This Edie Adams, whose father Sheldon Enke, was the grandson of Jesse Pryor Enke, the brother of Lydia Enke, my 2nd great grandmother.
The following information was given to me by Erich Enke. This is the history of Alfred Alonzo Enke, whose father, Jesse, was the brother of my 2nd great grandmother, Lydia Enke Wilson. There is so much to be learned of the Encke family. This is from the history , "Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pensylvania Genealogies and Family Histories, Volume I-II" page 408. Erich notes that where "he speaks of John, his grandfather, I think he might be mistaken and be thinking instead of Lewis, his great grandfather."
ALFRED A. ENKE
"No higher words of commendation or praise can be said of any man than that he has made a prominent place in the world and honorably fills it. The most useful and trustworthy men are those who have risen to a high position by their own efforst and asserted thereby their right to a place with those whose names have been handed down in the pages of history as men worth of recognition. Among these is Alfred A. Enke, president of the Nanticoke National Bank, who was born in Berwick, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1851.
The paternal grandfather of Alfred A. Enke was John Enke, a native of Germany who left his native country during the struggle for independence between England and the young colonies, and in this conflict he bore an active part. He was a man of considerable ability and intelligence, whose parents had set him apart for the church, but who thought for himself as he advanced in years and determined to choose his own career. After the war ceased and the colonists were victorious, he settled at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. The maternal grandfather of Alfred A. Enke was Abel Dalbey, who was a cabinet maker and painter by trade. Both he and his wife lived to an advanced age, he passing away at 77 and she at 76 years.
The parents of Alfred A. Enke were Jesse P. and Hannah (Dalbey) Enke,the former was born at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, in 1825, and the latter in Luzerne county, a descendent of a Quaker origin. She died April, 1863. Their children were seven in number, three of whom are living at the present time (1905); Alfred A., Josph M., John W.
Alfred A. Enke was reared in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, and educated in the common schools thereof, qualifying himself during this period for clerical calling. In 1876 he moved to Nanticoke, where he has since resided. He entered the employ of the Susquehanna Coal Company, and for a period of 32 years held the respect and confidence of its management, during the greater portion of which time he had charge of one of the pay rolls of the company. He is a member of Nanticoke Lode, No. 541, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master; Caldwell Consistory, Bloomsburg, and Irem (?) Temple, Wilkes-Barre. Mr Enke has never entered the arena of politics, preferring to devote his time to business undividedly.
In 1874 Mr. Enke was married to Miss Daisy A. Rambach, who bore him two children: Daniel Clyde, deceased, and Mary E. Mrs. Enke died May 10, 1878. In 1881 Mr. Enke was married to Miss Ida E. Hess, who also bore him two children; Emily L., a trained nurse, a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Hospital, and George P., a graduate of Lehigh University in mechanical engineering and now employed as a specialist with the German Insurance Company in New York City. The mother of these children died April 4, 1884. In 1888 Mr. Enke was married to Miss Amy J. Anderson, of Herrick, Brandford county, Pennsylvania. There is no issue of this union."
Erich puts a couple of notations after this history. "Note how the author (presumably Alfred) is cautious not to mention which side of the war his ancestor fought for." And Jesse Pryor Enke had another son, Ralph, who had a son named Sheldon, who had a daughter named Edith Elizabeth Enke, who is perhaps better known as her stage name, Edie Adams."
Erich is looking for contact people for this family. I'd be glad to share his E-Mail address to anyone who would like to communicate with family members.
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