Hi everyone, The following documents were found in a family bible given to me by my aunt. I don't know the origin of the bible, as none of these people fit into my family. sherri Bangor, PA ====================================================== Thomas B. Ritter Thomas B. Ritter, 85, retired night watchman, died at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the residence, 413 E. Broad St., Bethlehem. Until his retirement some years ago he looked after the business establishments in the Broad and Main Sts. Sections of the city. He was born Dec. 22, 1856, in Macada, a son of the late Daniel and Mary Fretz Ritter, and was a member of Emmanuel E.C. church, Keystone Lodge, 78, I.O.O.F., Bethlehem Aeirie, 284, Fraternal Order of Eagles and I.O.R.M. Surviving are a son, Grover D. Ritter, Pennside, Reading; three daughters, Mrs. Oliver Barres and Mrs. Edward McCance, Bethlehem; Mrs. George Weaver, Germantown; a brother, Emmanuel Ritter, Perkasie; also 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Simon Kerchenthal, Nazareth, died last September and his wife, Lena Mosebach Ritter, 33 years ago. Rev. Frank G. Yost will officiate at funeral services at 2 p.m. Friday in the C.E. Ruth home, 139 E. Broad St., Bethlehem. Interment, Fairview cemetery. ====================================================== Original Marriage Certificate I, the undersigned, hereby certify that on the Twenty-third day of December, on thousand eight hundred & ninety-nine, at Bethlehem, PA., Mr. Simon J. Kirchenthal and Miss Nellie E.A. Ritter were by me UNITED IN MARRIAGE in accordance with license issued by the Clerk of Orphans’ Court of Northampton County, Pa. I.W. Bieber Ev. Luth. Minister of the Gospel. No. 8071 ====================================================== CLASS OF YOUNG PERSONS CONFIRMED Trinity Lutheran Church, Hecktown, Pa. ON OCTOBER 21st, 1887. By I.W. BIEBER, Pastor. MALES Simon J. Kerchenthal, William A. Billheimer, Charles P. Kleppinger, Messeles R. Audenried, Leander J. Michael, Alfred E. A. Beitler, Charles A. T. Nagel, Charles A. Brown, Harvery M. Ritter, William H. Doffert, Palmer D. Ritter, Harvey A. Dornblaser, Milton H. Roth, William L. George, Eilus O. Saylor, Joseph S. Gradwohl, Charles E. Schaeffer, J. Jacob Ettwein Albert R. Siegfried, Wilson O. Ettwein, Harry D. Siegfried, Irwin D. Hellick, Charles A. Steuben, John S.F. Herman, David A. Steuben Charles D. Huber, Alfred H. Weaver, John R. Jones, Clinton J. Weaver, Charles E. King, FEMALES Agnes M. Ackerman, Lizzie R. Lawall, Maggie E. Bellis, Amy A. Ritter, Susan V. Dech, Mary A. Rohn, Clara S. Edelman, Camilla E. Schall, Ada N. Edelman, Mary A. Schaffer, Mary A. George, Alice M. Schnerr, Esther M. Herman, Cora J. Schnerr, Sarah J. Haupt, Rosa R. Schortz, Christiana R. Herman, Annie C. Steuber, Cora E. King, Hannah E. Young, Eva Koehler.