Whiteleathers Celebrate 125th Annual Reunion

On Sunday, Aug. 14, Connie (Whiteleather) Skvir and Larry Skvir, formerly of Williamsburg, attended the 125th annual Whiteleather family reunion, which was held in East Rochester, Ohio. Also attending the reunion, for the first time, were MarjorieLu (Schramm) McManus and her husband, Dennis, from Pittsburgh. The Schramm and Whiteleather families were both longtime residents of Williamsburg.

The Whiteleather family in the United States traces its origins to Andrew Weissleder (Whiteleather). Andrew, originally born in 1757 as Johann Andreas Christoph Weissleder, came from the German town of Stie...