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| 101 | Notes for PETER BASTRESS: Born 7/9/1758. He and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Roth lived in and around Pottstown. They attended the Emanuel Lutheran Church and were buried in the church cemetery. A number of references to Peter indicate that he was a man of various skills; a blue dyer, a dealer in land, coal and lumber as well as probable lawyer. Peter was a Berks County Solider in the Revolution but his name was given as Peter Bastery in one source as Peter Bastres in another (see index oaths of Allegiance, Berks County, PA. Revolutionary War- on microfilm # 133. PA. State Library in Harrisburg.) According to the Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File - {series #13.50}, Peter was considered inactive duty militia under the 4th Battalion, 7th Company because "The circumstance of his family will not admit his going out..." He was subsequently ordered to pay a fine. Peter died in Jonestown, Lebanon County, in 1837. Anna Elizabeth was born in 1753 and died in 1832 as far as is known, both were buried in the Emanuel Church Cemetery. Peter and Anna Elizabeth were married in 1778 or 1779 and had three sons, John, Peter J., and Solomon. | Bastress, Peter (I30)
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| 102 | Notes for PETER BASTRESS: Peter Bastress is buried in Lot 304 in Jersey Shore Cemetery next to his father and mother (41°11'54.12"N, 77°15'56.13"W). Peter Bastress, now one of the oldest residents of the borough of Jersey Shore, was born at Pottstown, Berks County, November 12, 1808, and came here with his parents in 1817. His father, Solomon Bastress, who is well remembered as one of the representative men of Lycoming County, was also born at Pottstown, January 20, 1788, and died at Jersey Shore May 12, 1872, in the 84th year of his age. His father, Peter Bastress, and grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born at Pottstown, July 9, 1758, and died at Lebanon in 1837, aged 79 years. Solomon Bastress was a weaver and dyer by trade, but after settling here he became a surveyor and scrivener, and carried on that business in addition to his trade. Before locating here he had entered into partnership with John Slonaker, John Brown and Philip Krebs, to build an iron furnace on Upper Pine Bottom Run, above the First Forks of Pine Creek, in 1814, and they carried it on until 1817, when it was blown out. His father superintended the furnace while it was in operation. The ruins of the stack may yet be seen. Solomon Bastress was sent to the Legislature from Lycoming County in 1827, and re-elected in 1828-9-30, serving four terms in succession. In 1846 he was elected an Associate Judge, and served until 1856, a period of ten years, having been re-elected in the meantime. Many of his friends who had settled in that portion of the county now embraced in Bastress, when it came to he erected into a township in 1854, insisted, inasmuch as he had frequently done surveying and writing for them, that it should he named after him, and it was done. In addition to being a surveyor, member of the Legislature and Associate Judge, Solomon Bastress also served as a Justice of the Peace for a number of years in Jersey Shore. No man in the county stood higher or was more respected and honored by the people than Judge Bastress. And it is a pleasure to add that his son, Peter Bastress. stands equally high. He has often been tendered office, such as Montgomery County Commissioner and a Justice of the Peace of Montgomery County to the state convention of 1837, by his fellow citizens, but has steadily declined. He is now quietly spending the evening of his life at his comfortable residence on the hill-side, overlooking the town of Jersey Shore, honored and respected by his friends and neighbors. [The Historical Journal, Volume 1 edited by John Franklin Meginness] | Bastress, Peter (I85)
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| 103 | Notes for PETER J BASTRESS: Peter Jr. and his wife Elizabeth lived in New Hanover Twp. Montgomery, Co. PA. and at least four of their Children were baptized in the historic New Hanover Lutheran Church located near Pottstown. Tombstone reads 25 April 1843 59-9-10 | Bastress, Peter J (I41)
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| 104 | Notes for PHILIP BASTRESS: Philip was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. (Berks County Soldiers in the Revolution 1775 - 1784). | Bastress, Philip (I32)
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| 105 | Notes for RACHEL MILLER OR TURCKENMILLER: After her first husband Solomon Bastress died, Rachael later married John Bordner sometime after 1845 (The death of his first wife Susanna Romberger). Rachel is buried next to her son, Milton, at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery aka Snydertown Reformed Cemetery (40°52'46.90"N, 76°40'59.20"W). | Miller, Rachel Turcken (I91)
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| 106 | Notes for RALPH EUGENE BASTRESS: Ralph served in the Navy during WW2 and the Korean War. | Bastress, Ralph Eugene (I309)
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| 107 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Adams, Sylvia (I22)
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| 108 | Notes for WILLIAM HARRISON BASTRESS: Both William H and his wife, Emma, are buried at Blue Church Cemetery aka St Peter's Church Cemetery (40°49'52.20"N, 76°34'8.70"W). | Bastress, William Harrison (I151)
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| 109 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Bastress, William Warren Jr (I381)
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| 110 | Notes for WILMINA MARGARET KENNEDY: From Obituary: CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Wilmina Margaret "Min" Bastress, Largo, Fla., formerly of Hermitage, died at 4 a.m. Aug. 5, 2001, in Mariner Health Care of Clearwater. She was 93. Mrs. Bastress was born Sept. 27, 1907, in Westmoreland County, Pa. A homemaker, she was a member of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Largo and previously belonged to Church of Notre Dame in Hermitage. She moved from Hermitage to Largo in 1971. Mrs. Bastress was an avid reader and spoke fluently in French. She enjoyed dancing, music and genealogy. Surviving are: her husband of 61 years, Harry K. Bastress, Largo; a son, David L. Bastress, Plantation, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Edward (Carol) Ringoot, Tequesta, Fla.; and Mrs. John (Linda) Bralich, Hermitage; seven grandchildren; a niece, Patricia Evans, Muncie, Ind.; a nephew, William "Bud" Blair, Clearwater; and a greatgrandson. A Catholic memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday (8-7-01) in the chapel of Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park in Clearwater, with the Rev. Denis Hough of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, as celebrant. Interment followed in the memorial park. SOURCE: The Herald, Sharon, PA Monday, Aug. 13, 2001 | Kennedy, Wilmina Margaret (I368)
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| 111 | Obituary James M. Bastress YORK ? James M. Bastress, 78, of York, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020 at York Hospital. He was the husband of Brenda (Stoner) Bastress. Mr. Bastress was born August 5, 1942 in York, PA and was the son of the late William and Charlotte (Staub)Bastress. He graduated in 1960 from William Penn High School in York. James was employed for the past 18 years by Wal-Mart. Mr. Bastress is survived by his sons, Martin Bastress of North Carolina and Wayne Yohe of Manchester; his daughters, Brenda Keller of York and Kate Glatfelter of Red Lion; numerous grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren and his sisters, Frances Allison, Judy Troutman and Janeann Courtney all of York. He was preceded in death by his son, Russell Yohe, his brother, George Bastress and his sisters, Jacqueline Coon and Hazel Griffin. Funeral services and burial will be private. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Diehl Funeral Home & Cremation Center of Mount Wolf. | Bastress, James M (I867)
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| 112 | Obituary LEWISBURG - Patti J. (Miller) Bastress, 74, formerly of Williamsport, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2020 at Riverwoods, Lewisburg. She was married on October 7, 1972 to the late Samuel R. Bastress who had passed away March 20, 2000. Patti was born on July 28, 1946 in Williamsport and was the daughter of the late Arthur and Evelyn (Fetzer) Miller. She graduated from Williamsport High School and she had worked at the former Lycoming Job Center and retired in 2007. Patti was a member of the Hughesville Friends Church prior to moving to Riverwoods and she enjoyed cross stitch, crocheting, knitting and cars. She loved collecting fancy, blingy hats. Patti is survived by one son; Shane R. Bastress (Teresa) of Watsontown. There will be a public viewing 6 ? 7 p.m. Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Maneval Allen Redmond Funeral Home, 500 West 4th St., Williamsport with the funeral service to begin at 7:00 p.m. Pastor Dan Cale will officiate the service. Burial will be held at the convenience of the family. | Miller, Patti Jo (I944)
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| 113 | Obituary for John M. Smathers III John M. Smathers, III, 62, of Clarion, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at his home. He was born on May 28, 1960 in Bridgeton, New Jersey; son of the late John M. Smathers, II and Ann Marie Bastress Smathers. John graduated from high school in 1978. He then moved to Clarion in 1983. John was an avid reader and was very knowledgeable of current events. He could often be found at the Clarion Library. John was a kind person who was always ready to help his friends and family. He is survived by his sisters and brothers-in-law, Leslie Ann Durgain (Curtis) and Hilda Marie Gustafson (David), all of Laramie, Wyoming and numerous nieces and nephews. The Robert V. Burns Funeral Home in Clarion is handling the arrangements. There will be no public visitation and all services will be private. Inurnment will take place in the Clarion Cemetery. | Smathers, John Milo III (I1004)
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| 114 | Ocala Star-Banner (FL) - December 25, 1993 OCALA -- Paul Eugene Bastress, 75, a cryptographer for the National Security Agency, died Dec. 24, 1993, in Ocala. A native of Williamsport, Pa., Mr. Bastress moved here two years ago from Virginia. Survivors include his wife Ruby Bastress, Ocala; daughters, Sharon Goree, Tampa, and Joanne Hendricks, Palm Harbor; sisters, June Silsbee, Walkersville, Md., and Carrie McCloskey, Ocala; and four grandchildren. Jennings-Archway Funeral Home, Ocala, is handling arrangements. | Bastress, Paul Eugene (I643)
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| 115 | On July 16, 2020 Rev. Msgr. Arthur W. Bastress, P.A.; beloved son of the late Frances E. (Sellman) Bastress and Arthur M. Bastress; devoted brother of John L Bastress, Sr. Joan Marie, I.H.M., Paul C. Bastress (Beverly) and Robert L. Bastress (Diane). Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Monsignor will return to his first pastorate and lie in State at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 8501 Loch Raven Blvd. on Sunday from 4 to 8 PM, where a wake service will be held at 7 PM and on Monday at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen 5200 N. Charles St. from 10 to 11 AM when a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Interment Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery | Bastress, Rev. Msgr. Arthur William (I248)
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| 116 | Outliving Dad October 11, 2011 by Susan B. Bastress My father, Dr. E. Karl Bastress As we paid tribute to Steve Jobs who died this week at 56, I spent some time remembering my father who died at the age of 59. I have thought of my Dad many times over the past 23 years since his death, but more so these days as I have now reached the age he was when he died. It is somewhat sobering to reach this particular milestone. I revered my Dad and the legacy he left behind. After growing up as an only child, he raised 4 children with my mother, and another 2 children with my step-mother. He imbued in each of us the value of education, hard work and being considerate of others. I cherish the time we spent together deep-sea fishing, conducting science projects and building hutches for the growing brood of rabbits we had as kids. He taught me how to use my Nikon SLR and do darkroom photo printing. This hobby led to my starting up a photography club in college. He expected us to do well academically, and in my case, to pursue a career in math or science. His career as an aeronautical engineer exposed him to the harmful cancer causing chemicals which cut his life short, but he dearly loved being part of the exciting US space and defense programs, in which he was highly commended. Before Dad was diagnosed with a brain tumor, he was leading his life for the future. He drove each week to the country to get fresh drinking water, ran regularly, and kept trim. He looked forward to spending more time with family during his future retirement. As a US government employee, Dad elected in his later career years to defer taking vacations so that he could accrue their equivalent cash value on retirement. This practice was common among his colleagues who would convert vacation time earned at lower ranks to cash out at the higher pay scale when retiring. Of course, my Dad never reached his retirement age and thus never enjoyed the benefits of his sacrificed vacations. Hoping that I will be fortunate to pass this milestone and outlive my Dad, I am contemplating how I want to live this future phase which he never had. I take inspiration from my high-energy Mom who leads a full life of travel and stays actively involved with numerous community projects. | Bastress, Ernest Karl (I367)
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| 117 | Patrick Griffith, a son of Nathaniel and Martha Ann (Richardson) Griffith, was born about 1879. He married Laura Rutherford. They moved to NC and Patrick died and is buried there. | Griffith, Patrick (I718)
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| 118 | Paul was a carpenter | Bastress, Paul Satterfield (I197)
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| 119 | PENNSYLVANIA DEATH CERTIFICATE Name: William Harrison Bastress Gender: Male Race: White Age: 69 -11-8 married, retired farmer Birth Date: 23 Feb 1860 Birth Place: Pennsylvania Death Date: 31 Jan 1930 Death Place: Upper Augusta, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Cause of deth cardias dilation; arterio sclerosis; hy'ertension Father: Milton Bastress b. Pa Mother: Catherine Broscious b. Pa Spouse: Emma S Bastress informant Mrs. Emma Bastress R3 Sunbury, Pa burial Blue Church Cemetery Certificate Number: 9109 | Bastress, William Harrison (I151)
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| 120 | per John Davison Sutton, The History of Braxton Co. and Central West Virginia - 1919 Benjamin Posey was appointed School Commissioner for District Nr. 11 on 6 Dec 1863. | Posey, Benjamin H. (I746)
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| 121 | per Marcia Eggleston, 2001: The Lennox Clark family was residing in the Collins Settlement District of Lewis County, West Virginia, during the 1880 census. Lennox Clark is buried in the Orlando "Skinner" Cemetery of Orlando, Braxton County, West Virginia, near his son and daughter in-law, Robert M. & Elizabeth Clark. Many researchers believe that Lennox Clark is the same as Alpheus Clark, s on of Robert Manley Clark and Anna Bozarth, and evidence suggests the same. Although not proven, he probably was. | Clark, Lennox Alpheus (I726)
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| 122 | Phillip came to the United States on the ship "Edinburg" arriving at Port Philadelphia on September 30, 1754. Captain James Russel was master of this ship, debarking from Rotterdam, and last stops, Cowes, Palatinate and Wertemberg. On board this trip were 5 Catholics, 1 Mennonite plus 160 other qualified persons. (Our Illustrious Shafer Family by Thelma Shafer Ungerer) Philip the first American ancestor, was born before 1754 probably around 1730. It is unknown exactly where he was born, but maybe around Rohrback, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. He died 1796 buried in Longswamp Twp Berks Co PA. He emigrated to Philadelphia 9/30/1754 on the ship "Edinburgh" Via Rotterdam from either the Palatinte or Wirtemberg Province in Germany. It is unknown who his Mother and Father were. (see PA German pioneers, Strassburger and Hincke, Vol. I, PP. 614, 616, 618) By 1767, Philip had moved from the Philadelphia area to Hereford Township in Berks County and owned 35 acres. Philip subsequently acquired a land warrant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 46 acres of land and moved to Longswamp Twp in Berka Co. there he was on the tax lists from 1779 - 1785. A Philip Basters is listed as a warrantee in the Berks County Warrant Registers, under Warrant 170 in 8/22/1781. The survey returned on 10/25/1781 for 46.150 acres to patentee Philip Basters [P 1 89 C7 206; C19 163-6] and returned 3/4/1872 for 62.55 acres to patentee Andrew Long [H 70 282 C19 180]. The 1780 tax records show that Philip was taxed for 46 acres, 1 horse and 1 cow and a 'fulling mill'. 'Fulling' was a process by which loose-woven cloth was made heavier and more compact by shrinking and then beating or pressing. Since Philip's will, in 1796, lists the fulling mill as of the significant "appurtenances" or improvements on the farm, and also lists 10 barrels of dye-stuffs, the evidence is fact the family did "fulling" for their neighbors. It may, in fact, have been their major source of income. The farm, which in official records was called "Illumination", was located in a broad valley in NE Berks County, about 15 miles SW of the present city of Allentown. Gently rolling hills lay to the east and west, and in the early days much of the land was swampy, hence the name "Longswamp Township". In his will (prepared in 1796, proved in 1800) he listed his wife Barbara and the following children: Peter, Catherina, Philip, Scharlotte, Barbara, and Jonothan. Will of BASTERS, PHILIP, Longswamp. December 19, 1796 - August 2, 1800. Provides for wife Barbara, including use of real estate during life. To eldest son Peter £12. To heirs of deceased dau. who was wife of Jacob FENSTERMACHER £90. To dau. Catharine wife of Henry FISHER £88. To dau. Barbara wife of Henry HOWERYHER £100. To deceased son Jonathan's dau. Catharine £100 at 18 years. After wife's decease real estate to son-in-law Henry HOWERTHER about 46 acres and a fulling mill and everything belonging thereto for £350, to be paid to heirs, viz: Peter, Philip, son-in-law Jacob FENSTERMACHER, son-in-law Henry FISHER, son-in-law Charles SHAFFER married to dau. Charlotte and dau. of son Jonathan deceased 1 s. 6 d. Exrs: Henry HOWETHER and Henry FISHER. Wits: Adam HELWIG and John BERGER. When and how the family surname changed from Basters to Bastress is unknown. The quality of handwriting and the scribners (copyists) may have played a part in the change. nevertheless Peter Sr. seems to have used the the Bastress name consistently, since it was spelled that way on the Federal tax list, Philadelphia County ,in 1783 and in 1790. | Basters, Philip (I28)
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| 123 | Priscilla never married. | Bastress, Priscilla Ann (I155)
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| 124 | Railroad Section Boss | Posey, Lloyd H (I722)
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| 125 | Robert G. ?Bob? Bastress, 98, of Loyalsock, died Sunday, June 24, 2018, at The Gatehouse of Divine Providence Hospital. He was preceded in death by his wife of 71 years, Jean K. (Kelly) Bastress, on July 2, 2012. Born March 24, 1920, in Harrisburg, he was a son of the late Paul L. and Alma J. (Grove) Bastress. Bob was a 1938 graduate of Williamsport High School. He was a World War II U.S. Army Veteran, serving in the European Theatre. Following his military service he began his career with the U.S. Postal Service as a letter carrier and later retired as a Superintendent in 1975 after 34.5 years. He was a founding member of Northway Presbyterian Church and a member of the local masonic lodge. He was also a charter member of Pine-Aires Camping Club. Bob was a lifelong and avid tennis player, he enjoyed camping, and was a skilled woodworker. His true joy in life was spending time with his family and he was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Surviving are a daughter, Rebecca S. Underwood (Norman), of Bloomfield, N.Y.; three sons, Robert G. Bastress Jr., of Modesto, Calif., Barry K. ?B.K.? Bastress (Robin) and Brian S. Bastress, both of Spring Mills; seven grandchildren, Robert Bastress (Stacey), Amy Green (Thomas), Cortney Underwood, Lindsay Dadic-Underwood (Christine), Heather Cerny (Adam), Madison Bastress, and Samantha Bastress; and nine great-grandchildren. In addition to his wife and parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Mildred M. Bastress in 1991. In keeping with his wishes, services will be held privately at the convenience of the family. Burial will be held in Green Lawn Memorial Park, Montgomery. The family wishes to thank The Gatehouse at Divine Providence Hospital and 6th Floor West Special Care Unit at UPMC Susquehanna, Williamsport, for their kindness and support in caring for their Father and Grandfather. | Bastress, Robert G (I333)
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| 126 | Robert T Bastress was the Chief Burgesses of the borough of Thompsontown during 1885. | Bastress, Robert Thompson (I94)
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| 127 | Rohraback, Darmsstadt, Hessen, Germany | Basters, Philip (I28)
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| 128 | Royce Armstrong, 90, died on Friday, March 25 at Avon Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born February 1, 1932, to the late Lawrence and Bessie (Reynolds) Armstrong in New Market, Indiana. He was raised in New Market and was a proud member of the New Market High School class of 1950. He attended Indiana State Teachers College for 2 years before transferring to the University of Michigan, where he received a BM in Music Education in 1954, and an MM in Music Education in 1959. Royce served in the Army Band from 1954 to 1956. He was a high school band director in Illinois and Michigan, as well as in Morocco, Chesterton, and Delphi, Indiana. Following his retirement from teaching, he spent ten years as a mail carrier in the Lafayette area. Royce was a skilled musician and performer. Throughout his life, when he wasn?t teaching, Royce played the trombone and occasionally sang with numerous dance bands, Dixieland bands, and community bands throughout central and north central Indiana. He also spent several years in Florida and performed with various groups there. Royce never put limitations on performing and was known to insert a song into a conversation, or entertain his grandchildren with a catchy tune. Royce was a member of Delphi United Methodist Church, Anderson First United Methodist Church, and Zionsville United Methodist Church. He served through music by singing in his rich bass voice in various church choirs, and by starting and directing the handbell choir at Delphi UMC. Royce was also an avid researcher of Armstrong genealogy and recently became a member of the DAR. He is survived by five children; Sally (Travis) Richardson, Karen (Tim) Bastress, Mary (Kurt) Scheib, Adrienne (Mark) Frossard, and Jordan (Kim) Armstrong; and ten grandchildren, Luke (Alyssa), Joel, and Nathan Richardson, Titus and Beatrice Scheib, Owen, Gavin, Camden, and Emerson Frossard, and Henry (?Hank?) Armstrong. Preceding him in death were his parents; two brothers who died in infancy; two sisters, Virginia Hitch and Maurine Dillman; and one daughter, Jill. If you knew Royce and would like to share your memories of him with his family, please join us as we celebrate his life on Saturday, July 16 at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary at West Bridge Church, located at 1521 S. County Rd. 75 West in Danville, Indiana. There will be an hour of visitation prior to the service, beginning at 1:00 p.m. | Armstrong, Royce Reynolds (I995)
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| 129 | Ruth C. Bastress of Dunnellon, FL, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, at her home. Arrangements by Fero Funeral Home, 5955 N. Lecanto Highway, Beverly Hills, FL 34465. | Troxell, Ruth Catherine (I425)
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| 130 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Bastress, David Gordon (I18)
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| 131 | Service registration card says he was born March 11,1889. | Bastress, George Gordon (I206)
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| 132 | SHAMOKIN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 1924 | Bastress, Beatrice (I294)
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| 133 | SHAMOKIN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 1933 | Bastress, William Warren (I286)
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| 134 | She was a member of The National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. #27116 Descendant of Lieut. Philip Newbecker, of Pennsylvania. Daughter of John Barnett Newbecker and Caroline Elizabeth Maize, his wife. Granddaughter of Philip Newbecker and Mary Magdalene Rhawn, his wife. Great Granddaughter of Philip Newbecker and Elizabeth Barnett, his wife. Philip Newbecker, (1748-1826), served as Lieutenant in Capt. Martin Weaver's company, Col. Robert Elder's regiment of Pennsylvania militia. | Newbaker, Louisa Ellen (I184)
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| 135 | Solomon had moved to Jersey Shore, Lycoming County in 1817 where he became a prominent citizen and a lifelong resident. He had six children. Among the early representative of Jersey Shore was Solomon Bastress. Born in Pottstown, Montgomery County PA. January 20, 1788 and died at Jersey Shore, May 12, 1872., in his Eight-fourth year. Before locating here he became interested with a company in the furnace business on Pine Bottom run. This was before 1814. According to his obituary, Solomon served in the War of 1812, holding the commission of Lieutenant. Mr. Bastress was a weaver and dyer by trade, but soon after settling here he became a surveyor and Scrivner. He was sent to the legislature in 1827 and re-elected in 1828, 1829 and 1830, serving four years in succession. In 1846 he was chosen an associate Judge and served two terms of five years each. When Susquehanna township was divided in 1854, his friends insisted that the new township should be name after him and it was named " Bastress Township". Solomon Bastress is buried in Lot 303 in Jersey Shore Cemetery (41°11'54.12"N, 77°15'56.13"W). | Bastress, Solomon (I42)
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| 136 | Solomon is listed in the 1830 PA census (on microfilm), as living in New Hanover Twp., Montgomery County, PA. The household included one male and one female between 16 and 29 years of age. Solomon is listed on the tax list of New Hanover Twp. for 1831 and 1832. He was confirmed in 1823 at the New Hanover Lutheran Church. Much of the following information is based on written statements found in the family Bible of Milton E. Bastress. Solomon and Rachel T. Miller or Tuckenmiller were married on April 6, 1830 by Rev. Conrad Miller, who served as Pastor of the New Hanover Lutheran Church (near Pottstown) from 1829 to 1852. It is probably safe to assume that Solomon died between 1833 and 1847. | Bastress, Solomon (I74)
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| 137 | Son of A1C R A Bastress US Air Force | Bastress, Eugene Lee (I656)
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| 138 | Son of J.E.Bastress, age 2 months, he died from Inanition, his parents lived on N/S? Hickory Street in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania and he was buried December 19th,1896 by Funeral Director Irvin. Date obituary appeared in the paper: December 19th,1896. | Bastress, Willard (I911)
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| 139 | Son of J.W. and C.E. Bastress. | Bastress, Byron (I941)
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| 140 | SS Eliza CO I 196th OHIO VOL INF Bio:Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa) Thursday September 28, 1933 p. 4 D. F. Ford Succumbs Had Been A Resident of Taylor County More Than 50 Years David Francis Ford, 87, died at the home of his son, Ernest Ford, Sunday, Sept. 24. The funeral services were held at the Ernest Ford home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. H. Warrior. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Ford [Margaret Bastrus] and was born Dec. 28, 1845, in Lycoming County, Penn., near Jersey Shore. He moved with his parents to Ashland County, O. [hio], at the age of 8 months and there grew to manhood. He enlisted in Company I, Ohio, 196th infantry, and served until the end of the civil war. Then he moved to Fulton County, Ill., and on June 9, 1868, was married to Eliza Brown. To this union five children were born, Mrs. Florence Raper and Ernest Ford, both of Blockton, Mrs. Nellie Severns of Palisade, Nebr., Mrs. Effie Sharp, deceased, and Tom Ford of Blockton. In the spring of 1881 he moved to Taylor County, Iowa, where he lived on the farm until 1892 when he moved to Blockton. He resided in Blockton until the death of his wife, Dec. 22, 1932. Since that time he has lived with his children. He leaves to mourn his death his four children, twelve grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. There is also one brother, M. [ilton] S. Ford of Smithville, Mo. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church in early life. | Ford, David Francis (I588)
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| 141 | Still Asking Questions at 88 April 9, 2015 He's still asking questions In 1935, Arthur Bastress was in Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore, receiving the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. He was stricken with a form of pneumonia, and appendicitis, and his doctors didn't give him much of a chance of survival. Meanwhile, his mother Francis was in another wing giving birth to his sister, Joan Marie. One of the Sisters of Bon Secours told Arthur, who was 7 years old at the time, to pray. He looked across the room at a crucifix hanging on the wall. "If Jesus makes me well," he prayed, "I'll do whatever He wants me to do." Msgr Bastress Sixteen years later, Bastress was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Today, Monsignor Bastress, 88, serves as the pastor of The National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore. The seed of his priestly vocation was planted by his parents, Francis and Arthur Milton Bastress, and it bloomed on that day in the hospital 80 years ago. To this day, it continues to develop and grow. "A vocation is not something that happens once," Msgr. Bastress said. "You grow in it. Psychologists tell you there's a sort of grieving period every time you move to a new place, but I've never felt that. I've always just thought, OK, Lord. What do we gotta do now?" It all started at home with his mother, who had a deep devotion to the Blessed Mother, and his father, a Presbyterian with a deep love of Scripture who later converted to Catholicism. The Sister Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary helped teach him discipline at school, and had such an impact on the Bastress family that his sister Joan Marie, now 80, is a nun in the order. His three brothers, Jack (86), Paul (75) and Bob (70) all found their vocations in Holy Matrimony, and all five siblings keep in touch to this day. "The seeds of vocation have a lot to do with how you're raised and how you're taught to understand the Faith," Msgr. Bastress said. "My vocation started in my home when I was a youngster. It was the family. I don?t know how my parents could be so good, but they were. They were a tremendous example." Though always inquisitive, Msgr. Bastress says he wasn't the best student as a child, and he was rejected by the Jesuits out of high school. After his ordination in 1951 by Archbishop Francis Patrick Keough, he experienced doubts about his priestly vocation. His father made sure that didn't last long. "He didn?t say a whole lot," Msgr. Bastress recalled of the conversation with his father. He just said, "Remember when the bishop laid his hands on you? What happened when you put your hands in his?" I said, "Well, I was promising obedience, to be faithful to him and his successors." He just said, "Oh?" "I knew exactly what he was saying. He was saying what he always said to us: You want to be a man? Well you'd better stand up and be a man. Being honest, keeping your word, that's what makes you a man." I can honestly say that I've never met another man who could compare to my dad. That's the kind of example he set. Firmly planted in his vocation, questions remained, questions Msgr. Bastress continues asking to this day. ?I still ask those questions?What is priesthood to me, and do I really want to still do it??and my God, here I am at 88 years old,? he said. ?If you don?t keep at it and keep answering the questions, you?re doing something wrong.? Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, the "Cheerful Ascetic," served as pastor of St. Alphonsus in 1854. Msgr. Bastress looks to him for inspiration to this day. Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, the ?Cheerful Ascetic,? served as pastor of St. Alphonsus in 1854. Msgr. Bastress looks to him for inspiration to this day. The answers to those questions first began surfacing when Bastress was sitting in an empty confessional at St. Alphonsus, where he was named pastor in 1998. He was reading ?Cheerful Ascetic: The Life of Francis Xavier Seelos, C.Ss.R.? Blessed Francis Seelos was the pastor at St. Alphonsus in 1854. ?I was very impressed with his life,? Msgr. Bastress said, ?and one day I'm sitting in the confessional reading about him and I realized I'm sitting in the confessional he used to use. I thought, "My God!" Then, I looked at the book again, and I thought, "That's always what I've wanted to be as a priest." He's strived to emulate Blessed Fr. Seelos ever since. "Life has just gone on as life would be," he said, "and I know what I'm supposed to be. I think most of the priesthood is just being. It's a way of life, not a profession. You might be a professional minister or preacher or social worker, but who are you? That's a very important question for a priest to ask, and I started asking that question a long time ago." | Bastress, Rev. Msgr. Arthur William (I248)
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| 142 | Still born | Bastress, Infant Male (I903)
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| 143 | The Great Migration 1717-1754: The Ocean Crossing and Arrival in Philadelphia The following excerpt from Pennsylvania Germans, A Persistent Minority by William T. Parsons is posted for its excellent discussion of conditions confronting early 18th century German immigrants on the voyage to America and upon arrival at the Port of Philadelphia. It is probable that these or similar conditions were experienced by our Mosier and Culp immigrant ancestors. Large numbers of prospective migrants to America met at Rotterdam, a site very suitable for travelers who had come down the Rhine from their towns and farms upstream. The Neckar River valley had been home for many of them. Rotterdam was a sizable flourishing trade center, one of the two major shipping centers in the Low Countries. In many ways, Rotterdam was the typical trading port of its time. Cluttered dock and shipping facilities and bustling street markets with crowded living quarters were an indication of its prosperous condition. The addition of thousands of Germans, fleeing from districts their families had inhabited for generations, placed a great strain on the city. Merchants and shippers looked upon them as living cargo, to be accommodated the same way any cargo was. Germans found the surroundings strange yet congenial, although for most of them this was merely a stopping place on the way to America. Some remained in Rotterdam, becoming a part of the varied population of that trading center; but most of the Rhineland travelers, on their way to the promise of the New World, found it too commercial or too worldly. The little substance that these poor wanderers had gathered for the voyage to America was dissipated by even a brief spell in or near the port. Many who left their German homes in a solvent financial condition departed Rotterdam without any funds (and very few goods) at all. Most had found their way down the river valleys of the Neckar and the Rhine by available river transportation. Many others simply walked or pulled their carts of possessions along the paths which fed into the river valley system of roads, highways and bridges. Whether they brought their families with them depended somewhat on local and personal circumstances. Usually the father of the family tended to make the voyage alone. When it became economically feasible, he later sent for his family. Yet a surprising number of the Palatines and other minority Germans brought all or most of the family with them, uncertain as they were of the prospects at the American terminus of the trip. From the several detailed accounts of the ocean crossing which have come down to us, it seems quite evident that the voyage was the chief hazard or obstacle of the flight from Europe to America. Many who had never sailed before crowded the small vessels with poor sailors and rotten accommodations. They lived for six to eight weeks in cramped space on board, holding fast to the trunks, chests or baggage which contained all their worldly wealth. They were fortunate to find deck space. Many of the families on their way to Pennsylvania were crowded onto ships that carried double the number of passengers the vessels could theoretically accommodate. In those cramped and crowded conditions, numerous passengers died at sea. So extensive was the list of casualties that ship captains finally settled upon a formula on how to avoid an excessive number of deaths which reduced their cargo. Occasionally fatalities also made them subject to quarantine regulations in the American ports. They agreed (and by the 1740s made it part of the verbal contract with prospective passengers) that the halfway point of the voyage was the critical time. If a passenger died before the vessel had traveled half the distance to Pennsylvania, then the captain would bear the expense and the corpse was reckoned as no fare. If, on the other hand a passenger died after the halfway point of the voyage, then his family must pay full fare to America, even though he was buried at sea. Various accounts of the passage have survived, leaving a literature of frustration and suffering. Few of the accounts make the experience appear pleasurable; most of them summarize weeks and months of hardship and deprivation. One such description by John George Jungmann of a sea voyage of the ship Love and Unity, in the years 1731-32, relates the problems in detail. Originating at Rotterdam the vessel made port in Falmouth, adding supplies and food there. Twelve days out of Falmouth, the captain declared half the journey had been completed; five months later, the ship had not yet sighted land in America, but after nearly six months on the high seas, they came ashore at Martha's Vineyard. The emaciated passengers told tales of intense suffering. After eight weeks their bread and water had to be rationed, but during the last six weeks before Christmas, no bread ration was distributed and water was apportioned at a pint per family per day. Ship rats sold at a shilling sixpence and mice at sixpence each, when available. Deaths on this terrible voyage ran exceptionally high. Only four dozen persons reached American soil of an original passenger list of one hundred fifty-six. Barely forty, represented by a mere thirteen heads of families, eventually reached the original destination of Philadelphia, and that by the compassion of a Quaker master who happened upon them at Boston. The survivors claimed the only final choice they had was mutiny, whereby they forced the ship to make a landfall. Ordinarily, for a six- to eight-week voyage, the captain's costs were modest. To feed hundreds of passengers cost him a few pennies per week. In return for the food he supplied, the master was ordinarily well reimbursed. Cash customers paid from three to five pounds when they landed. In 1750 adults paid ten pounds for passage. Ten to 20 percent of the passengers paid cash fares. Time of the year, conditions in Rotterdam, and the particular individuals transported determined passenger distribution. Prospective employers (or occasionally, prospective husbands) bought up indentures or contracts of the remaining mature arrivals, at profits which exceeded the cash fares for the masters or ship captains. Underage passengers without families were nearly always apprenticed or bound out. Philadelphia ship captains late in the 1740s generally agreed that human cargo was more profitable that cloth or hemp. Many captains could scarcely restrain themselves as the shipped from Rotterdam with a 100 percent overload of such human cargo. The ocean passage required six weeks under favorable conditions, but even then preliminaries at Rotterdam and Cowes added days or weeks to the voyage. Debarkation at Philadelphia was sometimes delayed because of wind and tide, or due to mercantile or port requirements and official red tape. Food consumption from the traveler's own stock was apportioned for a six weeks' crossing. When that was gone, they subsisted on meager rations from the ship's stores, at inflated prices. Occasional suffering from storm delays or navigational miscalculations, as described above, affected both crew and passengers, but especially the latter. Journey's end caused loud celebrations and extended rejoicing among the weary passengers. Those who had, weeks earlier, given up all hope of ever reaching port, now offered up thanks to God for their safe arrival after their journey across "the very big sea." Even the broad Delaware River reminded many of them of the familiar Rhine River in its lower reaches, broad, smooth-flowing, and bordered by impressive natural growth on both banks, with occasional dwellings and out-buildings visible. Philadelphia was an eye-opener for the migrants who arrived between 1717 and 1754. The majority of Germans came from farms or rural villages. Philadelphia was a major population center, although in 1717 its population numbered under ten thousand. Penn's capital was a very young city, just beginning to grow, with much space for development and improvement. The leading Quaker city had been built to accommodate trade, as the number of docks, ships, and taverns particularly illustrated. On the whole it contained broader streets, larger lots (although many tiny ones existed as well), and newer construction than that of any town or city they had passed through on their way to America. Wide streets and broad thoroughfares were particularly evident in this model town, although narrow back streets and alleys could be found. At the insistence of William Penn and because of its recent development, Philadelphia was much more a planned town than the ancient and often archaic villages the German migrants had left. Implementation of the Proprietor's plans was often imperfect, but the effort to provide "a green country town" bore results. It was true that new streets and roads under harsh weather conditions became virtually impassable quagmires. Still, the overall impression was a favorable one, however novel and strange to the migrant in transit. Philadelphia grew rapidly during the great Palatine migration boom. It had a population of perhaps thirteen thousand in 1740 and nearly twenty thousand by 1754; the population of forty thousand by 1776 turned Philadelphia into the second largest British city in the empire, second only to London itself. It had surpassed Boston and all the other port towns of the Atlantic coast in a remarkably short time. Before the end of the high migration of Palatines, Philadelphia enjoyed streetlights and the beginnings of paved cartways and sidewalks along the major streets of the town. To the immigrant from Württemberg or the Palatinate, confined to shipboard in the harbor, nearby Philadelphia was both awesome and welcome. In many ways, it represented the New Land, no longer far off. Yet, standing as an achievement of English Quaker colonization, it posed obstacles of language, custom, and organization. To a majority of the immigrant Germans, Philadelphia was a symbol of new opportunities, not a reminder of hardship. From the decks of the ships in the river, they literally looked up to the new city, built on high ground, a gateway to the interior river system and the land they coveted. However, after the hardship and trials of the long sea voyage with its memories of hunger and burials at sea, some of the travelers felt bereft and confused. For the discouraged or the solitary voyager, it was especially gratifying to be greeted by fellow Germans, who were sufficiently organized and concerned to row out to the ship to see who had arrived and where they came from. Often they offered assistance. During the autumn months they brought apples or other fruit of the province and gave them to passengers as a sign of concern and welcome. Less enthusiastic was the welcome for ships rumored to be arriving with large numbers of passengers ill or dying, even though the need might be far greater under those conditions. A few, particularly older persons, or those of some rank or status at home, to whom the prospect of heavy physical effort did not appeal, changed their minds and arranged to return. Others carried out an initial term of obligation and then returned to the more settled procedures of the old country. Some arrived in such a state of exhaustion or shock that they did not grasp the meaning of indenture as local employers or farmers bid for their service. Still, the overwhelming majority of arrivals found the balance vastly in favor of Pennsylvania. The port city represented to them an opportunity to break with a past weighted down by obligations and restrictive conditions. Many soon found temporary employment and some permanent jobs. For them Philadelphia was strange but wondrously different from what they had previously experience. It was an open settlement, where town lots were available and the streets clear and accessible. The port city had no town wall nor fortifications, nor any ruins or semblance of any. More than that, it was hard to tell where town ended and individual farms or plantations began. For most of the arriving Palatine, Swabian, or Württemberger migrants, the roads inland to Germantown, Skippack, Reading, Lancaster, or Easton provided the means to find the farms they sought. In a year, Philadelphia sometimes received migrants numbering more than its own total population. It could provide for only a few of those arrivals, so the destiny of most lay in the interior. These settlers were bauern, farmers by training, experience, and social condition, who arrived fully intent on continuing in agriculture. An initial hazard for many, if not for a majority of the German arrivals, was the settlement of accounts for passage across the Atlantic Ocean. "Redemptioners" were so handicapped by lack of funds that they signed indenture contracts with the ship captains in Rotterdam; their status was fixed before departure. "Freemen" or "free willers" were slightly better off. They sailed as free men but submitted to indentures after arrival. Getting off the ship usually proved difficult for those who still owed their passage. Masters were not only reluctant but downright unwilling to see these freights depart, to be swallowed up by back country Pennsylvania, before the debts were collected. Such restriction while at anchor in the Delaware River or even while tied up at a dock seemed to be the ultimate in carelessness or cruelty. When Peter Kalm landed as an honored passenger with Captain Lawson of the ship Mary in 1748, he was shocked to hear orders of the second mate who stayed aboard. "Let no one of the German refugees out of the ship unless he pays for his passage or someone else pays for him." As much as two months might pass awaiting completion of the work contract. Occasionally in the purchase or assignment of indentures, parents and children were separated, a grave cause for concern and sorrow. Some Germans pointed out that being in the service was advantageous for the young. Servants obtained meals and shelter, whereas on their own it might have been much more difficult. Redemptioners came as early as 1728, although the British use of unfree indentured servants in a relatively free-labor province dated back almost to the establishment of the colony. Most fortunate of all were those persons indentured into rural households of fellow Germans in the upper reaches of the province. There congeniality and the ring of familiar speech prevailed. Familiar social custom helped ease the cultural shock of the change from Palatinate German conditions into those of English custom and tradition. The major influx of German settlers which began in 1716 or 1717 caused little concern at first, for all understood that in order to prosper the province must gain in population. But the increase was so steady that their large numbers came to be viewed as a threat by provincial officials. Moreover, the German migration increased decade by decade well into the eighteenth century. Even the most careful estimates of entering Germans are subject to error, but by the clamor against them we can judge that by 1727 they were considered a major threat. Fear that the numerous Germans would engulf the original settlement led the new governor, Patrick Gordon, to call for regulations. He asked that arrivals declare their good faith by an oath of allegiance to the king and a promise of fidelity to the Proprietor, "and that a List shall be taken of the Names of all these People, their several Occupations, and the Places from whence they come." Shortly, to add assurances of political reliability, a renunciation of the Stuart pretenders was also required of them. While these lists, oaths and registry were restrictive, and for a time accompanied by a duty of two pounds per alien entry (double the duty on Irish servants), the requirements seem not to have slowed the Palatine arrivals to any great extent. The large number who entered Pennsylvania from German-speaking areas of Europe indicate just how attractive Penn's Province was, especially at the peak of the migrations from 1749 to 1754. During the first of the heavy years, twenty-two ships carrying more than six thousand "Palatines" debarked at Philadelphia. In the five years of the most intensive movement, no less than seventeen thousand Germans arrived, and early estimates ranged as high as thirty thousand in the half decade. The natural increase in population continued to add to these German-speaking Pennsylvanians at a rate that sent their numbers well over one hundred thousand by the early 1770s. The combination of continued immigration, large families, and their skillful and successful tilling of the soil served to underscore the threat posed by this foreign settlement, especially to the non-German, English-speaking elements of Pennsylvania's population. The Pennsylvania Assembly, concerned for the health and safety of the province, as well as for the German migrants, received a petition against "the overloading of ships bringing German immigrants to Philadelphia." The Assembly passed bills regulating the importation of Germans and required ship captains to be more accountable. In the end, the Pennsylvania laws were invalidated by the Board of Trade. [Source: Pennsylvania Germans, A Persistent Minority. William T. Parsons. Collegeville, PA: Chestnut Books, 1985. pp 47-60.] | Basters, Philip (I28)
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| 144 | Theodore J. "Ted" Bastress, 65, Mechanicsburg, died Sunday, March 13, 2005 in Holy Spirit Hospital. He was born November 6, 1939 in Northumberland, PA, a son of the late John R. and Della Ertley Bastress. He was retired from the Commonwealth of PA, Liquor Control Board. He was an Army Veteran of the Vietnam War, a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Shiremanstown, the Mechanicsburg Club, VFW Post 8298, American Legion Post 109, Mechanicsburg, where he was a 20 year member, and a lifetime member of the Northumberland Fire Company. Surviving are his wife, Arlene E. Schreck Bastress; and a daughter, Megan A. Bastress of Mechanicsburg. Funeral Wednesday in St. John's Lutheran Church, Shiremanstown, Rev. Michael L. Seifried officiating. Burial with full military honors in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. [Harrisburg Patriot-News] | Bastress, Theodore J (I649)
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| 145 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Bastress, Anne L (I526)
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| 146 | Thomas B. Belknap, a son of Joseph Belknap, was born at Boston, MA in 1670. He married Jane Cheney, and lived at Boston, Cambridge and Woburn, MA. | Belknap, Thomas B (I690)
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| 147 | Thomas Belknap, a son of Thomas and Sarah Wright (Hill) Belknap, was born in MA in 1829. His spouse in unknown. | Belknap, Thomas (I686)
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| 148 | Thomas Belknap, a son of Thomas B. and Jane (Cheney) Belknap, was born in 1698. He married Sarah Wright Hill. They lived at Woburn, MA, Pomfret, CT and near Newburg, NY which at that time was in Ulster County. | Belknap, Thomas (I688)
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| 149 | Thomas G. Bastress, 91, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018 surrounded by family and loved ones in Fort Wayne. Born in Fort Wayne, IN, Thomas owned and operated Automotive and Industrial Supply for 63 years, operating as NAPA Autoparts. He was a member of Trinity English Lutheran Church, Rotary Club of Fort Wayne, North Side Alumni Association, Fort Wayne Historical Society, Fort Wayne Aviation Historical Society, Purdue Alumni Association, and American Bonanza Society. His passion was flying and he enjoyed going to Clear Lake. Surviving are his wife, Rita Bastress of Fort Wayne, IN; sons, Tim (JoAnn Reed) Bastress, Thomas G. (Marty Marracino) Bastress, and Todd J. (Cindy Lane) Bastress all of Fort Wayne; daughters, Candace (Rev. Dr. James) Cress and Cynthia (Frank Raimondo) Clark both of Fort Wayne; 15 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; step-son, John (Diane) Glass of Fort Wayne; step-daughters, Ellen (Al) Brunson of Fairborn, OH, Cathy (Dave) Glass-Tomlinson, Carolyn (Mike) Fraizer, Maureen Crockett all of Fort Wayne, and Ann (Steve) Long of Corunna, IN; 14 step-grandchildren; 9 step great-grandchildren; and 2 great- great step grandchildren. Thomas was preceded in death by first wife, Helen "Hecky" M. Bastress; father, Robert C. Bastress; mother, Mildred V. Bastress; brother, Robert L. Bastress; and sister, Jean Wagstaff. Service is 1:00 pm, Saturday, June 16, 2018 at Trinity English Lutheran Church, 450 West Washington Street with Rev. Dr. Kathleen Haller officiating with an hour of calling prior to the service.. Calling at - D.O. McComb & Sons Pine Valley Park Funeral Home, 1320 East Dupont Road, Friday, June 15, 2018, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Entombment in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana. | Bastress, Thomas Glen (I239)
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| 150 | US Navy WWII | Bastress, James Truman (I241)
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