World War II – James E. Hoffman – Killed in Action
James E. Hoffman CHRONOLOGY From the Harrisburg Evening News, 17 December 1943: Missing in Action Three Central Pennsylvania men are among the 435 announced today by the War Department as […]
World War II – Lawrence C. Engle – Killed in Action
Lawrence C. Engle From a local newspaper (probably Elizabethville Echo) at the time of his death, about 8 March 1945: PVT. L. ENGLE REPORTED KILLED IN GERMANY Mrs. Estella […]
John W. Hoffman (1843-1926)
John W. Hoffman, farmer and stockman, Gratz, Pennsylvania, was born in Gratz, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 8 March 1843. Henry C. Hoffman, the father of John W. Hoffman, was […]
Edward Romberger (1841-1907)
Edward Romberger, farmer, Washington Township, was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 30 July 1841, son of Daniel Romberger and Hannah [Bergstresser] Romberger. He acquired his education for the […]
Emanuel Umholtz (1843-1904)
Emanuel Umholtz, farmer, Gratz, Pennsylvania, was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 30 July 1843. Philip Umholtz, the grandfather of Emanuel Umholtz, was of German descent, and was a […]
Lykens Township – Kissinger School, 1947
A 15 October 1947 photograph of the students and teacher at the Kissinger School, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: Front Row (boys – seated, standing behind sign, or kneeling on […]
Lykens Township – Kissinger School, 1875
As the cut from the 1875 Dauphin County Township map shows, the Kissinger School was located to the north of Gratz in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Students who attended […]
Lykens Township – Kissinger School, 1862
As the cut from the 1862 Dauphin County Township map shows, the Kissinger School was located to the north of Gratz in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Students who attended […]