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Personal data Elias Fassnacht Hornberger 

• He was born on December 13, 1849 in Pennsylvania, USA.Source 1
• He was baptized on September 22, 1850 in Warwick, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
• Resident:
• in the year 1920: With Son, James William Hornberger, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Source 1
• in the year 1900: Age: 50Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.Source 1
• in the year 1850: West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Source 1
• in the year 1860: Reinholds Post Office, West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Source 1
• in the year 1870: Farm Laborer, Schoeneck Post Office, West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Source 1
• in the year 1880: Farmer, Brecknock, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.Source 1
• in the year 1900: Farmer, Ephratah Township (All Southeast of Cocalico Creek), Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Source 1
• in the year 1910: Farmer, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Source 1
• He died on November 30, 1925 in Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 75 years old.Source 1
• Alternative: He died on November 30, 1925 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten, he was 75 years old.Source 1
• He is buried on December 5, 1925 in Hahnstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.Source 1
• A child of Elijah Hornberger and Elisabeth Fassnacht

Household of Elias Fassnacht Hornberger

He is married to Adeline S Meiskey.

They got married on June 8, 1872 at Brickersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 22 years old.Source 1

Child(ren):

1. Samuel Meisky Hornberger  1873-1944 
2. Anna Mary Hornberger  1875-1932
3. David M Hornberger  1877-1942
4. Amanda Hornberger  1879-1906
5. Reuben Solomon Hornberger  1882-1968
6. Elizabeth M. Hornberger  1883-1976
7. James William Hornberger  1888-1954 
8. Ada May Hornberger  1893-1895

Notes about Elias Fassnacht Hornberger

Note 1: "I remember he had a number of neat cases containing small square bottles of fertilizer samples which he would carry around (by horse and buggy) to neighboring farmers and take orders for a ton or two. Subsequently, a box car load would arrive on a siding in Ephrata and the various farmers would arrive there and Grandpa (Elias F.) would supervise the loading of their orders. I'm not sure, but I guess he also collected the money. Of course, Elias was above all else a churchman. He ascended through the ranks of the deacon and minister to become Bishop. The church included 11 charges in Lancaster County and some in Lebanon County. After he became a bishop, he had some jurisdiction over all of the Lancaster County charges. However, his home base was Hahnstown. The church was then called 'The United Zion's Children', later shortened to 'United Zion Church'. While Elias was a staunch churchman, Adeline was just as staunch and supported him inthe manner expected of a bishop's wife. She was an excellent housekeeper and cook with a stout heart. They were good people. I, of course, heard Grandpa preach many times, always in Germen with some Pennsylvania Dutch mixed in. He was not an immigrant, but when he went to school (a one-roomer to eighth grade, about 1855-1862) they taught German as well as English. When their daughter Amanda, who was then married to Ervin Moore, died of tuberculosis soon after the death of her second infant daughter, Elias and Adeline unofficially adopted Amanda's 3-year-old daughter Doris. They raised Doris to maturity and she eventually married Stanley (Doc) Von Nieda. ... (i)n the spring of 1907, James (son), Susanna, and baby Clarence combined forces with Elias and Adeline as sharecroppers on a farm then owned by Jerry Miller. This farm is close to Bergstrasse Church down Route 322 from Ephrata and Murrell. This lasted but one year. In 1908 Elias and Adeline bought a small farm (about 15 acres) along the road (north side) leading from Bergstrasse Church to Hahnstown. ... They sold their home along Hahnstown Road and bought a 50-acre farm very close to the Hahnstown Church mentioned before (this church is 1/4 mile south of the Hahstown village, along the road to Hinkletown). The 50-acre farm is 3/10 mile east of the church along the road from the church to Frysville. ... (In 1917), Elias had some builders add a frame two-story 'ell' with a one story lean-to as an attachment to the original brick house. This addition, with a room or two in the original house became the living quarters for (James, Susanna and their family) and Doris (subsequent owners have removed this frame addition). ... (Elias) became a bishop in 1922. ... For more detail about the church, see 'A History of the United Zion Church --- 1853-1980. ... During the early years of the 1900's, and I gues up to about 1950, the rules of the church were very strict. The women wore ankle length, plain dresses, white caps at all times, and bonnets for church or travel. The men wore collarless coats, no neckties, etc. No movies or any such carousing. Love feasts were held at least once a year in some member's barn of each district. In church, the men and women (and also boys and girls) sat on bare benches on opposite sides of the house, which was divided by a 4 foot high parition. Most of these austere rules have been somewhat liberalized by now. ... In the spring of 1921, Grandpa Elias and Grandma Adeline felt age sneaking up on them and someone made them a good offer to buy the farm. So they sold the farm and late in March (right after a severe snowstorm) we had a public farm sale. In the meantime, Grandpa and Grandma had bought a house with a small barn and garden at the crossroads of what is now Fulton Street and Bethany Road, close to Ephrata. ... Grandpa Elias and Grandma Adeline, although retired from active farming, remained active in the church. They even bought a brand new Model 'T' 1922 Ford touring car to better get around. But Grandpa still kept a horse 'Charlie' and a buggy since he never learned to drive the Ford. He depended on others to drive them in their car. ... In 1925, Granpa became ill. After severl weeks, his illness became very serious. He died November 30, 1925. This left Grandma more or less alone, for by now Doris was teaching scholl and could be home only for weekends. So uncle David rearranged their house so that Grandma could live there. She had two rooms downstairs and one bedroom upstairs. This arrangement worked fine for a number of years. ... (In 1930), Grandma moved into the home of Elizabeth Hornberger (married to Edgar Shrom). The Shroms had 7 children and lived in the last house of waht was then East Main Street, Ephrata. I cannot remember how many, if any, of the children were still at home when Grandma moved here. Grnadma had her own quarters at Aunt Lizzie's. Things went along quite well until Grandma became somewhat ffeble and mildly ill by mid-1935. My parents and Uncle Reuben felt she should have closer attention than Aunt Lizzie could give her. So over Aunt Lizzie's protests, Dad and Reuben moved her to Dad's house sometime before July 1935. She had one downstairs room to herself but by now was quite ill. Consequently, my mother tended to her by feeding, bathing, and dressing her. Thus it was that while bathing her on August 17, 1935, she collapsed and died in Mother's arms. She was 82 years old. ... Now Elias was generally known to all acquaintances as Alie (long 'a'), but to all us grandchildren he was 'Gandpap' and Adeline was 'Grandmam'. Actually I think it sounded more like 'Grammam'. ... For as long as I can remember, he (Elias) wore a moderately long, flowing beard, but no mustache. When quite young, he had injured the small finger on his left hand with a sickle. As a result, this finger remained permanently at half-bend. With all acquaintances, he conversed in Pennsylvania Dutch. I believe he and Grandma just about held their own financially, surely they were not wealthy. Grandma was at least as tall as Grandpa and about the same weight. She was a sturdy woman, never fat, and worked hard." Hornberger Family Story, Journal of the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies, Spring 1999. Citing This Record "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QMQ-Z5X : accessed 2015-03-01), entry for Elias Fassnacht /Hornberger/. Source Information The Pedigree Resource File is a collection of lineage-linked names submitted by users of FamilySearch. The information displayed in the file includes the notes and sources in the submission. 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