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Collection
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Title
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Object ID
MG0846
Date Range
1727 - 1980s
President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Box 1 Folder 1 Letter from James Gibbons in Chester, Chester County to Abraham Gibbons in Mill Creek, Lancaster County regarding his plan to sell the mill and tavern in Lancaster County with woodland and cleared
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Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Title
Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records
Description
This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.
Date Range
1727 - 1980s
Creator
Gibbons family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 19
People
Bonsall, Daniel
Bonsall, Edward Horne
Bonsall, Rachel
Brinton, William
Brown, Ellen
Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
Conrad, Abraham
Dunbar, Andrew
Dunbar, Mary
Eaby, Christian
Eaby, Samuel
Earle, Mary Hussey
Evans, Thomas
Evans, Rebecca
Evans, William
Gibbons, Abraham
Gibbons, Caroline
Gibbons, Daniel
Gibbons, Deborah
Gibbons, Joseph
Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle
Gibbons, Rachel
Gibbons, Samuel
Gibbons, William
Grigs, Joseph
Hamilton, James
Hertzkey, John
Kendall, John
Kirk, Jeremiah
Lightfoot, Jepthat
Miller, Eliza
Miller, John
Reynolds, Margaret
Stauffer, Christian
Steer, Joseph
Stevens, Thaddeus
Thomas, William B.
Wartnaby, Elizabeth
Subjects
Business records
Deeds
Letters
Mills and mill-work
Quakers
Society of Friends
Westtown Boarding School
Search Terms
Business records
Correspondence
Deeds
Diaries
Finding aids
Lampeter Twp.
Leacock Twp.
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mill Creek
Mills
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quakers
Society of Friends
Westtown Boarding School
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0846
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2021.008
Other Numbers
MG-846
Other Number
MG-846
Classification
MG0846
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.
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History of Muddy Creek

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Date of Publication
1982.
Call Number
284.1 M943e
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Alternate Title
Historical review of the Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church:
Place of Publication
[East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]
Publisher
The Church ,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
ix, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Contains bibliographic references.
Subjects
Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church (East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
284.1 M943e
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History of the Muddy Creek Reformed Congregation : East Cocalico Twp., Lancaster County, Pa. : Rev. Martin W. Schweitzer, Ph. D., Pastor

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Author
Hinke, William John,
Date of Publication
1987]
Call Number
285.8 H663 reprint
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Responsibility
[by Willaim J. Hinke].
Author
Hinke, William John,
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1987]
Physical Description
24 p., [2] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint. Originally Published: 1932.
Subjects
Muddy Creek Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.8 H663 reprint
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Middle Creek Church of the Brethren commemorates 125 years of worship, fellowship and service, 1864-1989

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Date of Publication
1989
Call Number
286.5 M627
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Place of Publication
Lititz, Pa
Publisher
The Church
Date of Publication
1989
Physical Description
36 p. ill. 26 cm.
Subjects
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.5 M627
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The mills along the Conoy Creek

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Author
Olweiler, Jacob N.
Date of Publication
1953.
Conoy Creek The writer of this article will describe just what happened along one of these small streams, perhaps the smallest of them all, located in the extreme western section of the county and, perhaps, the least known of the streams, outside of the immediate valleys through which they flow. The
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Responsibility
by Jacob N. Olweiler.
Author
Olweiler, Jacob N.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
[68]-74 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 57, no. 3
Subjects
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conoy Creek (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 57, number 3 (1953), p. 68-74Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.57
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A nostalgic journey through the Cocalico Valley

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Edition
Limited ed.
Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
974.815 LACO A611 No.2
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Edition
Limited ed.
Place of Publication
[Cocalico, Pa.?]
Publisher
The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
132 p. : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Pictorial book of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
Subjects
Cocalico Creek Valley (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.
Cocalico Creek Valley (Pa.) - Pictorial works.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO A611 No.2
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Portraits of the past from the Cocalico Valley

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Edition
Limited ed.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
974.815 LACO A611 No.3
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Edition
Limited ed.
Place of Publication
[Cocalico, Pa.?]
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
132 p. : all ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Pictorial book of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
Notes
"No. 1910."
Summary
"An illustrated picture book containing over 125 captioned "portraits"of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century residents of the Cocalico Valley arranged by municipality. Pictures include sports teams, school classes, bands and orchestras, fraternal organizations, people at work and leisure, children, and individual portraits." [From the Journal of the Historical Society Of The Cocalico Valley]
Subjects
Cocalico Creek Valley (Pa.) - Biography - Portraits.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO A611 No.3
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
John Hornberger at a lake
Object ID
WBH-01-07-11
Date Range
1952
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
John Hornberger at a lake
Description
John M. Hornberger on a beach at Hopewell Lake, French Creek State Park, summer 1952
Date Range
1952
Storage Location
LancasterHistory
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hornberger, John M.
Subject
Photographs
Classification
WBH-01-07-11
Search Terms
Lakes
Children
Beaches
Swimming
French Creek State Park
Hopewell Lake
Place
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
3.5 x 5 inches
Object ID
WBH-01-07-11
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.052
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Anna Reedy with the Hornberger boys at Hopewell Lake
Object ID
WBH-01-07-15
Date Range
1953
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Anna Reedy with the Hornberger boys at Hopewell Lake
Description
Anna Reedy with Charles Hornberger, John Hornberger, and Barry Hornberger at Hopewell Lake at French Creek State Park, Berks County, summer 1953.
Date Range
1953
Storage Location
LancasterHistory
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hornberger, John M.
Hornberger, Charles K.
Hornberger, William Byron
Reedy, Anna Hornberger
Subject
Photographs
Classification
WBH-01-07-15
Search Terms
Lakes
Swimming
Hopewell Lake
French Creek State Park
Children
Place
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
3.5 x 5 inches
Object ID
WBH-01-07-15
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.052
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Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Charlotte Hornberger and her sons at French Creek State Park
Object ID
WBH-02-02-03
Date Range
1953
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
William Byron Hornberger Photograph Collection
Title
Charlotte Hornberger and her sons at French Creek State Park
Description
Charlotte Hornberger with Barry, John and Charles Hornberger at Hopewell Lake, French Creek State Park, Berks County, summer 1953.
Date Range
1953
Storage Location
LancasterHistory
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Hornberger, William Byron
Hornberger, John M.
Hornberger, Charles K.
Hornberger, Charlotte Naomi Weaver
Subject
Photographs
Classification
WBH-02-02-03
Search Terms
Children
Lakes
Hopewell Lake
French Creek State Park
Swimming
Place
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
WBH-02-02-03
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
2023.052
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