Genealogical Gems

Watchmaker Louis Weber moved from Centre Square to North Queen Street near the Pennsylvania railroad depot On This Day in 1880. Weber sells gold, silver and nickel cased watches, chains and clocks. He also repairs items.   Source: Lancaster daily intelligencer. ( Lancaster , Pa. ), 1 April 1880. Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers . Lib. of Congress.     On This Day is a prompt I started this month to further explore historical events.                  © Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015

Dr. Joseph Frederick Eckman Sr., 70, of Kennett Square, left his earthly body behind on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, and moved on to eternal life with his Savior in Heaven, just five months after his diagnosis of melanoma. He was the husband of Ellen Ann (Latta) Eckman, with whom he shared 45 years of marriage. Joe was born in Coatesville, the youngest son of the late Elwood M. and Daisy Weber Eckman. Joe attended Penn State University from 1961 to 1964 and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in 1968. Commissioned by the U.S. Navy, Lt. Cmdr. Eckman served his country at Cubi Point Naval Air Station in the Philippines from 1968 to 1970 during the Vietnam War. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve Dental Corps until 1979. Joe and Ellen Ann returned from the Philippines in 1970 and opened his first dental office in their home in Kennett Square. In 1984, he moved his office to Willowdale, where he practiced dentistry until recently. In 2006, he and his son, D...