Paternal Lineage - Schoener 4/6

Jun 16, 20226 min read

1870's Mahanoy City: The Molly Maguires, Part 3

Click Here for Part 2 The year of 1876 saw a flurry of Molly Maguire trials and convictions. In the entire series of Molly trials, not...

Jun 12, 20226 min read

1870's Mahanoy City: The Molly Maguires, Part 2

For Part 1, click here. James McParland, a slim 29-year-old Irishman with red hair and a redder face, was assigned the task of...

Jun 6, 20227 min read

1870's Mahanoy City: The Molly Maguires, Part 1

Now to follow up on a prior post (click here) and discuss the Molly Maguires. The history of the "Molly Maguires" in Pennsylvania history...

May 23, 20227 min read

1870's Mahanoy City: Fire And Riot

As mentioned in a prior post, John Franklin Schoener was the foreman of the Citizens Steam Company, No. 2 until 1874 when George Major,...

May 16, 20224 min read

1870's Mahanoy City: Highway Robbery

"Schuylkill County appears to be infested with professional robbers, at least highway robbery is getting to be quite fashionable" -...

May 2, 20222 min read

1870's Mahanoy City: Citizens Steam Fire Company No. 2

The need for an organized fire company is important to every community. Mahanoy City in 1870 was no different. In a growing and booming...

Apr 11, 20226 min read

The Candy Man

I am a big fan of eBay. It is a treasure trove of interesting items and I continually search for artifacts related to the family. Here...

Mar 7, 20222 min read

Fasnacht

This post comes a a little late since Fasnacht occurred this past Tuesday, 1 March. A while ago, I came across a article on the...

Feb 28, 20223 min read

A Curious George Goes West

Johann George Schoener was born on 3 February 1746 and baptized in the New Hanover Lutheran Church. He was baptized on 6 days later on 9...

Feb 14, 20227 min read

Hannah and William, Part 5

(Click here for Part 4) The new court convened on 15 February 1864. Before his arraignment, William again asked for the court's...

Feb 7, 20224 min read

Hannah and William, Part 4

(Click Here for Part 3) William ran away but not for long. After Abraham Bertolet's body had been carted off, he returned home. That...

Jan 31, 20226 min read

Hannah and William, Part 3

(Click here for Part 2) William left Washington, D.C. during the last days of December in the company of about twenty men. They...

Jan 24, 20227 min read

Hannah and William, Part 2

(Click Here for Part 1) After boarding the train, William Howe and the 116th Pennsylvania Regiment stopped in Washington, D.C. where it...

Jan 17, 20225 min read

Hannah and William, Part 1

Hannah Krebs Shaner was born 14 July 1833, the second child of Charles and Elizabeth Krebs Shaner. Her mother died on 6 March 1837. ...

Jan 10, 20223 min read

Sgt. Schoener, Artificer

Johann Wilhelm Schoener (recorded as Johann Wilhelm Schiner in the church record), my 5x great grandfather, was born on 3 December 1749...

Nov 29, 20214 min read

The Music Man of Upper Darby

Here is the story of one of my cousins who was a true inspiration to those around him and everyone he met. He had a positive impact on...

Nov 14, 20213 min read

The Schoeners At the Turn of the Century (20th)

Every wonder what the family looked like more than 100 years ago? Well, let me turn back the clock to about 1903. The photo above is...

Nov 8, 20212 min read

Here Comes The Judge

James Franklin "Jim" Schoener was born on 10 December 1923 in Piqua, Ohio. He was the second child and only son of George Morris and...

Sep 20, 20216 min read

The Life and Death of Johann Georg Schöner

Reverend Henry Melchior Muhlenberg took joy in much of his work, like the baptisms and the confirmations and the occasional deathbed...

Sep 6, 20214 min read

The Lutheran Emissary

William Penn was the instigator of German immigration. As a zealous propagandist of the Quaker doctrines, he visited Germany in 1671 and...