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     Elizabeth Wanamaker was born on 23 July 1787 at Pennsylvania. She married Jacob Stringley. Elizabeth Wanamaker died in December 1869 at Wright Co., IA, at age 82.

     Emma Vaverke Wandersee was born on 27 November 1916 at Crete, Saline Co., NE. She married Melvin Frederick Finke, son of William John Finke and Ada Emma Retzlaff, on 23 May 1964. Emma Vaverke Wandersee died on 28 January 1998 at Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE, at age 81 Obit from newspaper:
"Finke -- Emma, 81, Lincoln, widow of Melvin, died Wednesday (1/28/98). Born, rural Milford. Retired.
Food prep, Kings Food Host. Assembler, Walton Box Co. Member: Trinity Lutheran Church, Walton, Lutheran Ladies Aid. Survivors: daughters, son-in-law, Susan and Ken Glendenning, Walton, Nona Schultz, Dorchester; son, daughter-in-law, Roger and Dee Wandersee, Elkhorn; stepchildren, Mel and Barbara Finke, Lincoln, Marlin Finke, Miami, Marlene and Tom Penfield, San Diego; sisters, Agnes Mahan, Alice Chrastil, both Lincoln; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; three stepgrand-children.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Roper & Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. Pastor Holtzen, Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation: beginning noon today until time of services, funeral home. Memorials to the family."

2nd notice in newspaper:
"Finke -- Emma, 81, Lincoln, widow of Melvin, died Wednesday (1/28/98).
Services: 11 a.m. today, Roper and Sons Mortuary, 4300 O St. Pallbearers: Gary Finke, Albert Francke Jr., Reyynold Schultz, Rick Schultz, Ronley Schultz, Mike Vaverka. Honorary pallbearers: Alvin Crastil, Graid Finke, Glen Finke, Bob Forst, Thomas Harrod, Bill Mahan Jr., Ken Mahan, Wayne Mahan, Joe A. Vaverka, Greg Wandersee, Scott Wandersee. Visitation: until services, funeral home. Memorials to the family."

     Abraham Wanger was the son of Abraham Wanger and Susanna Schantz.¹ Abraham Wanger married Mary Berge.¹

     Abraham Wanger was the son of John Wanger and Margaret (?)¹ Abraham Wanger married Susanna Schantz.¹

     Ada Louise Wanger was born on 8 November 1915.¹ She was the daughter of John A. Wanger and Mary E. Saylor.¹

     Anna Wanger was born on 28 September 1905.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Price Wanger and Blanche Roddy.¹

     Charles Hughes Wanger was born on 15 June 1898.¹ He was the son of Joseph Price Wanger and Blanche Roddy.¹ Charles Hughes Wanger died on 1 August 1898.¹

     Dorothy Wanger was born on 10 September 1896 at North Coventry Twp., Chester Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of George F. P. Wanger and M. Ada Grubb.¹ Occupation: Graduate Pottstown High School and of the Pottstown Homeopathic Training School for Nurses, class of 1917. Director of Nurses, Homeopathic Hospital, Reading, Pa. in 1926.¹

     George Wanger was born on 26 September 1820 at Berks Co., PA.¹ He was the son of Abraham Wanger and Mary Berge.¹ George Wanger married Rebecca Price, daughter of Rev. John Price and Mary Rinehart, on 19 January 1851.¹ George Wanger died on 30 December 1876 at age 56 George Wanger was born and raised in Berks Co; while a young man removed with his parents to N. Coventry Township and on the death of his father, acquired his farm of about 100 acres. He was of Mennonite descent but for a number of years was on the official board of St. James Methodist Episcopal Church, Cedarville, the site of which church he had presented to the congregation. During the Civil War, he twice enlisted in the State's defense, first being a private in Co. D, 42d Regt., Pa. Vol. Militia. Politically he was a Whig, Republican, and Prohibitionist. He cast his first presidential vote for Henry Clay; was a member of the School Board; active in temperance and anti-slavery movements, a station of the "underground railway" being at his home, where many slaves were assisted to freedom.¹

     George Wanger was born on 24 December 1887.¹ He was the son of Hon. Irving P. Wanger and Emma C. Titlow.¹ Occupation: Educated in the public schools of Norristown and University of Pennsylvania. Graduated as B.A., 1908, B.L. in 1911. While in college was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; was Editor-in-Chief of the "Punch Bowl"; Editor of the "Red and Blue"; Moderator of the Philomathean Society, and Class Valedictorian. Was instructor in English at the Univ. of Pa., 1908-09; at the Central High School, Philadelphia, 1910-14, and at the West Philadelphia High School, 1914-15. Enlisted in Co. F, 6th Pa. Infantry, March 6, 1910. Served on the Mexican border as Captain of Co. M, 1st Pa. Infantry, and in the World War as Major and Adjutant of the 109th Infantry and as Adjutant of the 56th Infantry Brigade, A.E.F. Commanded 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry in action at Hauemont, France, Nov. 11, 1918. Is a graduate of the School of Musketry and of teh Army General Staff College. Since 1919 has been practicing law in Philadelphia.² George Wanger lived in 1926 at 833 W. Marshall St., Norristown, Montgomery Co., PA.²

     George F. P. Wanger was born on 1 May 1863 at N. Coventry Twp., Chester Co., PA.¹ He was the son of George Wanger and Rebecca Price.¹ George F. P. Wanger married M. Ada Grubb, daughter of Henry R. Grubb and Katie L. Pennypacker, on 25 December 1886, Ceremony by Revs. John Harley and Jesse P. Hetric.¹

     George Frederick Wanger was born on 8 February 1918.¹ He was the son of John A. Wanger and Mary E. Saylor.¹

     Grant J. Wanger was born on 10 March 1897.¹ He was the son of Joseph Price Wanger and Blanche Roddy.¹ Grant J. Wanger married Helen Keegan.¹ Grant J. Wanger lived in 1926 at 918 W. Airy Street, Norristown, Montgomery Co., PA.¹

     Helen G. Wanger was born on 22 September 1887 at North Coventry Twp., Chester Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of George F. P. Wanger and M. Ada Grubb.¹ Helen G. Wanger married Daniel H. Kulp, son of John K. Kulp and Hannah B. Keyser, on 18 May 1913, Ceremony by Revs. C. P. Warner and J. M. Wilbur.¹ Occupation: Mrs. Helen W. Kulp, graduate of the Pottstown High School, Pottstown Business College and the Baptist Institute for Christian Workers. Teacher of Short-Hand and Typewriting, Morse Business College, Hartford, Conn. Mr. Kulp, graduate of Pottstown High School, The Hill School, and Brown University. Both were appointed by the American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society for work in China; stationed at Shanghai, 1913 to 1923, where Mr. Kulp was a member of the faculty of the Baptist College. Instructor, Teachers' College, Columbia University, N.Y.¹

     Henry Lincoln Wanger was born on 12 February 1903.¹ He was the son of George F. P. Wanger and M. Ada Grubb.¹

     Hon. Irving P. Wanger was born on 12 March 1852 at North Coventry Twp., Chester Co., PA.¹ He was the son of George Wanger and Rebecca Price.¹ Hon. Irving P. Wanger married Emma C. Titlow, daughter of John Titlow and Mary Amole, on 25 June 1884, Ceremony by Rev. Isaac Gibson.¹ Occupation: He was reared on the old homestead in Chester Co. and educated in the public schools of the district and at the Hill School, Pottstown. He taught school one year and in 1870 became a clerk in the Prothonotary's office at West Chester. In 1871, he was appointed Deputy Prothy and resigned the position at the end of the year to engage in the study of law at Norristown. In Jan., 1872, he began his legal studies with Franklin March, Esq., and on Dec. 1st of that year was appointed deputy under William F. Reed, the first Republican prothonotary elected in Montgomery Co. Continuing the study of law he was admitted to the Bar in Dec., 1875. In 1878, he was elected Burgess of Norristown and was also solicitor for the school board of Norristown for a number of years. He was elected District Attorney of Montgomery Co. in 1880 and again in 1886. Was a delegate to the National Convention of the Republcan party in 1880 at Chicago and voted continuously therein against the unit rule, and for the nomination of James G. Blaine until the final ballot when requested by friends of the latter to vote for General Garfield. In 1889, Mr. Wanger was chairman of the Republican county committee and in 1890 was unanimously for Congress by the Republicans of the VII District. This being "Delamater" year, the ticket was defeated. Two years later he was again the nominee and was elected although the district gave a majoirty for Cleveland. He was reelected in 1894, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, and 1908. He was very attentive to all matters affecting his constituents, doing everything possible to promote the prosperity and welfare of the people of his district and of the country at large. It was upon his motion tht the special committee was appointed which investigated the hazing of cadets at the U. S. Military Academy and suggested important legislation upon the subject, which was adopted. His principal committee service was as a member of the committee on interstate and foreign commerce and as chairman of the committee on expenditures in the post office department. In every respect he was a faithful and devoted exponenet of the public wishes at Washington. Member National Waterways Commission, 1909. Delegate Berlin Congress of Inter-Parliamentary Union for International Peace, 1908.
As a public speaker, Mr. Wanger was argumentative, logical, clear, and deliberate -- appealing to the reason and judgment of his hearers, rather than to their prejudices or personal feelings. He was a ready debater and parliamentarian -- quick to perceive the weak point in his opponent's argument and always ready to take advantage of such weakness. He is a member of the Prot. Episcopal Church, the I.O.O.F., I.O. of Red Men, and of nearly all the Masonic bodies of the state, having been grand commander of the K. T. in Penna., in 1894-95.
Mrs. Wanger, before her marriage, was a successful teacher in the public schools. Methodist Episcopal.²

     Isaac Price Wanger was born on 1 September 1892 at North Coventry Twp., Chester Co., PA.¹ He was the son of George F. P. Wanger and M. Ada Grubb.¹ Isaac Price Wanger married Nellie Kulp Mattis, daughter of Alvin Mattis and Sara Osborne, on 29 May 1919, Ceremony by Rev. George L. Roth.¹ Isaac Price Wanger married Kathryn S. Rinehart, daughter of Edgar H. Rinehart and Lavinia Souders, on 9 September 1925.¹ Occupation: Construction Dept. McCllintie-Marshall Construction Co. Tatanagar, India 1921-23; Brooklyn N.Y. 1923-25.¹

     James Davis Wanger was born on 3 December 1908.¹ He was the son of George F. P. Wanger and M. Ada Grubb.¹

     Jane Frances Wanger was born on 14 January 1921.² She was the daughter of Grant J. Wanger and Helen Keegan.^2,1

     John Wanger was the son of Henrich Wenger.¹ John Wanger married Margaret (?).¹ John Wanger began military service in 1777 First Company, Fifth Battalion, Berks County Militia, a so-called "Court Martial Man."¹

     Occupation: Plumber; Supt. of Gas Plant at Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., PA.² John A. Wanger was born on 31 July 1890 at Pottstown, Montgomery Co., PA.¹ He was the son of George F. P. Wanger and M. Ada Grubb.¹ John A. Wanger married Mary E. Saylor, daughter of Adam F. Saylor and Rosa Schneider, on 16 October 1913, Ceremony by Rev. J. J. Kline.¹ John A. Wanger began military service between 1916 and 1917 Corporal, Co. A, 6th Regt. N.G.P., Sworn into U.S. Service and served at the Mexican Border, 1916 - 1917.²

     John A. Wanger was born on 30 November 1919.¹ He was the son of John A. Wanger and Mary E. Saylor.¹

     John Price Wanger was born on 17 May 1858 at N. Coventry Twp., Chester Co., PA.¹ He was the son of George Wanger and Rebecca Price.¹ John Price Wanger died on 14 March 1859 at N. Coventry Twp., Chester Co., PA.¹

     Joseph Price Wanger was born on 15 November 1864.¹ He was the son of George Wanger and Rebecca Price.¹ Joseph Price Wanger married Blanche Roddy on 15 April 1896, Ceremony by Rev. Father Michael Reilly.¹ Joseph Price Wanger lived in 1926 at 918 Airy Street, Norristown, Montgomery Co., PA.¹

     Kathryn Wanger was born on 19 June 1905.¹ She was the daughter of George F. P. Wanger and M. Ada Grubb.¹

     Lincoln Wanger was born on 17 August 1885.¹ He was the son of Hon. Irving P. Wanger and Emma C. Titlow.¹ Lincoln Wanger died on 17 September 1885.¹

     Marion Wanger was born on 12 July 1893.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. Irving P. Wanger and Emma C. Titlow.¹ Occupation: Trained nurse in 1926 at Norristown, Montgomery Co., PA.¹

     Mary Wanger was born on 21 December 1879.¹ She was the daughter of Newton Wanger and Bertie Ergood.¹ Mary Wanger died on 23 March 1882 at age 2.¹

     Mary Gertrude Wanger was born on 28 September 1894 at North Coventry Twp., Chester Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of George F. P. Wanger and M. Ada Grubb.¹ Mary Gertrude Wanger married Rev. George N. Harward, son of John B. Harward and Roxia A. Rogers, on 8 August 1917, Ceremony by Rev. C. P. Warner.¹

     Mary Gertrude Wanger was born on 18 July 1867.¹ She was the daughter of George Wanger and Rebecca Price.¹ Mary Gertrude Wanger died on 9 August 1870 at age 3.¹