Dear Friends, Bruce and I received word on May 3 of the sudden death of his Mother, Eleanor Ruth SHOWALTER SANDLIER. The link to her online obituary is @ http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/index.ssf?/obits/gloucester/eleanor_s__sandlier.html. Mom descends from the BROWNBACKs, FUNKs, PENNYPACKERs, SHOWALTERs and RITTENHOUSEs. Following is Mom's Ahnentafel if you are interested in how she connects to these families: Source -------------------------------------------------- 1 Eleanor Ruth SHOWALTER. Born 7 Apr 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Christen 2 Sep 1924 in 225 Embury Avenue, Pitman, New Jersey. Died 3 May 2001 in Franklinville, Glouscester County, New Jersey. She married LeRoy Anthony SANDLIER, 11 May 1946 in Asbury Methodist Church, Camden, NJ. Parents -------------------------------------------------- 2 Harry Baum SHOWALTER. Born 26 Dec 1882 in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Died 1 Mar 1975 in Mantua, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Buried 5 Mar 1975 in Oakland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He married Eva Estella GRAHAM, 22 Mar 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 3 Eva Estella GRAHAM. Born 5 Sep 1890 in 2025 Moore St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Christen 9 Nov 1890 in St. John's Free Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died 20 Dec 1974 in Camden, New Jersey. Buried 24 Dec 1974 in Oakland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Grandparents -------------------------------------------------- 4 Jacob Funk SHOWALTER. Born 12 Apr 1824 in Pennsylvania. Died 19 May 1888 in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Buried 23 May 1888 in Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He married Martha BROWNBACK, 25 Mar 1880 in East Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennslyvania. 5 Martha BROWNBACK. Born 3 Dec 1840 in Pennsylvania. Died 12 May 1920 in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Buried 14 May 1920 in Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. 6 William J. GRAHAM. Born Jun 1857 in Ireland. Died 14 Nov 1931. Buried 17 Nov 1931 in Oakland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Mattie Atmore HUMPHREYS, About 1885. 7 Mattie Atmore HUMPHREYS. Born Sep 1866 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died 25 Oct 1926. Buried 28 Oct 1926 in Oakland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. G Grandparents -------------------------------------------------- 8 John SHOWALTER. Born 6 Oct 1795. Died 4 Oct 1866. Buried in Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA. He married Barbara FUNK, 25 May 1820. 9 Barbara FUNK. Born 3 Jun 1795. Died 3 Jul 1881. Buried in Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA. 10 Jesse BROWNBACK. Born 27 Nov 1808 in Pennsylvania. Died 28 Nov 1887. Buried in Brownback's Reformed Church Cemetery, Chester Co. PA. He married Sarah A. KEELEY, 27 Feb 1840 in East Coventry Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 11 Sarah A. KEELEY. Born 13 Nov 1815 in . Died 28 Jun 1898. Buried in Brownback's Reformed Church Cemetery, Chester Co. PA. 12 ? GRAHAM. 14 Charles H. HUMPHREYS. Born Sep 1827 in Pennsylvania. Died 16 Oct 1910. Buried 19 Oct 1910 in Oakland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret K. (HUMPHREYS), About 1860. 15 Margaret K. (HUMPHREYS). Born Jan 1837 in Pennsylvania. Died 12 Mar 1922. Buried 16 Mar 1922 in Oakland Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. GG Grandparents -------------------------------------------------- 16 Daniel SHOWALTER . Born 13 Oct 1764. Died 21 Feb 1840. He married Elizabeth PENNYPACKER, 20 Apr 1789 in Lehigh County, PA. 17 Elizabeth PENNYPACKER. Born 28 May 1769. Died 13 Jun 1818. 18 Jacob FUNK Rev. Born 30 May 1761. Died 22 Jul 1817. He married Mary SHELLY/SHELLEY. 19 Mary SHELLY/SHELLEY. Born Circa 1763. Died 27 Apr 1809. 20 John BROWNBACK. Born 8 Aug 1761 in West Vincent Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania. Died 16 Dec 1838. Buried in Brownback's Church, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret DEFRAIN. 21 Margaret DEFRAIN. Born 26 Nov 1763. Died 12 Mar 1828. Buried in Brownback's Church, Chester County, Pennsylvania. GGG Grandparents -------------------------------------------------- 32 John SHOWALTER. Born Circa 1733. Died 1806. He married Anna (SHOWALTER). 33 Anna (SHOWALTER). Born About 1734. Died About 1774. 34 Mathias / Matthias PENNYPACKER. Born 14 Oct 1742 in Skippack, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. Died 13 Feb 1808 in Skippack, Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania. He married Mary KUSTER/ CUSTER, 24 May 1768 in Skippack, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. 35 Mary KUSTER/ CUSTER. Born 9 Oct 1751. Died 30 Nov 1794 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. 36 Henry FUNK. Born Circa 1729. Died Circa 1793. Buried in Trissels cemetery, Rockingham Co., Va.. He married Barbara SHOWALTER, Circa 1760. 37 Barbara SHOWALTER. Born Circa 1734. 40 Henry BRUMBACH/BROWNBACK. Born 18 Feb 1733. Died 30 Jul 1804. He married Mary Magdalin PAUL. 41 Mary Magdalin PAUL. Born 23 Feb 1739. Died 23 Aug 1784. 42 Peter DEFRAIN. He married Eve (DEFRAIN). 43 Eve (DEFRAIN). GGGG Grandparents -------------------------------------------------- 64 Jacob (the immigrant) SHOWALTER. Born Circa 1697. Died 1773. He married Maria (SHOWALTER), Circa 1723. 65 Maria (SHOWALTER). Born Circa 1705. 68 Jacob PENNEBECKER. Born 1715 in Skippack TWP, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. Died 27 May 1752 in Skippack TWP, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret TYSON, About 1740. 69 Margaret TYSON. Born 1715 in Germantown, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. Died 1752. 72 Henry/Heinrich FUNK/FUNCK Bishop. Born 1690 in Palatinate, Germany. Died 1790. Buried in Delp's cemetery, Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa.. He married Anna MEYER. 73 Anna MEYER. Born 1760. Died 8 Jul 1758. 74 same as ahnentafel number 64 75 same as ahnentafel number 65 80 Gerhard / Garret BRUMBACH. Born 1662 in probably in Saxony, near "Wittenberg," Germany. Died Sep 1757. Buried in Brownback's Church, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Rittenhouse PAPEN, 1716. 81 Mary Rittenhouse PAPEN. Born About 1695. Died 1757. Buried in Brownback's Church, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 82 John PAUL. Died 1766. He married Mary (PAUL). 83 Mary (PAUL). 5G Grandparents -------------------------------------------------- 136 Hendrick PENNEBECKER. Born 21 Mar 1673/1674 in Flomborn, Alzey, Germany. Died 4 Apr 1754 in Skippack, Perkiomen TWP, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. He married Eve UMSTAT, 1699 in Germantown, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. 137 Eve UMSTAT. Born 1 Mar 1673/1674 in Krefeld, Germany. Died 14 Apr 1754 in Skippack, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. 162 Heivert PAPEN. He married Elizabeth RITTENHOUSE. 163 Elizabeth RITTENHOUSE. 6G Grandparents -------------------------------------------------- 272 Johann PFANNEBECKER. Born 1650. He married Sybilla (PFANNEBECKER). 273 Sybilla (PFANNEBECKER). 326 Wilhelm / William RITTENHOUSE. Died 1708. 7G Grandparents -------------------------------------------------- 544 Heinrich PFANNEBECKER. -- Marge Galus Sandlier m-sandlier@home.com Forget Me Not - http://members.home.net/sandlier/ Forget Me Not II - http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sandlier/ -- Webmistress for Hanscom Park United Methodist Church http://www.gbgm-umc.org/hanscom/