Rene BLAIR

____ - ____

Family 1 : Elvin MADISON
  1. +Richard Scott MADISON

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Patsy Joan BRANT

[47070]

____ - ____

Family 1 : Ronald Ritzman FREED

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Jacob CLEMENS

[35953]

1767 - JUL 1824

Father: Gerhardt CLEMENS
Mother: Catherine HUNSICKER

Family 1 : Margaretha PENNEBECKER
  1. +Hannah C. CLEMMENS

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[35953] Jacob's FindAGrave memorial (#70529548) offers: "1800, March 29: Jacob sold to brother-in-law, Jacob Hendrich Reiff, 141 acres, with plantation and buildings and improvements 3/29/1800 who bought it 12/2/1796 from father Gerhardt Clemens (the grandson of the original settler Gerhart Clemens) and mother Catharine Hunsicker Clemens. The First National Bank of Lansdale was organized with a capital of $50.000 and began busines s on the 16 June of the same year. On 4 Oct. 1884 the records list Jacob as being on the board of directors."

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Capt. _____ DORRIS

____ - ____

Family 1 : _____ Malcolm, wife of Capt. DORRIS

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Daveeda Ederle KENNISTON

[3296]

2 MAR 1931 - 1 APR 2013

Father: David Wellington KENNISTON
Mother: Nellie A. SMITH

Family 1 : Ervin R. BROWN
  1.  Ervin R. BROWN

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                                                          _Joseph Ames KENNISTON _|
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                                                         |                        |                       _Joseph AMES __________+
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                                                         |                        |_Mary T. AMES ________|_Abigail MOORE ________
                                                         |                          (1808 - 1868) m 1828                         
                               _Ernest Howard KENNISTON _|
                              | (1857 - 1922) m 1887     |
                              |                          |                                                _Asael FOSTER _________+
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                              |                          |                         _George F. FOSTER ____|_Lucy BRACKETT ________
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                              |                          |_Susan H. FOSTER _______|
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                              |                                                   |                       _David STANWOOD _______+
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                              |                                                   |_Eunice R. STANWOOD __|_Eunice WASGATT _______
                              |                                                     (1807 - ....) m 1831   (1777 - ....)         
 _David Wellington KENNISTON _|
| (1901 - 1985) m 1926        |
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|                             |                                                    _Paul Dudley BUNKER __|_______________________
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|                             |                           _John Edward BUNKER ____|
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|                             |                          |                        |_Arabella Stone GROW _|_______________________
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|                             |_Georgia Augusta BUNKER __|
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|                                                        |                         _Jacob ALLEY _________|_______________________
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|                                                        |_Mary Ann ALLEY ________|
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|                                                                                 |                       _Christopher BARTLETT _+
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|                                                                                 |_Hannah BARTLETT _____|_Mary CARTER __________
|                                                                                   (1794 - 1860) m 1818   (1770 - 1857)         
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|--Daveeda Ederle KENNISTON 
|  (1931 - 2013)
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  (1902 - 1940) m 1926        |
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[3296] Find A Grave Memorial# 107747530 offers: "Daveeda Ederle Kenniston Brown, 82, of East Vassalboro, died Monday, April 1, 2013, at her residence following an illness. She was born in Bangor in 1931, a daughter of David and Nellie (Smith) Kenniston. Daveeda attended Higgins Classical Institute in Charleston and graduated from Brewer High School, class of 1950. Daveeda worked for the Department of Human Services for 23 years and was a member of the Maine State Association of Retirees.
She enjoyed her hobbies of knitting, crocheting and reading. Daveeda mostly enjoyed the many cats that she adopted from the humane societies over the years.
Daveeda was predeceased by her parents; stepmother; and a son, Ervin Brown. She is survived by a daughter, Susan Little, of East Vassalboro; two sons, Daniel Brown, and his wife, Cristita, currently in the Philippines, and Donald Brown and his wife, Nancy, of Pittsfield; one sister, Georgia Fecteau, of Waterville; one half-brother, David Kenniston, of Amherst; two grandchildren, Heather Brown, of Portland, and David Brown and his wife, Michelle, and two great-grandsons, Malachi and Josiah, of Palm Harbor, Fla.; and two nephews, Clifford Fecteau, of Fairfield, and Thomas Little, of Westbrook."

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Clifford Jay LASER

[9194]

6 MAR 1886 - 15 JUL 1949

Father: Henry J. LASER
Mother: Burgetta COOPER

Family 1 : Tona Mae SCHRECK
  1. +Helen Bertha LASER

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| (1864 - 1959) m 1885|
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|--Clifford Jay LASER 
|  (1886 - 1949)
|                                                                                              _Samuel COOPER ____________________
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|                                                                    _Jacob COOPER ___________|_Mercy JONES ______________________
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|                                            _Jacob COOPER _________|
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|                                           |                       |_Rebecca SPOONER ________|___________________________________
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|                      _Daniel COOPER ______|
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  (1866 - 1929) m 1885|
                      |                                                                        _George Michael BREINER ___________
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                      |                                              _John Frederick BREINER _|_Catharina Magdalena (Ley or) LOY _
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                      |                      _Johannes BRINER ______|
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                      |_Sarah Jane BRINER __|
                        (1827 - 1887) m 1846|
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                                            |_Maria Elizabeth LOEB _|
                                              (1788 - 1863)         |
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[9194] "News-Nornal [Mansfield, Ohio], 16 July 1949," p. 7: "Shelby - Clifford J. Laser, 63, lifelong resident here and senior partner in the real estate and insurance firm of Laser and Hancock, died at 7:45 p. m. Friday in his home at 18 Wentz avenue following an illness of two years. Mr. Laser entered the real estate and insurance business here in 1912 and in 1932 formed a partnership with his son-in-law, W. S. Hancock. Mr. Laser was a member of the Lutheran church, Shelby Ad club, a trustee of the Shelby Country club and a prominent Mason. He belonged to Shelby lodge No. 350, F. and A. M., Shelby Chapter No. 178, R. and A. M., Mansfield Council No. 94, Mansfield Commandery No. 21, Knights of Templar, Lake Erie Consistory of the Scottish Rite, Al Koran Temple of Cleveland and Baku Grotto. Surviving are his widow, Tona; daughter, Mrs. W. S. Hancock; father, Henry, and two grandsons, all of Shelby. Services will be at 2:30 p. m. Monday in the Shelby Lutheran church with Dr. D. B. Young, pastor, officiating. He will be assisted by Rev. Hackenberg, Greenville Lutheran pastor. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery."

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Mary Ann RITZMAN

[18430]

23 JAN 1852 - 19 SEP 1939

Father: Daniel RITZMAN
Mother: Amanda BUFFINGTON

Family 1 : Josiah M. ("Jesse") UMHOLTZ

                                                                                                         _John Jacob RITZMAN ______________________+
                                                                                                        | (1708 - 1755) m 1734                     
                                                                          _Peter RITZMAN _______________|_Eva Margaretha KRIEGER __________________
                                                                         | (1735 - 1796) m 1757                                                    
                                             _Peter RITZMAN _____________|
                                            |  m 1784                    |
                                            |                            |                               _Martin STUPP ____________________________
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                                            |                            |_Christina STUPP _____________|_Anna Catharina SCHULTZ __________________
                                            |                               m 1757                                                                 
                       _Jacob RITZMAN ______|
                      | (1794 - 1857) m 1818|
                      |                     |                                                            _Johann Georg KERN _______________________+
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                      |                     |                             _John Peter KERN _____________|_Catharine Elizabeth FRAWHUGER ___________
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                      |                     |_Catharine Elizabeth KERNS _|
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                      |                                                  |                               _Adam DESHLER ____________________________+
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                      |                                                  |_Catharine DESHLER ___________|__________________________________________
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 _Daniel RITZMAN _____|
| (1824 - 1899) m 1848|
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|                     |                                                   _Johannas Adam (Hans) MATTER _|_Anna Christina KEISER ___________________
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|                     |_Elizabeth MATTER ___|
|                       (1799 - 1837) m 1818|
|                                           |                                                            _Johann Bartholomaus "Barthel" ROMBERGER _
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|                                           |                             _Balthasar ROMBERGER _________|_Anna Maria BRüCKNER ____________________
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|                                           |_Anna Marie ROMBERGER ______|
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|--Mary Ann RITZMAN 
|  (1852 - 1939)
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[18430] Mary Ann and Josiah had Aaron R. Umholtz (1868-1870), Alice Celeste Umholtz (1871-1922), Annie Margaret Umholtz (1872-1872), Harry Elmer Umholtz (1875-1948), Maggie Dorella "Mazie" Umholtz (1876-1961), Daniel Franklin Umholtz (1877-1878), Amanda Magdalena Umholtz (1879-1943), Carrie Mabel Umholtz (1881-1907), Mary Ann Umholtz (1883). Elsie Louise Umholtz (1884-1918), Minnie Elizabeth Umholtz (1887-1961), Thomas Adam Umholtz (1888-1919), Josiah Milton Umholtz (1891-1891), Annetta Salome Mae Umholtz (1893-1955) & (Mary A. "Myme" Umholtz).

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Lawrence Eugene TUPPER

[55573]

16 SEP 1916 - 18 DEC 1985

Father: Wilbert Eugene TUPPER
Mother: Albertina M. COTE

Family 1 : Jeannette Rosella BERNARD
  1.  Lawrence ("Butch") Egene (Jr) TUPPER

                                                                                                       _Eliakim TUPPER _____+
                                                                                                      | (1787 - 1865)       
                                                                                _James Benvie TUPPER _|_Jane BENVIE ________
                                                                               | (1815 - 1876) m 1834   (1793 - 1830)       
                                                     _Charles Blaikie TUPPER __|
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                                                    |                          |_Jennet H. BLAIKIE ___|_____________________
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                          _Mayhew Blanchard TUPPER _|
                         | (1864 - 1931) m 1882     |
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                         |                          |_Emeline Matilda SPRAGUE _|
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 _Wilbert Eugene TUPPER _|
| (1885 - 1969) m 1914   |
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|                        |_Adella Rosamond TUPPER __|
|                          (1869 - 1952) m 1882     |
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|--Lawrence Eugene TUPPER 
|  (1916 - 1985)
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|_Albertina M. COTE _____|
  (1896 - 1988) m 1914   |
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[55573] Lawrence served as a Private in the U.S. Army during World War II.

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