Patricia Earnest Suter of rdearnestassociates/Earnest Archives and Library will speak on her book about Peter Montelius
May 20, Time TBD
|Himmel’s (Heaven’s) Church
May 20 Patricia Earnest Suter of rdearnestassociates/Earnest Archives will speak on her book about Peter Montelius, printer at Himmel’s, teacher, organist, chorister, surveyor, justice of the peace and ancestor of many Himmel’s folks
Time & Location
May 20, Time TBD
Himmel’s (Heaven’s) Church, 107 Covered Bridge Rd, Dornsife, PA 17823, USA
About the Event
Virtual Cemetery Walk to be held May 20, 2023
On Saturday afternoon, May 20, 2023 beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the sanctuary, “A Journey Upstream” will be presented at Himmel’s Church. It will be a walk back in time and a virtual cemetery walk which will include the meeting of interesting personalities from Himmel’s 250 year history.
The event will begin with a series of hymns each pre-ceded by a brief description of its origin and an accompanying description of world and cultural events intertwined with Himmel’s history. With each hymn, time moves back 25 to 50 years until 1773 and the founding of Himmel’s Church. This sets the stage for the stories of the following nine persons who will be portrayed or share their stories. These persons include the following:
Anna Maria Bordner Schneider (1756-1827) Matriarch and Pioneer settler.
Johann Nickolas Schneider (1749-1821) Revolutionary War soldier, Pioneer Settler and…