The Bicentennial Reunion of the Keyser Family,
1688-1888
The Keyser Family: Descendants of Dirck Keyser of Amsterdam
Compiled by Charles S. Keyser, Published Philadelphia 1889.
Note: Reunion held in the Mennonite Meeting House,
Germantown, 10/10/1888
1: Introductory to the Reunion
(Pages 1-14)
Includes list of Keysers and related lines that
attended this major event.
2. The Opening Prayer, by
Bp.N.B. Grubb (Pages 14-15)
3. The Family History, by
Charles S. Keyser (Pages 15-75)
Includes Arms; Bible Page; Funeral Invitation
to the Funeral of Tobias Keyser, Information on the Female Lines; the Education
of Various Family Members; Trades and Occupations of Various Family Members; The
War Record of the Family; The Charitable Work of the Family; The Religion;
4. The Homes, Meeting Houses,
and Burial Grounds, of the Family,
by Dr. Peter Dirck Keyser (Pages 75-81)
Includes the Dunkards; the Mennonites
5. The Mennonites, read by
Julia A. Orum (Pages 81-89)
6. The Martyrdom of Leonhard
Keyser, read by Julia A. Orum (Pages 89-92)
7. The Levering Family, by Hon.
Horatio Gates Jones (Pages 92-94)
8. The Pannebecker Line, by
Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, LL.D. (Pages 95-97)
9. The Germantown Emigration,
by Prof. Oswald Seidensticker (Pages 97-100)
10. The Lesson of the Reunion,
by Laars Westergaard (Pages 101-102)
11. The Mennonites in Holland,
by Adrian van Helden (Pages 102-104)
12. The Correspondence of the
Family (Pages 105-9, 115-117)
13. The Last Hours of the
Reunion (Page 109-115)
14. THE GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY
(Page 116- End)
Includes Index
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