The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers (1899)
Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919 · Philadelphia : Printed for the author · leaf 373
th of JohannesGumre, May 16, 1738, and that of his wife upon the fol-lowing day. It will be remembered that these two wereamong the party of Baptists from Germany who assembledat the house of Peter Becker, on that memorable ChristmasDay in 1723, to organize the congregation ; and it was athis… … THE HAUNTED RAVINE ON THE MONASTERY GROUNDS. A Fiineral Feast. 279 Giimry, was a tailor by trade, and came to this country withPeter Becker in 1719. That he was not without means isshown by the fact that in January, 1719-20, he purchasedfrom John Cunrads and his wife Alitic [w] eighty-twoacres of…
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