Hello all, In our family, the Bibles followed various patterns: The BREON Bible of my great-great-grandparents (Elias & Laura) was passed to the youngest child and son, and is in the hands of his youngest son (my grandfather). The SLIKER Bible of my great-great-grandparents (John & Mary) was passed to the youngest child and daughter (with whom my great-great-grandmother also lived), and then to her eldest daughter (my grandfather's sister). The HARTER Bible really got around. I believe that the one I have seen was purchased by my great-great-grandfather, Andrew Harter (1823-1900), and given as a wedding gift to his daughter, Lucy Belle, and Lawrence Hile in 1886. Somehow, Lucy Belle gave it to her sister Laura (my great-great-grandmother). All of their siblings are written in it, along with many photographs and obituary clippings. It descended to my great-great-aunt (the middle child), and is now in the hands of her daughter, my cousin Eleanor, who is now 85 years old. I borrowed it for an extended period and copied everything out of it. There was another Bible that belonged to the parents in this family (Andrew and Susan HARTER), which was a German Bible. The last I knew of it was in Virginia. The woman who had it died last summer, and I have written to her daughter for copies of anything of interest in it, but have heard nothing. The HOUSER family Bible, printed in the German, and which may have been one of the celebrated Froschauer Bibles, was supposed to have been in the possession of my great-grandfather, but "disappeared" either just before or during his estate sale in 1979. I strongly believe this Bible was the one brought to America by my 6th great grandfather, a Mennonite, in 1749, and was probably printed sometime in the 16th or 17th century. The Bible of my 4th great-uncle, Peter BREON (1828-1897), did indeed turn up on E-bay. I bought it and it is now in my possession. How such a book, with clippings and even photographs, was ever sold out of the family remains a mystery to me; I treasure it. My maternal great-great-grandmother, Julia (WASYLISZYN) EVINSKY (1868-1941) had a Slovak Bible with a white leather cover that was, to the best of my grandmother's recollection, buried with her! At present, those are the only family Bibles I can think of in our family. Justin Justin Kirk Houser Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) President, Bellefonte Area HS Class of 2003 Student Representative, Bellefonte Area School District Board of Education Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com Historian, Schürch Association of North America (specialty Central PA lines) Member, Valley View United Methodist Church (near Bellefonte, PA) "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature"

FYI: There is a listing on ebay for a Bedford Co. PA family bible: Item # 1529757152 Here is some of the listing: "The "Presented To" and "Matrimony" pages are empty..The marriage, birth, and death records are for David Taylor (Lutz) bn. 1847 in Bedford Co., PA of Michael and Rosa Emma and Frances Virginia Heffner bn. 1847 daughter of Sam and Mary Elizabeth Heffner .and their children." ----- Original Message ----- From: <JKHouser84@aol.com> To: <PACENTRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 6:37 AM Subject: [PACENTRE] Family Bibles > Hello all, > > In our family, the Bibles followed various patterns: > > The BREON Bible of my great-great-grandparents (Elias & Laura) was passed to > the youngest child and son, and is in the hands of his youngest son (my > grandfather). > > The SLIKER Bible of my great-great-grandparents (John & Mary) was passed to > the youngest child and daughter (with whom my great-great-grandmother also > lived), and then to her eldest daughter (my grandfather's sister). > > The HARTER Bible really got around. I believe that the one I have seen was > purchased by my great-great-grandfather, Andrew Harter (1823-1900), and given > as a wedding gift to his daughter, Lucy Belle, and Lawrence Hile in 1886. > Somehow, Lucy Belle gave it to her sister Laura (my great-great-grandmother). > All of their siblings are written in it, along with many photographs and > obituary clippings. It descended to my great-great-aunt (the middle child), > and is now in the hands of her daughter, my cousin Eleanor, who is now 85 > years old. I borrowed it for an extended period and copied everything out of > it. > > There was another Bible that belonged to the parents in this family (Andrew > and Susan HARTER), which was a German Bible. The last I knew of it was in > Virginia. The woman who had it died last summer, and I have written to her > daughter for copies of anything of interest in it, but have heard nothing. > > The HOUSER family Bible, printed in the German, and which may have been one > of the celebrated Froschauer Bibles, was supposed to have been in the > possession of my great-grandfather, but "disappeared" either just before or > during his estate sale in 1979. I strongly believe this Bible was the one > brought to America by my 6th great grandfather, a Mennonite, in 1749, and was > probably printed sometime in the 16th or 17th century. > > The Bible of my 4th great-uncle, Peter BREON (1828-1897), did indeed turn up > on E-bay. I bought it and it is now in my possession. How such a book, with > clippings and even photographs, was ever sold out of the family remains a > mystery to me; I treasure it. > > My maternal great-great-grandmother, Julia (WASYLISZYN) EVINSKY (1868-1941) > had a Slovak Bible with a white leather cover that was, to the best of my > grandmother's recollection, buried with her! > > At present, those are the only family Bibles I can think of in our family. > > Justin > > Justin Kirk Houser > Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond > Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) > President, Bellefonte Area HS Class of 2003 > Student Representative, Bellefonte Area School District Board of Education > Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com > Historian, Schürch Association of North America (specialty Central PA lines) > Member, Valley View United Methodist Church (near Bellefonte, PA) > "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" > > > ==== PACENTRE Mailing List ==== > Ideas for new projects to get Centre County data online? E-mail the listowner! Also visit our Centre Co. GenWeb archives page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/centrez.html >