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Anna Weber
Anna Weber (1814–1888) was a Canadian Mennonite Fraktur artist. Life Weber was born June 3, 1814, in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to a Mennonite family of Swiss descent. She was the fifth of ten children born to Johannes Weber and Catherine Gehman. Though she was more widely known as Anna, she was also sometimes called "Nance" and she is recorded as "Nancy Weber" in "A Biographical History of Waterloo Region" by Ezra E. Eby. In 1721, Anna's great-great-grandfather, Henry ("Heiner") Weber, immigrated to America from Switzerland and purchased about 3,000 acres of land in the Conestoga River valley in Pennsylvania. This area, now known as Weaverland, is where Anna and her parents and grandparents were born and where Anna first attended parochial school. Her father, John Weaver, was ordained a deacon in the Weaverland Mennonite Church in 1820. In April 1825, Anna's family migrated to Woolwich Township in what is now Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. As first se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Earl Township is a township in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,149 at the 2020 census. History The David Davis Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.14%) is water. It contains the communities of Martindale, Hinkletown, Vogansville, and Laurel Hill, and it surrounds the borough of New Holland, a separate municipality. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 6,183 people, 2,019 households, and 1,617 families living in the township. The population density was 281.7 people per square mile (108.8/km). There were 2,126 housing units at an average density of 96.9/sq mi (37.4/km). The racial makeup of the township was 97.27% White, 0.60% African American, 1.15% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |