Greetings Looks like her sister is deceased. Here is the SSDI record. BASTIAN, CATHERINE J07 Apr 190311 Aug 19959215136 (Mc Kees Rocks, Allegheny, PA) JR Jamieson jr@jjamieson.com 412 343 9264 Home of the Steeler Nation ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerome Dittman" <dittdad@myactv.net> To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [ALL] Rosana Russell > Clare > > Your Rosena and related names are about 50-60 years before mine. > > Using the name Rosena from a rough family outline and the obit for the > death of a cousin in 1977 where one of his sisters was identified as > Rosena Sharpe I managed to track her down. Found that she was living with > her sister, Catherine Bastian in the McKees Rock area with the name Rosena > Russell. I have not yet been able to connect her to any specific Sharpe > or > Russell. I believe that she was born about 1906 and died somewhere around > the mid to late 1900's, she was a daughter of Harry Raab and Philomena > Krecheler. > > The web site, peoplelookup.com says that there are too many Russells, > over > 1000, in the Pittsburgh area to be pulled up at one time, and suggested > that I refine the search. The only way to refine it is go through all the > Pittsburgh ZIP codes looking for her under the Russell name. Haven't had > time for that yet. Hasn't shown up yet on the SSDI's that I have. > > Jerry Dittman > Boonsboro, MD > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clare Pebworth" <cpeb@tampabay.rr.com> > To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 11:06 AM > Subject: [ALL] Rosana Russell > > >>I have a Rosina Russell who is on the 1850 Norfolk, VA Census. It states >> that she was the dau. of Delia and the sister of Hester A. b. 1833, VA. >> Those names are wrong. >> >> Now for the truth. Delia is really Adelia (Ball) Russell, the widow of >> Thomas Russell of England who was lost at sea May 1835. Hester is Esther >> (Russell) Russell who married a non-relative William Parker Russell. >> They >> lived in Norfolk. >> >> Adelia lived in Northampton Co., VA and she married there Nov. 8, 1832. >> The >> 1840 Census lists Dela (Adelia) as living in Northampton, VA. By 1844 >> Adelia was living in Norfolk, VA. Adelia d. 28 Jan. 1882, Norfolk, VA. >> >> With the various name's for Adelia I am guessing that the "Adeline" >> Russell >> who lived with W.P. Russell and his wife Esther on the 1860 Census was >> really Adelia. The 1860 does not list Rosina as living in the household >> nor >> could I find her anywhere. I cannot find Adelia or any name similar on >> the >> 1870 Census. I never thought of checking PA. >> >> Adelia had 2 brothers, John and Luther. Her father was John Ball who d. >> 1811 in Worcester Co. MD. Once again I am guessing but it is possible >> that >> Rosana is the illegitimate dau. of Adelia. >> >> What dates involve your Rosana Russell? >> Clare >> Clearwater, Fla. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jerome Dittman" <dittdad@myactv.net> >> To: "paallegh" <paallegh@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 6:39 PM >> Subject: [ALL] Web site to find relatives >> >> >>>I recently accidentally came across this site which, so far, has enabled >>>me >>>to find the possible names of the wives, and some of their children for 4 >>>of my once removed cousins. Combining the information from this site with >>>the SSDI I was also enable to obtain birth and death dates for both along >>>with the ZIP code of where they were living when they died. This site >>>provides the death date, back into the 1800's ( my oldest was 120 years) >>>along with a list of Known Relatives. >>> >>> In the list all married women are listed by their married names, in some >>> instances you may get their parents. Finding one name you think may be >>> the >>> one, checking the Known Relative list may give you a female name that is >>> possibly the wife. Going through the list again looking for the female >>> name should give you your males name, in the Known Relative list, which >>> possibly means that they are husband and wife. >>> >>> I then compared the names I found with their names on the SSDI and found >>> the vital statistics. >>> >>> The web site is: www.peoplesearch.com >>> Use the Advanced Search option. Just input surname, city and state. This >>> will return you a list of people having that surname in the city you had >>> searched. Just hope that the name is not a real common one, like >>> Russell; >>> they wanted me to provide a more specific location. There are too many >>> people with the Russell name in Pittsburgh's history for them to provide >>> at once. I'm looking for a Rosana Russell who at one time lived in the >>> 100 >>> block of W. Steuben St. She was previously married to a unknown Sharpe. >>> Neither of the husbands names turns up where I can match with her. I >>> found >>> her though without any references. >>> You can obtain additional information on your finds for a price. >>> >>> Hope this helps someon. >>> >>> Jerry Dittman >>> Boonsboro, MD >>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> >>> Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >