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Rolandus Adams¹

• Last Edited: 7 Jun 2022

• Relationship: 2nd great-grandson of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Rolandus Adams is also referred to as Loranza Adams in some sources.²
• He was born on 28 July 1868.¹
• He was the son of Nicholas Adams and Lucy Ann Rothermel.
• Rolandus Adams married Katie Rebecca Bast, daughter of Charles W. Bast and Amanda Stahl, on 4 October 1887, Old Evangelical parsonage, Williamstown, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• The 1900 Census for Williamstown, Dauphin County, lists the following household: Rolandas Adams, 31, barber; Katie R. Adams, wife, 32, married 12 years, mother of 7 children, 6 surviving; Charles N. Adams, son, 12; Harry F. Adams, son, 10; Lucy A. Adams, daughter, 8; Verna M. Adams, daughter, 6; Elmer J. Adams, son, 4; Roy H. Adams, son, 3; and Wm E. [or V.] Adams, border, 23.³
• The 1910 Census for Williamstown, Dauphin County, lists the following household: Rolandus Adams, head, 41, married 23 years, proprietor of a barber shop; Katie R. Adams, wife, 42, married 23 years, mother of 11 children, 10 of whom were then living; Harry F. Adams, son, 20, coal miner; Lucy A. Adams, daughter, 18; Verna M. Adams, daughter, 16; Elmer J. Adams, son, 14; Roy H. Adams, son, 13; Russel N. Adams, son, 9; Florence A. Adams, daughter, 7; Raymond C. Adams, son, 4; and Clarence M. Adams, son, 1 3/12.⁴
• At the time of the 1930 Census, Rolandus and Katie were living on West Market Street in Williamstown, Dauphin County, PA, where Rolandus owned a grocery store. Their household included 3 of their sons -- Roy, Ray, and "C. Marlin."⁵
• Rolandus Adams died on 9 July 1954, Williamstown, Dauphin County, PA, at age 85.^1,6
• Newspaper obituary:
  Rolandus Adams Dies, Was Barber 60 Years
  Rolandus Adams, 86, of 217 W. Market St., Williamstown well-known barber and businessman, died at his home Friday evening. He was ill several months.
  A native of Hubley Twp., he was a son of the late Nicholas and Lucy Rothermel Adams. He was a member of West St., Evangelical United Brethren Church.
  Mr. Adams Conducted a barber shop and general merchandise store in Williamstown for 60 years.
  He was a charter member of Liberty Hose Co Number one.
  Surviving are his wife, the former Katie Bast; and the following children: Mrs. Lucy Martz and Raymond, both of Williamstown; Mrs. Harry Miller Pottstown; Elmer, Hamsburg; Roy, Tower City; Russell, Jersey City, N. J; C. Marlin, Lebanon; 18 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; two brothers William and Clayton, both of Williamstown.
  Funeral will be Tuesday after noon from Lyons Funeral Home, Williamstown with burial in Methodist Cemetery. The Rev. Lloyd Beamesderfer, pastor of Evangelical United Brethren Church, will officiate.
  Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 10 Jul 1954, Sat, Page 14.⁷
  

• Father*: Nicholas Adams b. 20 Apr 1843, d. 6 Oct 1927
• Mother*: Lucy Ann Rothermel b. 15 Jan 1849, d. 20 Nov 1928

Elmer Forrest Deibler^1,2

• Last Edited: 23 Jul 2025

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Elmer Forrest Deibler was born on 1 November 1880, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• He married Lucy Mae Adams, daughter of Nicholas Adams and Lucy Ann Rothermel, on 16 January 1902, Williamstown, Dauphin County, PA.^1,2
• Elmer Forrest Deibler died on 23 November 1952, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 72.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  ELMER F. DEIBLER
  Elmer F. Deibler, age 72 years, died at his home in Millersburg Sunday evening.
  Mr. Deibler was: a former resident of Williamstown and had operated a service station at Millersburg since 1936. He was a member of Hebron Evangelical United Brethren Church, Millersburg, and of the Modern Woodmen of America lodge.
  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Florence Yost Deibler; two daughters, Mrs. Howard T. Goodman, Millersburg and Mrs. Lester Miller, Bethlehem; and three sons, Clayton, of Munson; Donald, Millersburg, and Ralph of Harrisburg, and eight grandchildren.
  Services were held from the Riegle Funeral Home, Millersburg, at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Paul E. Fridinger, pastor of Hebron Evangelical United Brethren Church officiated and interment was made in Fairview Cemetery at Williamstown.
  Elizabethville Echo, November 27, 1952, Page 1.³