By Steve E. Troutman Jacob Ramberger (1802-1854) married Catharine Klinger (1802-1871) Conversation with Paul W. Ramberger and his wife, Barbara [Klinger] Ramberger of Turkey Hill Road, Dalmatia. With additional notes […]
By Steve E. Troutman The Rough and Ready Cornet Band poses in Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, at the red brick hotel on the square in 1906. The handsome uniformed men […]
The following was taken from a talk by Steve E. Troutman at the Gratz Historical Society meeting, October 28, 2010 held at the Simeon Lutheran Church in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________________________ Tonight I want […]
Nestled in the pocket of the Blue Mountains of the Appalachians, the Mahantongo Valley extends east from the Susquehana River for seventeen miles. Bordered to the north by Line Mountain, it extends […]
Photographs of the original St. John’s Lutheran and Reformed Church (top), Pitman, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, also known as the “Little Brick Church,” and the church (bottom) that eventually grew out […]
OLIVE MARIE [MAURER} ERDMAN Olive Marie Erdman, 100, of Myerstown, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020, at Stone Ridge, Poplar Run, Myerstown. She was born in Klingerstown to the late […]
A photograph taken around 1900 of the gristmill of Rev. Isaac Stiely, located at Routh & Ready, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals pictured are identified. See also, which […]
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 7 December 1927: Mrs. Ursula Klinger, Mrs. Clarence Klinger, and Mrs. Walter Umholtz, of Hegins, […]