The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . ow the Ghost was Laid—A Christmas Story 406 The Old-Time Pennsylvania-German Christmas—By the Editor . .411 Are the Pennsylvania- Germans a Peculiar People ?—By Rev. George W. Sandt, 419 A Pennsylvania-German Anthology—By Supt. R. K. Buehrle, 422 A Wink at Santa Clans—A Story for the Boys and Girls .... 423Historic Buildings of the Lehigh Valley—By Charles R. Roberts. n. The Rhoads Homestead 428 Literary Gems: Die Christba
The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . ow the Ghost was Laid—A Christmas Story 406 The Old-Time Pennsylvania-German Christmas—By the Editor . .411 Are the Pennsylvania- Germans a Peculiar People ?—By Rev. George W. Sandt, 419 A Pennsylvania-German Anthology—By Supt. R. K. Buehrle, 422 A Wink at Santa Clans—A Story for the Boys and Girls .... 423Historic Buildings of the Lehigh Valley—By Charles R. Roberts. n. The Rhoads Homestead 428 Literary Gems: Die Christbaume—Christmas Trees 430 Christmas-Eve Seventy-Five Years Ago—By Onkel Jeff . 430 m Captain Jones sei Chrischtkindel 431 Worshiping the Infant Christ—Die Anbctung des Christkindes. 433 Editorial Dep.\rtment 434 Clippings from Current News 436 Chat With Correspondents 437 Genealogical Notes and Queries 43S Our Book-Table 439 What Pennsylvania-German Writers Are Doing 440 r^^ y^ -i. J \ •Ji>i*Ji£iI»>.»i*-:.^:^J V^).:k^». -^ >i-». FAI .M ^;-r-^w^S^,.^_. ^rC:- /• - v-f:». vi-^ «-?_. t -u.^; ~ . « . ... <;»^ fc«.» .-*•. M. FAMILY THE OLD SCHAEFFER HOMESTEAD IN RICHMOND. BERKS COUNTY. PA. Si|i> P:ettnsQhtanta-^]erman Vol. VII DECEMBER, 1906 No. 8 George Schaeffer, the Pioneer BY D. NICHOLAS SCHAEFFER, ESQ., READIXG, PA. IT is well known that George Schaef-fer, the pioneer of our family, ar-rived at Philadelphia from Rotter-dam in August, 1750. Where he spentthe first few years after his arrival inAmerica, is uncertain. There is a tradi-tion in the family that he had settled tem-porarily in Oley township, Berks county,not far from the Oley furnaces, and thathe made excursions from this point todifferent sections for the purpose of se-lecting a homestead. He evidently hada small sum of money, which he hadbrought with him from Germany andwhich enabled him to secure possessionof a tract
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