The Peffley, Peffly, Pefley Families in America, A historical and genealogical record of the Peffley, Peffly and Pefley families from 1729-1938; Published in 1938, By May Miller Frost and Clarence Earl Frost

Call Number: R929.2 P375

1519 - GERTRUDE JOSEPHINE PEFLEY (dau. of No.1516) married at Ladoga, Dec. 22nd, 1901, ORA W. RONK, born June 6th, 1874, near Ladoga. (son of JOSEPH and SUSAN (Smith) RONK, see No.1134). Ora's line came from Virginia to Indiana, were originally from Penna.

Ora and Gertrude went to Medford, Oregon, in 1909 and from there to a homestead near Roseburg, Ore.

Mrs. Ronk has in her possession a waffle iron with handles about three feet long to use in a fire-place. This iron is over one hundred years old and had been the property of her grandfather, Andrew Pefley. It was probably passed on to him by an earlier generation. Mrs. Ronk remembers seeing her grandfather bake waffles with this iron. She also has a German Psalter with the name Susannah Peffley written in it; a number of old photographs of Peffleys; several pen and ink drawings of fine workmanship that are very old.

Dr. Claude F. Pefley had a German bible printed in Philadelphia in 1775. In this bible is the name Sarannah Peffley; also an old copper sugar kettle of huge size used in making maple syrup by the Peffley family until the bottom was worn out and a new one was riveted in.

Address (as of 1938); Box 218, Myrtle Creek, Oregon.

Issue:

1 - KENNETH VIRGIN RONK, b. 10-31-1902, Ladoga.
2 - WILLIAM KEITH RONK, b. 4-19-1916, Myrtle Creek. Oregon.
3 - KERMIT OAKEL RONK, b. 10-4-1919, Myrtle Creek.