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Hist. Mss. 1-913
Eunice Deter (1890-1982) Collection
Deter Family Records and Longanecker Family History
Papers, 1792-1982
3 Boxes (1 Long Gray, 2 Gray)
Administrative Information
The
Longanecker Family History materials were deposited into the Archives
by Hazel Hassan, Goshen, Indiana, in 1993. The other Deter family
papers were deposited by Hassan in 2002. Eunice Deter was an aunt to
Hazel (Nice) Hassan.
Deter's
research on the Steiner family has been deposited at the Mennonite
Library and Archives at Bluffton College. One should also note the
Christian B. Steiner (1825-1903) papers which are housed at the
Archives here in Goshen, Indiana, deposited by Eunice Deter in the
early 1960s.
Longanecker
papers organized and listed by Hazel Hassan, 1993. Updated by Dennis
Stoesz October 4, 1996. Deter family records organized and listed by
Hazel Hassan, 2002.
Series
Listing
1
Box (Long Gray)
Deter Family Records, 1864-1982
Includes materials from three generations of Deters, and a biography of
Fianna
(Longanecker) Steiner.
Andrew
Deter, 1809-1889
Daniel H. Deter, 1852-1943
Elisabeth (Hoover) Deter, 1817-1891
Elsie (Steiner) Deter, 1859-1938
Eunice Deter, 1890-1982
Fianna
(Longanecker) Steiner, 1841-1925
Michael H. Deter, 1857-1949
m. 1) Susan (Bristol) Deter, 1864-1910; 2) Emma
(Landis) Deter,
1875-1970
2
Boxes (Gray)
Longanecker Family History,
1792-1976
These
papers consist of research materials from the books published by Eunice
Deter (and Rachel Nice and Jean Longanecker Jennings) on the
Longanecker Family History (1937, 1946, and 1969 editions). Materials
from the following persons are included in the collection:
Ulrich
Longenecker, Jr., 1711-1793 (came to USA 1733)
Jacob Longenecker, 1741-1825
Elizabeth (Brenner) Longenecker, 1787-1875
Jacob Longanecker, 1814-1890
Lydia (Showalter) Longanecker, 1819-1916
Fianna
(Longanecker) Steiner, 1841-1925
Adam Steiner, 1827-1911
Elsie (Steiner) Deter, 1859-1938
Daniel H. Deter, 1879-1943
Eunice Deter, 1890-1982
Inventory
Listing
Box
1 (Long Gray)
Deter Family Records, 1864-1982
1.
Tintypes: Andrew Deter (1809-1889), Franklin Co., Pa. Father of Daniel
H. Deter of Morrison, Illinois. -- Elsie Steiner (1859-1938), at age 18
in 1877. Later married Daniel H. Deter (1852-1943).
2.
Franklin Co., Pa. papers. -- Map (1 p.) with two dots showing location
of Andrew Deter's land and that of Joe Benedict, b. 1915, a
great-nephew of Andrew Deter and the grandson of Andrew's sister, Susan
Deter Benedict.
New Guilford Brethren in Christ church's
ground-breaking in
1950. The old church is said to have been the one
where Daniel
Deter's mother, Elizabeth Hoover Deter,
was
a member.
3.
a) Photocopy of marriage license of Daniel Deter and Elsie Steiner.
Married 16 Dec 1879 by Jacob Garwick, Brethren in Christ minister, at
the Adam Steiner residence, home of the bride's parents. b) Picture
pages of Deters from a family history. c) Also a list "From
Grandfather's book, March 1880: Elcy Steiner, the Elder daughter of
Adam and Fianna Steiner got from home
1 cow --------------------------$25.00
Out of the grocery ------------$21.70
At the hard ware of Sholes ---$35.75
At the furniture store ----------$34.75"
4. Financial record books of Daniel
H. Deter:
a) 1873-1879. A small (3" x 4-3/4") leather-covered record book
in which he has written:
year 1873
1873 left the town of alliance stark Co Ohio the 17th of January and
went to Wooster Summit and stay till the 27th of Jan. then went
as far as Cresline stayed all night the 28th day got to Fort Wain
stayed all night the 29th day went to Aurburn ind with my aunt and
stayed till the 11th day of March and then left their and went to
Morrison Ill arived the 12th of March and on the 18th of March began
work [for Adam Steiner] at $20 per month and for eight months wich is
as follows:
March $ 9.13 -13/100
April $20.00; May $20.00; June $20.00; August $20.00; September $20.00;
October $20.00; November $10.86 -2/13; hole amount $160.00
b) 1877-1882, and 1919. First part of the book is Daniel H.
Deter's 1864 copybook, at age 12, from school days at "Opossum Hill
School," Franklin Co., Pa.
c) Large financial records book, for years 1901-1926.
d) "D Ledger" -- 1920-1926. Contents: Sale record of Mrs.
Adam Steiner's goods, 1920 [Elsie Deter's mother]. -- Repairs on
Steiner house in Morrison. -- Estate of Amanda Small [sister of D. H.
Deter]. -- Financial dealings with son, Daniel S. Deter, 1919 - Sep 1,
1920. -- Papering/painting costs at Steiner house, 1920. --Redecorating
the Mennonite church at Morrison, May 9 - June 6, 1925. -- Financial
dealings with son Ezra Deter, Dec. 26, 1918 - Jan. 1, 1921. -- Elsie S.
Deter's deposit at State Ba nk, Mar. 1922. --Son Andrew Deter's note,
Mar. 1, 1922. --Bags of cement used, no year. -- Elsie Deter's 1926
deposit.
5. a) The original 1884 deacon lot slip of D. H. Deter, and b)
Page from Jan. 8, 1942 Gospel Herald showing the name of Daniel Deter
in a list of "Mennonite Deacons Who Have Served More than 50 Years."
6. Warranty land deeds (copies): Grantee deed, Carroll Co., Iowa,
2 Mar 1892 - Grantor deed, Iowa, 29 May 1901. -- Grantee deed
(177½ acres), Whiteside Co., Ill., 1 Mar 1902.
7. Carroll Co., Iowa farm directory 1957, where Deters lived from
1892 to 1902.
8. Various papers: C&NW Railway Co., freight bill for oats
shipped 22 Apr 1896 to Ralston, Iowa; received 25 Apr 1896; charge
$79.00. -- Bill for $180.48 dated 28 May 1898, from Gressler Bros.,
Scranton, Iowa. Providers of grain, lumber, coal. --John F. Lalla
& Co., Chicago, Ill., memo of check enclosed for 4.27 for "1 rub
butter." --Gougle Bros., Chicago, 21 Jan 1899 (but stamped Mar 3,
1899), "1 Tub," 4.16 minus freight (60) and cartage (21) for Net
proceeds, 3.35.
9. The original 1920 sale bill (and a copy) for the farm sold in
Illinois.
10.
Copt of a handwritten list of birth and death family records, by Elsie
or Daniel Deter. -- Copy of a page from an otherwise blank records
book, showing account paid on trip to visit Deter children, Andrew at
Tintah, Minnesota, and John at Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada.
11.
Elsie Deter: --List of the quilts she pieced. --Letter from a lawyer to
D.H. Deter asking him to inform him if a draft enclosed is acceptable;
in it, D.H. will forfeit his inheritance from his wife in order to give
it to their children. --Memorial funeral book for Elsie Deter.
--Page with several of Elsie's obituaries.
12.
Last days of D.H. Deter, Nov. 8-22, 1943, as described and written by
daughter, Eunice Deter.
13.
Funeral service for D.H. Deter, recorded and typed by daughter-in-law,
Edith Huffnagle Deter. -- Newspaper obituary.
14.
Biographies of D.H. Deter, Elsie S. Deter, and Fianne Longanecker,
written by Eunice Deter.
15.
Obituaries of Michael H. Deter (1857-1949) and his wife, Emma.
Michael was the brother of D.H. Deter and was a Reformed Mennonite
minister at Sterling, Ill. --Will of Michael Deter. -- Inventory
of estate after Emma's death; heirs of Michael's deceased sisters, Anna
Wingert (1841-1908), Maria Wingert (1843-1915); nieces Anna Deckert
(1868-1927); Amanda Seilhamer (1870-1912), and Susan Winger
(1873-1935); heirs of Jesse Benedict (1905-1947); deceased grandson of
Michael's sister, Susan Deter Benedict (1855-1944). List of heirs
and addresses.
16. Eunice Deter's
autobiography, written ca. 1965 (see p.13 of autobiography).
17. Copies of Eunice's letters, 1911-1918, and four of the actual
letters. -- Her nurse's graduation invitation to Englewood Hospital,
Chicago. -- Letter of 1922 with return address on envelope of J.S.
Shoemaker, Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities. In this
letter, Shoemaker invites Eunice to consider working as a nurse at the
Eureka, Illinois Home for the Aged.
18. Two Eunice Deter diaries: Jan. 1908 - Dec. 1909; Jan. - Dec.
1910. -- Photo on board (photo 16 x 21 cm.) of Eunice, a patient, and
RN Anna Dahlgren; dated 1918.
19. Letter from John F. Funk to Eunice Deter, 1926.
Name
and Subject Tracings
(For
Box 1--Deter Family Records)
Agriculture
Deter, Andrew, 1809-1889
Deter, Daniel H., 1852-1943
Deter, Elsie (Steiner), 1859-1938
Deter, Eunice, 1890-1982
Deter,
Michael H., 1857-1949
Diaries
Farming - SEE Agriculture
Longanecker, Fianna, 1839-1879
Morrison Mennonite Church, Morrison, Illinois
Steiner
Deter, Elsie, 1859-1938
Women, Mennonite
Box
2 (Gray)
Longanecker Family History, 1792-1976
A.
Preliminary papers
1. Inventory copy
2. Brief biography of Eunice Deter
3. Outline of the Longanecker family
4. Other research and documents from Deter (Steiner
family)
B.
Index to the Correspondence, 1927-1976, contained in Box 1 Gray. The
number in parentheses following a name indicates the number of letters
written by that correspondent.
Blankenbiller,
Etta (2) 1937
Blankenbiller, Mildred (1) 1963
Bowman, Martha (Speck) (1) 1951
Browand, Hazel (1) 1937
Buch, N.E. (1) 1947
Conner, Floyd (1) 1968
Cruse, Della (Shiffer) (2)
Ewing, Florence (1) 1951
Gerber, E.P. (1) 1945
Gsell, Lydia (Longanecker) 1927
Hamilton,
Mrs. Ira (1) 1952
Horst, Elizabeth (Lehman) (1) 1937
Jamison, Freda) (1) 1967
Jennings, Jean (Longanecker) (2) 1972, 1976
Jones, Olive (Nice) (3) 1949, 1957, 1962
Joseph,
Jack (1)
Keefer, Lois (McCulloh) (2) 1937, 1957
Kerr, Mrs. Harold G (2) 1970
Knouf, Osee J. (2) 1967
Knox, Loren (2) 1963
Landis,
Ira (5) + (7 postcards) 1948-1954
Longanecker, Etta (1) 1943
Longanecker, Samuel (1) 1943
McCulloh, Charles W. (3) 1972, 1977
McKee, Mary (1) 1967
Markley,
Ruth (Longanecker) 1966, 1971
Mowrey, Lois (1) 1952
Mowrey, Odessa (3) 1952-53
Nice, Blanche (2) 1936, 1958
Nice, Frank A. (1) 1937
Nice,
Rebecca (Longanecker) (10) 1937-1952
Ross, R. Chester (2) 1937 Slaymaker, Martha (10) 1952
Stables, Irma (4) 1966-67
Stauffer, Alice (1) 1936
Van Dyke, Anna (1) 1958
Weaver
family (1) 1953
From Chester F. Snyder
Wheeler, Edna (Longanecker) (7), 1936-37, 1953, 1964, 1968
C.
Legal papers, Longanecker/Showalter:
1. Longanecker
a. Will of Ulrich Longenecker Jr. (1711-1793)
- Sept. 14, 1792
b. Will of Jacob Longenecker
(1741-1825)
- Mar. 4, 1819
c. List of heirs of Jacob Longanecker
(1814-1890) and discharge of administrator,
1892.
Also miscellaneous notes by Eunice Deter.
2. Showalter
a. Will of Jacob Showalter, Jan. 16, 1809
b. Application for letters of
admin. for
Joseph Showalter, d. 1862
D.
Reunions
1. Longanecker
a. Postcard of reunion at Pottstown, Pa. for Longenecker
Reunion; and postcard
notices, 1951 - 1974 for Illinois Longanecker
reunions
b. Eunice Deter's handwritten
minutes of
the 2d Reunion, Aug. 6, 1933
c. Photocopies of newspaper
reports of
Illinois reunions
d. Vital statistics and data for
annual
update of the family
2. Browand and Showalter Reunion
E.
Genealogical notes and data
1. Longanecker
2. Showalter
F.
Photos
1. Lydia Showalter Longanecker (1819-1916) -
newspaper photo
and announcement of death
2. Rebecca Longanecker Nice (1855-1955) at age 98,
Oct. 1953,
with Frances
Fisk
3. Postcard with photo of house owned by Ulrich
Longenecker,
the immigrant, who came from
Germany or
Switzerland in 1733
4. Thummel family (Leroy and Helen Longanecker
Thummel family)
5. Wheeler family (Philip and Edna Longanecker
Wheeler, Sept.
1955)
6. See also photos in front of the 1937 Longanecker
History in
this collection which show homes and
farms at
Morrison, Ill.; Sam and Joe Longanecker; Nancy Null,
Miriam
Longanecker; Aaron and Mariah Browand; Lydia Browand Janvrin;Rebecca
Longanecker
Nice; Dan Deter family; Byron and Henry Nice families; Mariah and
Paul
McCulloh; Guy Van Dyke family.
G.
Miscellaneous:
1. Longanecker burials, Rapho Township, Lancaster
Co., Pa.
2. Information about other lines
of Longeneckers,
including a booklet of David
B. Longenecker (1937).
3. Indian head penny tradition
4. Record of Longancker
genealogies sold
or given as gifts
H.
Longanecker Family History Editions
1. 1937 edition, by Rachel Nice and Eunice Deter
2. 1937 edition, with photos and
copious
written additions/corrections, by Eunice
Deter.
3. 1946 edition, typed from
corrected 1937
copy
4. 1969 edition, revised, by Jean
Longanecker
Jennings and Eunice Deter.
Includes
handwritten
additions by Eunice at back.
I.
Notebooks of Eunice Deter for families of:
1. Funk, Longanecker, Showalter,
Weaver.
2. Longanecker family
Name
and Subject Tracings
(For
Box 2--Longanecker Family History Materials)
Deter,
Eunice, 1890-1982
Funk Family
Hassan, Hazel
Jennings, Jean (Longanecker)
Longanecker Family
Longanecker,
Elizabeth (Brenner), 1787-1875
Longanecker, Jacob, 1814-1890
Longanecker, Lydia (Showalter), 1819-1916
Longenecker, David B.
Longenecker, Jacob, 1741-1825
Longenecker,
Ulrich, 1711-1793
Nice, Rachel
Nice, Rebecca (Longanecker), 1855-1955
Showalter Family
Showalter, Jacob, d. ca. 1809
Showalter,
Joseph, d. 1862
Thummel, Helen (Longanecker)
Weaver Family
February
13, 2004 / Posted on web by Rebecca Allen
January 6, 2004 / Updated by Helen Hostetler
File:
"HM1-913.doc"
Mennonite Church USA Archives, 1700 S Main St., Goshen,
Indiana 46526
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