Genealogical Gems

Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 87 today. He was born on 15 January 1929 however, as a nation, we remember him today. On This Day is a prompt to further explore historical events.                  © Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2016

Delbert Myers and Mrs. Theodore King, of Pike County , eloped. Mrs. King had been thought to be an upright woman before the elopement, according to the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer reported On This Day in 1880. She left her little children behind. Fortunately Mr. King came home. Myers already had two other wives!   Source: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. ( Lancaster , PA ), 16 August 1880. Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers . Library of Congress.    On This Day is a prompt to further explore historical events.                  © Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015

Isaac Winters (1854 - 1945) is buried at the Zion Reformed Cemetery in New Providence. He is buried with his wife Mary Jane (1855 - 1929).   Isaac was born 3 July 1854 to Benjamin Winters and Mary Garvin in Paradise Township , Lancaster County . He died of pneumonia on 29 March 1945. Mary Jane King was born 1 November 1855 to Samuel King and Mary Swilkey. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 1 February 1929. The couple married in 1877 and had 10 children.       Tombstone Tuesday is a genealogical prompt of GeneaBloggers.   © Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015