Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Family Register |
Object ID # |
1989.13.3 |
Title |
Noah & Susanna Derstine family register by Martin Wetzler, 1862 |
Creator |
Wetzler, Martin, scrivener |
Place of Origin |
West Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1862 |
Material |
Wove paper, ink |
Description |
Family register of Noah & Susanna Bergey Derstine, lettered by Martin Wetzler in 1862, on the front flyleaves of a copy of the 1851 edition of Menno Simons' Fundament-Buch. |
Provenance |
Made and signed (in Hebrew) by Jewish itinerant scrivener Martin Wetzler. Noah G. Derstine (1837-1902) and Susanna G. Bergey Derstine (1837-1917) lived in West Rockhill Township, Bucks County. They had five children, though only the first, Allen B. Derstine (1862-1945), is included in this register.The book passed to their youngest child, James B. Derstine (1876-1961), father of the donor. |
Source |
Gift of Claude & Naomi Derstine Shisler, in memory of James B. Derstine |
People |
Derstine, Noah G., 1837-1902 Derstine, Susanna G. Bergey, 1837-1917 Derstine, Allen B., 1862-1945 Wetzler, Martin, scrivener |
Collection |
Fraktur |