A snapshot photograph of Rebecca “Becky” Rickert, seated left, of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken about 1918, before her death, which occurred on 17 September 1918..
Becky was born in Specktown on 1 October 1837, the daughter of Martin Rickert (1804-1871) and Elizabeth “Betsy” [Yerges] Rickert (1913-1877). She never married. Becky lived with her sister Hannah Louisa [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919), who is pictured standing next to Becky.
The girl at left rear is not identified. The girl at rear right is Ruth Olive Evitts (1910-1993), Hannah’s granddaughter and Becky’s great-niece.
The photo was taken at the Riegle-Dietrich homestead. The house is still standing on Specktown Road, across from the present Gratz V. F. W.
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