This collection contains letters, correspondence, research notes, documents, tourist maps, and other ephemera collected in the course of William Byron Hornberger's research in to his family's genealogy. Includes information about the Hornberger, Weaver, Goldthwait and other allied families compiled during the 1980s and 1990s.
Admin/Biographical History
William Byron Hornberger was born in Lancaster County and lived in Lititz where he was a graduate of the 1961 class of Warwick High School. He was accepted into the Navy Enlisted Scientific Education Program and was a graduate of Perdue University's electrical and computer engineering program. He served in the United States Navy for more than 20 years and went on to a post-active duty civilian career with Lockheed-Martin. He was the son of William Buch Hornberger and Charlotte Naomi Weaver, both of Lititz.
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
This collection has been given in memory of William Byron Hornberger.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Seated from left: Robert John Robinson, William Lenker Robinson, Anna Lenker Robinson. Standing from left: Martha Robinson, Ellen Robinson Gutfleisch, Ethel Robinson, and Evelyn Robinson. Written on back: "Mother and Father's 40th Wedding Anniversary March 9, 1928" and "Ages, Mother, 61; Father, 63; Ellen, 36; Ethel, 35; Martha, 33; Bill, 27; Evelyn, 23"
Provenance
Transfer from Schuylkill County Historical Society
Photographs of residents of the Cabbage Hill neighborhood of Lancaster, c. 1895 to 1920, collected by Charles Wolf, son of Carl Wolf. Most are of Wolf, Hecker, and allied families.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Portrait of Kathryn E. Abel and Joseph E. Clark. She is sitting in a chair with a corsage on and an open Bible in her lap and he is sitting on the arm of the chair with a boutinere on and his arm around her. Note on back of picture: "Pictured taken at the home of J. Ed Abel 1928 by John Fritz at 435 S. West End Ave."
Mrs. Gus Chaknos poses for a picture at Church and South Duke Streets in 1928 with her three children, Esther Moshos, Gus, and Mary Baxenounis, and her two nieces, Maritsa M. Valudes and Esther J. Papavasilion.
