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    3. Dundore The founder of the family in America was Jacob K. Dundore, the great-great-grandfather to the present Jacob K. Dundore., and he was born in the Rhine county, July 25, 1720, either in France or Germany, possibly in either Alsace or Lorraine. As he used the German language, it is inferred that his native counrty was one of thhe German provinces. He came to the New World prior to 1749, as the first record of him here is in that year, when he was in the neighborhood of the Host Church in Tulphocken township, Berks county, then Lancaster county. His wife, Anna Maria, he married just proir, or just after coming to America. He had 8 children, 5 sons and 3 daugters. John Dundore, son of Jacob K., married Cathaine Geiss, born Dec 23, 1753, and died June 12, 1827. Both are buried in the Bern church yard. They had 9 children. #4. Catharine, born Nov 24, 1782, died Jan. 17, 1840 married Jacob Miesse, #8. Elizabeth,born March 10, 1794, married Daniel Miesse, and died about 1867 Klein, Warren Frantz, MD, son Daniel R., and Elizabeth (Frantz) Klein, was born near Bethel, Berks county. Daniel Klein, grandfather, was born near Hamburg, Berks county, and had 3 sons, one of whom was Daniel R.,the father of Dr. Warren., he was a minister in the German Baptist Church. He died in the fall of 1899, in his 63rd year. Elizabeth Klein, the mother of Dr. Warren, was the d/o Jacob Frantz, of Rehrersburg, Berks Co., she died in 1876 in her 34th year. Dr. Warren Frantz Klein was the 2nd of 7 children;Frank F., Warren F., Pamela R., the wife of Morris "Yagley" of Lebanon county, Emma F., the wife of Nathan G. Lantz, of Lebanon, Mary F., wife of Henry Long, and a son and daughter who died. Gibble, Aaron O., of S. Jackson township, was born Nov 28, 1851 Heidelberg township, s/o John P. and Annie (Oberholtzer) Gibble. John Gibble, the father, was born in 1824, in Heidelberg, a son of John. Children; Samuel, John, Joseph, Daniel, Nathan, Elizabeth,wife Jacob Minnich, of Lititiz, Lancaster county, Katharine, the wife of John L. Meyer, of Bethel township, Lebanon county, Lydia, the wife of John Lantz of Bethel township. The great-grandfather was Samuel Gibble, and it was his father who emigrated from Germany and founded this family in this state. Arnold Paternal grandfather, Peter Arnold, married Elizabeth Herchilroth, and was born at Reading, went from Reading to Manheim, where he married, his wife being at native of Lancaster county. Of his relative, it is known that he had 2 brothers, one a hatter, and the other a banker. The chidren born to Peter, Sarah, who married John Ebersole, John H., Peter, and several others who died in infancy. Horst, Irwin, of S. Lebanon township, in 1894, married Anna Brubacker, of S. Lebanon, a d/o Samuel and Mary (Yeagley) Brubacker. Long Philip Sheridan Long, of Lebanon, was born May 10, 1866, son of Samuel B. and Caroline (Koonts) Long. The father was born in Londonderry, Oct 2, 1845, and the mother in E. Hanover, Dec 12,1847. The paternal grandfather, Jacob Long, also a native of Londonderry township (at that time a part of Dauphin). The great-grandfather, was farmer, the grandfather, a shoemaker and the father, a farmer. The maternal grandfather was Solomon Koonts, a native of E. Hanover, born in 1819, a son of Philip. The maternal grandmother was Susanna Walmer, born in E. Hanover, d/o William Walmer, who married ___ Focht. The parental grandmother was Eliza Brown, who was born at Derry Church, Dauphin county, d/o Henry Brown. Children of Jacob Long and wife, the grandparents; Katie N., Sarah, Caroline, David, Samuel B., Cyrus, Louisa, Lizzie, Malinda, and Emma. To Samuel B. Long and wife. Philip Sherdian, Annie M., who married John Swartz, of Lebanon, Lizzie who maried Marshall Achey,of Phila., Mary, who married Joseph E. Davis, of Wilmington, DE., Fannie, the wife of J.H. Frey of Lebanon, and Cyrus J. of Lebanon. Philip Sherdian Long, married Aug 29, 1886 Amelia Spang, who was born in Lebanon, Oct 3, 1867, a d/o Henry and Malinda (Yeagley) Long. Best Wishes, Geri

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