Click on names or photos to see each family's page
Jesse Thomas & Sallie (WALTEMEYER) ANDERSON of My Lady's Manor at Monkton, Baltimore County, Maryland
The John RUPP family of Lower Windsor, York County, Pennsylvania
The Stephen Stanley SECHRIST family of Red Lion, York County, Pennsylvania
The Benjamin ZARFOS family of Windsor township, York County, Pennsylvania
...the blog about her returning troops here...
I have a large collection of photos with absolutely no identification...except for the photography studio's embossment, and a knowledge of period clothing and style.
These came from a box in my grandparents' (Jay & Sity ZARFOS) cellar, which came from Aunt Addie (ZARFOS) HOFFMAN's attic, which came from her mother, Jane (RUPP) ZARFOS's home. Odds are, these are friends and family of John & Mary (POFF) RUPP, who lived in Lower Windsor Township, York Co., Pennsylvania, during the 19th century.
I'm uploading them in the desire to reconnect these lost people with their families. Even though they've been gone for more than 100 years, their stories are worth knowing. As with many from the area, we don't know much about our ancestors' lives because they tended to underestimate their worth. "Aw, t'weren't nuthin'" seemed to be the catchphrase of most Yorkers. Besides, why write the names on photos when everybody knows them, anyway?
So, please put an end to my whining, and start identifying your family photos! Keep a journal of your days, and include photos with their stories. Your great-grandchildren will be astounded by the way you had to type with your fingers, and drive a car, and brush your own teeth, and...
Once Upon a Town:
1: Lost in Red Lion, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
3: the John & Mary (POFF) RUPP family
4: Mother Disguised as a Chair
9: More Than Just a Pretty Face
11: When Jesse T ANDERSON Crossed the Mason-Dixon
14: Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World
16: Many Hands Make Light Work?
17: John & Mary RUPP's Children part 1
18: John & Mary RUPP's Children part 2
23: Melvina Jane (RUPP) ZARFOS 1856-1944
24: Elizabeth (RUPP) & Joseph STONEY
25: Amanda Ellen (RUPP) & John J GRESER
26: Mary Ann (RUPP) & Thomas ADAIR
27: Benjamin & Annie (HOWARD) ZARFOS
28: John Wesley & Sarah Jane (LEBERNIGHT) ZARFOS
29: Rebecca, Elizabeth, Eliza Jane & Henrietta ZARFOS
30: Benjamin Franklin & Melvina Jane (RUPP) ZARFOS
31: Amanda ZARFOS & Moses PAULES
32: William Harry 'Hal' ZARFOS & Charlotte 'Lotte' JACOBS
33: More John RUPP & Benjamin ZARFOS families & friends
37: Leo & Lena LAHR and the DOLLs
38: Hettie Marvin & Earl Britman BURG
39: Henry Franklin & John Palmer BURG
40: Henry William & Lydia (GILBERT) BURG + Samuel & Rachel (HAINES) BURG
42: Bertha Mae (SECHRIST) ZARFOS
46: Mary FINKBINDER & James Bayard SECHRIST
47: Mary Elizabeth, Stephen Stanley, James Finkbinder & Barbara Lou SECHRIST