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Portrait of Harry "Brillo" Brill as a young man.

Harry was the son of Howard Walton (1869-1947) and Anna Virginia (Wilkins) (1878-1957) Brill.

He is best remembered for having managed "Brill's Grocery Store" on King Street in Strasburg.

Photograph of Joycie (Grandstaff) Wilkins, with her arms folded, beside Mary Anna (Webster) Ryman.

Joycie was the daughter of James Booten and Mildred (Cook) Grandstaff. She grew up with at least four siblings.

She first married Roy Lee Peer…

Group photograph of the Hoover family. Identified from left to right as: Zelia Mae, her father, George, Emmert, her mother, Catherine, and her younger sister, Lois.

George James Hoover was the son of James K. and Virginia (Coffelt) Hoover. He was…

Photograph of Margaret P. (Fravel) Wilkins as a young girl.

Margaret was the daughter of Nevin Kline and Lula Mae (Wisman) Fravel.

She married John Robert Wilkins (1918-2002) and the couple raised two sons: John Robert Wilkins, Jr. and Kline…

Photograph of John Robert Wilkins Jr. as a child.

The name "Wilkins" is written on the glass negative.

Photograph of John Robert Wilkins Jr. as a child.

The name "Wilkins" is written on the glass negative.

Photograph of John Robert Wilkins Jr. as a child.

The name "John Robert Wilkins" is written on the glass negative.

Rufus Wilkins and Gertie Dellinger began dating (or as people used to say, "courtin"), after both had lost their spouses.