Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
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Gates, Dick, Harpster family, private email 5/3/2007. Author address: gatesrh at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007].
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Harpster, John Orlando, Harpsters and their Habitat. St Petersburg, FL: author, 1956. Centre County PA Library P929.2Ha Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p[0-9]*].
Sources for birth and parent Information
- date:
- [Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007, HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12],
- place:
- [Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007],
- parents:
- [Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007, HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]
Sources with Information about marriage to Adah A FRICK
- date:
- [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12],
- names:
- [Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007]
Research Notes:
author of family history book [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]
taught school in Centre Co for 10 years, and two terms of summer school
for those preparing for teaching [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]
attended Dr. D. N. Wolf's preparatory school at Spring Mills for two
terms [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]
graduated from Lebanon Business College, and taught in the night school
for a part of the time [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]
1902: moved to Pittsburgh, PA [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]
worked for many companies in Pittsburgh area: Morris Chicago Beef Co
(wholesale meats), Chuddy Mfg Co (chewing gum), Ward-Mackey Co (wholesale
cakes and crackers), Lutz and Schram (wholesale pickles), Jacob Doll Co
(pianos and organs), George A Kelly Co (wholesale drugs) [Ref: HarpsterJO
HARPSTER p12]
secratary, and later Director of the Homewood Building and Loan Assn for
20 years [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]
1946: retired and moved to Florida [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]
Pedigree of John Orlando HARPSTER
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George Frederick HERBSTER
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Georg David HERBSTER
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Martin WEICK
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Anna Christina WEICK
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Anna Christina HOSIN
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Jacob Friedrich HERBSTER
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Maria Sidonia BECKER
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Christoph HERBSTER
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Margaretha KRAUSS
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Samuel H HARPSTER
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Maria Elisabeth WERNER
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John HARPSTER
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Abraham BEAL
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Elizabeth BEAL
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Joseph Sellers HARPSTER
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(Unk) SELLERS
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Leah SELLERS
John Orlando HARPSTER
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William WILLIAMS
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Job WILLIAMS
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George WILLIAMS
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Sarah Mary WILLIAMS
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Henry BEAM
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Mary Polly BEAM
Descendants of John Orlando HARPSTER