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I have 3 books in .pdf electronic format concerning the German/Lutherans of North Carolina. These books can be passed on to others.
Anyone interested can send me an email at bjreece(a)bellsouth.net I will send details.
Joyce Gaston Reece
No, Rootsweb does not allow attachments but if joel(a)frakturweb.org doesn't mind I will be happy to post it to my web site as a link where everyone will have access. Another method would be to copy and paste as simple text. If this option is used please let me know so I can open up the size limit before being sent. I will need to know what the size is.
Danny Clemmer
Clemmer.org
My best to brother-in-law Joel. Haven't spoken him for a long time.
Thanks for his address.
Maybe be you don't know this story.
My cousin, Annie Clemmer Funk, Miss Annie Clemmer Funk, 38, was born on
12 April 1874 in Bally, Pennsylvania. Her ancestors were Mennonite
emigrants from Germany, who settled there in the late 1700s. Her father
was deacon at the local Mennonite church for 25 years.
Miss Funk attended the State Normal School at West Chester, Pa. and the
Mennonite Training School in Northfield, Mass. After her graduation she
worked with the immigrants in the slums of Chattanooga, Tenn. and
Paterson, N.J. She dreamt of being a missionary. This was realized in
December 1906, when she was sent to India as the first female Mennonite
missionary.
It was Janjgir, where she should live and work for the next years. In
July 1907 she opened a one-room school for girls, where she initially
taught 17 girls. She got closer to the people by learning Hindi. A
telegram forced her in the end to return to Bally: "Come home at once.
Mother very ill. Have purchased on two ships", Pater Shelly.
She left Janjgir by train to Bombay, boarded the Persian and
disembarked at Marseille. The train and boat brought her to England and
finally to Liverpool, where the Haverford carried her home to America.
Because of the coal-strike the ship was laid off, so Thos. Cook & Sons
offered her to change to the Titanic for "a few more gold pieces", as
she wrote. She bought her second class ticket number 237671 for £13.
Miss Funk boarded the Titanic at Southampton. She enjoyed the first
days by celebrating her 38th birthday. In the night of the sinking, she
was asleep in her cabin, was woken by the stewards, dressed and went on
deck. She was about to enter a lifeboat, when a woman came from behind,
pushing her aside by calling: "My children, My children". The last seat
was gone, Annie had to step back. She died in the sinking. Her body, if
recovered, was never identified.
In memory of her, her school in India is now called "Annie Funk
Memorial School". A memorial is erected at the Hereford Mennonite
Church Cemetery in Bally, Pennsylvania.
Oh it was a pleasant time, the sea was calm, it was chilly but not
cold. There were a few icebergs, but the great ship was unsinkable. On
board the R M S Titanic there was plenty to do. There were of all
manner of foods, activity of all sorts. Even for the Mennonite
missionary in second class it was good living.
Leon Clemmer
In answer to John's request for more action on the Clemmers, here's an
offer. I did up a simple, brief genealogy of my line of Clemmers decades
ago and recently converted it to *.rtf format (it opens in Word if you
prefer). I'd be happy to share it with requesters. This particular line
is said to have immigrated in 1717 and certainly settled in Bucks
County, among other Mennonites, about that time. They subsequently moved
to near Bally, PA in eastern Berks Co. where many remain.
Reply to joel(a)frakturweb.org
Cheers,
Joel Clemmer
John Awald wrote:
> Hi, Dorothy, great to hear from you AND to know that someone out there is still working on our Clemmer line. I will add this tidbit to my files. I was literally just looking through all the early photos you have shared with me and others on this list.
>
> Hey, folks, there's not much activity on the Clemmer-L. I keep watching for Clemmer stuff on ebay (and post it to Clemmer L). I also keep watching for information regarding my line in Fayette Co, PA and Green Co, WI.
>
> On a personal note, I retired from work at South Dakota State University. Joan and I moved to Kansas City to try something new (retirement for me, non-profit work for her) PLUS grandparenting. Our first grandson was born to Daughter Liz and son-in-law Justin last January. Little Dane keeps all of us busy !
>
> I hope someone out there in Clemmer-Land can find a home for Harold's dog tags. It's so sad when a family "treasure" gets lost.
>
> John Awald
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> DCreely103(a)aol.com wrote: John Awald.......I know that name! A bit of Clemmer news from my studies re
> the Dutch Reformation. Remember the name Davernier or Tavernier, Michael,
> husband of Cath who married Henrich Clemmer. She was VE. This family is
> represented in the French records of the Heugenot Church at Franken thal, whose
> members were all refugees from the Low Coun ty....Holland of the time, (now
> Belgium) He may possibly have been a martry of the Spanish inquisition installed
> there in Spanish Holland. Interesting.....all these refugees from Holland and
> France (also other places) going into Germany for refuge, roughly the same time
> period.Dorothy
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I don't think this is my Clemmer line but (HEY DANNY) does Clemmer L allow attachments ? If so, Joel, we would welcome your work ! John
Joel Clemmer <clemmer(a)cpinternet.com> wrote: In answer to John's request for more action on the Clemmers, here's an
offer. I did up a simple, brief genealogy of my line of Clemmers decades
ago and recently converted it to *.rtf format (it opens in Word if you
prefer). I'd be happy to share it with requesters. This particular line
is said to have immigrated in 1717 and certainly settled in Bucks
County, among other Mennonites, about that time. They subsequently moved
to near Bally, PA in eastern Berks Co. where many remain.
Reply to joel(a)frakturweb.org
Cheers,
Joel Clemmer
John Awald wrote:
> Hi, Dorothy, great to hear from you AND to know that someone out there is still working on our Clemmer line. I will add this tidbit to my files. I was literally just looking through all the early photos you have shared with me and others on this list.
>
> Hey, folks, there's not much activity on the Clemmer-L. I keep watching for Clemmer stuff on ebay (and post it to Clemmer L). I also keep watching for information regarding my line in Fayette Co, PA and Green Co, WI.
>
> On a personal note, I retired from work at South Dakota State University. Joan and I moved to Kansas City to try something new (retirement for me, non-profit work for her) PLUS grandparenting. Our first grandson was born to Daughter Liz and son-in-law Justin last January. Little Dane keeps all of us busy !
>
> I hope someone out there in Clemmer-Land can find a home for Harold's dog tags. It's so sad when a family "treasure" gets lost.
>
> John Awald
>
> DCreely103(a)aol.com wrote: John Awald.......I know that name! A bit of Clemmer news from my studies re
> the Dutch Reformation. Remember the name Davernier or Tavernier, Michael,
> husband of Cath who married Henrich Clemmer. She was VE. This family is
> represented in the French records of the Heugenot Church at Franken thal, whose
> members were all refugees from the Low Coun ty....Holland of the time, (now
> Belgium) He may possibly have been a martry of the Spanish inquisition installed
> there in Spanish Holland. Interesting.....all these refugees from Holland and
> France (also other places) going into Germany for refuge, roughly the same time
> period.Dorothy
>
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> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CLEMMER-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
>
>
>
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>
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John Awald.......I know that name! A bit of Clemmer news from my studies re
the Dutch Reformation. Remember the name Davernier or Tavernier, Michael,
husband of Cath who married Henrich Clemmer. She was VE. This family is
represented in the French records of the Heugenot Church at Franken thal, whose
members were all refugees from the Low Coun ty....Holland of the time, (now
Belgium) He may possibly have been a martry of the Spanish inquisition installed
there in Spanish Holland. Interesting.....all these refugees from Holland and
France (also other places) going into Germany for refuge, roughly the same time
period.Dorothy
For those of you researching the southeast Tennessee Cloningers, Clemmers, Johnson's you may be interested in knowing that Joy Locke has just posted information concerning Old St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery where many of the original settlers are interred.
http://www.tngennet.org/monroe/cems/stpaul.txtwww.tngenweb.org/monroe
Joyce Gaston Reece