Emanuel Bortner
and
Annie Krebs
11 Emanuel Bortner was born March 28, 1834 in Chanceford, York, Pennsylvania. He farmed in his youth but would later learn how to make ice cream and become very good at it. He married Annie Krebs. She was a daughter of farmer Jeremiah Krebs and Rachel Swartz and was born February 22, 1838 in North Codorus.
Annie's sister Matilda Krebs married David Andrew Becker. D. A. Becker went into the ice cream making business with Emanuel Bortner and they set up shop in the Glen Rock business district. They purchased land from William Heathcote. Another company, Glen Rock Manufacturing, also purchased some land from Heathcote adjacent to Bortner and Becker Ice Cream Manufacturing Co.
There was a land dispute owing to an error on the part of the deed recorder in which Glen Rock Manufacturing received more land than what was agreed upon from Mr. Heathcote. As a result they claimed that Bortner and Becker were doing business on their land. Bortner and Becker as defendants won the case because the judge dismissed the complaint and ejected the deed.
Bortner and Becker shipped their ice cream as far away as New Jersey. Emanuel Bortner and David Becker's father-in-law Jeremiah Krebs would get cream from local farmers in Seven Valleys to bring to their factory in Glen Rock. David Becker died in 1892 and the company discontinued operation not long after. Emanuel manufactured ice cream for a few years after David died and lived his last years as a candy maker.
Annie's sister Matilda Krebs married David Andrew Becker. D. A. Becker went into the ice cream making business with Emanuel Bortner and they set up shop in the Glen Rock business district. They purchased land from William Heathcote. Another company, Glen Rock Manufacturing, also purchased some land from Heathcote adjacent to Bortner and Becker Ice Cream Manufacturing Co.
There was a land dispute owing to an error on the part of the deed recorder in which Glen Rock Manufacturing received more land than what was agreed upon from Mr. Heathcote. As a result they claimed that Bortner and Becker were doing business on their land. Bortner and Becker as defendants won the case because the judge dismissed the complaint and ejected the deed.
Bortner and Becker shipped their ice cream as far away as New Jersey. Emanuel Bortner and David Becker's father-in-law Jeremiah Krebs would get cream from local farmers in Seven Valleys to bring to their factory in Glen Rock. David Becker died in 1892 and the company discontinued operation not long after. Emanuel manufactured ice cream for a few years after David died and lived his last years as a candy maker.
Bortner and Becker
York Daily 3 Jan 1884
York Daily 3 Jan 1884
Annie Krebs lived with her parents Jeremiah and Rachel in Hanover Junction, which is in Codorus, at the time of the battle of Gettysburg. Jeremiah's farm was raided by a band of Confederates at Hanover Junction a day before the most notable battle of the Civil War began in Gettysburg. A horse was taken, among other items. And in this same place David Becker's father Peter Becker's farm was raided by the same band of Confederates. Stolen were 3 horses and other items.
The only band of Confederates to come through this small railroad town of Hanover Junction were the cavalrymen under General J. E. B. Stuart. Stuart was present with his men at the time that these raids occurred in this town and in other places northward before merging with fellow General Robert Ewell during his march into battle.
The Union band of troops that came through Hanover Junction just a few hours before the battle of Gettysburg were those of Major General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick had helped tremendously with his men in the Battle of Brandy Station against J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry while pushing them away from where the central battle that is now known as Gettysburg would take place. In pursuit of J. E. B. Stuart, Kilpatrick pushed Stuart north crossing through Hanover Junction one day after Stuart on July 1, 1863. Abraham Lincoln stepped off his train in Hanover Junction on November 19, 1863 with his speech to address Gettysburg.
The only band of Confederates to come through this small railroad town of Hanover Junction were the cavalrymen under General J. E. B. Stuart. Stuart was present with his men at the time that these raids occurred in this town and in other places northward before merging with fellow General Robert Ewell during his march into battle.
The Union band of troops that came through Hanover Junction just a few hours before the battle of Gettysburg were those of Major General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick had helped tremendously with his men in the Battle of Brandy Station against J. E. B. Stuart's cavalry while pushing them away from where the central battle that is now known as Gettysburg would take place. In pursuit of J. E. B. Stuart, Kilpatrick pushed Stuart north crossing through Hanover Junction one day after Stuart on July 1, 1863. Abraham Lincoln stepped off his train in Hanover Junction on November 19, 1863 with his speech to address Gettysburg.
Annie M (Krebs) Bortner
York Daily 18 Mar 1915
York Daily 18 Mar 1915
Gettysburg campaign
Emanuel and Annie had no children. They raised a foster daughter Anna Gertrude Myers who was a daughter of Adam Diehl Myers and Mary Elizabeth Folckemmer and was born December 6, 1879 in Glen Rock. Anna married Jacob Lewis Fair on March 7, 1901. Jacob was Emanuel's nephew.