Barnet GRAFF

                   She is married to Albert Sunday, in the 1900 census, she had 5 children, only 2 of whom were alive. Curtis was with them. She was born in Jul 1845. She had been married for 31 years.

She is mentioned in her mothers obit as married to Alvin Sunday. They lived in Farmers, York county in 1918.

Headstone at Holzschwamm said: Prudence, wife of Albert; 1845 - 1930
                  

                   I put the birthplace on for Temple Ready.
In the 1860 census he was living with Henry and Francis. Listed as Talberth Grafe.
1870 census he was living with his grandparents, Henry and Francis.
I have photographed the headstone. The headstone stated that he was 19 - 9 -9.
The headstone also stated that he was the son of Barnet and Susanna. F 8, 1867.
                  

                   From the census I got the birthdate of Aug 1849.
Noted in the 1860 census. 1860 census says that she was deaf and dumb.
1870 -  stated she was deaf and dumb.
1900 census, she was with her brother Howard. She couldn't read or write, or speak English.
She possibly could have been the Matilda that was with Prudence in 1880.

9 Oct 1937 Gettysburg Compiler "Miss Ottila Graff, 88, died Thursday morning at the home of her sister. Mrs. Ida Sheely, New Oxford.
She was a daughter of the late Barnett and Susan Stover Graff and was born October 19, 1848.
Surviving are the following sisters and brother. Mrs. Ida Sheely, with whom she resided; Mrs. Clara Maul, Carlin, NV; Uriah Graff, York; and Mrs. Jones Rebert, Hanover.
Funeral Services Sunday afternoon at the home at 2 o.clock, with the Rev, Howard E. Sheely, pastor of the New Oxford Reformed Church charge, officiating. Interment in the Lutheran cemetery, Abbottstown.
                  

                   Noted as 9 years old in the 1860 census.

1870 - married and living in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri. She was Jennie.
1880 census she was in Parson, Labette, KA, with her husband. She was Jennie.
1900 - in Parsons. Name was Jennie. Also had C.  Said she had 4 children, 3 living.
1910 - living with family in Parson. She had 4 children, 3 who were living in 1910.
1917 ish - she was listed on Frank's draft registration card. She lived at 621 N 17th Parsons, Labette, KA.
1920 - C came from this census. She was a widow living in Parsons. Minnie was with her.
1925 - living in Kiowa, Valley, KA. Living with Minnie.
1952 - she was not alive. Only Katie survived of the family.
Mentioned as Jane Sourbeer, of Kansas in her mothers obit in 1918.  Lived in Parson, KA in 1915.

Not mentioned in Uriah's obit in 1944.

Obit - New Oxford Item: 25 Feb 1915 - she is listed as wife of Ambrose McElroy Sourbeer.
                  

                   1870 - he was a hireling at Soloman Maul's nbext door. Listed as Frank. O.
Went by Pierce F. Was a blacksmith in 1880. He was living in Paradise Township. Listed in the 1880 census as Pierce, next door to his  mother.
He had at least 2 grandsons who lived with him during various census. Richard Resh, born about 1912 (in the 1920 census), and William Resh, who was born about 1903, who was in the 1910 Census. They were all born in PA.
1900 census he was living in Paradise. Joanna, William and Katie are with him. He was a blacksmith.
I have photographed his grave. His wife, daughter and other grandson are with him.
He was living with Soloman Maul as a Hireling during the 1870 census.
1913 - he sold his blacksmith stand and dwellling in Paradise to Mathias Grim. Aug.
1915 he was living in Abbottstown. (Howard's obit)  He was called Pierce.
1918 he was living in Abbottstown.
1920 - had sold his home to Rev. and Mrs. Lau. It was one mile east of Abbottstown.
1930 - living in York with William.

Obit: The Gettysburg Times 9 Feb 1937
F. Pierce Graff, 84, who for many years conducted a blacksmith shop along the Lincoln Highway, west of York, died Monday morning. Death was caused by a combination of diseases, following a lingering illness. Surviving are a son, William Graff, York; a brother Uriah, West York and 4 sisters.

Guests at Pierce's 78th birthday in 1930: Mrs. Minnie Lerew, of Michigan; Mrs. Ida Sheely, New Oxford; Mrs. Belle Ziegler, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Ness, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Altland. George Sterner, the Misses Tillie Graff, Grace Graff and Louisa Winand, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Graff and children, Donald, Frances and Dorothea, Mr. and Mrs WIlliam Graff and son     Harold??  Mrs. Stoner, the Misses Pauline Stoner and Grace Stoner and Cleveland Zimmerman, of York.
                  

                   His records are at St. Johns Lutheran. His sponser at his baptism was Frena Graef.
                  

                   Seems to have gone by Howard. Howard always appears first even though it was originally Henry Howard.
1870 - he was a hireling with his brother at Soloman Maul's next door to his family.
Lived in Reading during the 1880 census..
I have photographed the headstone. Headstone said 60 - 4 - 0
Was working a hireling at Soloman Maul's during the 1870 census.
I have his record in the 1900 and 1910 census.

Obituary in the Adams County New (Gettsyburg, PA) Feb 13 1915.  "Howard H. Graff, died on Friday in York aged 60 years.
He is survived by his wife, and one daughter, C. Grace Graff, and C.P. Graff, living at home, and H. B. Graff, of Wheeling, W.VA., and tow brothers, Uriah Graff, West York, and Pierce Graff, of Abbottstown.
Funeral Monday morning, leaving his late home at 8 o'clock.. Services and interment at the Lutheran Church, Abbottstown."

New Oxford Item: 11 Feb 1915- Howard H. Graff died at his home in York @ 3:45 o'clock on Friday morning, aged 60 yeats and 4 months. Mr. Graff's death was due to apoplexy with which he was seized on Sunday morning previous and never regained consciousness, Deceased was born and reared near Abbottstown, but has been living in York for some years.
His wife, who was a Miss Patterson, of Hamilton Township, died some years ago.  Surviving are two sons and one daughter, Miss Grace Graff and C.P. Graff, at home, and H. B. Graff, of Wheeling, W.Va. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Susan Graff, now in her 87th year, residing in York; two brothers, Pierce Graff, of Abbottstown; Uriah Graff, of York, and six sisters,, Mrs. Albert  Sunday, of Farmers, York county; Mrs. A.M. Saurbeer, Parsons, KA; Mrs. W.E. Maul, Carlin, NV; Mrs. Jonas Rebert, Hanover; Mrs. W.F. Sheely, of this place, and Miss Lillie Graff, who kept house for the deceased. The funeral took place on Monday morning, services being held at the Lutheran Church at Abbottstown, and interment made in the Abbottstown cemetery, the Rev. F.C. Sternat officiating.

Must have had a second wife, if Mary was dead by 1898, but he was survived by his wife....

A notice in the January 2 1929 Gettysburg Times - 50 years ago, Married - Graff - Patterson, Oct 13, by Rev. W.F. Colliflower, howard Graff, of Paradise township,, York County, to Miss Mollie A. Patterson, of Hamilton township, this county.
                  

                   I put the birthplace on for Temple Ready.
I photographed her headstone. It said that she was the wife of William Warren. I don't see him buried anywhere around here. She is next to the Stovers, and next to Howard and his wife.
The headstone says that she was born on 24 Jul 1857.
She is in the 1860 census as Allis.
1870 - she is Anna Graeff- 13 years old, a maid in Michael Lau's house.  They are on the same census page as the her grandparents, etc. She is under

See was buried under the name Annie Graff.

She was apparently working as a maid in the household of Michael Lau in the1870 census. She went by Anna.

New Oxford Item 12 Sep 1907.  Mrs. Annie, widow of William Warren, died in a Reading hospital on the 4th  inst. from dropsy and other complications, aged 50 years, 1 month and 9 days. Deceased was a daughter of Mrs. Susan Graff and was born and reared near Abbottstown. Her husband died about 15 years ago. Besides her mother, three brothers - Pierce Graff, of Abbottstown, Howard and Uriah Graff of York,  and six sisters - Mrs. William Moul of Carbin, NV., Mrs. A, M, Sauerbeer, Parsons, KA., Mrs. Jonas Rebert Smith's Station; Mrs. Albert Sunday, La Bott; Miss Tillie Graff, York; and Mrs. William F. Sheely, Philadelphia St. New Oxford, survive her. The remains were brought to the home of her mother near Abbottstown, on Friday from which place the funeral was held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, interment being made in the Lutheran Cemetery Abbottstown. Rev. Dr. Clare officiating.
                  

                   1870 - listed as Kate - deaf and dumb.
I got the H. from the 1880 census.
Death date came from One World Tree.
Was listed as Kate in the 1870 census. If this was her, she was listed as deaf and dumb. This would match.
1889 - in a survey the supposedly had 1 daughter and 2 sons, all hearing.
In her father's obit, there was a Kate who was married to a Rebert, and was living in Hanover in 1944 when her brother Uriah died.
1900 census, she had 4 children, all of whom were living.  They were living in Heidelberg, York, PA.
1907 She is listed as Mrs. Jonas Rebert of Smith's Station in the Obit on her sister Annie.
1915  Mrs. Jonas Rebert of Hanover is mentioned in Howard's obit. She was living in Hanover, PA.
1918 she was living in Kansas.
1920 census:  Both still alive,  had a daughter Minnie with them. They were living in Hanover.  Katie was deaf.
1930 -  living with Bessie and George in Penn, York, PA.
Still alive in 1937 at Ottila's death. She was Mrs. Jones Rebert, Hanover.
1951 - was alive when her sister Ida died.
1952 - when Clara died, she was listed as Katie Rebert, of Hanover.


** There is a Virtie Edna Rebert, born to Jonas and Katie, born 18 Feb 1890, baptized 7 Mar 1892 @ Bethel Reformed Church at Smith's Station. That would match.

6 -7- 09  I am putting information in as if this were the Kate.
9-27-09  Found a marriage record of Jonas H. Rebert and Katie Graff. Date of marriage was 1880. This was a U.S Special survey on Deaf Marriages and Hearing Relatives 1888- 1895. It says that they were distantly related.
U.S. Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895  about Katie Graff  - but it says her father and mother were Jacob and Catherine????? She had a sister Juliann C. Graff, born in 1851????

This is really sticky.   Maybe this wasn't Katie????

   Name:	Katie Graff
Gender:	Female
Residence:	Hanover, Pennsylvania
Marriage Date:	1880
Spouse:	Jonas H Rebbert
Gender:	Male
Residence:	Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States
Father:	Jonas Rebbert
Repository:	Gallaudet University

9-27-09 Looks like they were both deaf. She was deaf at birth.
                  

                   Living with her mother and child Dora during the 1880 census. Listed as Maul in the Social Security Index.
1900 living in Carlin, Elko, NV.  She had 2 children, both living.
1915 was living in Carlin, NV.
1918 was living in NV.
1944 - Was listed in her brother Uriah's obit, as living in Carlin, NV.
1951 - was living in Millabra, CA.

California Death Index, 1940-1997  about Clara Frances Maul
Name:	Clara Frances Maul [Clara Frances Graff]
Social Security #:	0
Sex:	FEMALE
Birth Date:	18 May 1862
Birthplace:	Pennsylvania
Death Date:	1 Nov 1952
Death Place:	San Mateo
Mother's Maiden Name:	Stover
FATHER'S SURNAME:	Graff

Mrs. William Maul:
Word has been received by Mrs. Katie Rebert, Hanover, of the death 2 Nov 1952 of her sister, Mrs. Clara Graff Maul, 90. Millbrae, Calif., wife of the late William Maul and former resident of Hanover. Mrs. Maul's death resulted from complications following a hip fracture. Besides Mrs. Rebert she leaves two children, two grandchildren and two great greandchildren, all of Millbrae. Burial was in Reno, Nev. Mrs. Rebert, 92, now the last surviving member of the Graff family, which formerly inculded Mrs. Ida Sheely and Miss Tillie Graff, late of New Oxford.
                  

                   Gettysburg Times obit stated she was buried in the New Oxford cemetery.

1900 census - living in New Bedford. she had 1 child, none of who were living at that time.
1920 census - living in New Oxford.
1930 - in New Oxford. Living alone - she was a widow.

22 Mar 1951:
The Gettysburg Times:

The Gettysburg Times - 21 Feb 1951
Mrs. Ida Sheely, 85, widow of William P. Sheely, died at her home, Lincolnway east, New oxford, Tues morning at 11:05 from a complication of diseases.
She was a native of York county, a daughter of the late Barnett and Susan (Stover) Graff. Mrs. SHeely was a well-known as an antique dealer. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, New Oxford, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Hoffman orphanage. Her husband died 25 years ago.
Surviving are two sister, Mrs. Clara Maul, Miullbra, CA; and Mrs. Katie Rebert, Hanover.  A number of nephews and nieces also survive.
Funeral services Friday at 2 PM, interment in the New Oxford cemetery.

The will of Ida L. Sheely, New Oxford, has been entered for probate at the office of the county register and recorder. Bequests of $500 to St. Paul's Reformed Church, New Oxford, and $500 to Hoffman orphanage are provided from the $13,750 estate. Other amounts and specific bequests of furniture and antiques are made to relatives. Myrtle G. Baugher, Roselle, N.J.; Grace Graff, York, and Harold Graff, Martinsburg, W. VA, are named as executors.
                  

                   I put the birthplace on for Temple Ready.
I photographed the headstone. Its next to Barnett and Tolbert.
Saw the baptism, birth and death records in St. Johns Records. Father is listed as Barney, mother as Susan.
The headstone said: daughter of Barnet and Susanna. O 12, 1867, 0 - 9 - 2.
                  

                   Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 about Uriah Graef
Name:	Uriah Graef
Birth Date:	14 Jan 1869
Event Type:	Baptism
Baptism Date:	7 Apr 1869
Baptism Place:	Abbottstown, Adams, Pennsylvania
Father Name:	Barney Graef
Mother Name:	Susan Graef
Organization Name:	St John´s Lutheran Church


Was 10 years old and living with his mother during the 1880 census.
1900 census he was living in West Manchester, York, PA.  He was a teamster.
1910 census was living in West Manchester, York, PA.
1915 was living according to his brother Howard's obit.

1944 - when he died he had 2 grandchildren.

East Berlin News: 8 Apr 1927. A fracture of the right leg, suffered on Mar 23, when he was kicked by a horse while in the stables of Uriah Graff, West York, where he was employed, proved fatal Friday to Jonas Smith, at the West Side sanitorium. He was aged 77 years. Smith was found in a helpless condition by his employer on the morning of the accident. He was immediately rushed to the samitorium.

East Berlin News: 25 Jan 1929: Uriah Graff, West York, who is well known here, is anxious to hear from someone who will suggest a way to remove paint from his whiskers and hair. Last Saturday evening Mr. Graff went to the bath room to shave and in mistake got a tube of green paint for shaving cream. This he put on the shaving brush and smeared all over his face, before he knew what it was. In his effort to remove the paint from his face, he got it into the hair of his head and thus far has been unable to remove it.

Oct 2, 1944 - The Gettysburg Times: "Elderly Man is Hit-Run Victim"
Injuries sustained Friday night when he was struck by a hit-run driver proved fatal to Uriah Graff, 75 years old, West York, shortly before 5 o'clock Saturday morning at the West Side sanitarium. Death was attributed to a crushed and fractured pelvis, head chest and internal injuries.
Mr Graff was crossing West Market street in the 1500 block in West York around 8 o'clock Friday night when he was struck.
The victim is survived by one son, Herald Graff, with whom he resided; a daughter, Mrs. James Baugher, Roselle, N.J. ,two grandchildren, and three sisters; Mrs Kate Rebert, Hanover. Mrs. Clara Maul, Carlin, Nev.; and Mrs. Ida Sheeley, New Oxford. He was a member of the Reliance Fire Company, West York.
Funeral services from the A.F. Koller funeral home, 1415 West Market street, York. Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment in Mt. Rose cemetery.
(6/6/09 - I had him buried at St. Johns, but this proves my information wrong.)
                  

                   St. Johns Register had the birth and baptism.
                  

                   The only record I have of this sister is from the 1880 census, where she is living with Prudence and her family. It says that she is a sister-in-law.