The story of the suicide of Agnes Minerva Zerfing of near Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania,was reported in local and area newspapers. Some of those stories follow here. From the Pottsville […]
A 1970 advertising photograph for Irvin C. Adams Motors, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Ford Sales and Service ___________________________________ From an advertisement that appeared in the 1970 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz Items” section of a local newspaper for the week of 19 March 1926: Mrs. Mary Daniel visited in town, Wednesday evening. […]
Rev. Isaac Gerhart served as minister of Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, from about 1822 to 1844. _________________________________ Rev. Isaac Gerhart is the first known Reformed pastor of Simeon […]
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of 14 December 1927: Rev. and Mrs. Reichert, of Berrysburg, were entertained […]
As all genealogists know, the primary schedules for the 1890 United States Census were almost completely destroyed in a fire. The few that were not destroyed did not include the […]
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of 26 January 1927: Miss Mildred Kocher and Miss Bonawitz of Berrysburg, […]
Martine Joseph served as pastor of Simeon United Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from her ordination in 2012 to 2016. A brief biography of her appears on line from […]