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Reminiscences of Lititz 1828 1838 in Weitzel Memoir
In Lizetta M. Weitzel’s reminiscence, Lititz’s early streets are traced from the 1828 to 1838 era. It lists residents, trades, and buildings along Main and Water streets, detailing homes of Zitzman, Ricksecker, Schoenlein, Kraemer, Sturgis, Masslich, and many others, plus church features, the organ, and the 1838 fire that reshaped the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lizetta M. Weitzel
Phillip Bachman
David Tannenberger
Ward
Abraham Reinke
Paulick
Dieners
Brothers’ and Sisters
John Christian Bechler
Ile
Christ
Sisters’ House
Linden Hall Seminary
Charles Grosh
Jacob Geitner
Samuel Grosh
Joseph Zahm
Matthais Tschudy
Rudy
Jacob
John Kraemer
Samuel Lichtenthaeler
Francis Christ
Frederick Keller
Kraemers
N. D. Sturgis
Pretzel Baker
Adolph Lichtenthaeler
Christian
Abraham
Peter Koreiter
Frank Spickler
Benjamin B. Hertzler
Mother Kapp
Philip Cann
Jacob Rock
Samuel H. Rock
Water Street
Linden Hall
Rosel Rauch
Altho
John Thomas
Masslich
Lydia Frank
G. L. Hepp
Mr. Hey
George Thom
Wby
Howard Evans
Frederick Adolph Tive
Holland
Alse
John Miller
Emma Span
Olga Beckler
Aufseher Collegium
John Levering
Pappy Levering
J. Frank Buch
John Or
Deans Peterson
David Bricker
John Regennas
Fianna Pfautz
Fianna Reidenbach
John Schott
Lebanon
E. Main
N. Cedar Street
W. C. Evans
Christian Christ
Francis W. Christ
Malta
William Rauch
C. E. Lane
Christian Hall
Adui
Siste
Leonard
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Michigan