Rhoads Opera House Fire of 1908 Victims List

The following tables show the victims of the Rhoads Opera House fire, with the first list showing those individuals whose remains were able to be identified. Names shown as a link (bolded text) are connected to my primary online genealogy database to provide further information about the individual and their families. [Note- links to database …

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Marriages Reported in the Village Record (West Chester)

1820 Marriage On the 6th ult., by Mordecai Lewis, Esq., Mr. JOHN WILSON, to Miss ANNA JACKSON, all of Robeson township, Berks county. (Village Record on October 18, 1820) 1821 Marriage On the 13th instant, by the Rev. John F. Grier, Mr. HENRY PHILIPS BELSTERLING to Miss ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG McCARROLL, all of the borough of …

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Hiester – Reynolds: 03/19/1955, Reading-Exeter Friends

Marriage Certificate of James and Caroline Hiester  Whereas James Cleaver Hiester, of Joanna, County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, son of Albert Edwin Hiester and Ruth Boas Hiester and Caroline Nevin Reynolds, of Township of Brecknock, County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, daughter of Gregg David Reynolds and Elizabeth Bratton Reynolds, having declared …

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Reading: 25th Reunion of Girls High School Class of 1921

Listing of the 1921 class as known in June 1946, indexed by maiden name: Helen Beard WhitmanBeatrice BeaverRuth Boas HiesterHilda Beck SheelerDorothy BohnJulia BowerMaragaret Brady BallietRuth Brant LynchCarolyn Brant KleesMildred Brownmiller SeidelClare CharltonV. H. BellRhena Childs HintzLouise Cohen WalperMary Deem ChristmanCatharine Delong HemingsonEthel Dunkelberger FehrEstella Fidler SponagleDorothy Fritch GreenRose Geissler AndrewsRudy Graeff KnappCatharine Hafer AlbrightEmma …

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Caernarvon Township High School – Class of 1945

Class of 1945[efn_note]trranscribed from graduation program[/efn_note] Edward B. Carvell – U. S. ArmyClarence L. FickJames Cleaver Hiester – U. S. Army *Ernest W. Hostetler – Vice PresidentJohn A. Kruppenabch – PresidentDoris May Kurtz *Grace Marie KurtzJack W. MuhlanebergBetty Jean Murray – TreasurerDonald K. PaulingVerna Louise RappRichard Snyder *Verna Marie Troop- Secretary * *Honor Students

Caernarvon Township High School – Class of 1936

Class of 1936[efn_note]Reading Eagle, 6/1/1936[/efn_note] Frances DeihmAlice FIsherElmer GeigerKathryn GeigerHelen JamesDOrothy KimmeySteven KurtzUrie KurtzEdith LivingoodJohn H. MastEsther McCormickVirginia MillerEllsworth MooreElva OrrClarence PfahlerGenevieve PuutRobert RappElla RuossDella StoltzfusAlice TrateRaymond WallaceIdella Yoder