Pearl Shy Lochbaum

"Frederick Kanapper our earliest known ancestor, resided near Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany (two miles from Malta.) The maiden name of his wife is unknown (her given name was Mier ____.) The name was spelled Kanapper in the family bible ... but through the years the name became Knaper. Frederick and Mier Kanaper did not come to the United States, as did four of their five children. Their youngest daughter Clara came to Pennsylvania in 1850 having...