Individual Notes

Note for: Nicholas Staehler, BEF 20 SEP 1771 - Index

Baptism:
     Date:   20 SEP 1771
     Place:   Zionsville, PA (Upper Milford Reformed Church)

Individual Note:   Sponsors at his baptism were Nicholas Staehler and Susanna Wege.

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Note for: Mary Magdalene Staehler, 17 MAR 1780 - Index

Baptism:
     Date:   30 APR 1780
     Place:   Zionsville, PA (Upper Milford Reformed Church)

Individual Note:   Sponsor at her baptism was Magdalene Fischer, single.

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Note for: Annie Guth, JAN 1863 - ABT 1 JAN 1953 Index

Burial:
     Date:   5 JAN 1953
     Place:   Reading, PA (Charles Evans Cemetery)

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Note for: Rosa Guth, ABT 1869 - ABT SEP 1957 Index

Burial:
     Date:   1 OCT 1957
     Place:   Reading, PA (Charles Evans Cemetery)

Individual Note:   Rosa was 6 months old on the 1870 census.

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Note for: Henry Baer, 3 SEP 1773 - Index

Individual Note: Sponsors for Henry's baptism was Henry Christman (his uncle?).

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Note for: Elizabeth Baer, BEF 11 AUG 1771 - Index

Baptism:
     Date:   11 AUG 1771
     Place:   Northampton County, PA (Upper Milford Reformed Church)

Individual Note:   Sponsor at her baptism were Francis Westco and his wife. Father's surname was spelled Behr.

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Note for: Ephraim Christman, - Index

Individual Note: From The History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon by Mathews, Alfred & Austin N. Hungerford:
"Ephraim is residing at Macungie. .......

Ephraim and his wife, as well as Jonas and his wife, are well advanced in years, and are well preserved."

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Note for: Percival C. Nyce, 22 OCT 1838 - 17 SEP 1923 Index

Occupation:
     Date:   25 JUN 1860
     Place:   Huckster

Census:
     Date:   25 JUN 1860
     Place:   Southwest Ward, Reading, Berks Co, PA

Burial:
     Date:   20 SEP 1923
     Place:   Reading, PA (Charles Evans Cemetery)

Individual Note:   From the History of Berks County by Morton L. Montgomery:
"Percival C. Nyce, who for a number of years was engaged in the produce and commission business in Reading, is now living retired in this city. Mr. Nyce was born Oct. 22, 1839, in Marlborough township, Montgomery Co., Pa., son of Samuel and Eliza (Cope) Nyce.

.......

Percival C. Nyce was educated in the common schools of Montgomery county and later those of Reading, and as a boy worked in the commission house of his father, with whom he later went into partnership, this connection lasting from 1860 until 1865, when Percival C. Nyce went to Philadelphia, where be engaged in the business on his own account. From that city be went to New York, thence to Chicago, and later to Mount Carroll, Ill., whence he returned in 1873 to Reading, forming a partnership with his brother-in-law and his brother, Calvin. In this connection Mr. Nyce continued until ill health forced his retirement from active life in 1888.
On Aug. 4, 1859, Mr. Nyce married, at Milton, Pa., Cecelia E. Trego, and their son, Harry E., married (first) Ella Benson, had two children: Percival C., Jr. and Elsie C., and (second) m. Rosie Guth. Percival C. Nyce is a member of the German Baptist Church."

Information from the 1860 US Census:
Percival and Cecilia were living in the Southwest ward of Reading City. The value of his personal property was listed as $200. His occupation was listed as a huckster (salesman). Living with them was their son Harrison T., aged 1 month.

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Note for: Cecelia E. Trego, 19 NOV 1839 - 15 JAN 1917 Index

Burial:
     Date:   20 JAN 1917
     Place:   Reading, PA (Charles Evans Cemetery)

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Note for: Samuel Nyce, 26 AUG 1813 - 5 JAN 1898 Index

Burial:
     Date:   8 JAN 1898
     Place:   Reading, PA (Charles Evans Cemetery)

Individual Note:   From the History of Berks County by Morton L. Montgomery:
"Samuel Nyce was born on the homestead in Marlborough township, and there followed farming many years, removing to Reading in 1853 to engage in the produce business. He died in 1898, in his eighty-fifth year, and his wife died in 1893, when seventy--seven years old. They had seven children, six of whom lived to maturity, as follows: Mary (who m. an Anthony); Andora (m. a Goodman); Catherine (m. a Guth); Percival C.; Sylvester, and Calvin S. The father of these children was a member of the Baptist Church, while Mrs. Nyce belonged to the Reformed denomination. "