1877)
MARTIN RICKERT was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 17 September 1804, the son of JOHANN HARTMAN RICKERT (1780-1828), an immigrant from Bavaria, and CATHERINE [LUBOLD] RICKERT […]
Norman Lester Riegle (1886-1942)
NORMAN LESTER RIEGLE was born on 4 October 1886, in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of HARRISON RIEGLE (1840-1899) and HANNAH [RICKERT] RIEGLE (1847-1919). […]
Charles A. Yeager (1868-1941)
Esteemed Citizen of Lykens Succumbs to Heart Attack, Tuesday With the death of Charles A. Yeager, Tuesday morning at 2 o’clock [2 July 1941], which occurred at his residence on […]
George B. Garber (1870-1941)
FORMER RAILROAD EMPLOYEE DIED AT GRATZ George B. Garber, age 70 years, died at his home in Gratz on Monday [17 March 1941]. Mr. Garber was a son of the […]
Robert A. Schwartz & Hannah N. [Huntzinger] Schwartz – 70th Wedding Anniversary, 2003
A newspaper photo of Robert A. Schwartz and Hannah N. [Huntzinger] Schwartz on their 70th Wedding Anniversary, which occurred on 23 November 2003. They were married on 23 November 1933 […]
Catherine [Snyder] Byerly (1841-1910)
Catharine Snyder was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 31 July 1841, the daughter of John Snyder and Anna M. [West] Snyder. On 22 November 1868, she married […]
Rufus L. Wiest Family
A picture of the Rufus Leon Wiest family standing on the porch of their old home near Erdman Road, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Rufus L. Wiest was born 10 […]