Images

Kenneth (right) with his sister Mary and brothers Carlos (back row) and Merle (left) in March, 1935

Headstone at Herndon Cemetery

Letter of Appreciation

Amelia Jane (Schwalm) Paul and her son John Irvin Paul

Elizabeth (Schwalm) & Victor Scheib and family

Sevilla Schwalm and husband Daniel Erdman

Albert Schwalm

Albert and Barbara Clark Schwalm

Ida Louisa Schwalm

Ida (Schwalm) and Henry Preston Clark

Merle Guy Klinger and his long time partner Alfred F. Loritsch (1913-1994), Gettysburg, PA, 1982

Merle (left) with his sister Mary and brothers Carlos (back row) and Kenneth (right) in March, 1935

Guy around the time of high school graduation

Some time after high school

Carlos's WWI Service card

Carlos's WWI dog tags

Death Certificate

Death Certificate

Roy during WW II, Guantanamo, Cuba

Roy Kinger and family

Death Certificate

Ellen Klinger, in Herndon, holding grandsons Kenneth and Merle.

Sarah E. Klinger and her children

After moving from Walnut Street, Ellen and her children Ira, Roy, and Sevilla lived in the left side of this double house at 1504 West Lynn Street

Death Certificate

Daniel Klinger Jr. Family, Summer 1915, taken at Peter Klinger’s homestead, near Klinger’s Church, Erdman, Dauphin County, PA.
Back Row, Left to Right: Carrie Ellen (Klinger) Zimmerman (1897-1924); Harry Klinger (1883-1940); Sally (Engle) Klinger (1885-1939); John Daniels (1875-1969); Carrie (Klinger) Daniels (1878-1938); William Elias Klinger (1881-1959); Emma L. Klinger (1881-1947); William Oscar Klinger (1885-1962); Ida (Tobias) Klinger (1886-1963); Milton Klinger (1877-1918) holding Ira (1915-1993); Sarah Ellen (Schwalm) Klinger (1874-1947).
     Middle Row, Left to Right: Frederick Klinger (1901-1920); Winnie Daniels (1899-1981); Daisy A. (Klinger) Koppenhaver (1902-1967); Harry Daniels; Clarence Klinger (1899-1960); Daniel Klinger, Jr. (1852-1919); Sevilla (Shaffer) Klinger (1857-1923); Guy Klinger (1895-1961); Carlos Klinger (1899-1920).
Front Row, Left to Right: Mary Klinger (1908-1975); Alma (Klinger) Oxenrider (1907-1974); Floyd Klinger (1912-1986); Vera (Klinger ) Martz (1906-1997); Sevilla (Klinger) Schmeltz (1909-1997);Darwin Daniels (1904-1953); Roy Milton Klinger (1906-1990).

Daniel Klinger (Jr.) and Sevilla (Shaffer) Klinger and five of their children, Summer 1915.
Front row (left to right): Daniel Klinger, Jr; Sevilla (Shaffer) Klinger.
Back row (left to right): Milton C. Klinger; Carrie A. Klinger; William O. Klinger; Emma L. Klinger; Harry D. Klinger.

1955 Reunion of Descendants of Daniel Klinger (Jr), Hegins Park: (L to R): (front row) Floyd Klinger, Guy Klinger, William Klinger, Ira Klinger; (back) Sevilla (Klinger) Schmeltz, Vera (Klinger) Martz, Daisy (Klinger) Koppenhaver, Mary (Klinger) Klinger, Alma (Klinger) Oxenrider

Daniel Klinger (Jr.) Death Certificate

Daniel Klinger's tombstone at Klinger's Church, Dauphin County, PA

Carlos and Marion's wedding picture

Carlos in the arms of his father Guy Klinger at the home of James F. Snyder, north of Herndon, PA. Carlos's mother Helen is the first person from the left, and his sister Mary is the third child on the right, front row. Marie Keiser Lemon is to the right of Carlos, while James Lemon, James F. Snyder, and Maggie Lemon (left to right) are in the back row. Guy and Helen later lived on this same property, until Guy's death in 1961.

Mary, Carlos, back row, Merle and Kenneth Klinger (front row), March, 1935, in Herndon, PA

1404 West Lynn St., where Carlos was born

Birth Certificate

Baptismal Certificate

Carlos in uniform 1942

The first page of Carlos's draft registration for WW II

1950 Application for Veterans Compensation

Carlos's WWII dog tags

Death Certificate

Tombstone at Lincoln Cemetery

Carlos and Marion's tombstone (detail)

Peter Klinger Jr.

Max Long and his young daughter Marion

Carlos Klinger and Marion Long, Spring 1946, near Picture Rocks, Lycoming County, PA

Max A. Long, holding Sarah Jane Long, Marion T. Long, Neil F. Dell, Eugene A. Long, and Mark L. Long, taken 1932 at Long home in 1932

Marion's school photo, 1935

Birth Certificate

Death Certificate

Simon G. Lemon

Simon Grant & Maggie Lemon

Simon and Maggie (Snyder) Lemon Family, c. 1907
Taken north of Herndon, PA
Children: Russell, James, Helen, Catherine, with Marcus and Mary in front

James Snyder and Maggie Lemon, wedding photo, 1893.

Marriage License and Certificate, 1893

Lemon home north of Herndon

Maggie V. Lemon (seated, holding greatgrandson Max), with her daughter Helen (Lemon) Klinger and grandson Carlos Klinger, c. 1953

Maggie V. Lemon in the garden of the Snyder property, just north of Herndon, PA, probably in the 1920's

Death Certificate

William K. Lemon, in Millersburg, PA, where after giving up the farm he lived with his three unmarried daughters on West Union Street

William Kemp Lemon & Family
L to right: Simon Grant, Miriam, Katie, Annie, and James
Seated: William K. & Catherine Anna (Heckert) Lemon

West Union St. in Millersburg in 1950, where William K. Lemon along with Annie, Mamie, and Katie lived after moving from the farm in Paxton. House was owned by Charles D; Snyder. Miriam (Mamie) died here in 1950.

The Family of James Lemon, taken at the Lemon Farm on the south bank of the Mahantono Creek, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA. From left (back row): James H. Lemon, father William K. Lemon, Harry Haldeman, William K. Lemon, Jr., and Stanley G. Lemon with Katie (seated), Mary Lemon, daughter of Simon and Maggie V. Lemon, and Emma (Shaffer) Lemon, seated.

Max Long and siblings, circa 1917 or 1918
(Left to right:) Grace Long (Wagner); Cardella Long (Dell); Max Long (back); Mark Long; Effie Log (McKeever); Katie Long (Sproat)

Alvin, Mark (center) and Max Long, 1913

Baptismal Certificate for Max Long

Max Long and Ivan Harris in Detroit
July 1919

Max Long and Ivan Harris in Detroit
July 1919

Max Long and Rhoda Thurston

The four children of Max and Rhoda Long

Death Certificate

Ariel view of Hickory Corners, PA, before the March, 1958, fire that destroyed the Long's barn. The Long property is the white house and large dark barn slightly to the right and above the center of the photo

The Long farm on which Max and Rhoda lived for most of their married life. Taken in the early 1960's, after the barn was rebuilt

1918 Thurston Family Reunion, Rolling Green Park, Snyder County, PA

List of persons on Family Reunion Photo

Rhoda (Thurston) Long

Rhoda Long at Hickory Corners, with barn (destroyed by fire in 1958) in the background

Infant Rhoda and her aunt Laura (Shaffer) Thurston

McKee's School, 1909, Toad Valley, Northumberland County, PA. Rhoda is third from left in front row. Her older sister Ruth is second from right, back row. The teacher, at right, was Lizzie Witmer Williams, daughter of Ephraim Witmer.

Dalmatia High School, c. 1917. Rhoda is thrid from the left, in the back row, beside John Boyer, Principal (to her right).

Rhoda's Confirmation Certificate

Detail from Rhoda's Confirmation Certificate

Rhoda Long and her daughters Sally and Marion

Henry L Thurston

Henry Thurston, daughter Rhoda, and Clara (Treon) Thurston

Henry Thurston's Death Certificate

Baptismal certificate for Henry L Thurston

Certificate recognizing Henry's confirmation at Stone Valley Lutheran congregation

Henry Thurston and Clara Treon's marriage certificate

Clara Treon Thurston (seated, left) holding daughter Ruth; daughter Edna standing in front

Death certificate

Frederick S. and Sarah (Rubendall) Schwalm

Frederick S. Schwalm - Pension File Document, NARA, #4

Frederick Schwalm, from Johannes Schwalm the Hessian, p. 116

Guy E. Klinger, probably before his marriage

Guy's baptismal certificate

Guy's Confirmation Certificate

Detail from Guy's Confirmation Certificate

Guy Klinger, World War I

Guy Klinger on horseback in France during WWI

Guy Klinger at Camp Meade, 1917

Guy's WWI Service Card

The first page of a Certified copy of Guy's WWI Discharge (1919)

The second page of the Certified Discharge showing his Enlistment Record

Upper part of a photstatic copy of Guy's Discharge

Lower half of Guy's Discharge, containing a record of his enlistment

Wedding photo

Guy and Helen's marriage certificate

An embellished marriage certificate for Guy and Helen

Carlos's birthplace, 1404 West Lynn Street, Shamokin

Picture taken from Simon Grant Lemon's farm. House on left was where Guy and Helen lived from 1928 until 1931.

Service Station in Herndon oeprated by Guy Klinger, c. 1938

Mary, Carlos, Kenneth & Merle Klinger, Easter 1936

Mary, Helen, Carlos, and Guy Klinger, with Merle and Kenneth in the front, taken about 1940 at the home of Frank and Sevilla Schmeltz, nears Barnesville, PA

Death Certificate

Helen Lemon, probably before her marriage

Helen in the garden of their home north of Herndon, PA

Baptismal Certificate for Helen Lemon

Detai from Helen's Baptismal Certificate

Mary, taken while she was a patient in Hamburg, PA.

Carlos and Mary Klinger, at 1404 West Lynn Street, Shamokin, c. 1925

(L to R): Mary E. Klinger, Kathryn A. Lemon, Dorothy Lemon, and Nina Lemon, taken c. 1933 at Simon and Maggie Lemon's home just north of Herndon, PA

Mary's birthplace, 1117 Walnut Street, Shamokin, where Guy and Helen as well as Guy's mother Ellen lived. Guy's sister Carrie (Klinger) Zimmerman lived on the other half of the house.

Baptismal Certificate for Mary Klinger

Detail from Mary's Baptismal Certificate

School reading certificate

Mary's elementary school diploma

Death Certificate

Sarah Ann (Rubendall) Schwalm, who according to Guy E. Klinger, smoked a pipe

Barbara (Clark) Schwalm

Death Certificate

Emanuel and Christiana Klinger's Family c. 1925
Front row (L to R): Meda Mamie (Klinger) Knorr; Clara (Klinger) Scheib; Charles Klinger; Emanuel Klinger; Christiana (Schadel) Klinger; Mary Alice (Klinger) Schwalm; and Kate (Klinger) Rebuck. Back row: Henry Wilson Klinger; Eston Isaiah Klinger; Alice Christiana (Klinger) Bensinger; Fred Monroe Klinger; James David Klinger; and Alvin John Alexander Klinger.

Emanuel Klinger Death Certificate # 32056 (1928)

William Tobias and Sarah Susannah Long Family: Alvin, William, Max, Grace, Sarah, and Cardella (c. 1903)

William T. Long and son Mark

Baptismal Certificate for William Long

Detail from William's Baptismal Certificate

Another certificate of William and Sarah's marriage. It originally had photos of William and Sarah in the oval openings.

William T. Long's death certificate

Sarah S. Long and grandson Eugene

Baptismal Certificate for Sarah S. Long

Detail from Sarah's Baptismal Certificate

(L to R) Cardella Long, Max Long (holding dog), Lee Phillips, Katie Long, George Blew (back), Mark Long, Katie Blew, William Bordner (back), Martha Blew, Effie Long, Lloyd or possibly Roy Blew, Grace Long, and Jacob Duttry.

Sarah S. Long Death Certificate

James and Anna's family (back row L to R): Maggie Verdilla, Annie, William, and Charles; Anna and James; Clarence in front. Probably taken before 1900.

(Standing): Anna (Witmer) Snyder; Jenny (Snyder) Zeigler; and Rebecca (Otto) Snyder; (Seated) James F. Snyder, Charlotte (Snyder) Ziegler, John Isaiah Snyder, with George Ziegler in front

James and Anna (Witmer) Snyder at their home north of Herndon, PA

The Snyder home, built around 1900 for them by Harris Bros., just north of Herndon, PA, along PA Route 147. His daughter Maggie inherited the property and eventually it became the home of Guy Klinger and Helen Lemon, Maggie's daughter and James and Anna's grandaughter. The property was sold after Guy's death in 1961, when Helen moved into a rented house in Herndon.

Sheet from Snyder Family Bible, probably written by James F. Snyder's wife. Notes in pen and ink are by Carlos G. Klinger

Aaron Spotts and unidentified child

Meda Mae (Schwalm) and William Schwalm

Ira and Matilda (Rothermel) Schwalm holding Paul Schwalm

John Schwalm

Harry Clarence Klinger

Harry C Klinger Family

Harry's wedding to Harriet Rhoades

Eugene Klinger in Klingerstown, PA

Eugene and Ethel's Wedding photograph

F. Eugene Klinger at work as school administrator

Forrest Eugene Klinger Jr. and Fred Catherine Schemberg

Emma (Schwalm) and Nathaniel Wiest with their eldest daughter Minnie

Emma and Nathaniel Wiest's Family

Gladys (Romberger) Klinger

Floyd Emory Snyder

Jeremiah's oblituary

Clarence R. Klinger's WWI Service Card

John A. Long at age 76, photo taken July 18, 1940

Death Certificate

Christiana (Maurer) and Samuel Edman Family

Manasses and Elizabeth (Coleman) Maurer

The ten children of Manassas and Elizabeth (Coleman) Maurer. According to Barbara Collier, Samuel, Abraham, and John Maurer moved the the Pacific northwest and engaged in the lumber industry. It is thought that this photo was taken in 1898, when all of the children assembled in Pennsylvania for their Mother's funeral.

Mary Rebecca Knorr Gipple

Abraham and Catherine (Wiest) Maurer

Wilson Klinger tombstone

Jasper Klinger and Vesta Long Klinger

Death Certificate

Marriage Certificate for Charles H. Schoffstall and Katie M. Schmeltz (Courtesy of James A. Williamson)

Marriage Certificate for James R. Williamson and Minnie E. Schoffstall (Courtesy of James A. Williamson)

Marriage Certificate for Elvin J. Williamson and Mabel M. Deitrich (Courtesy of James A. Williamson)

James C. Williamson (Courtesy of James A. Williamson)

James C. and Isabel (McIver) Williamson (Courtesy of James A. Williamson)

Tombstone for James and Isabel (MacIver) Williamson at Lincoln Cemetery (Courtesy of James A. Williamson)

Isabel (MacIver) Williamson's birth certificate (Courtesy of James A. Williamson)

John Klinger tombstone

Sarah Zimmerman Klinger tombstone

Adam and Polly Schwalm Family: Left to right standing: Charles Schoffstall; Jay Brosius; Charles's wife Kate (Smeltz) Schoffstall; William and Mary (Schoffstall) Brosius; Harry Schoffstall; Charles Klinger; Minnie Schoffstall; Emma Schoffstall Klinger; Charles Seated: Adam Schoffstall; Kate E. (Klinger) Muth, daughter Emma and Charles Klinger; Polly (Schwalm) Schoffstall; John Adam Schoffstall. Photo courtesy of James A. Williamson; description from Comprehensive History of Gratz, p. 431 (1997), and https://www.lykensvalley.org/adam-schoffstall-family/

L to R: Charles, Adam, Mary, Polly, Emma, and John Schoffstall

Selin H. klinger

Family of Joseph and Louise Blyler:
Front (left to right): Caroline Blyler, Louise Haberlein Blyler, George Blyler (the young boy standing), Joseph Uriah Blyler, Harry Blyler
Back (left to right): Elizabeth Blyler, Clyde Blyler, Bessie Blyler, Alice Blyler

Evelyn J. Gipple

Ralph E. Klinger tombstone

Sarah Alice (Klinger) Knecht Obituary
Pootstown Mercury
May 26, 1961

Myrl Klinger Heckert

Ethel Ellen Klinger

Ethel Ellen Klinger Wright

John's WWII Draft Registration Card

Richard and Amelia (Maurer) Seiler with son Harvey

Tomstone at Salem Church, Rough and Ready, PA

Emma Clara Klinger Fritz Obituary
Harrisburg Telegraph, January 24, 1946

Obituary

The family of Charles McKinley, children of Elizabeth Blyler (d. 1918) and Bessie Blyler, circa 1933
Front: Mildred, Catherine, Charles, Claude (age 3), Louise, and Harry Clyde
Back: Alice (12), John, Robert, Clark, and Laura (23)

The family of Charles McKinley, children of Elizabeth Blyler (d. 1918) and Bessie Blyler, circa 1933
Front: Mildred, Catherine, Charles, Claude (age 3), Louise, and Harry Clyde
Back: Alice (12), John, Robert, Clark, and Laura (23)

Newspaper obituary