----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty J. Burdan" <bjburdan@ptd.net> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 10:05 AM =================================================================== > Source: PABERKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PABERKS] Jean Bertolet Family Reunion > > > I am not researching the Bertolet family but thought those who are might > enjoy this article. > > Montgomery Ledger, Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA > August 4, 1903 > > BERTOLET FAMILY REUNION AGAIN: The Sixth Meeting was Held at Frederick, > Montgomery County, Yesterday A Notable Gathering. > > The sixth annual reunion of the descendants of Jean BERTOLET, was held at > Frederick, Montgomery County, yesterday. The place of assembling was at > the BERTOLET Mennonite Burial Ground and fully one hundred and fifty > members of the Association were present. The morning hours were > delightfully spent in mutual greetings of old friends and the making of new > ones. In the afternoon the Association assembled in the BERTOLET Mennonite > Meeting House. The first item of business was the election of officers for > the ensuing year which resulted as follows: President, Levi A. BERTOLET, > of Wilmington, DE; First Vice President, Israel W. BERTOLET, of Oley, Berks > County; Second Vice president, Benjamin BERTOLET, of Philadelphia; > Corresponding Secretary, Daniel H. BERTOLET, of Pottstown; Recording > Secretary, Samuel E. BERTOLET of Reading; Treasurer, Isaac B. YEAKLE of > Bally, Berks County. > > Rev. N. B. GRUBB of Philadelphia spoke on "The Religious Life of the > Ancestors of Jean BERTOLET." Mr. GRUBB's address was both instructive and > interesting. Benjamin BERTOLET, of Philadelphia, prepared a paper which, > in his absence was read by his son Walter BERTOLET. It referred to the > early settlements at Frederick, the origin of the BERTOLET burial ground; > how the meeting house adjoining was erected and also gave a splendid pen > picture of Washington's encampment near that place. Remarks were also made > by Frederick BERTOLET of Mauch Chunk and DeB. Randolph KEIM, of Reading. > > At the fifth annual reunion, held in September of last year, at the > residence of Mrs. Josephine BERTOLET, near Yellow House, Berks County, a > memorial stone was erected to the memory of Jean BERTOLET on the farm on > which he settled and formal unveiling ceremonies were held at that > time. There were present, yesterday, from Pottstown, Daniel H. BERTOLET, > Ephraim A. BERTOLET and Howard F. BERTOLET. > >