Page 10: Woman with three children, "Cousin Rosa, Elizabeth, Anna, Frederick"; Mr. J. F. Sener and grandchildren; "Mother and daughter"; Woman holding baby, "Posing"; Groups of people dining outdoors; Aunt Annie and Elizabeth. Ermosa Vista, August 4, 1903. Ermosa Vista is now known as the Stauffer Mansion at Stauffer Park in Manheim Township.
Provenance
Second of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Located on the road from Lancaster to Lititz about halfway between those places, at the crossroads leading from Anderson's Ferry to New Holland.
Petition allowed.
Signers of Petition: John Bauchman, Jacob Kauffman, Andrew Kauffman, John Swar, John Kauffman, Peter Bachman, Christian Huber, John Lutz, and six others.
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Signers of Petition: Jacob Rohrer, Peter B. Rohrer, Noah H. Zook, John B. Bossler, Jacob Gamber, Henry L. Landis, Daniel N. Lefever, Joseph Stemmer, Zacharias Minnich, Thomas Grosh, George Bear, Henry Landis.
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Located on road leading from Binkley's Bridge in Manheim Township to the Harrisburg Turnpike.
Lately occupied by Andrew Menold.
Petition granted.
April term.
Note that license was transferred in August.
Signers of Petition: Jacob Evans, Christian Gish, John K. Landis, [Henry Kendig Jr.], Henry Rudy, Jacob Zercher, John Bassler, John Bear, Elijah Ward, Isaac Baker, Henry Bear, Benjamin [Leid], Henry [Bekmer], Abraham Rohrer, David Walker, Henry Sponhauer, Daniel Koch, Jacob Metzger, Jacob Landis, Jacob Reidenbach, Peter Forney, John Evans, Andrew Bixler, David Grube, Paul Black, John Elliott.
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Signers of Petition: Peter Maurer, George Stauffer, Henry Maurer, John Johnson, Jacob Landis, Adam Dietrich, Benjamin Landis, John Geist, John Rohrer, Henry Rudy, Isaac Baker, [signature in German].
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Located on the road leading from Lancaster to Lititz, 4 miles from Lancaster; nearly opposite of the tavern kept by William Forney.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Samuel Grube, John Landis, [signature in German], Martin Binkley, [signature in German], [signature in German], Benjamin Long, David Grube, Jacob [Freck], Christian Staman Jr., Martin Shreiner, [signature in German], [signature in German], Jacob Evans, Conrad [Merkline], Michael Stauffer, [signature in German], Isaac Baker, Samuel Shreiner, Isaac Leib, Christian Young, [signature in German], John Huhn, John Rudy, Jacob Kurtz, [Hanny Lendis Jr.], John Lehman, [signature in German], John Frantz, [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], [signature in German], Isaac Herr, Peter Forney, Henry Shreiner, [signature in German], Isaac Landis, Henry Landis Sr., [signature in German], Ulrich Sherk, Henry Rudy, George Hoober, Joseph Ehrman, [signature in German], Benjamin Royer Jr.
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Statement of certain inhabitants who signed remonstrance, that their signatures were obtained under false pretenses, and now support granting a license to Christian Gish.
April term.
Signers of Petition: John Landis, Martin Binkley, [signature in German], David Grube, [signature in German], Conrad [ Mutzline], Christian Staman Jr., John Fink, Benjamin Long, [signature in German], [signature in German], Henry Rudy.
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Signers of Petition: [signature in German], David Mayer, David Mayer, Martin Mayers, John Hains, John Gable, Martin Shenk, Christian Metzler, Samuel Scherck, Conrad Kurtz, John Kurtz, Adam Keller.
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Located on road leading from Lancaster to Manheim.
Petition granted.
April term.
Signers of Petition: Christian Gish, Martin Groff, [signature in German], Jacob Landis, Benjamin Long, Elijah T. Ward, Peter [Brugh], [signature in German], Jacob Rohrer, John Frantz, [Daniel Bluder], Christian Grube, John Grube, Isaac Kauffman.
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