Jacob Overholt Kratz

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KRATZ.-On the 23rd of Feb. 1903, in Bucks Co., Pa., of the infirmities of old age, Bro. Jacob Kratz, aged 88 Y., 8 M., 20 D. He was born on the 3rd of June 1814, in the same neighborhood where he lived all his life and where he died. During his earlier years he taught school during the winter, while his summers were spent on the farm. He was a model Christian and a faithful exponent and defender of the principles of our Mennonite common faith and doctrine. He was a devoted Christian, kind, charitable and honest in all his dealings, and was always ready to give full value for everything he bought. During his last years his conversation was about spiritual things. In the blessed hope of the life to come his lamp of life went out on earth to shine anew in the realms of glory. Three children - Salome, wife of John F. Funk of Elkhart, Ind., H.M., residing on the old homestead, and Annie, wife of Joseph D. Bishop - three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren survive him. he was buried on the 27th at Blooming Glen, the place where during the whole period of his life he attended the services of God's house. Services were conducted by Bishop. H.D. Rosen

A Brief History of Jacob Wismer and a Complete Genealogical Family Register With Biographies of His Descendants from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time By A J Fretz, Eli Wismer

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VI. Mary Meyers, bn. Mar. 7, 1818. Mrd. Jacob Kratz, Nov. 28, 1838. He was bn. June 3, 1814. P. O., Dublin, Pa. Farmer. Menn. Children: Salome, Henry, Anna, Isaiah.

Category: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen)

Creators: Decorator: [Jacob Oberholtzer (1794-1880)] Scrivener: [Jacob Oberholtzer (1794-1880)]

Creation Place: Town/Township: Hilltown School, Hilltown Township County: Bucks State/Province: Pennsylvania Note: Based on inscription on document

Creation Date: 2/27/1823

Physical Description: Leaf

Dimensions: 9.6 cm x 16 cm

Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink

Media Type: Manuscripts

Language: German

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script

Associated Names: Kratz, Jacob; Oberholtzer, Jacob

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur and German script is in the center of the document. It is flanked on each side by a leafy, tree-like plant with various flowers. The entire document is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in the tune book for which it was made. (PA GER Borneman 48)

Two schoolmasters entered tunes in the booklet.

Transcription:

Dieses \ Harmonische Melodeyen \ Büchlein Gehöret \ Jacob Kratz Sing Schüler in der \ Hilltauner Schule Geschrieb= \ ben d. 27 ten Hornung \ Im Jahr 1823.

Translation:

This little harmonious melody book belongs to Jacob Kratz, singing student in the Hilltown School. Written the 27th of February in the year 1823.

Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Jacob Oberholtzer" in Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 280-283; published as fig. 249 on p. 281.

Mary Jane Lederach Hershey, "The Notenbüchlein Tradition in Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Community Schools," in Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), p. 143.

Weiser Number: 200

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