AMANDUS P. HANDWERK, son of Paul, a member of the firm of Rauch and Handwerk, who are the proprietors of the Pioneer Carriage and Wagon Works at Jordan, this county, was born in Heidelberg township, September 22, 1868. At the age of nineteen years he learned the carpenter trade at Lansford, Pa., and this he followed in the Fullerton Car Shops for two years. In 1892 he became an employee of Joseph Rauch at Pleasant Corner (Jordan P. O.), in the latter's wheelwright and coachmaking establishment, and in 1904, when a change in the firm was made he became one of its members. This firm manufactures a superior grade of carriages, spring and farm wagons, and employs a dozen men.

Mr. Handwerk and family are Lutheran members of the Heidelberg church. He is a member of the Central Lodge No. 636, 1. O. O. F., also of the Encampment No. 54, and Camp 252, P. O. S. of A., of Lansford, Pa.

In 1891 he married Melissa Rauch, daughter of Joseph Rauch, and their children were: Lorena J., Estella M., and Paul J. (born July 7, 1897 and died May 5, 1898).