Fitterling School Graveyard
Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
The burials listed by contributor 47099775 are from the burial records of Pa. Church and Town records and cemetery given was listed as Fitterling School House, circa 1862. Burials listed other than this contributor are probably speculative unless source is given. There is also speculation that some of the more prominent burials have been moved to Alleghenyville. Therefore, these names listed by above said contributor are only those documented to have been first laid to rest at this location.
In 1839 Squire Guldin of Oley donated land for a school, which was to be a eight-sided building, common in Europe, to distinquish from a house. The school was completed in 1840. A well-known citizen, Amos Rathman, was a teacher here for a time. The first known burial was that of an infant child during a blizzard when the Allegheny cemetery could not be reached. That following year more children were buried here. When the building was no longer used for a school it became used as church for any denomination. The cemetery continued to expand and is estimated to have at least 40 burials. All of the current stones are red sandstone and have not been transcribed.
History courtesy of George Meiser IX
The burials listed by contributor 47099775 are from the burial records of Pa. Church and Town records and cemetery given was listed as Fitterling School House, circa 1862. Burials listed other than this contributor are probably speculative unless source is given. There is also speculation that some of the more prominent burials have been moved to Alleghenyville. Therefore, these names listed by above said contributor are only those documented to have been first laid to rest at this location.
In 1839 Squire Guldin of Oley donated land for a school, which was to be a eight-sided building, common in Europe, to distinquish from a house. The school was completed in 1840. A well-known citizen, Amos Rathman, was a teacher here for a time. The first known burial was that of an infant child during a blizzard when the Allegheny cemetery could not be reached. That following year more children were buried here. When the building was no longer used for a school it became used as church for any denomination. The cemetery continued to expand and is estimated to have at least 40 burials. All of the current stones are red sandstone and have not been transcribed.
History courtesy of George Meiser IX
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- Added: 3 Jun 2013
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2499076
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