25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE YNL!
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25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE YNL!
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DNA IDENTIFIES JACOB YODER OF
Jacob
Yoder of Lewisburg, Pa. was born in 1783, married to Mary Sterner
(c1792-2/12/1863), died Apr. 11, 1864 and was buried in the Lewisburg,
By
birth year, he matched a “missing” son of one of the Amish Yoders. The two
oldest sons of Joseph Yoder (YR127) (c1757-1833) who married Elizabeth Jutzi
are listed in his will, but it was not known what became of them. These sons
were named George and Jacob. The YNL had tracked a George Yoder into
Peter,
the oldest son of Jacob of Lewisburg, moved to
Therefore,
when we found our first volunteer in this family to join the Yoder DNA Project,
we expected to see that the value for Y-DNA marker “19” would be “16” which is
shared by the Amish Yoder lines. Instead, we had a surprise!
The
Amish 12 position DNA profile is:
The test results from the Jacob
descendant were:
This
result was obviously not a match to the Amish line. It effectively ruled out
Jacob of Lewisburg as having been George’s brother or YR127’s son. It also does
not match to the ancestral Yoder profile. BUT it does match to one of the
profiles which appear in the Oley Hans Yoder line! Two of the sons of Hans son
of Hans the immigrant (“OH1”) have different distinctive profiles, indicating
they are not the natural son of OH1.
JACOB YODER--CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
OH1- John
Yoder m1. Barbara______ m2.
+OH11- Hans (John) Jr. b. c1726
Profile: 
+OH12- Daniel b. c1723 –had girls- Y-DNA profile not known
+OH13- Samuel b.
Profile: 
+OH14- Peter b.
Profile:
OH15- Maria
Johanna b.
The Jacob of
Lewisburg descendant 12 marker profile is an exact match to the OH14- Peter
Yoder line!
OH14- Peter Yoder was married by Rev. Frederich Rothenbuehler
on 12/7/1762 in the First Reformed Church of Philadelphia to Eve Levan Their
children were:
OH141-
Susanna who m. 11/3/1789 at the Schwartzenwald Reformed Church to Daniel Hoch (10/29/1755- 10/7/1835) She
died before 9/8/1809 and was buried at the Zion Union Ch.
OH142- Catherine who m1. ______ Wildbahn m2. Joseph Levan
She died
between 1809 and 9/21/1819.
OH143- Hannah b. 11/3/1767 m. 12/18/1787 Jacob Schraeder
(Schroeder) d. May 1,1853 85y-5m-29d
Pleasantville Union Cemetery
OH144- Anna Maria b. 7/7/1773 m. at Schwartzenwald Reformed Church 6/21/1791 to
Jacob Focht (Vogt) She d. 3/13/1863 and is buried at Huff's Union Church,
Hereford Twp. Berks Co.
+OH145- John who m. Sep.1,1803 at the Schwartzenwald Church to Catharine Levan.
He died after 1819.
+OH146-
Jacob- b. ?
Peter’s will was made 9/8/1809 and probated
10/16/1809. The will gave 168 acres in
What
we knew of this Jacob was that he married a Maria ___. Jacob Yoder “of Oley twp
Purchased land in Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co. Apr.1810". Bro-in-law Joseph
Levan was witness to the 1810 deed. Land records show that on 11 Apr 1815 Jacob Yoder of Whitehall Twp, Lehigh Co, Pa.
bought 151 acres on the West branch of Susquehana River in Northumberland Co,
Pa)
Records of
their children show:
OH1461- girl
b. 1800-1810
OH1462- Judith b. 1/22/1811
OH1463-
OH1464- Peter b. 5/3/1814
This Jacob
appears in the 1810 census for
1810 Census:
Jacob------Yotter------N'mptn------Whtall------042------45+
--------------------male-----female
---------age-45+------1------1
(before 1775)
------------26/45------1------1
------------16/26
------------10/16------1------1
-----Under-10---------------1
The 1800
Census record for Peter and his family supports that second son Jacob was born
about 1784 or later.
1800 Census:
Peter Yoder
Berks Oley 641 45+ (OH14)
male female
age 45+ 1 1
26/45
16-26 1 (1774-1784)
10/16 1 (1784-1790)
<10 1 4
The DNA test results from descendants of Jacob Yoder of
Lewisburg, through both son Nathaniel and son Charles, prove beyond doubt that this
Yoder line sprang from Peter Yoder (OH14). Merging the information we
previously had shows that Jacob Yoder was born in 1783 and he married Mary
Sterner (c1792-2/12/1863). They were residents of Union Co.,
We
can also now see that Jacob Yoder's father-in-law, Christopher Sterner,
preceded Jacob and Maria in the move to what was then
We’d like to recognize the late
Walter and Mae Moore for their many years of research on this line and for
their work in producing in 1994 a detailed family history and descendant record
for the line of Jacob’s son Charles Fisher Yoder (1859-1926).
Walter
and Mae Moore
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OTHER NEW DNA RESULTS
Since
the last YNL we’ve received several other DNA results of significance. These
are outlined as follows:
-We’ve proven
that Melchior Yoder’s 67 marker profile is a full 67 for 67 match with
the other non-Amish Yoders
-One sample
from a descendant of the Catholic Joders of Hecken
-Two samples
from Jacob of Lewisburg prove his Oley link (See the feature article in this
issue).
-Sample from
George Yoder/Polly Bodenmeyer line supports his YR1271 (George s/o Joseph) Amish link.
-YR14 line
test establishes the 67 marker profile
for YR1.
-First test
from YR16 line matches Amish profile.
HEIRLOOM
COVERLET
A
coverlet that moved with Charles Sterner Yoder (1817-1895) from
Charles
and Mary Ann Yoder moved with their son Herman Brown Yoder, his wife Mary Alice
Herr, their children, and two other families by renting a freight car to carry
their combined household belongings to Sedgwick County, Kansas. Herman and Mary Alice Yoder inherited the
coverlet, and when it was no longer used, it was saved as a precious piece of
past Yoder history, noteworthy because of the signed blocks that told when and
where it was made.
Benjamin
Angstad, the coverlet maker, and other weavers owned looms on which elaborate
designs could be woven. They moved these
looms from town to town. People could
choose designs, colors, and decide whether the coverlet would be woven in one
piece or in two pieces seamed in the middle.
The Yoder coverlet is a beiderwand weave, woven in one piece,
double-bordered, blue-on-white, and the design is relatively plain for Benjamin
Angstad’s work, which could be more elaborate and colorful. Nevertheless, it’s a beauty.
—Contributed by Betty Yoder,
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ORIGINS OF THE AMISH YODERS - CLUES IN THE DNA
The
Y Chromosome DNA profile for the Amish Yoders shows the earliest mutation from
the ancestral pattern. This mutation appears in marker “19” as a value of “16”
instead of the “15” which appears in lines of the Oley, Hans of Great Swamp,
Melchior, Conrad Yoder, and the living
Steffisburg Switzerland lines. As the mutation occurs in BOTH descendants of
YR1 and YR2, we know it is a pre-immigrant mutation which occurred at the
latest with the father of these two men. YR1 was born c1695 and YR2 c1700.
So we would look to their father as a male Joder born before 1675. The Amish 12 position DNA profile is as
follows:
This
mutation also appears in the descendants of the other 18th century
Amish Yoder, Yost Yoder (YRB), meaning he was descended from a common ancestor
as YR1 and YR2, likely their father or grandfather. Genealogical data shows
several American immigrants who can be connected to Steffisburg family of the
brothers Nicholas and Yost. In YNL 12
and 13, our Senior Editor Rachel Kreider speculated on which Steffisburg Joder
male could have been the father of YR1 and YR2. We can now add to this analysis
the results of the DNA testing.
First,
who can we now RULE OUT? There are children of both Jost (Y6) and Nicolas who
were linked in Steffisburg town records to the Anabaptists, but the links were
more numerous on the Jost side. The only proven descent from the Nicolas side
is from his son Adam, father of the Oley Yoder immigrants Hans and Yost. Adam
is now proven to have a marker “19” value of “15”. Even if he wasn’t already
ruled out by the genealogical data, he is ruled out by the DNA
information.
On
the Jost side, son Christian who married
Barbara Gerber had descendants who settled in Eppstein, Germany and took on the
spelling “Jotter”. Tests from this line show that Christian passed down the
non-Amish value of “15” and rule him out as the father of YR1 and YR2.
Steffisburg Joders in the DNA test say they are descended from Jost’s son Jakob
who married M. Stahli, and they also
received the value of 15 and can be ruled out. (Note: there are two
Jakobs of about the same age, and it’s not clear that the one who married the Stahli was the one who was the son of
Jost. However, the fact that a Stahli owned adjacent land in
The
“Amish mutation” appears in claimed descendants of two of Jost’s sons.
Amish Bishop Samuel Joder of Hesse (YRC) who wrote letters to his “dear
cousins” YR23 and YR25 in the US is claimed in the Karl Joder research to have
been descended from Jost’s son Caspar who married Verena Stauffer. A descendant
of Samuel’s son Michel carries the Amish mutation. The second line with the
“Amish mutation” is that of Hans Joder who married Catherine Risser. The Alsatian research presented in YNL28
links a number of 19th century Amish Yoder immigrants to this
couple, and one DNA test done thus far shows the Amish mutation in a reputed
descendant. Looking at the test results, there are three hypothesizes:
1)
The “Amish mutation” began with Jost himself.
2)
The mutation independently occurred with two of Jost’s
sons (Caspar and Hans) simultaneously.
3)
The mutation occurred with one or the other of
these sons and the European attributions of
lineage contains errors.
We
don’t know for certain which Jacob was Jost’s son, so we can dismiss the Jacob
Joder - M. Stahli family results. However if the Christian Joder Barbara
Gerber connection is correct, it would also seem to establish
that Jost the father (identified by code “Y6”) still had the “15” value. At the
same time, the very low rate of mutation which occurs on the Y Chromosome makes
it almost impossible for two brothers to independently experience the
same mutation. Let’s look more deeply at the brothers Hans and Caspar.
Caspar
and Verena married Jan.21,1681. By 1708 they were residing on the estate of St. Germanhof on
the German border with
Y6b- Caspar Joder m1/21/1681 Verena Stauffer
Y6b1- Anna b 4/16/1682
died young
Y6b2- Anna b
5/20/1683 m Antoni Stauffer
Y6b3- Barbara b.
1/4/1685 died young
Y6b4- Hans b 10/24/1686 m. Catherine Oesch
Y6b5- Christian b 2/15/1691 m Anna Maria Clauss
Y6b6- Caspar b 9/1/1695 m Magdalene Gungerich
Y6b6- Peter b 2/18/1700
m. Barbara Eichelberger
Y6b7- Barbara b 10/29/1703 m. Georg Guengerich
In this family, Y6b4 Hans and
his wife Catherine Oesch, were the parents of Jakob Joder b. 1708 in
The
son Christian (Y6b5) is of an age to have possibly been our 1742 immigrant
Christian YR2. However, we know that Y6b5 lived in Salzwoogerhof-Gemeinde
Lemberg/ Pirmasens, that he was the Amish
Mennonite Bishop of the Fronschburg area, and that he had children born
in Europe in turn had a son Christian who was born in 1732 in Salzwoog. This
younger Christian married Maria Steinmann about 1760 (by that time YR2’s son
Christain (aka “Schweitzer Christian”) had been living in
Hans Joder and Catherine Risser (Kathrina Reusser)
married in Steffisburg on Jul 17, 1671. Amish
and Amish Mennonite Genealogies shows the following children for them, all
born in Steffisburg:
Y61- Hans
Joder m. Kathrina Ruesser
Y611- Kathrin b. 7/28/1672
Y612-
Anna b. 1/25/1674
Y613-
Jost b. 9/19/1675 m.
Y614-
Barbara b. 8/14/1678
Y615-
Christen b. 4/9/1680
Y616-
Verena b. 2/12/1682 died young
Y617-
Hans b. 3/29/1691
Y618-
Verena b. 3/12/1693
In
YNL11 Rachel Kreider write of this family “J.
Virgil Miller has speculated that the father of our immigrants might have been
Jost Joder Y613, a theory that has also appealed to Dr. H. F. Gingerich. Karl
Joder stated that this Jost, who dropped out of his records, emigrated to
This
Jost is just barely old enough to have been a parent to YR1 and YR2. Alsatian
genealogists Jean and Renee Hukel show that this Jost m1.
+FA11- Christ
(1707-5/20/1795 Belfort,F) m. Anne Hochstetler (1713-6/20/1795 Belfort,F)
FA12- Anna (1709- )
+FA13- Jean (Hans) (1714-1/26/1767) m. 11/11/1762 Frena Zimmermann ( -
11/13/1770 Grand Charmont,F)
+FA14- Jost (1717-4/14/1793 Etobon,F) m Anneli Kropf ( -8/26/1794)
FA15- Jacob (1718- )
The DNA test from this line came from a descendant of
John (YA4) (b.1795 Steinbach, F- ) who
m. 6/27/1822 Pfastatt, F Marie Marie Conrad (2/7/1799
We do not know further details about Christian Y615,
born in Steffisburg 4/9/1680. In YNL12, Rachel Kreider writes “The oldest son in both immigrant families
was named Christian. There is no Jost in the first family and in the second one
they got around to the name only by son number three. This could be quite
coincidental, but remembering how the Amish so often used the paternal
grandfather's name, we looked around for a Christian Yoder that could qualify
and there is one. Yost Y613 had a brother Christian Y615, born in 1680. The
dates do not fit as well; the fathers of the two generations would have had to
be as young as 21 or 22 when their first child was born.”
In
summary, the DNA results have pointed us to two sons of Jost Joder and Anna
Traschel. Where the “Amish mutation” took place is not yet clear. It seems it
was not with Jost (Y6). YR1 and YR2 don’t seem to fit in the Caspar (Y6b)
family, or in that of his nephew Jost (Y613). But Christian (Y615) seems an
open possibility. We have no European records that eliminate him. Hopefully we
shall see more DNA test results from descendants of the various Alsatian Yoder
lines to help figure things out.
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“AXIE” YODER
PHOTO FOUND
Unnown lady, daughter
Susannah, Joseph
-photo contributed by Perry L. Yoder
Joseph
“Axie” Yoder (YR1212) lived and worked in
“AXIE” YODER
--CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
1987. In that
issue we re-published an article about him from the Feb. 16, 1898 edition of
the “
CHILDREN OF
AXIE YODER:
w1
..+YR12121-
Benjamin J... b 11/29/1821
.. YR12122- Veronica.... b 11/13/1824 SP m 7/22/1849 near
.. YR12123-
.... d 2/2/1905..bur. Elk Lick Twp
w2
.. YR12124-
Susannah.... b 9/15/1845 SP m 10/10/1865
.... Wm Hoffman....d......res.
..+YR12125- Levi J.. b 11/3/1847 SP m1 Eliza Hostetler..............
m2 11/15/1888 Clara Boger.... d......res
.. YR12126- Mary.... b 4/26/1849 SP..m 1868 W H Keiper..............
..+YR12127- Reuben J..b 4/11/1851 Elklick Twp, SP m 9/24/1885
.... Ella Grace Leighton d..1909
.. YR12128- Josiah J..b 12/8/1852 SP
.. YR12129- Simeon J..b 11/23/1855 SP
.. YR1212a- Sarah....b 12/11/1856..m1 Uriah S Weaver
.... m2 Mr. Wirtz..d........ res.
.. YR1212b- Emily....b 1/10/1859 HO.. d 2/19/1864
.. YR1212c- Carrie.. b 3/31/1861 HO m 10/1/1882
.... Milton J Gunder.. d.
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The Yoder Newsletter- Founded 1983 by
Ben
F Yoder (1913-1992), Chris Yoder & Rachel Kreider
Chris Yoder,
Editor, Saugatuck, MI; John W. Yoder, Circulation Manager, Middlebury, IN; Rachel
Kreider, Senior Contributing Editor, Goshen, IN; Esther E. Yoder, Mail Manager,
Goshen, IN; Donald Kauffman, YNL
Webmaster, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Other Contributors: Richard H.
Yoder, Bechtelsville, PA; Hubert A. Yoder, Charlotte, NC; Dr. Don Yoder, Devon,
PA; Neal D. Wilfong, Cleveland, NC.
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DNA Tests. Please continue your support!
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CORRECTION:
The cemetery mentioned on page 7 of YNL
49 is the “Pashan” Cemetery not “Payshan” Cemetery.
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SOMERSET
CO. YODER TOURBOOK
The House of
Yoder has copies available of the “Yoder Tourbook” which they prepared for the
2006 National Yoder Reunion. This excellent driving guide of the Somerset Co.,
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YODER SCHOLARSHIP
ESTABLISHED: Virginia Theological
Seminary announced The Ronnie A. Yoder Scholarship for students enrolled as
Master in Divinity and Master in Theological Studies Degree candidates on Judge
Yoder’s 70th birthday, July 10, 2007. Judge Yoder has been Chief
Administrative Law Judge of the Department of Transportation since July 1,
2001. He has served as a Federal Administrative Law Judge for 31 years and sang
professionally with the
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
“P.A. YODER HOUSE”: The “P.A. Yoder” store is located in
Regards, Ron Yoder- r.yoder@earthlink.net
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FAMILY TAKES YODER TOUR:
Many thanks to Hans
Jakob Joder who greeted and served an entire day as tour guide for members
of our two families during a recent
visit to Steffisburg, Switzerland and the surrounding area. We saw the Steffisburg church, the local cemetery,
toured the Schloss and had a wonderful drive through Erenbach, and ate at a
restaurant on top of the
mountain with a beautiful view of the
Carlon Yoder, Anna Joder, Hans Jakob Joder, Paul Yoder, Jared
Diener, Marilyn Lehman, in steffisburg with alps in background.
The following pictures
of the Yoder crests were taken in the Reformed church in Steffisburg. They
appear around the edge of the large “Moses Tablet” which decorates the
sanctuary..
--------------Contributed
by Paul A. Yoder, payoder@comcast.net
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Dear Sir, -- Staff Sergt Donald A Yoder was killed
in action on November 13th 1943. His aircraft, a B17, crashed near my home
village in Northend, Warwickshire. My Mother, Aunties and Uncle all remember
the crash. My cousin, Mark Hampson, went around the village and collected
monies so that a plaque could be made and fixed to the war memorial.
(Unfortunately it appears that Donald A Yoder has been misspelt as Donald A
Yeder) . I have the crash report and it is spelt correctly on that and as well
as his enlistment record he is listed as a recipient of the Purple Heart. I am
doing some research into Donald A Yoder. I understand from his enlistment
record that he was from
- Yours Sincerely - Stephen Potts, Thatcham,
War Memorial
and Plaque, Northend, Warwickshire
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Hi Chris -- We met with
Robert Dale Yoder today, brother to Donald Yoder. It was a wonderful visit
to meet a new cousin. A third cousin
once removed on the Yoder's and also finding
out that Robert's mother is related thru my Welday family. Robert has served in
the navy 21 years, widower now and born in Feb. 1926.
Robert gave us a picture of Donald (service
uniform) and another of the whole group that are the ones that supposedly were
in that fatal crash. He remembers the day that they received the letter and he
was the one that open the letter for his father. It is still a heart wrenching
pain of that days news. The paper quoted that Donald was only there in
--Esther J. Strock
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Got the photographs of Donald
Yoder yesterday and they are just what I have been looking for over the past 5
months. Fantastic! I am planning to visit my mother, cousin and Aunty on
Saturday and will try and get some eye witness reports on the B17 crash. I will
also take some photographs of the field where Donald's plane crashed and will
do a full write up on the story - this might take a few weeks, I would like to
do it justice. Many thanks for your help and that of Esther Strock too -
you have a family network to be really proud of ! Can't wait to show my
family the photographs.
—Stephen
Potts
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The Rev. Robert Anderson Yoder
(Con37c) (1853-1911) was a founder of
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THE DNA PROJECT
HOW YOU CAN HELP
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time we have had 62 participants in the testing from strategically selected
lines and can show significant results. For an updated status of the project
see the links on the Yoder Newsletter Homepage at: www.yodernewsletter.org .YOUR
CONTRIBUTION CAN HELP CONTINUE THESE TESTS. To donate, you can do so “on-line”
at:
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or by mail to “The YODER PROJECT”: Family Tree DNA, 1919 North Loop West,
We have
dedicated the last remaining hardcopies of the bound and indexed Yoder
Newsletter Issues 1 through 25 as a premium for donations of $100 or more to
the DNA Fund. Chris Yoder will gladly inscribe these on request. Contact him
at: cyoder@tds.net , phone 269-857-4327, or
by mail at:
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DANIEL YODER HOME 
This home on
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ABRAHAM
YODER (OH13255)
Abraham Yoder
(OH13255) b. 1827 d. 1895 and wife Mary
Ann Yorgey b. 1834 d. 1916, both buried
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SONS OF
JOSEPH YODER (YA24)
Four son of Joseph Yoder
(YA24) and Katherine Roth. Joseph was the son of Christian Joder who died at
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The YNL will
publish Yoder related inquiries or exchanges at no charge. Send Queries to: Chris Yoder,
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LOOKING FOR
DONALD L. YODER,
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Who were Moses
Yoder (1824-1869) and Eliza ___ (1822-1906) who are buried at the Lewisburg,
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GRAVESTONE
OF ISAAC YODER (YR23456)
Isaac Yoder (YR23456) in Conemaugh Twp, Somerset Co., PA. I've found
the grave of Isaac Yoder (YR23456) in Conemaugh Twp, Somerset Co., PA.
It's in a secluded overgrown family
cemetery. He's the only Yoder in
the plot. Farewell ISAAC YODER DIED AUG 10, 1905 AGED
78yr 8ms 15ds . He’s in the
Weaver Cem. on
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THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE YODER NEWSLETTER
WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS!
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YODER
PASSINGS
-- Marcia Lee Zakarison (1/28/1957 – 3/5/ 2007)
granddaughter of Fred Roy Yoder, author
of History of Yoder Family in NC.
She, her daughters, her mother & sisters went on the
-- Mary L. Borntreger, age 91, died peacefully, March
17, 2007. She was the daughter of
Emanuel Yoder (YR2612a61) and Lizzie Wengerd. She was given the name
"Mother Mary" by some 50-plus children she fostered and babysat and was a member of
the
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A YODER HEIRLOOM
Several significant Yoder artifacts are
preserved at the
Jacob (YRB111) was born in Menno
township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in 1812, the son of John and Mary
(King) Yoder. His wife Anna was born on a nearby farm in 1815, the daughter of
Christian (Kiefer) and Esther (Hertzler) Yoder (YR2514). Jacob and Anna likely
began housekeeping at Jacob’s home farm. They later moved 
to
Jacob’s siblings were Magdalena, John K.
who became a nationally known Amish-Mennonite bishop at the Oak Grove
congregation in Wayne County, Ohio, and Christian K. who was a minister in the
Amish-Mennonite Church in West Liberty,
Anna’s siblings who raised their families
in Mifflin County were: Lydia married to David Hertzler, Simeon H. married to
Elizabeth Kanagy and later to Rebecca Stoltzfus, Daniel C. married to Elizabeth
Byler and later to Barbara Glick, and Sarah married to Jacob Zook. Four others
who moved away were: Elizabeth who married Stephen Kurtz and moved
to Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Christian who married Lydia Kurtz and moved
to Oregon, Abraham who married Fannie Kurtz and moved to California, and Moses
H. who married Barbara Kauffman and later Elizabeth Slabaugh and moved to
Oklahoma.
A coat worn by Jacob in the mid-1800’s
has been handed down though the generations and is now preserved in a box at
the
For the additional
restoration work required to have the coat for upright display on a
form, with the other costumes displayed at the
Anyone interested in
preserving Yoder or Amish history is encouraged to contribute toward restoring
this Yoder heirloom.
Please send your contribution to:
Designate your gift "for Jacob Yoder's coat."
Your gift can be designated in memory of someone special to you, and that will
be noted with the display of Jacob's coat. --Adella Kanagy
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JULY
On Saturday, July 21, The Oley
Yoder Heritage Association held its
annual reunion. The Oley fire hall was the base for our gathering and they catered our Home-made Pennsylvania
Dutch style luncheon.
The day started with Nancy Yoder
getting everyone registered, and with
time for everyone to mingle and to check memorabilia that some family members brought to share. There were
also displays of “Outhouse” related
items, email responses from family members
unable to attend, an announcement detailing the August North Caroline reunion, door prizes, and Yoder
items for sale that everyone had a
chance to check out.
At
eleven our president, Joe Yoder, called our gathering to order and introduced
our first speaker, Henry F. Zerbe. Mr. Zerbe
presented a delightful talk on “The Family Outhouse, An Endangered
Species”. His jokes, stories and descriptions had us all laughing, and had the older folks reliving
some past times and some of the younger
ones wondering about life in the past.
After our delicious family style luncheon and
with a promise of dessert yet to come,
Joe called us back to order and after a review
of family business and announcements, he introduced our second speaker, the editor of the Yoder Newsletter
and Administrator of the Family DNA
Project, Chris Yoder. Chris’s review of the Yoder DNA Project had been eagerly
awaited and Chris delivered with a
presentation that took us back to our early roots in
The day continued with dessert and the
awarding of special prizes. The awards for oldest and youngest went to Colonel
Harry Yoder, at 93, and Jaliyn Lazada at 3. Door prizes which included three
gift baskets made up of Yoder decorated items and other goodies were awarded. Next the table favors made of
bouquets of flowers in decorated toilet
tissue rolls for vases by Mollie Yoder were
awarded. Finally everyone took home a miniature out house made by Joe Yoder.
–Report by Ken and Martha Yoder
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OH1 HOUSE FOR
“Johannes
Yoder house, circa 1741, in historic Oley Valley overlooks Manatawny Creek,
meadowlands, and the recently restored covered bridge in Pleasantville. The
1741 section is to the left. The central portion was rebuilt in 1782 on a
foundation pre-dating 1741. This property has fine architectural detail and
ideal for restoration. Home being sold ""as is"".
Twenty-six acres includes large barn and various outbuildings.”(Son of Hans the
Immigrant- OH1- John Yoder m1. Barbara______ m2.
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