Lydia Rambo

The first Schrack in America arrived from Germany in 1717, and settled on 250 acres of land near Trappe, Upper Providence township, Montgomery county. He died February 22, 1742, aged sixty-three years.

John Schrack (grandfather) was born in 1780. He married Mary Elizabeth Norris. Their children were : David, a farmer in Norriton township, who married Elmina, daughter of Christian Weber, and had two daughters, Kate and Elmina, the latter marrying William Porter, and having two children, David and Elmina;

Norris (2), a farmer in Norriton, and father of John Schrack ;

John (3), who studied medicine with Dr. Benjamin Johnson, of Norristown, graduated at Jefferson College, and practiced in Norriton, Providence and Worcester townships;

Eunice (4), married Colonel Augustus W. Shearer, and had the following children : Mary, married E. B. Moore, who had one son, Augustus ; Kate, married William Owen ; John Schrack, married Martha Ambler; Naomi, married George Longaker; Eliza, married Dr. Daniel Brower ; Lydia, married J. Roberts Rambo.

Mary Elizabeth Norris Schrack (grandmother) was a member of the Quaker family of Norris for whom Norristown and Norriton townships were named.

Charles Norris Schrack (father) married in 1841, Harriet, youngest daughter of Rev. Sylvanus Haight, pastor of Providence Presbyterian church, and Charles N. and Harriet Schrack had three children : David, a prominent physician during his life time; John, subject of this sketch, and Charles Norris.

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