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Metadata
Object Name |
Papers, Family |
Title |
Abraham & Jennie Heckler Mensch Papers |
Scope & Content |
Abraham B. Mensch (1963-1934) was a public school teacher, later had an orchard on Mensch Rd. in Skippack Township, was a Sunday School leader at the Skippack Mennonite Meetinghouse and was involved in missions, having started a church in Limerick for which he was excommunicated from the Franconia Conference. Jennie Heckler Mensch (1873-1960) was raised as a Schwenkfelder. Her Mennonite father died when she was a child. Includes teaching material and books from the years Abraham taught in public schools in the Skippack area. Includes information about Jennie's mother, Schwenkfelder Mary Dresher Heckler Seipt, and her step father, Anthony Seipt. Finding aid: Click Here |
Object ID # |
1999.11.55 |
Year Range from |
1869 |
Year Range to |
1934 |
Manuscript Collection # |
Hist. Mss. 082 |
Source |
Gift of Hiram & Mary Jane Lederach Hershey |
Containers |
Abraham letters to parents 1877-1901 Misc. letters Abraham - his education Marriage/wills & death related Louise Mensch (Mattson) Showalter (1911-1992) Trips to Canada, Colorado and Kansas, 1919-1920 Church and mission related Misc. Photographs Photo Album Mary Dresher Heckler Seipt , d. 1925 Mary Dresher Heckler Seipt , step children, Emma Wolf & Manilius Seipt Mary Dresher Heckler Seipt , letters from step-children Mary Dresher Heckler Seipt , letters re money loaned to step-children Jennie's sister, Joanna & Jeremiah Kriebel Letters Related to Abraham's years of school teaching Diaries of Abraham B. Mensch (1863-1934) Books |