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Re: Rehlich couple in two little girls from Russia in Michigan late 1890s leave for PA

d11175 — 2013-05-20 21:59:08Z

See #17 on this list:

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/engine/gold.php?uid=...

The manifest states that all four where in the US before. Given the ages of the children, I rather believe that is incorrect. Either Peter came to the US first to establish himself then returned to get Wilhelmena and the children or both of them came earlier and returned for the children. I notice in 1920 that Augusta shows her year of immigration at 1900. They are going to a friend in MI - I can't read the name. The transcriber shows the last residence as Drobno. I could not find it on this list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Rus...

I really don't think the girls were dropped off in Michigan by parents from PA. Perhaps the story became garbled due to retelling. It is interesting that sometime after 1920, Peter and Wilhelmina moved to Lancaster County, PA. I guess you have seen their memorials at FindaGrave. She died soon after the move.

Ellis Island records only begin with 1892. There is a record for a Josef Peter Rölich on Ancestry, but I don't have a paid subscription to view it to see if it is a possible match.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nypl&rank=...

Also this might be Peter:

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USpassports&am...

You might want to start a new thread on the Russian board (link below) and ask if anybody recognizes the family name and the name of the town.

http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.asia.russia.general/mb...

Other than that I can't think of anything except obtaining his first and second naturalization papers which are available for a fee ($20) here under Ontonagon County:

http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18635...

Rehlich Peter V4,P126 (1st papers)
Rehlech Peter V12,P66 (2nd papers)

Re: Rehlich couple in two little girls from Russia in Michigan late 1890s leave for PA

najochri1 — 2013-05-19 15:05:39Z

I think it was in the Ancestry message boards under Witt that someone mentioned those names. I tried to go back and find it but there are hundreds of them and I can't do it at this moment. But I'm pretty sure that's how I heard it.

Re: Rehlich couple in two little girls from Russia in Michigan late 1890s leave for PA

d11175 — 2013-05-19 11:57:30Z

Could you explain further why you are looking for the name Woytovich or Waytovich?

Re: Rehlich couple in two little girls from Russia in Michigan late 1890s leave for PA

najochri1 — 2013-05-19 03:50:33Z

Thank you very much! This is so helpful. If you find anything else, please let me know. Great work!

Re: Rehlich couple in two little girls from Russia in Michigan late 1890s leave for PA

d11175 — 2013-05-19 02:09:02Z

I don't know if you have obtained Peter's immigration petition but when he returned through Ellis Island on 03.06.1922 he states he was naturalized 09/1905 in the County Court, Ontonagon, MI. His petition may have some information about the girls.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JNS1-MN5

In the 1930 Reinholds, Lancaster County, PA census, Anna Busse, Peter's niece, is living with him and indicated she immigrated in 1923. Busse was the maiden name of his wife.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHQH-R6B

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3GH-1MX

I checked for a manifest at Ellis Island for Anna Busse. She arrived with her brother Hugo on 08.01.1923 going to Peter's residence in Reinhold. Both gave their place of birth as Wladislawi? (cut off on manifest), Poland. [Could be Wladyslawowo] They last resided in Marten, Germany. Their contact in Germany is a cousin Otto Wittig, Marten, Karlstr, 13.

So Witt may be Wittig.

Re: JEREMIAH SHEARER

ds5698 — 2013-05-16 04:19:07Z

my g grandfather was Thomas Lyle GREENWOOD SHEARER he was the brother of Lemuel Shearer who was a blacksmith in Beech Creek,Centre County Pa. David

Jacob Berkey (1738) and Barbara Bergey (1679)

trevordebes — 2013-05-15 21:35:11Z

I'm trying to find out if these two individuals are related. Jacob Berkey is the ancestor of many of my Amish ancestors on my maternal grandfather's side. Jacob Berkey was born 1738 in Berks Co. Pennsylvania and died 1805 in Somerset Co. PA. He married Elizabeth Mishler (b. 1738) their daughter was Magdalena Berkey b.1756, she married Christian Miller. Christian Miller was a member of the Amish church which leads me to believe so were the Berkeys.

Barbara Bergey was most likely Mennonite, she was born 1679 and died 1751 as a guess. She married Christian Moyer (b.1679 in Germany-d.1751 in Pennsylvania) Their daughter was Anne Meyer (b.1706-d.1758) Anne married a Mennonite Bishop named Henry Funk (1694-1760) She is an ancestor on my father's side of the family.

Because the Amish were originally an offshoot of the Mennonites, and some families would convert from Amish to Mennonite, plus the similar last name, I was wondering if there is a possibility of a connection? Can anybody help me with this?

Jacob Berkey's father is possibly Leonard Berkey b. 1680

Re: Jacob Berkey (1738) and Barbara Bergey (1679)

trevordebes — 2013-05-15 16:11:28Z

Okay looks like she may have been born in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany in 1677.

I think she may be the daughter of a Jacob Bergey whose information I do not know.

Also, I've seen where she was refered to as Anna Barbara Bergey instead of just Barbara Bergey.

Re: Jacob Berkey (1738) and Barbara Bergey (1679)

eGENEee — 2013-05-15 13:54:17Z

Where was Barbara Bergey born?

Re: Arthur L Brown

Drgiggles13 — 2013-05-14 22:57:17Z

June 1963 but its an OHIO obit it states that the only survivor was her grandson Arthur L Brown of PA and three grandchildren of PA.

Re: Arthur L Brown

d11175 — 2013-05-14 20:58:43Z

What is the date of the obit that stated he was living in PA?

Arthur L Brown

Drgiggles13 — 2013-05-14 19:16:48Z

I have an impossible thing to ask of people....I have an Arthur L Brown that was born possibly in Ohio his parents were Arthur Brown who also went by Henry at times and we believe Dorothy Dienst. In his grandmother's obit he is listed as living in PA with three kids. I have nothing else on him. His father married Dorothy Dienst in Columbus Oh and that's about all we know. Any help with this big brick wall is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Re: Samuel Light

salg2008 — 2013-05-14 01:30:37Z

Is this the Samuel Light that you are researching?

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M67T-JQ3

Re: Michael Shiel

tephrosia — 2013-05-12 01:51:23Z

I sure can't find a Patrick Shiel in my notes. I will keep my eyes open. Sounds like I've seen Patrick's name associated with Michael's. I still have a week or so of intense work to do here; will get back to you about stuff I have.

Re: Michael Shiel

hickoryreetz — 2013-05-11 22:33:37Z

I have a study on Patrick Shiel, Michael's nephew, which was done by a gentleman in Michigan. That was in early 1970s, and he was trying to find who Patrick's father was and where he was born. Most of my info on Michael comes from his notes as he thought by researching Michael he would come across answers to his questions on Patrick. Don't know how it came out. Do you know which of the siblings Patrick might have been born to?

Rehlich couple in two little girls from Russia in Michigan late 1890s leave for PA

najochri1 — 2013-05-10 01:21:25Z

Does anyone know of any Woytovich or Waytovich who lived in Pennsylvania after dropping off two little girls in Berrien County, Michigan before 1900? The little girls were from Russia and the couple who took them in were Russian. The couple's last name was Rehlich, Roehlich, or even Roelick. Are there any stories in your families about this?

I have a 93-year-old friend whose mother was one of those girls. I would like to reunite her with her real family. Even her mother didn't know what her last name really was. She was just known as a Rehlich after that. The little girl was 6 years old in 1900 on the census of that year, named Mary.

My friend did some research on her own years ago and for some reason mentions the name Witt. She's as clear as a bell and still wondering about her mother. The girls never saw their parents again.

Thank you!

Re: Census Look-up Help

Tressie625 — 2013-05-07 20:03:27Z

Hi Gaby
If you still need this information I went down to the local research center and got his obit & funeral home paper.

Re: Tesauro family

LongoPepe1 — 2013-05-07 04:21:57Z

My Dad's Uncle and Aunt were Sabato (Sam) and Clelia (Clara) Longo Tesauro. They were both from Bellosguardo, Italy in Salerno. Sabato 1st immigrated to Philadelphia and then to Detroit, Michigan. My Dad aunt, another uncle (Aurelio) and my grandfather (Pepino aka Giuseppe) lived in Pittsburgh, PA. The Tesauro's had a large family in Michigan. All of the previous generation have passed away, except for one brother (Sam) who is in his 90's and lives with wife Mary Lou, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio (outside of Cleveland). There are many cousins in Michigan and around the country (i.e. OH, CA).

Re: John Demko

RobertJerin — 2013-05-06 22:07:06Z

Name: Susanna Demko
Arrival Date: 5 Nov 1889
Birth Date: abt 1862
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Austrian
Place of Origin: Austria
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Werra

Name: Mihel Demko
Arrival Date: 22 Aug 1887
Birth Date: abt 1856
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Hungarian
Place of Origin: Hungary
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Bohemia

Also the 1940 census find a John DEMKO born around 1897 in PA living in St Paul MN, occupation Sausage Stuffer and in 1930 also ST Paul occupation Buther in a Packing house, married to Joanna who was an immigrant from Norway

Social Security Death Index

Name: John Demko
SSN: 474-10-2096
Last Residence: 55101 Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States of America
Born: 12 Apr 1897
Died: Aug 1972
State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (Before 1951

Re: John Demko

RobertJerin — 2013-05-06 21:56:47Z

A WW I Draft Registration record is found from 1918 where it lists his nearest relative as Mrs Susie DEMKO His birthdate is listed as April 12, 1897

In the 1900 census John is listed as being born April 1897 in PA

Name Age
Michael Demko 35 Immigration Year 1885
Susie Demko 34 Immigration year 1889
Susie Demko 8
Michael Demko 6
Annie Demko 5
John Demko 3
Lizzie M Demko 10/12

In the 1910 census Mike's immigration year is listed as 1886 and Susie's as 1887

The 1920 census he is living with his mother (widow) in Northampton Ward 2, Northampton, Pennsylvania

Robert

Re: John Demko

RobertJerin — 2013-05-06 21:29:30Z

As the other poster found they were married July 1919, by a Justice of the Peace.

John DEMKO was 22 years old, which would give him an estimated birth year of 1897, his father Micheal DEMKO born Hungary is listed as Dead. Mother Suzana is listed as living in Northampton PA

See attached below

Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland Ohio

Re: looking for class members

jenniferburns011 — 2013-05-06 04:10:41Z

My grandfather was Ralph Shiloski. He lived in Wilmington Island, GA until his death in 2010. I am sure he would have loved to have known about this. If anyone knows anything about him I would love to hear it.

My email is
jenniferburns01@att.net

Thank you kindly,
Jennifer Burns

Re: John Demko

lilhomie2326 — 2013-05-05 23:02:46Z

John Demko and Mabel were married July 28, 1919 in Pennsylvania. I found this information at familysearch.org

Re: Swires

Labraut — 2013-05-04 20:54:27Z

I used to be a Swires. Akron, Ohio. oscar was my grandfather

Re: Greanoke, PA: David Andrew Burt: Help!

d11175 — 2013-05-04 14:25:37Z

On her marriage license application, Rebecca shows her father's place of birth at Greenoak, PA or possibly Greenook, PA. The letter before the "k" looks like an "a" but I can also see it as an "o."

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF7H-VXC

Re: Michael Shiel

tephrosia — 2013-05-03 00:03:59Z

OK. I meant before Michael. And, yes, Michael and Mary were married in 1816 until her death in 1829 then he married Bridget Ryan in 1840, I'm guessing Mary's sister. Same last maiden name. Michael and Mary are James' parents; Michael and Bridget are my great-grandmother's parents.

Re: Michael Shiel

hickoryreetz — 2013-05-02 23:21:30Z

Not sure if you mean before or after. I have all my ancestry back to Michael, but prior to that it is only the Edward and Catherine you mentioned as being his parents. I have no documentation on Michael's birth except what appears on his gravestone. The same with James.

Re: Michael Shiel

tephrosia — 2013-05-02 01:33:25Z

Thanks.
Do you know any of your family history past James and Michael?

Re: Michael Shiel

hickoryreetz — 2013-05-02 01:09:05Z

Great! If I have stuff you might not have, I will send copies. I don't have a scanner but can mail them to you via USPS if you include your address. Thanks! Rita

Re: Michael Shiel

tephrosia — 2013-05-02 00:24:51Z

Sweet! We are not too distant relatives, for sure. Like I've said, I can send copies of news articles, photos, etc., just not now; very busy!!! Maybe next week sometime. I have a good friend that works in Muncie, lives in Middletown. Small world. Anyway, I'll try to get copies of good stuff soon and on the way to you. I live in Toledo, Ohio, so no problem to mail. Talk with you soon.
Jan

Re: Michael Shiel

hickoryreetz — 2013-04-30 01:06:29Z

Well, hey, cuz! I am happy to hear someone may be able to fill in the blanks and am anxious to get information. I am descended from Michael's son, James, who spelled his name Sheil. I live in Anderson, IN, close to Tipton where many of the Shiels are buried. I would be interested in copies of your documents; I already have a photo of the gravestone. I wonder if Michael and Mary ever married. So many questions. Are you located in the Midwest? I would be happy to mail documents to you.

Re: Greanoke, PA: David Andrew Burt: Help!

Tressie625 — 2013-04-29 11:42:23Z

Are you still searching for information on David Andrew Burt

Samuel Light

tonialmada — 2013-04-23 23:08:36Z

I am looking for information on a Samuel Light married to a Cynthia Ann or Ann (maiden name unknown). He was born according to the census of 1870 that he was born in Pennsylvania. They had a daughter named Mary Ann born in 1847. I am unsure about any other children they may have had.

Thanks
Toni

Re: Penefsky

treefind4fun — 2013-04-23 00:54:23Z

When researching your family history, it is important to start with what you know about your parents, grandparents, etc. Do you know the name of your father's father? Do you know whether he might be Edward S.Penefsky, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1937 and died in Brevard county Florida on 12 Jan 1989? If that's your grandfather, then there are quite a few resources available to trace your family tree, back to your great-great-grandfather Stanley Penefsky, and his wife Elizabeth Jendrzeski, both born in Poland.
Please check your messages on Ancestry (little envelope at the top of the page, to the left of your username.
You probably already have the key to solving this mystery.
M

Re: Penefsky

treefind4fun — 2013-04-22 00:11:06Z

A bit more information would be helpful.
Was your father Kevin Penefsky?
Do you know the name of his father?
If your grandfather was Stanley Penefsky (aka Penevsky), I found a couple of items.
Please give us a few more clues about what you already know of your family.
Thanks.
M

Penefsky

shanepenefsky — 2013-04-21 23:30:55Z

As far as I know I'm the only Penefsky that exists in Pennsylvania and I'm trying to trace my heritage. If anyone has any info please let me know! Thank You!!

Re: Michael Shiel

tephrosia — 2013-04-18 23:48:11Z

Well, after about 500 hours of research on my family's history I have finally made "the" connection and am thrilled! Richard Lalor Shiel was Michael's brother (LOTS of info on him on internet): their parents, Edward Shiel and Catherine McCarthy. Catherine was descendant of McCarthy-Reagh dynasty. I have much info on that, gleaned from the internet. Catherine: born Springhouse, France 1745. Edward Shiel: born 1741 in Ireland. I have lots of info on Michael Shiel, birth, death, newspaper clips, gravestone photo, plat map of town, obituary, etc. How best to get these to you? Where do you live? Also, I would assume that Michael married Mary, then her sister, Bridget. Common in those days. You have a very impressive pedigree, as do I. Which of Michael Shiel's children are you from?

Re: Looking for family roots in western PA...many names

betsyboop133 — 2013-04-18 23:44:07Z

My father was married to Rena and Chester Bennett Atwell is my half-brother.
My father is deceased and Chester lives somewhere in Michigan.
What is it that you'd like to know about the family?

Re: Michael Shiel

hickoryreetz — 2013-04-17 02:07:05Z

I have records that he had 6 children (Ellen, James, Catherine, John, Thomas and Mary Ann) with wife Mary Ryan/O'Brien/O'Ryan in Ireland. She died. He came to US and had 4 children (Margaret Ann, Ann Victoria, Michael A and Edward) with Bridget Ryan/O'Brien/O'Ryan. Michael and Bridget married 8/4/1840 in Hamilton County. He is my 3G grandfather. I would be interested in any info you may have on him. Thanks

Re: Earl Gilmer Saddler, b. New Kensington

dorrieg — 2013-04-14 02:46:47Z

Doreen, I am one of three daughters of Earl's middle brother Ray Clifford Saddler, also born in New Kensington, PA.. There was also a third brother, the youngest, I only knew as Uncle Billy, who died at Pearl Harbor before I was born. Julia Kelly's middle name was Mae. My older sister is named Julie after her (our grandmother). When "Grandma Kelly" remarried Mr. Gray, they lived in Huey, PA.

I found your post only when I happened to google Gilmer (brother to Durelle) and learned that he died in May, 2012. I was last in contact with him when my father died, to notify that part of the family. No one contacted me about Gilmer, but I don't know if his (then) wife Kathy ever knew about us.

Re: Schandelmeier

pjburnett2011 — 2013-04-14 01:18:19Z

I am the daughter of Robert Federick Schandelmeier married to Peggy Coble, looking to add some update to the family tree.

Mathew Fackh, Fokt, Fulk, Falck

mandsdietz — 2013-04-14 00:14:04Z

Desparately seeking coneection between Matthes Fackh found in PA German immigration 1709-1786 on page 53 (Matthes Fackh venia emigrandi April 5, 1754)and Mathew Fulk born abt. 1713 and believed to have arrived in US abt. 1725-????.
Other variant spellings of the name are: Fulk, Falck, Fokt.
Can anyone possibly help????????
thanks, s

Re: Disowned Sarah Jane Griffith-Ireland to Canada where she was widowed to the USA.

jrmcginn1 — 2013-04-12 00:42:10Z

Hi
I am glad you read old posts! Yes I figured if anybody recognized the story it would mean possibly solving the riddle because I know so little about the death of Robert Cooke except it had to be after 1837 and the birth of Daughter Catherine Cooke. All I know is that Sarah Jane Griffith Cooke left Brockville Ontario with an American man, going with him to somewhere in the USA and having a second family with him. As I stated a son of the second marriage did get in touch with his Cooke half brothers in Lansdowne Tp., Leeds County, Ontario Canada.
I can find no record for any second marriage in Brockville, (Across from Morristown, St Lawrence County, NYS.)
So she may have married in the USA? Have you any dates for your Sarah Jane Hall? Birth? Marriages? Death place? Where did Mr Stoddard die? When? Did the children assume the Harding surname or did they remain Stoddard? Is there any history of one of the Stoddard children going to Ireland to look for Griffith roots? He failed in his attempt. But it is known that the son who visited the Cookes of Lansdowne sis indeed go to Ireland for that purpose.

Did she assume the name Hall? I could see Sarah Jane reverting to Griffith or remaining "Cooke" until she married the American fellow...
I think the first thing we need to do is to track down timing and dates if they can be found.
Thanks
Rob McGinn

William Davis, born abt 1808 in Wales

DonnaJones722 — 2013-04-10 23:42:17Z

Hi, I'm looking for the parents of William Davis. Apparently he was born abt 1808 in Wales. He lived in Pennsylvania with his wife Henrietta. They had two children in PA, Gomer and Henry Clay.

The Davis side of my family is extremely small and I'm looking for any information at all. Thanks in advance.

Donna

Re: Disowned Sarah Jane Griffith-Ireland to Canada where she was widowed to the USA.

jztalk — 2013-04-10 21:08:07Z

This is so interesting. This is the story my mother told of my grandmother's mother, Sarah Jane Hall - that she eloped with the gardener of their estate, and came to Canada. She married a Stoddard, and had two children, Charles and Blanche, and then married Ed Harding, who raised both of the children.
It's such an amazing story - I wonder if it could be the same person.

Re: Robert Thomas Owens

roadrunner0213 — 2013-04-07 22:33:50Z

If you are still interested in Ernest and the other Owenses, please message me. I have tons of info.

Re: Great Grandfather John Robinson

CathyFarrell16 — 2013-04-07 20:08:43Z

DAVID McELHINNY (SON of JOHN & JANE McELHINNEY)
Born Jan. 4, 1827 in Mifflin Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa.
Died July 20, 1898 in Jefferson Twp., Allegheny Co., Pa.
Married ZERUIAH McGOWAN in 1854.
ZERUIAH was the daughter of JOHN B. McGOWAN and JULIA A. COVERT.
ZERUIAH was born 1835 in Pa.
ZERUIAH died 1894.
Both buried in St. Agnes Church Cemetery, West Mifflin, Pa.

2ND Child of DAVID & ZERUIAH (McGOWAN) McELHINNY:`

JAMES McELHINNY
Born on 1856.
Baptized Nov. 15, 1881 in St. Paul’s Monastery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
JAMES died 1926.
Religion is Roman Catholic.
Killed by a train in Braddock, Pa.
Married MARY EVA (went by the name EVELYN) ROBINSON on Jan. 13, 1887.
MARY EVA was born Dec. 13, 1868.
MARY EVA died Jan. 20, 1902.
JAMES & MARY are buried at St. Agnes Cemetery, West Mifflin, Pa.

Children of JAMES & MARY EVA McELHINNY:

a. MARY R. McELHINNY
Born on Aug. 25, 1887.
Died June 5, 1890.

b. HILDA McELHINNY
Born 1890.
Married WILLIAM BURGER, (b. 1886; d. 1962).
HILDA died 1968.

c. JULIA GRACE McELHINNY
Born July 27, 1895.
Died May 25, 1938.

d. ALBERT J. McELHINNY
Born Dec. 8, 1899.
Died Sept. 8, 1975.
Married MARGARET FUEHR on Feb. 8, 1923.
MARGARET was born Nov. 12, 1901.
MARGARET died Nov. 17, 1983.

Children of ALBERT J. & MARGARET McELHINNY:
-EVELYN, b. Dec. 18, 1923; m. MICHAEL SIMON; had 3 children
-ALBERT, b. April 30, 1925; single
-ELMER, b. Nov. 5, 1926; m. PATRICIA McMAHON; had 5 children
-WALTER, b. Jan. 25, 1930; m. EILEEN MOONEY; had 4 children
-THELMA, b. Sept. 27, 1931; m. RICHARD CAITO; had 2 children
-CONRAD, b. Aug. 1, 1933; m. PHYLLIS GRIFFITH; had 2 children
-SVEN, b. March 23, 1937; m. DONNA TORAK; had 2 children
-GERALD, b. Oct. 3, 1943; m. RITA K. SILER; had 4 children

http://home.comcast.net/~glassportpa/glassAnniversaries.html
McKeesport DAILY NEWS May 16, 2003
Port Vue (Pa) pair marking event

MR. and MRS. ELMER J. McELHINNY of 1335 Beverly Road, Port Vue, are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary today. The former PATRICIA J. McMAHON of Glassport and MR. McELHINNY of Pittsburgh were married May 16, 1953, in St. Pius V Church in McKeesport by the Rev. Thomas Murphy.
MR. McELHINNY is a former architectural designer for Swift Industries in Elizabeth and his wife is a former employee of Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling in Pittsburgh. They are the parents of EDWARD McELHINNY of Hollidaysburg, SHERRY MERRITT of Greensburg, THOMAS McELHINNY of Port Vue, LISA STOFKO of Johnstown and the late MARY METH SCHAITKIN. The couple has 12 grandchildren.
In honor of the occasion, an Anniversary Mass will be celebrated in the Liberty worship site of St. Mark Parish followed by a brunch at the Rock Run Inn, Elizabeth Twp. A family gathering is planned in July at Round Hill Park, Elizabeth Twp.

http://www.serragrandreunion.com/class_classmates.cfm?state_...

SERRA HIGH SCHOOL WELCOMES THE CLASSES OF 1921-2012

ALL LAST NAME McELHINNY: There are just some names I found at this web site.
ALBERT 1943
ELMER 1944
GERARD 1961
PATRICIA McELHINNY (McMAHON) 1949
SVEN 1955

MARY EVA ROBINSON’S grandfather:
H. W. LYNCH, b. March 2, 1821; wife unknown; Monongahela Co., Virginia

Children:
ELIZABETH, b. July 7, 1842
SARAH, b. Oct. 4, 1844 Masontown, Pa
SUSAN M., b. March 19, 1846
DAVID W., b. May 18, 1848
MARY R., b. May 28, 1856
JOHN E., b. Aug. 28, 1860

MARY EVA ROBINSON’S parents:
JOHN ROBINSON, b. Aug. 4, 1844; m. SARAH LYNCH; Snowden Twp., Pa.

Children of JOHN & SARAH ROBINSON:
-ALBERT WESTLEY, b. Thursday, Aug. 4, 1864; d. 1943 – ALICE McKEE (1873-1942)
-REBECCA JANE, b. Thursday, Sept. 27, 1866 – MILTON BRAILEY
-MARY EVA, b. Sunday, Dec. 13, 1868; d. Jan. 20, 1902 – JAMES McELHINNY (1856-1926)
-EMMA ELIZABETH, b. Monday, Sept. 25, 1871; d. April 7, 1957 –BILL LUDWIG
-JOE DAVID, b. Monday, April 27, 1874; d. 1958 – EMMA (1871-1961)
[added: SAMUEL FRANKLIN, b. 1876]
-JAMES P., b. Thursday, Feb. 20, 1879
-WILLIAM, b. Friday, July 28, 1882
-HARRY, b. Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1883
-CLAIR EDWIN, b. Sunday, May 30, 1886, single

Re: Annie R Goodin born in PA lived in Canada?

PISFORPRECIOUS — 2013-04-06 20:19:18Z

Thanks so much. I just learned that My great great great aunt has love letters from George Woodbey to Annie when they were dating, married and traveling. It is amazing. I would love to find out the information you have. I am from Pennsylvania so when I heard she was born there, I got excited.

Re: Annie R Goodin born in PA lived in Canada?

J_Seni — 2013-04-06 02:32:53Z

I have been looking and cannot find anything on Annie Goodin, I did find her husband George Woodbey was in California and remarried at the age of 70 yrs old in 1925. If you don't have that information I will give it to you.
I typed in George Washington Woodbey genealogy and that is how I found he was in California.It also had a write up about him which was quite interesting. He was a slave.
I will try searching for Annie Goodin

Annie R Goodin born in PA lived in Canada?

PISFORPRECIOUS — 2013-04-05 07:43:05Z

Hello, I found out a great deal about my grandmothers side of the family (Woodbey) and I have come to realize my 3 times great grandmother was born in pennslyvania according to a website I found, attaching her Women's work in Nebraska as a Black Preaching woman out shining her husband Geroge Washington Woodbey. I believe Annie R Goodin ( Annie Goodin-Woodbey ) was born in the 1850's. How can I find out who her parents were. Or if she was a slave or Born free? It is very hard to find out anything from Pa's records. I lknow she moved to canada. I have no idea how to find out where she was over there. Any one familiar with this type of search? I could sure use help.