by Marc | Apr 2, 2024 | ARC, WAW
Samuel was the first born of five children of Leonard Peters and Susan Enders of Dauphin County. Both families are of German ancestry. Samuel was followed by brother John, and a sisters Margaret and Barbara. Samuel’s father, Leonard, was born and lived in Dauphin...
by Marc | Apr 2, 2024 | ARC, WAW
Anna Margaret Bittel was a forceful and dynamic pioneer who, against all odds, succeeded in establishing an American family. Teenage Margaret would immigrate with family from Pfungstadt, Hesse, during an oppressive societal and religious time that forced her family to...
by Marc | Mar 10, 2024 | ARC, WAW
By Generation Eight, all APB ancestors were either Methodist or Lutheran, except for the Batdorf and Welkers, a Reformed family. In Generation Nine, there were 15 Lutherans, 6 Lutheran/Reformed, 4 Presbyterian, 3 Reformed, 2 Methodist, and 1 Catholic families. Of the...
by Marc | Dec 29, 2023 | ARC, WAW
In a sense, Peter Batdorf and his wife, Elizabeth Welker, were war babies. She was born on November 23 in 1812, four months after America declared war on Great Britain beginning the War of 1812. He was born January 20, 1814, eleven months before the treaty was signed...
by Marc | Dec 29, 2023 | ARC, WAW
Who were the good and bad guys in medieval Europe? Course, depends on which side you’re on. Well, let’s be on the side of humanity— people, family, and community. Then, it’s safe to say, that medieval corruption was spearheaded by the Nobles and the feudal lords, the...
by Marc | Sep 5, 2023 | ARC
Many notable folks are part of the Chronies ancestry. The past with even links to three fascinating maybe even considered monstrous folks. Lucas Raus was born in 1723 in Marienburg, now Feldioara, Romania, south of Transylvanian Castle belonging to Dracula. Peter...
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