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Reifsnyder - Gillam Genealogical Papers
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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081
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The Gillam family included many links to many Pennsylvania and New Jersey Quaker families. The Reifsnyders were Pennsylvania Germans. Howard Reifsnyder was married in 1891 to Hannah Gillam, a descendant of a long-time Quaker family.
These genealogical papers on the Reifsnyder and Gillam families and collateral lines were collected by Howard Reifsnyder of Philadelphia and Langhorne, Pa. Most of the research was done by Ann Lane Scolley, dated 1901. Howard Reifsnyder was married in 1891 to Hannah Gillam, a descendant of a long-time Quaker family.
Families in these genealogical papers are Pennsylvania Quakers, including Gillam, Conrad/Kunders, Lloyd, Wilson, Preston, and some Welsh research.. Pennsylvania German families include Reifsnyder and Longenecker/Longacre.
Donor: Richard Reifsnyder, 1972
The collection was given by a Reifsnyder descendent
People
- Reifsnyder family
- Gillam family
- Conrad family
- Lloyd family
- Wilson family
- Preston family
- Longnecker family
- Longacre family
Subject
- Publisher
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Author
- FHL staff
- Finding Aid Date
- 1972
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Collection Inventory
Complied by Ann L. Schollay
Physical Description3 folders