Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
Hotel, Heller, fravcl Reunion

| 24th.
These families are the descendant
of John ("Johnnes" jean Hotel ant
| Margaret his wife, who landed in Phila
delphia, Pennsylvania, September IL
1892, with five children, all minors
named Charles, George, Henry, JOIN
and Anna. The girl married George
| Keller whose daughter Anna married
Henry Fravel.
From three of these young Hotels
Charles, George, and Anna, are gener
ated the families of Hotels, Huddles
kellers, Bordens, Warmers, Crabills
Stricklers, Headleys, Bausermans, Nc
| Neils, Drills, Rhodes, Bushongs, Saums
Kauffmans or Coffmans, Mileys, Jor
dams, Wismans, Diffenbachers, Copps
Grims, Dellingers, and many others, al
well known and prominent in the Shen
andoah Valley, and from whom came
the families of those names and others
scattered into about every county O
the State of Virginia, and also into
about every State and territory of these
United States of America. 1t is est
mated by good judges that there are
now more than 20, 900 Of the clan living
For the first eighteen years after
landing, the Hotel immigrants resided
in Bucks County, Pennsylvania unit
1850 when all the family but Henry
and John moved to the Shenandoah
Valley. From Henry and John have
descended the Hotel, Huttel, Huddle
families of Pennsylvania and New Jer.
sey.
The historians of the Clan have divid.
ed the descendants into five lines rep
resenting the five immigrant children.
Their investigations have developed
some distinguished and interesting
characters in these several lines and in
several instances families that repre-
sent two and those Of the original lines.
The first Hotel families Reunion was
held at Fishers Hill September S, 1921,
when over twelve hundred reported
present, many OF whom were aware
that they are descendants Of "Johnnes"
HOTEL but didn' know their relation
ship to one another,
An organization was perfected at the
first meeting with the following Off
GERS: Milton H. Hotel, Pres; P. S.
Rhodes, LIST V. P ". j. Keller, End
V P, Prof. j. Monroe Hotel, Bird V.
P. ; Miss Lucille Hotel, Secretary, and
David H. Keller, Treasurer.
Executive Committee-Silas Keller,
Jasper Hotel, Howard Rosenberger,
Leslie Saum and j, L. Teller.
The Second Reunion of the Hotel
Clan held last week, Thursday, was the
consumation Of the systematic work Of
the above named officers, and it is
thought that, but for the inclement
weather, an even larger attendance
than last year would have resulted.
Notwithstanding the downpour Of rain
there were more than eight hundred
people at the Park on Thursday, prac-
tically all relatives representing the
States of Virginia, Maryland, PennsyI-
vania, Ohio and South Carolina.
About five hundred assembled in
the pavilion where the exercises were
held following printed program. The
President, Milton Hotel Of Woodstock
presided. After singing America" in
which all joined heartily, and invoca-
tioE by Rev. n. H. Fravel, Prof. j. NJ.
Hotel of Edinburg. Va, delivered an
interesting address of welcome in which
he reviewed briefly the principal
features and experiences Of the early
Hotel, Keller, Fravel families in the
Shenandoah Valley,
Response was made by j. K. Hotel,
of Spartanburg, s. C. who emphasized
the inherent tendencies of the Hotel
clans, to the present generations, to
long to visit the pleasant Shenandoah
Valley and meet and greet their kindred
in the Old Dominion State, and assured
them that like themselves, the Hotels
in other parts Of our glorious country
are one hundred per cent American
liberty loving, modest, industrious
progressive, educational with visions
grasping the higher ideas of the TWEEN
tieth century.
A vocal solo by Mrs. Helen Clarke
Humme, voice teacher in the Massa'
nutten Military Academy, was number
most eXquisitely rendered, and dis
closed the fact that Woodstock has
vocal artist of whom the community
can justly feel highly complimented.
Miss Katharine Hotel, also a teacher
in the Military Academy, with char
she had carefully prepared, gave de
tailed history of the Fravel families
showing the family tree from Henr.
Fravel and Anna Keller, daughter o
| George Keller and Anna Hotel Mis-
| Hotel evinced such thorough know
ledge and familiarity with the subjec
| and spoke SO distinctly and attractivel.
that her audience was held in deel
silent interest from start to finish.
A Duet-La ci Darem la Mano, b,
Mrs. Hummel and.Capt. Lawrence, Mis-
Katharine Hotel at the Piano, was
musical treat and really appreciated b.
every one present. MIS-, Hummell ant
| Capt Lawrence were also assisted il
several other delightful numbers b.
Mr.. C. C. Skyles.
A sumptuous picnic spread from
| bursting baskets was such feast as tn
women of the Hottel-Keller-Fra
clan so we'll know how to prepare an
serve.
The address by the historian, Rev. "
D. Huddle, Westerville, Ohio, was re
plete with valuable information an
explanations of the expanding of tn
family clan, until the kindred can b
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