BIO:  E. K. Waltersdorff, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Heidelberg Township, Pg 110

E. K. WALTERSDORFF was born April 21, 1836, in Heidelberg Township, York Co., Penn., son of Daniel and Catharine (Carver) Waltersdorff.  His father came from Germany at the age of twenty-one years, and settled in Maryland, where he married Elizabeth Garrett, who died, leaving four sons and three daughters.  After twenty years of residence in Maryland he removed to Heidelberg Township and there married again, having three sons and one daughter by this union.  He was a defender of 1812, and died in 1863 aged ninety three years.  E. K. Waltersdorff spent his early life on the farm and attended subscription schools till he was eighteen years of age.  He was married, September 30, 1855, to Catharine Bricker, daughter of John and Christiana (Warner) Bricker, of Manheim Township.  They have had eleven children – eight sons and three daughters:  Samuel A., James H., George W., an infant (deceased), Emanuel D., John F., Aaron E., William H. (deceased), Emeline (deceased), Elenora and Alice Catharine.  He worked his father’s farm until 1877, when he moved to Heidelberg Township, to the Heistand farm, where he is now living.  George W., the third son, was born July 4, 1862, and spent his early life on the farm.  In 1881 and 1882 he attended York County Academy.  He has taught school successfully in different townships, and is now a teacher in Heidelberg Township, and is living with his father.