Son of Richard M. & Mary Ann Gruber
Married in 1877 to Amelia M. Petree of Womelsdorf, PA. and in 1935 Ida Walker in Washington, D.C.
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"Born on a farm in North Heidelberg Township, Berks County, educated in the old Womelsdorf Academy and Muhlenberg College, he returned to his native community to teach the district school. Later he taught in the Bernville School which was famed far and wide because of its excellent scholars. Today Mr. Gruber in his eighty-fifth year looks back upon his teaching days and counts scores of former pupils who have distinguished themselves in many and varied fields...In 1891 Mr. Gruber entered the civil service in Washington. In this position he was advanced to a post in the War Department where he continued to serve until age forced his retirement a decade ago...Mr. Gruber's chief claim to immortality lies in his activities in the interest of Pennsylvania German history, folklore, and literature. Long ago he realized that the elements were gradually effacing the inscriptions on tombstones in our older graveyards. Mr. Gruber made copies of many of these inscriptions half a century ago. Today many of those markers are worn smooth, but due to the foresight of one man, we know the story the monuments can no longer tell...Together with his brother, John, Mr. Gruber made a study of the early land grants in Berks County, and many a Berks County farm owner owes the complete history of his farm to the efforts of these Gruber brothers. So long as our dialect lives, Michael Gruber will live. His Pennsylvania German poems have all the pathos and soul gripping elements that good versification demands."
Source - "Echoes of Scholla Illustrated: Choice Bits of Berks County History and Lore" by Arthur D. Graeff and George M. Meiser, IX; 1976; p.80
Married in 1877 to Amelia M. Petree of Womelsdorf, PA. and in 1935 Ida Walker in Washington, D.C.
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"Born on a farm in North Heidelberg Township, Berks County, educated in the old Womelsdorf Academy and Muhlenberg College, he returned to his native community to teach the district school. Later he taught in the Bernville School which was famed far and wide because of its excellent scholars. Today Mr. Gruber in his eighty-fifth year looks back upon his teaching days and counts scores of former pupils who have distinguished themselves in many and varied fields...In 1891 Mr. Gruber entered the civil service in Washington. In this position he was advanced to a post in the War Department where he continued to serve until age forced his retirement a decade ago...Mr. Gruber's chief claim to immortality lies in his activities in the interest of Pennsylvania German history, folklore, and literature. Long ago he realized that the elements were gradually effacing the inscriptions on tombstones in our older graveyards. Mr. Gruber made copies of many of these inscriptions half a century ago. Today many of those markers are worn smooth, but due to the foresight of one man, we know the story the monuments can no longer tell...Together with his brother, John, Mr. Gruber made a study of the early land grants in Berks County, and many a Berks County farm owner owes the complete history of his farm to the efforts of these Gruber brothers. So long as our dialect lives, Michael Gruber will live. His Pennsylvania German poems have all the pathos and soul gripping elements that good versification demands."
Source - "Echoes of Scholla Illustrated: Choice Bits of Berks County History and Lore" by Arthur D. Graeff and George M. Meiser, IX; 1976; p.80
Son of Richard M. & Mary Ann Gruber
Married in 1877 to Amelia M. Petree of Womelsdorf, PA. and in 1935 Ida Walker in Washington, D.C.
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"Born on a farm in North Heidelberg Township, Berks County, educated in the old Womelsdorf Academy and Muhlenberg College, he returned to his native community to teach the district school. Later he taught in the Bernville School which was famed far and wide because of its excellent scholars. Today Mr. Gruber in his eighty-fifth year looks back upon his teaching days and counts scores of former pupils who have distinguished themselves in many and varied fields...In 1891 Mr. Gruber entered the civil service in Washington. In this position he was advanced to a post in the War Department where he continued to serve until age forced his retirement a decade ago...Mr. Gruber's chief claim to immortality lies in his activities in the interest of Pennsylvania German history, folklore, and literature. Long ago he realized that the elements were gradually effacing the inscriptions on tombstones in our older graveyards. Mr. Gruber made copies of many of these inscriptions half a century ago. Today many of those markers are worn smooth, but due to the foresight of one man, we know the story the monuments can no longer tell...Together with his brother, John, Mr. Gruber made a study of the early land grants in Berks County, and many a Berks County farm owner owes the complete history of his farm to the efforts of these Gruber brothers. So long as our dialect lives, Michael Gruber will live. His Pennsylvania German poems have all the pathos and soul gripping elements that good versification demands."
Source - "Echoes of Scholla Illustrated: Choice Bits of Berks County History and Lore" by Arthur D. Graeff and George M. Meiser, IX; 1976; p.80
Married in 1877 to Amelia M. Petree of Womelsdorf, PA. and in 1935 Ida Walker in Washington, D.C.
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"Born on a farm in North Heidelberg Township, Berks County, educated in the old Womelsdorf Academy and Muhlenberg College, he returned to his native community to teach the district school. Later he taught in the Bernville School which was famed far and wide because of its excellent scholars. Today Mr. Gruber in his eighty-fifth year looks back upon his teaching days and counts scores of former pupils who have distinguished themselves in many and varied fields...In 1891 Mr. Gruber entered the civil service in Washington. In this position he was advanced to a post in the War Department where he continued to serve until age forced his retirement a decade ago...Mr. Gruber's chief claim to immortality lies in his activities in the interest of Pennsylvania German history, folklore, and literature. Long ago he realized that the elements were gradually effacing the inscriptions on tombstones in our older graveyards. Mr. Gruber made copies of many of these inscriptions half a century ago. Today many of those markers are worn smooth, but due to the foresight of one man, we know the story the monuments can no longer tell...Together with his brother, John, Mr. Gruber made a study of the early land grants in Berks County, and many a Berks County farm owner owes the complete history of his farm to the efforts of these Gruber brothers. So long as our dialect lives, Michael Gruber will live. His Pennsylvania German poems have all the pathos and soul gripping elements that good versification demands."
Source - "Echoes of Scholla Illustrated: Choice Bits of Berks County History and Lore" by Arthur D. Graeff and George M. Meiser, IX; 1976; p.80
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