It is believed that the Ibach family can be traced back to Peter Ibach, born in Germany in 1369. The earliest ancestors who have definitely been linked to the Ibach family in America are Johann Ibach (born circa 1600) and his wife, Mary Luder Petbrand in Germany. Read More...

This family provides an example of how immigrants from Northern Ireland came to the Unites States and rose in economic and social status. Its family members had some means as they maintained a hardware and plumbing establishment in Westchester County, New York. Read More...

The beginning of the Kerrick family is shrouded in mystery with the first known person of that name in modern times, and the circumstances of her life. There have been various spellings of the name in different locations. It is possible that it might have been spelled Krywick, while one document talked of an Englishman named Currick and another about Mary Gerrick. Read More...

Known as “King of the Poconos,” Ike Stauffer (1834-1881) ran large lumbering operations and saw mills, made clothes pins and shoe pegs, built and operated the Laurel Inn, and a major stockholder in the Pocono Lake Ice Company. Read More...

The Wagner family is not only an important part of the history of Tobyhanna Township, but also had a significant impact on both Monroe County and the state of Pennsylvania. George E.Wagner proved that growing Christmas trees in Pennsylvania was a feasible, profitable and beneficial business. He and his son, Sterling Wagner, pioneered the tree nursery and showed this success by their scientific methods.
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John Wildrick (1707-1793), immigrated from Bravaria, Germany, to the United States and settled in New Jersey. He had a son Michael (1753-1840), who fought in the American Revolution. Michael begat Samuel (b.1775) who, in turn, begat Samuel, Jr. The latter is the first Wildrick family member to settle in Pennsylvania. Read More...

A major source of information about much of Monroe County’s history comes from a book written by Alfred Mathews, “The History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania," published in 1886. Among the few pioneers of Tobyhanna Township mentioned in that volume is the Winter family. Read More...