Thanks for sending the link to the web page. I went to the web page & sent to my friend in PA also! Very interesting article, & it's wonderful the family has kept "family reunions going for years". I think they said 75? Wow if so! And over time the family has bought other properties, or acres to keep for their children. Cathy > [Original Message] > From: Karen Fox <karenmfox@verizon.net> > To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/24/2007 1:55:34 PM > Subject: [PD-LIFE] Dreibelbis family article > > There is an fairly long article in today's (8/24/07) Reading Eagle (PA) newspaper about the recently held 75th consecutive annual family reunion of the descendants of John Jacob DREIBELBIS. John Jacob landed in Philadelphia on Sept. 26, 1732. He served as an indentured servant in Germantown for 11 years to pay for his passage. At the end of his service, his employer gave him 153 acres in Fleetwood (then Philadelphia County, now Berks), now owned by Giorgi Mushroom Co., Blandon and is buried on that property. He had three sons, Jacob B., Martin and Abraham. Son Jacob built a log cabin and settled on a 180-acre farm in Virginville. The reunion was held at this Dreibelbis Historic Farm in Virginville, which is currently owned by a Dreibelbis descendant. Three hundred and fourteen people attended the weekend reunion. > > This link to the full article online is only good for today - I'm not connected to the Dreibelbis family (well I haven't come across a connection in my research yet - genealogists learn to never say never!), but I thought it made for some interesting reading. > > http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=56214 > > Enjoy! > > ~Karen from Berks > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, Thanks Karen, because I KNOW I've seen Dreibelbis somewhere in my family research that is still not entered into my database. I've been saving everything that I have come across in my research. Don't have much because it isn't my direct line, but I save them just in case it does connect someday :o) It is VERY distant, but still there, SOMEwhere :o) Lynn Karen wrote: There is an fairly long article in today's (8/24/07) Reading Eagle (PA) newspaper about the recently held 75th consecutive annual family reunion of the descendants of John Jacob DREIBELBIS. John Jacob landed in Philadelphia on Sept. 26, 1732. He served as an indentured servant in Germantown for 11 years to pay for his passage. At the end of his service, his employer gave him 153 acres in Fleetwood (then Philadelphia County, now Berks), now owned by Giorgi Mushroom Co., Blandon and is buried on that property. He had three sons, Jacob B., Martin and Abraham. Son Jacob built a log cabin and settled on a 180-acre farm in Virginville. The reunion was held at this Dreibelbis Historic Farm in Virginville, which is currently owned by a Dreibelbis descendant. Three hundred and fourteen people attended the weekend reunion. > > This link to the full article online is only good for today - I'm not connected to the Dreibelbis family (well I haven't come across a connection in my research yet - genealogists learn to never say never!), but I thought it made for some interesting reading. > > http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=56214