A good, honest, hard working man : William Christian Paulsen and his family - German immigrants who settled in Lancaster in the mid- to late-nineteenth century
"William Paulsen's story, although unique in its details, is generally typical of the stories of many other middle-class German immigrants in Lancaster. Together, these stories comprise an important part of Lancaster's history that may not be very well known because immigrants in the middle class, although in the great majority, did not leave as many traces in the historical records as did more affluent, well-known immigrants. As a result, the stories of middle-class immigrants are more difficult to piece together. However, in the case of William Paulsen and his family, we are fortunate to have extensive family sources of information to draw on, as well as a substantial number of historical records."
The origins of the "Cabbage Hill" neighborhood of Lancaster,PA, is discussed in this journal article. This area was first settled in the early part of the 18th century and its first neighborhood, Bethelstown, was established in 1762. Bethelstown's role in the development of Cabbage Hill is discussed.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 120, number 1/2 (2019), p. 42-65Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.120 n.1/2
An 1852 lithograph of the city of Lancaster,PA, is lauded for it's exceptional clarity and exactness in it representation of the city. The author discusses some of the buildings shown and also points out the vast open area which would explode into the Cabbage Hill section of Lancaster.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 120, number 1/2 (2019), p. 66-74Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.120 n.1/2
An Intersection of Family History and Earth History in Noah Getz's Trilobite Quarry, East Hempfield Township (with Roger Getz); The History of the Eberman-Kunkle House at 434 West King Street, Lancaster; The Divisive 1825 Language Dispute at Lancaster's Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity; High Street in 1850: Reconstructing an Early Cabbage Hill Neighborhood; Schoenberger's Park and the Meadow Gang, South Lancaster; Remnants of Old Storefronts on Cabbage Hill: Faded Symbols of Past Commerical Vitality; The Albright-Bricker House: Home to Five Generations of a Lititz Family; The High German Evangelical Lutheran Zion's Church of Lancaster: a Congregation Committed to Using its Native Language; Fact-Checking the Speculation about the Origin of Two Demolished Log Houses in Southwest Lancaster; Pre-Revolutionary Slate Gravestones in Southern Lancaster County: the Legacy of Early Scots-Irish Immigrants; History Lost: the Donnelly and Getz Houses that Once Stoodon Hamilton Lot 185, South Queen and West Vine Streets, Lancaster.
Bethelstown: the Hill's First Neighborhood; On the Cusp of Development; The Streets on the Hill; A Reporter's Impression; The Run that Ran Through the Hill; Population and Home Ownership; Nationality and Livelihood; The Early Years of St. Joseph's Catholic Church; The Humane Hose Company; The Early Years of Christ Lutheran Church; The Schools on South Mulberry Street; The Heyday of Hotels; Helvetia Leather Company; Business was Booming in 1919; The Hill's Movie Theater; Kunzler and Co.'s First Two Decades; Dinah McIntire, Fortuneteller; Anthony Iske, Inventor; William Paulsen, Baker; George Moser, Ice Dealer; Dr. Robert Buehrle, Scholar; Three Early Families of St. Joseph Church; The Catherine Yeates Cottage; One-Story Houses; The Search for the Oldest House; The Origin of the 400 Block of Poplar Street; Extreme Sledding on Dinah's Hill; Pigeon Racing; Smallpox and Typhoid Fever; The Hill's Largest Celebration.
Appendix 1 : Founding members of the High German Church ; Appendix 2 : Members of the High German Church who were arrested for distrubing the peace during the riot on January 17, 1835. Charges were brought by Carl Schaeffer and George Milligsach, elders of the High German Church ; Appendix 3 : Pastors and members of the vestry of Zion Lutheran Church during its peak years in the late nineteenth century.
"May God have mercy on the deeply affected congregation" : the divisive 1825 language dispute at Lancaster's Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
The early history of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lancaster : Part 1: Starting as a mission Sunday school of Trinity Lutheran Church, and struggling to establish a stable congregation, 1867-1880
