Simon Peter Adam (1855 - 1856)

Born 19 Sep 1855 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Mar 1856 at age 0 in Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Burial Place: Old Cemetery, Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally, Berks, Pennsylvania (at that time known as St. Paul's Chapel Cemetery, Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania)

Sources

• Goshenhoppen Registers - Catholic missionary work began outside of Philadelphia in 1716. In 1741, records, though fragmentary, of the Goshenhoppen area began in a missal written by Rev. Theodore Schneider. He was the founder of St. Paul's Chapel in 1752 after the land was deeded to the church; it was usually known as the Goshenhoppen Mission. In 1835, a large addition was made to the front side of the chapel and the name was changed to Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament. The location is in southeastern Berks County near the border with Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. When the postal service began Rural Free Delivery in 1896, many villages needed to be renamed because of the duplication of names, Churchville was renamed Bally. This name was a tribute to the priest, Rev. Augustine Bally. He had served the Catholic Church there and in outlying areas from 1837 to 1882.

• Chapel of St. Paul's Cemetery, Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania (this is the old cemetery at Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally, Berks, Pennsylvania) p. 2; compiled by Edgar H. Zimmerman, May 1985

• Helen E. Arkey, Eck Families Primarily Listing Descendants of Jacob Egg/Eck and Anna Maria Margaret Kilcher p. 34; Allentown, PA, 1992; Data Contributors: Mary Germaine O'Neil, William Cochran