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ZION
M. E.
CEMETERY |
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My interest in this cemetery is founded on the great number of BITLER family members buried here. Around 1736, Johannes Bitler came from the Palatines of Germany to the port of Philadelphia on-board the ship Harle. After arriving in America, Johannes moved north and settled on a tract of land near Beckersville, Robeson Township, Berks County, PA and began his family. The Zion M. E. Cemetery is supposedly built on land that was then owned by and donated by the Bitler family when the church was established around 1785. While some of the Bitler family stayed in Robeson Township, others moved on to Schuylkill County, then on to Columbia and Montour Counties, and later to Ohio, and Kansas. The Zion M. E. Cemetery holds a number of the graves of the early Bitlers that remained in Robeson Township. Descendents of the Bitler family are still present in Robeson Township, Birdsboro, and the Reading/Berks area. There are approximately 40 other Bitler family members (descendents of the original Bitlers) buried at the St John's Cemetery in Gibraltar. I am (to the best of my research) the 7th great-grandson of Johannes Bitler, and I grew up just a few miles from this cemetery. SURNAMES LIST: BEIDLER, BITLER, BRIDESAM, BUSH, DERR, DICKINSON, ESPENSHADE, ESPENSHIP, GEIGER, GRUBB, HOHL, KENNEDY, KURTZ, LEWIS, MILLARD, MOORE, MOYER, NEWTON, SLICHTER, WOODWORTH, WOLF. A note about the listings on this page. I assigned stone numbers arbitrarily. The photos were taken on July 10th, 2002. All stones that were plainly visible were recorded, and the text of the stones is my best attempt at transcription. If you know of corrections to any text, please let me know. For questions or correction, you can contact me via e-mail at gpiper@[remove this]fast.net. (you will need to remove the text in [ ] for Spam deterrent). Glenn S. Piper |
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D. B.
(footstone - see #4 - David Bitler) |
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| 2 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
E. B.
(footstone - see #6 - Eleanor Bitler) |
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| 3 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
E. B.
(footstone - see #7 - Elisha Bitler) |
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| 4 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
DAVID BITLER |
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| 5 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MOYER,
SARAH
SARAH MOYER. |
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| 6 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
ELEANOR
ELEANOR BITLER |
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| 7 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
ELISHA
ELISHA BITLER |
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| 8 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
L. B.
(footstone - see #8 - Levi Bitler) |
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| 9 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
E. A. D.
(footstone - see #16 - Eva Derr) |
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| 10 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
H. B.
(footstone - see #17 - Hannah Bitler) |
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| 11 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
E. B.
(footstone - see #18 - Eve Bitler) |
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| 12 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
D. B.
(footstone - see #19 - Daniel Bitler) |
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| 13 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
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| 14 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
LEVI JAMES
LEVI JAMES |
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| 15 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
LEVI
LEVI BITLER |
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| 16 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
DERR, EVE
A.
In Memory of |
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| 17 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
HANNAH
IN |
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| 18 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
EVE
In Memory of |
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| 19 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
DANIEL
IN MEMORY OF |
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| 20 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
KURTZ, MATILDA
B. (?)
MATILDA B. |
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| 21 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
E. J. B.
(footstone - see #29 - Elias J. Bitler) |
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| 22 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
J. B.
(footstone - see #30 - Jane Bitler) |
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| 23 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
S. B.
(footstone - see #31 - Samuel Bitler) |
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| 24 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
Infant daughters
Infant daughters of |
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| 25 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
MICHAEL E.
MICHAEL E. |
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| 26 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
<infant daughter>
Infant daughter of |
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| 27 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
HUGH G.
HUGH G. |
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| 28 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
JACOB B.
BROTHER |
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| 29 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
ELIAS J.
ELIAS J. BITLER |
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| 30 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER, JANE
MOTHER |
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| 31 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
SAMUEL
SAMUEL BITLER |
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| 32 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
KURTZ,
GEORGE
FATHER |
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| 33 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
KURTZ,
ELIZABETH
MOTHER |
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| 34 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
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| 35 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
LEWIS,
WILLIAM E.
MY HUSBAND |
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| 36 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
J. T. M.
(footstone) |
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| 37 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
S. S.
(footstone) |
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| 38 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GEIGER,
NORA VALERIA
NORA VALERIA |
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| 39 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GEIGER,
OSCAR FRANKLIN
OSCAR FRANKLIN |
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| 40 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GEIGER,
CLINTON ELWOOD
CLINTON ELWOOD |
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| 41 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
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| 42 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
WOLF,
HANNAH D.
HANNAH D. WOLF |
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| 43 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
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| 44 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
<UNKNOWN>,
<UNKNOW>
In memory of |
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| 45 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
<UNKNOWN>,
JAMES
JAMES |
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| 46 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GEIGER,
CHESTER L.
CHESTER L. |
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| 47 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
<UNKNOWN>,
<UNKNOWN>
<illegible> |
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| 48 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BRIDESAM,
GEORGE
OUR FATHER |
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| 49 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
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| 50 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
CHARLES P. and HARRY O.
Charles P. |
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| 51 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
KENNEDY,
ELIZABETH
ELIZABETH KENNEDY |
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| 52 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
KENNEDY,
THOMAS
THOMAS KENNEDY |
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| 53 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
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| 54 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
E. M.
(footstone - see #58 - Ellsworth Moore) |
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| 55 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
M. M.
(footstone - see #59 - Millard Moore) |
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| 56 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
D. H. M.
(footstone - see #60 - Daniel H. Moore) |
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| 57 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MOORE,
HERVEY
HERVEY |
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| 58 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MOORE,
ELLSWORTH
ELLSWORTH |
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| 59 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MOORE,
MILLARD
MILLARD |
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| 60 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MOORE,
DANIEL H.
OUR SON |
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| 61 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
ESPENSHADE,
JOSEPH
FATHER |
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| 62 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
SLICHTER,
URIAH
In Memory of NOTE: Civil War rosters for the 205th PVI Company E list Uriah as Uriah Slochter and being buried in London Park National Cemetery after dying in Baltimore MD on date listed above. Mustered into service on Aug. 26, 1864. The 205th was involved in the Virginia Campaign in the vicinity of Hatcher's Run around the date of Uriah's death. |
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| 63 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MOORE,
ELIZABETH
In Memory of |
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| 64 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MOORE,
JOHN T.
JOHN T. MOORE |
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| 65 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
SLICHTER,
MARY RUTH
MARY RUTH |
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| 66 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
SLICHTER,
CATHARINE
MOTHER |
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| 67 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
SLICHTER,
SAMUEL
FATHER |
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| 68 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GRUBB,
CHARLOTTE
In memory of |
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| 69 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GRUBB, Alethies
(?)
In memory of |
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| 70 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
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| 71 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GRUBB,
George
FATHER |
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| 72 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
M.
K.
(footstone - see #76 - Mary Kennedy) |
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| 73 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
REST
(footstone - see #78 - Henry Bitler) |
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| 74 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
C. Z. T.
B.
(footstone - see #79 - Charles Z. T. Bitler) |
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| 75 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
A. M. B.
(footstone - see #80 - Anna Maria Bitler) |
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| 76 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
KENNEDY,
Mary
MARY |
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| 77 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
Mary Ann
MOTHER |
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| 78 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
Henry
In memory of |
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| 79 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
Charles Z. T.
CHARLES Z. T.. |
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| 80 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BITLER,
Anna Maria
ANNA MARIA. |
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| 81 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MOYER,
Sarah
SARAH |
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| 82 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MOYER,
Samuel
SAMUEL MOYER |
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| 83 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BUSH,
Daniel Howard
AT REST |
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| 84 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BUSH, J.
Howard
J. HOWARD |
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| 85 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BUSH, John
W.
FATHER |
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| 86 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BUSH, Ann
MOTHER |
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| 87 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BUSH,
William J.
WILLIAM J. BUSH |
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| 88 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
NEWTON,
Yvonne D.
YVONNE D.
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| 89 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
HOHL,
Samuel
SON OF |
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| 90 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
C. E.
(footstone?) |
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| 91 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
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| 92 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
BEIDLER,
Walace (?)
WALACE (?) |
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| 93 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
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| 94 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
W. E. B.
(footstone - unknown - BEIDLER (?) |
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| 95 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MOORE,
George W & Clara S
MOORE |
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| 96 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
ESPENSHIP,
Christiana
CHRISTIANA |
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| 97 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
SLICHTER,
William H.
WILLIAM H. |
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| 98 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
W. G.
(footstone) |
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| 99 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
M. A. G.
(footstone - see #108 - Mary Ann Grubb) |
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| 100 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
C. M.
(footstone - see #109 - Catharine Millard) |
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| 101 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
B. M.
(footstone -see #110 - Benjamin Millard) |
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| 102 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GRUBB,
Kathryn
MOTHER |
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| 103 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GRUBB,
Infant Son
INFANT SON |
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| 104 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GRUBB,
Infant Son
INFANT SON |
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| 105 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GRUBB,
George F.
GEORGE F. |
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| 106 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GRUBB,
Curtis M
CURTIS M. GRUBB |
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| 107 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GRUBB,
William
FATHER |
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| 108 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
GRUBB,
Mary Ann
MOTHER |
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| 109 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MILLARD,
Catharine
MOTHER |
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| 110 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
MILLARD,
Benjamin
FATHER |
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| 111 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
WOODWORTH,
Infant Son
INFANT |
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| 112 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
WOODWORTH,
Bessie V.
BESSIE V. |
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| 113 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
DICKINSON,
Samuel S.
BROTHER |
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| 114 [ MAP ] [ INDEX ] |
DICKINSON,
Rachel M.
OUR SISTER |
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