Facing the Past: An Archive of Those Gone Before
​Family Names: R

Last Names of Individuals Currently Appearing on This Page
(In most cases, women appear under their married names.) 

Ramsburg
​Recher
​Reeder
Remsberg


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​​Renner
​Rice
Ridgley
​Rohher

​Routzahn
​Ropp
Rowe
​Runkles

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Alma Florence Summers Ramsburg (1910-2002). Daughter of Charles and Alma Susan Summers; wife of Harry Sylvester Ramsburg.

Elias Marken Recher (1828-1887). Wolfsville native son and area Civil War photographer; consumption victim.

Emma Estelle Recher (1864-1884). Daughter of Elias and Mary Catherine Wolf Recher.

Mary Catherine Wolf Recher (1835-1885). Daughter of Jacob D. Wolf and Mary Rebecca Drill Wolf; wife of Elias Marken Recher.

Walter Drill Recher (1858-1882). Son of Elias Marken Recher and Mary Catherine Wolf Recher.

Grace Lucille Grossnickle Reeder (1936-2020). Myersville native; daughter of Upton Wade Grossnickle and Katie Gaver Grossnickle.

Rev. Wilson Lee Remsberg (1848-1944). Pastor of the Myersville Charge of the Lutheran Church.

Jennie Flora Hoover Renner (1870-1940). Daughter of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth Hoover of Myersville; wife of Francis Elnation Renner of Hagerstown.

Alta Gertrude Palmer Rice (1885-1972). Daughter of J. Palmer and Amanda Poffenberger.

Alvin Henry Rice (1898-1991). Myersville garage owner.

Ann Maria Catherine Ambrose Rice (1836-1919). Daughter of Jacob and Susan Summers Ambrose of the Ellerton Wolfsville area; wife of Henry Clay Rice, Jr., of Harp Hill.

Alvin Henry Rice (1898-1991). Son of Jeremiah David Rice and Senora E. Raymer Rice.

Anna Melissa Grove Rice, (1869-1930). Wife of Mahlon Rice.

Anna Melissa Grove Rice, (1869-1930). Wife of Mahlon Rice.

Charles Wesley Rice (1865-1958). Resident of Ellerton.

Charles Wesley Rice (1865-1958) and Mary Ann Elizabeth Derr Rice (1854-1913). Residents of Ellerton.

Charles Wilson Summerfield Rice (1857-1915). Myersville native; farmer; son of Levin rice and Ann Rebecca Thomas Rice.

Frances Alice Horine Rice (1904-1955) and daughter. Sunday school pianist, wife of Alvin Henry Rice of Myersville.

Henry Clay Rice, Jr. (1824-1910) and Anna Maria Catherine Ambrose Rice (1836-1919). He: Farmer son of Henry Clay Rice and Elizabeth Wastler Rice. She: daughter of Jacob and Susan Summers Ambrose of the Ellerton Wolfsville area.

Henry Clay Rice, Jr. (1824-1910). Farmer son of Henry Clay Rice and Elizabeth Wastler Rice.

Henry Clay Rice, Jr. (1824-1910). Farmer son of Henry Clay Rice and Elizabeth Wastler Rice.

Henry Clay Rice, Jr. (1824-1910). Farmer son of Henry Clay Rice and Elizabeth Wastler Rice.

Jeremiah David Rice (1875-1941). Myersville postman; a fall from an apple tree lead to his death.

Jeremiah David Rice (1875-1941). Myersville postman; a fall from an apple tree lead to his death.

Jeremiah David Rice (1875-1941). Myersville postman; a fall from an apple tree lead to his death.

Jeremiah David Rice (1875-1941) and Alta Gertrude Palmer Rice (1885-1972). He: Myersville postman; a fall from an apple tree lead to his death. She: Daughter of J. Palmer and Amanda Poffenberger.

Mahlon Luther Rice (1854-1850) and Anna Melissa Grove Rice (1869-1930). Ellerton natives; Myersville farming couple.

Mahlon Luther Rice (1854-1950). Myersville resident.

Mahlon Luther Rice (1854-1950). Myersville-area farmer.

Standing: Evva Maude Rice Schroyer (1891-1980), Reno Calvert Rice (1889-1955), Rev. Clay Edward Rice (1887-1954, Cyrus Luther Rice (1900-1935), Rev. Elmer Frederic Rice (1886-1977), and Ilga Rice Stottlemyer (1893-1960). Sitting: Mahlon Luther Rice (1854-1950), and Anna Melissa Grove Rice (1836-1930).

Miriam Shepley Kline Myers Rice (1918-2011). Daughter of Curtis and Clemma Kline of Wolfsville; wife of Austin Paul Myers and, secondly, Irving David Rice.

Paul Jeremiah Rice (1917-1993). Myersville native; son of Jeremiah David Rice and Alta Gertrude Palmer Rice.

Senora Ellen Esther Raymer Rice (1864-1903). Wife of Myersville Postman Jeremiah David Rice.

Robert Johnson Ridgley (1867-1952). Cantankerous teacher, reverend, and still-breaker.

Pauline Mae Stottlemyer Rohrer (1937-2011). Wolfsville native; daughter of Ivan C. and Virgie Kline Stottlemyer; wife of Samuel Earl Rohrer; employed by Double-Day Co. of Smithsburg.

Dorthalee Ruth Michael Ropp (1936-1999). Myersville native; daughter of Charles Lloyd and Josephine Ruth Michael; wife of M. Lee Ropp.

Alma Darlene Stottlemyer Routzahn (1930-2019). Wolfsville native and Korean War vet; daughter of Ivan and Virgie Kline Stottlemyer; wife of John Albert Routzahn.

Ezra Routzahn (1836-1915). President of Myersville Savings Bank.

Lydia Harp Routzhan (1827-1905). Wife of Cyrus Routzhan; daughter of John and Elizabeth Harp; Myersville native.

Lydia Harp Routzhan (1827-1905). Wife of Cyrus Routzhan; daughter of John and Elizabeth Harp; Myersville native.

Cyrus Routzhan (1828-1901). Myersville cabinetmaker, undertaker, and farmer.

Calvin Routzan (1857-1930), Jeremiah Rice (1875-1941), Melvin Franklin Shepley (1872-1934), and John M. Grossnickle (1876-1942). Turn-of-the-20th-Century Myersville-area postmen.

Roy Ezra Routzahn (1901-1984) son of Franklin M. and Minnie Bittle Routzahn Routzahn; Myersville native; Middletown farmer.

Roy Ezra Routzahn (1901-1984) and Mary Leah Shank Routzahn (1895-1967). He: Son of Franklin M. and Minnie Bittle Routzahn Routzahn; Myersville native. She: Daughter of Elmer H. and Anna Mary Leatherman Shank.

Sarah Annie Macy Marker Rowe (1883-1965). Daughter of Peter Marker; wife of Frisby Luther Smith then Charles Wesley Rowe.

Sarah Annie Macy Marker Rowe (1883-1965). Daughter of Peter Marker; wife of Frisby Luther Smith then Charles Wesley Rowe.

Sarah Annie Macy Marker Rowe (1883-1965). Daughter of Peter Marker; wife of Frisby Luther Smith then Charles Wesley Rowe.

Sarah Annie Macy Marker Rowe (1883-1965), daughter Bertha LaRue Rowe Wolfe (1918-2014), and granddaughter Nancy.

Charles Wesley Rowe (1892-1972). Myersville native, Son of John Wesley Clara Ellen Haupt Rowe

Charles W. Rowe (1892-1972) and Annie M. Marker Rowe (1883-1965). He: Easterday Road farmer; she: daughter of Peter Marker; wife of Luther Smith then Charles Wesley Rowe.

Josiah Rowe (1839-1920), John Rowe (1872-1944), Charles Rowe (1892-1972), and William Rowe (1910-1989).

Glendora Myrtle Brunner Rowe (1898-1982). Daughter of Franklin and Amanda Brunner; wife Walter Calvin Rowe; Myersville native; seamtress.

Josiah Rowe (1839-1920). Resident of Pleasant Walk.

Rebecca Ambrose Rowe (1845-1947). Wife of Josiah Rowe. Resident of Pleasant walk.

Ruth Naomi Harshman Runkles (1910-1995). Daughter of Wolfsville's Daniel and Laura Gaver Harshman; wife of Wilber R. Runkles.