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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply. Language: English Biographical and Historical Note: Source of Acquisition: Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Description
The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
Date Range
1691-1963
Year Range From
1691
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1691-1963
Creator
Diffenderffer family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Brubaker, John
Brubaker, Margaret
Brubaker, Philip
Davis, Sarah
Diffenderfer, David
Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
Diffenderfer, John
Diffenderffer, Christina
Diffenderffer, David
Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diffenderffer, Harold F.
Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
Diffenderffer, Michael
Freymyer, Jacob
Grim, Henry
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Hoch, Herman E.
Holl, Wendel
Hubley, Bernard
Kennerly, John
Kinzer, John
Kinzer, Magdalena
Koch, Mary
Koch, Melchior
Law, James D.
Markley, Henry
McCaskey, Donald G.
McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
Nevin, Blanche
Painter, John
Penn, William
Rodman, John H.
Shirk, Henry
Smith, Oliver
Smith, William Evans
Sneider, Christian
Stone, David
Stone, George
Stone, Leonard
Stone, Mary
Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
Winter, John
Young, Matthias
Other Creators
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
Diffenderffer, David
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Conestoga River
Correspondence
Deeds
Drowning
Earl Twp.
England
Estate settlement
Finding aids
German Reformed Church of New Holland
Haupt Elementary School
Hutchings Printing House
King Street
Lancaster
Land drafts
Lemon Street School
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
New Design, Earl Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Real estate
Real property surveys
Reigart's Landing
Susquehanna River
Texas
Texas Frontier Forces
Windsor Forge
Extent
1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0410
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2006.MG0410_NOV
Other Numbers
MG-410
Classification
MG0410
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
Documents
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
3-07-01-12
Date Range
1872 circa
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
The family of Joseph Hayes, grandfather of Paul G. Hayes. Possibly taken on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his grandparents' wedding - November 28, 1873. Grandfather Joseph Hayes was born May 18, 1825 and would have been 48 at that time. Grandmother Leah Stamm Hayes was born December 14, 1826, would have been 47 years old. At that time they were farming in Lancaster County. They were married November 28, 1848. Paul's father, Zachariah T. Hayes, center rear, was born September 17, 1849 and would have been 24 years old in this picture. Paul is unable to identifiy his aunts and uncles but gives the following information: Harriet Hayes and Mary Ann Hayes, twins, b. February 2, 1851. Harriet married George Wenger. She died March 31, 1888. Belinda Hayes, b. March 15, 1853, married Reuben S. Aston, lived in California. Elizabeth Hayes, b. November 24, 1855, m. George Davis, lived in Oklahoma. Leah Hayes, b. March 14, 1858, m. Harry Moore, lived in Indiana. Samuel Ruby Hayes, b. May 30, 1862, physician in Ohio. Joseph Franklin Hayes, b. September 9, 1864, lived in California. John Elmer Hayes, B. August 9, 1867, lived in Kansas City, MO. Also one other child, Thomas Henry Hayes, b. January 16, 1872 and died August 29, 1872, not on this picture.
Provenance
Donated by Elsie H. Landstrom in memory of Paul G. Hayes, 1994.
Date Range
1872 circa
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Hayes, Joseph
Hayes, Leah Stamm
Hayes, Zachariah
Hayes, Harriet
Hayes, Mary Ann
Hayes, Leah
Hayes, Elizabeth
Hayes, Samuel Ruby
Hayes, Joseph Franklin
Hayes, John Elmer
Hayes, Thomas Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Families
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
14.5 x 11 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
3-07-01-12
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Thomas Strawbridge Dickey and Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey and their ten children. All are numbered and are identified as: 1. David Dickey. 2. Jennie Patterson Dickey Hastings. 3. Harriet Dilworth Dickey Wright. 3. Mary Jackson Dickey Armstrong Wright. 4. Margaret Ann Dickey Boyles. 6. James Wilson Dickey. 7. Ann Maffitt Dickey Gerry. 8. Thomas Strawbridge Dickey. 9. Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey. 10. Letitia Strawbridge Dickey Lysle. 11. Rebecca Dickey Rubincam. 12. Hannah Dickey White.
Object ID
1-02-01-34
Date Range
c. 1870
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Thomas Strawbridge Dickey and Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey and their ten children. All are numbered and are identified as: 1. David Dickey. 2. Jennie Patterson Dickey Hastings. 3. Harriet Dilworth Dickey Wright. 3. Mary Jackson Dickey Armstrong Wright. 4. Margaret Ann Dickey Boyles. 6. James Wilson Dickey. 7. Ann Maffitt Dickey Gerry. 8. Thomas Strawbridge Dickey. 9. Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey. 10. Letitia Strawbridge Dickey Lysle. 11. Rebecca Dickey Rubincam. 12. Hannah Dickey White.
Description
Thomas Strawbridge Dickey and Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey and their ten children. All are numbered and are identified as: 1. David Dickey. 2. Jennie Patterson Dickey Hastings. 3. Harriet Dilworth Dickey Wright. 3. Mary Jackson Dickey Armstrong Wright. 4. Margaret Ann Dickey Boyles. 6. James Wilson Dickey. 7. Ann Maffitt Dickey Gerry. 8. Thomas Strawbridge Dickey. 9. Letitia Ann Wilson Dickey. 10. Letitia Strawbridge Dickey Lysle. 11. Rebecca Dickey Rubincam. 12. Hannah Dickey White.
Date Range
c. 1870
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Boyles, Margaret Ann Dickey
Dickey, David
Dickey, James Wilson
Dickey, Letitia Ann Wilson
Dickey, Thomas Strawbridge
Gerry, Ann Maffitt Dickey
Hastings, Jennie Patterson Dickey
Lysle, Letitia Strawbridge Dickey
Rubincam, Rebecca Dickey
White, Hannah Dickey
Wright, Harriet Dilworth Dickey
Wright, Mary Jackson D. Armstrong
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Families
Place
Colerain Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6.75 x 4.75 inches
Object ID
1-02-01-34
Images
Less detail