BANKERT/BANKER/BANKARD
REUNION
August
25-26, 2001
The first Bankert/Banker/Bankard Family Reunion for descendants of Johann
Jacob Bankert and related lines was held on August 25-26, 2001, in Union
Mills and Silver Run, Maryland. IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!!
Family members from as far away as Virginia, Tennessee, and New Jersey,
as well as from various parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland attended, representing
the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland branches of this extended family.
The first day of the reunion was a chance to socialize at a picnic
at the Lions Club park in Union Mills, on property that had originally
been owned by Jacob Bankert. We discussed some of the history of his settlement
of the area, and why the history of the Bankert/Banker/Bankard families
is a microcosm of the settling of America. Here are some pictures
of the picnic:
Part of the Ohio Bankers: Robert Uhl, P.G. Banker III, R. Richard
Banker, Roberta Banker Stein
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Part of the Bankard line at table in foreground
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Miriam Russell Banker addressing the group
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Susan Bankert Creighton (foreground)
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Looking over a printout of the Ohio Banker family tree
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The second day of the reunion was spent talking about family research.
In these photos, Jan Bankert of York, Pennsylvania, took the group on a
tour of St. Mary's cemetery in Silver Run, and he pointed out Johann Jacob
Bankert's (1717-1789) headstone. After the cemetery tour, the group
went back into St. Mary's U.C.C. to share family histories, stories, and
research.
Jan Bankert points to Johann Jacob's headstone
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Roberta Stein, Robert Uhl, P.G. Banker, Barry Banker at Jacob's
headstone
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Sunday afternoon, talking about family
history
NEXT YEAR'S REUNION WILL BE EVEN
BIGGER!!
