A genealogy of the Lake family of Great Egg Harbour in Old Gloucester County in New Jersey : descended from John Lade of Gravesend, Long Island; with notes on the Gravesend and Staten Island branches of the family. This volume of nearly 400 pages includes a coat-of-arms in colors, two charts, and nearly fifty full page illustrations – portraits, old homes, samplers, etc. The coat-of-arms shown in the frontspiece is an unusually good example of the heraldic art!
Fessler, Carl F.; teacher of piano; born, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1860; received his education in his native town of Karlsruhe; entered the high school there, called gymnasium, a d then the music school, displaying unusual talent for music when young, his parents gave him careful training under the very best instructors; married, Cleveland, 1892, Henrietta Stoll; issue, one daughter and two sons; came to America in 1880, and with the exception of one year, has lived in Cleveland ever since; his ability as a musician and teacher was soon recognized; for twelve years he was associate director of The Wolfram School … Read more