_John Jacob BANKERT JR________+ | (1746 - 1824) _John Peter BANKERT ___| | (1776 - 1817) | | |______________________________ | _David Stonesifer BANKERT _| | (1808 - 1873) | | | _John Daniel (Sr) STONESIFER _+ | | | (1731 - 1813) m 1765 | |_Christina STONESIFER _| | (1778 - 1849) | | |_Maria Elizabeth YINGLING ____+ | (1744 - 1821) m 1765 | |--William H BANKERT | (1851 - 1855) | ______________________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |______________________________ | | |_Sarah A HOUPTMAN _________| (1824 - 1897) | | ______________________________ | | |_______________________| | |______________________________
[11151] [S14] "History and Genealogy of the Stonesifer Family of MD and PA"
[12156] A pioneer in the motion picture theatre industry in Hanover , he had purchased the Center Square Movie House in 1907 (later the site became Columbia Jewelers). He was the second operator of a theatre in Hanover, and for a time was in partnership with C W Powman. At various times he was the manager of other theatres - the Star, the Strand (both located on Carlisle Street), the Hanover theatre on Baltimore Street, and the Park on West Chestnut Street. He was a member of the Masonic Patmos Lodge 348 and the family were members of the St Matthew's Lutheran Ch.
[12157] [S14] "History and Genealogy of the Stonesifer Family of MD and PA"
_Abraham STONESIFER _+ | (1835 - 1926) m 1871 _Irvin Edgar STONESIFER _| | (1885 - 1952) m 1909 | | |_Sevilla HESSON _____+ | (1842 - 1922) m 1871 _Frank Ellis STONESIFER _| | (1909 - ....) m 1934 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Bessie Romaine KRENZER _| | (1889 - 1937) m 1909 | | |_____________________ | | |--Shirley Ann STONESIFER | (1935 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Mamie Mae RIPPEON ______| m 1934 | | _____________________ | | |_________________________| | |_____________________
[662] They operated the old Stonesifer drug store.
[663] [S14] "History and Genealogy of the Stonesifer Family of MD and PA"
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