Annie Lapinska 1924-1924 Millbrook Villiage, NJ

   I braved the 15-degree temperature...Yes Winter has finally come to Pennsylvania, but I was in New Jersey and even though some think Jersey is a foreign County were also having winter. Old Mine Road was OPEN! yes still in crap condition and icy in spots I made my way to Millbrook Villiage.  I had gotten direction a number of time from different sources and  I started down the path in July. but turned around when the weeds were over my heard and yes I have tramped through worse than that but, I'm older and sometimes wiser! Also, I'm afraid of TICKS! All conditions were perfect for my cemetery search and the cemetery at Millbrook was found, the sun was perfect for photos.

     I want to talk about Annie Lapinska, she was born in 1924 died in 1924, hers was the first stone I came upon when I got to the top of the hill. I spent 4 hours doing research on this child and could not even find out who her parents were or where she came from. In the 27 years that I have been doing research this has never happened to me!!!  I went back to her broken stone a number of time and my dog sat by it for a long while also. There were gravesite details at Find A Grave that stated: According to photos in Millbrook church, the family once lived in the Elias Garis house and the stone was found on the path to the cemetery. I did a census search of Elias and have not found the Kapinska family or Annie.  

  I can guess that the family name is Polish or Russian, Elias was a farmer so the family could have been boarder/farmhands. I am looking for any information. Thinking of Annie today and celebrating your life little angle.

IF YOU VISIT: Go when its winter, to many ticks, snakes, weeds 10 feet tall and women eating brier bushes in the summer. Great map: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2166068/millbrook-cemetery/map. for those who hate maps and don't understand the GPS App.....straight threw the village follow the path, there were actually stakes with orange flags on them when I was there. There are trees down in the path so yes...BOOTS and long pants, bug spray even in the winter. Pass the first abandon building and the corn crib(no not kidding) and when you see the school turn up the path on the right. take your walking stick

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13251651/annie-lapinska

Sarah Dornblaser Ming Keokee chapel, Paradise Valley, pa

Good morning and happy Tombstone Tuesday, today were are celebrating Sarah Doprnblaser Ming. It always amuses me, while randomly taking a picture in a cemetery that I can come home with 5 pictures of one cemetery stone. While I was at Keokee Chapel Cemetery, I did just that with the stone of Sarah Dornblaser Ming. I could not identify who was on the stone. I asked if anyone could identify her on the Tombstone Tuesday site. My classmate Kevin Stiff knew her name, Kevin has also taken a number of photos at the cemetery, and done his own research.

Sarah is born 30 January 1844 was the daughter of Peter (1814-1903) and Mary Siglin (1820-1913) Dornblaser. Peter and Mary settled in Paradise Valley, Paradise Township, Monroe County, Pa where he was a carpenter. The family name is found in Canada and the U.S.A. between 1840-1920. the interesting fact is that five Dornblaser families were all living in Pennsylvania by 1840. This is 100% of all the recorded Dornblaser in the U.S.A. All Dornblasers in the USA (including Dornblazers and Dunblaziers) descend from Christian Gottlieb Dornblaser (b. May 24, 1726). A detailed genealogical study of the Dornblaser family can be found in Vol. 65 No. 1-4 of the American Genealogist published in 1990.

Sarah marries Nelson Ming (1846-1881) when she is about 16 and they move to Auburn, Susquehanna County, Pa They live with his parents William and Elizabeth, Sarah a housemaid and Nelson working on the family farm. Sarah and Nelson move back to Pennsylvania when their son Cyrus William Ming is born on 20 March 1869 known as C. William Ming he dies in Lehigh county on 30 October 1950. I can't find Sarah in 1870 but Nelson is working in New Jersey.

Sarah dies 8 March 1876 and is buried at the Keokee Chapel Cemetery near her parents. Peter and Mary raise Cyrus. Nelson leaves for the Dakota Territory and gets married again to a woman named Mary E. He died 9 March 1881 and a memorial stone is placed in the Jersey Hill Cemetery, Susquehanna County Pa.

If you visit: The address 279 Keokee Chapel Ln, Paradise Valley, PA 18326 the older stone surround the church. Please beware of small ground heaves and broken stones. Trip hazards every were.

Reuben Coffman Keokee Chapel

I was walking around Keokee Chapel Cemetery last week, and i saw this stone leaning on the back of the church. I immediately wanted to know who this was, matter a fact I ignored it when I couldn't really read it but went back a few more times to look at it. I did a search on findagrave and could not figure out who he or she was. Then thanks to the new programs they have to manipulate photos I figured out the last name was Coffman. The stone looked to be about 1870-1890, so i did a census search for 1850 and that is when I knew it was Reuben.

Pvt Reuben W. Coffman was born 12 August 1843 and died 10 April 1896. He served in the Grand Army of the Republic Company I 214 Regiment or the Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was the son of John and Catherine Woolbaugh Coffman a farmer in Paradise Township. John a farmer died in 1870. Reuben return from the war to help is mother, Catherine (1822-1900) work the farm. His Pa. Veterans Burial Card does not list that he was married. it does say that he was buried in Row 1 Plot A. his siblings: Jno, William, George, James, Fianna, Alice, and David.

If you visit: The address 279 Keokee Chapel Ln, Paradise Valley, PA 18326 the older stone surround the church. Please beware of small ground heaves and broken stones. Trip hazards every were.

Dale Berger and Jeffrey L. Thomas have put an extensive web site together of who is who in theis silent town. http://www.thomasgenweb.com/keokee_cem.html

http://keokeechapelumc.org/