Hi Al - I have corresponded with you several times over the years. We share a mixed bag of German/Swiss/Irish ancestry! It is the German/Swiss side of interest to me today. My Swiss surname has morphed, over the generations, from Haussli to Heasley. My son is now interested in the original spelling and pronunciation of Haussli. I thought that you might be able to suggest how I can best help him with the search. I will appreciate anything that you can suggest!! Thanks Jack Heasley jackare@charter.net -----Original Message----- From: paallegh-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 3:00 AM To: paallegh@rootsweb.com Subject: PAALLEGH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 69 PLEASE CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE WHEN REPLYING TO THE DIGEST. Today's Topics: 1. Re: Allegheny City 4th ward Presbyterian Churches (carol battin) 2. Allegheny City Churches (Norm) 3. Church in Agh City 1890 (Ken Dess) 4. death at J. Edgar Thompson steel works Aug 1897 (acmbjc@aol.com) 5. Re: death at J. Edgar Thompson steel works Aug 1897 (Carol Harris) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:27:10 -0500 From: carol battin <pagenie@suddenlink.net> Subject: Re: [ALL] Allegheny City 4th ward Presbyterian Churches To: paallegh@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <AANLkTi=i5O5SHEHtTO1f8Rns7RyupcAZh9NcQWoCgZ3-@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thank you, John, for telling about the Presbyterian Churches in Allegheny City. Very interesting... Is anyone searching the congregations of the 1st, 2nd, and 2nd-5th Presbyterian Churches in A.C.? I found some of my 2nd Presby.ancestors in the records at the U.P. Historical Society in Philadelphia. At the time, I didn't realize the possibility of finding them in the 1st and 2nd-5th membership rolls. It appears that my gg grandmother and several of her children joined the 2nd after her husband died. I am wondering if they had been members of the 1st prior to that. I also wasn't aware of the Presby churches in Lower Lawrenceville. I had checked the records for the ones near the main area but had no luck. I do have a marriage certificate signed by Richard Lea but didn't find the couple in the records for his church. They would have lived in the Penn Ave and Minersville area of Lawrenceville. Does anyone have information concerning any of these churches? My families who would have attended the Allegheny City churches were the Stewart's, and Hastings'. They lived in the 2nd and 3rd wards. In the Minersville area, their surnames were Roy, Warren, and Tencate. Thanks, 'Genie On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:50 AM, John Canning <johnjcanning@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Larry, > The 4th ward was the section of Allegheny between East Ohio, (N), the > Allegheny R (S), Federal Street W), and East Street (E). Depending the on > the years, there were several "kinds" of presbyterian churches there. > Before > the Civil War there were 2 Reformed Presbyterian congregations, and one > major Presbyterian congregation. The later was known as the Central > Presbyterian Church @ Sandusky and Lacock. It had a big split during the > Civil War and then eventually joined with the First Presbyterian Church, > which was in Ward 2. There was also a big United Presbyterian congregation > (Second U.P.)2 Sandusky and Stockton. By the late 19th century the > reformed > congregations moved up from the "flod plain." If you are looking for a > specific congrgation of size, I would think either the 2nd UP or the > Central > Pres. church would fit that bill. By the time Allegheny and Pgh merged > there > were almost 30 presbyterian churches of various persuasions, along with 3 > seminaries, in Allegheny City.! > > > > Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:35:51 -0500 > > From: lt0168@epix.net > > To: paallegh@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ALL] Allegheny City 4th ward Presbyterian Churches > > > > Hi group: > > Can anyone tell me what Presbyterian Church somebody living in the 4th > > ward of Allegheny City might have used in the 1860 time frame? > > > > Larry > > -- > > My genealogy page > > http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ > > Allegheny County Maps page > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/ > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > 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 > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:53:38 -0500 From: Norm <normmeinert@verizon.net> Subject: [ALL] Allegheny City Churches To: paallegh@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4D596C22.6080104@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Just FYI, I'm currently building a webpage for a translation of a church bulletin from the First Evangelical Protestant Church, Manchester, Allegheny, PA dated 20 September, 1896 which was submitted by Mary Neff Hurst this past week. Should be ready in a day or so. Norm ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:07:15 -0500 From: Ken Dess <kendess@comcast.net> Subject: [ALL] Church in Agh City 1890 To: paallegh@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4D597D63.8050104@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Would anyone know the name or names of Evangelical German Churches in Allegheny City, North Hills, in 1890. My g grandmother lived on Perry St. and was buried at Allegheny Cemetery. I'd like to see if I can find any church record of her. Thanks, Mary ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:02:36 -0500 (EST) From: acmbjc@aol.com Subject: [ALL] death at J. Edgar Thompson steel works Aug 1897 To: paallegh@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CD9ACB8D484AE0-828-1F1B6@webmail-d034.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Listers: I am helping a cousin find a death notice, obit, or story about an explosion at the J. Edgar Thompson steel works in Braddock, PA. Date of the accident is believed to be 13 Aug 1897. His grandfather's name was John Gordon. I have searched the Pittsburgh Press editions of the 14, 15, and 16 Aug 1897, but am unable to find anything about this accident, or the death of this person. Am hoping someone can help with this one. Many thanks. Marybeth C. acmbjc@aol.com ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:57:44 -0500 (EST) From: Carol Harris <charris721@aol.com> Subject: Re: [ALL] death at J. Edgar Thompson steel works Aug 1897 To: paallegh@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CD9AD340BE973F-1734-5921@webmail-d089.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Would this be what you are looking for? Just did a search on Edgar Thompson Explosion. Carol Braddock, Pennsylvania Edgar Thompson Steel Works Explosion August 23, 1895 FIRE ENVELOPED THEM. Workmen Killed by an Explosion in a Steel Works. CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS. A Furnace at the Thompson Works in Braddock, Penn., Was Choked and Sixteen Men Were Engulfed in Flames of Exploding Gas ? A Volcanic Eruption of Liquid Metal. The fall of a ?hang? in the top of furnace H of the Edgar Thompson Steel Works at Braddock, Penn., caused an explosion which resulted in the death of eight men. Eight other men received burns, and some of them were fatally injured. The killed are: JOHN GRENGO, JOSEPH LUCKNI, forty-five years old, married; JOHN PROKOPOVIC, twenty-seven, married; STEPHEN HAVLIN, thirty-two; JOHN MIKA, twenty-eight, married; JOSEPH CSOP, thirty-one; ANDREW DROBUAH, thirty-five, married; MIKE KAFINES, twenty-six, married. The last two men died after being taken to the hospital. The explosion occurred at 5 o'clock a. m., when preparations were being made for the morning melt. The force of the rush of expanding gas was terrific, and frightened the entire town of Braddock. Hundreds of half clad men, women and children flocked to the mill to inquire the cause of the noise and the result. The majority were Hungarian and Polish women who live near the mill, and had husbands and brothers working at the furnaces. They crowded into the yards over railroad tracks which form a network about the row of furnaces and could not be forced back. They swarmed through the stock sheds, and soon the air was filled with dries and groans as the bodies were picked up and recognized. The carelessness or ignorance of one of the top fillers, all of whom are Hungarians, caused the accident. The refuse material which forms a ?hang? had been allowed to accumulate until its size obstructed the free passage of the gases generated in the melting of ore. One of the top fillers dumped a barrow full of stock into the furnace without raising the boil, and this obstructed the opening still more. The top of the furnace was practically closed, and a force of men was sent there at once to remove the material which closed up the top. While the men were trying to accomplish this working directly over the top of the furnace, the ?hang? dropped into the molten metal at the bottom of the furnace. At the same instant the gases, which could not escape because of the obstruction at the top, took fire and exploded with a deafening roar, the sheet of flame belched out the top of the furnace, striking the men who were scattered all about it, blowing them in various directions. The materials loosened at the sides of the furnace by the fall of the ?hang? and the explosion followed the rush of flame. The debris dropped back upon the men, already frightfully burned by the gas. One man was blown over one of the elevators and dropped down through it. His body struck a car standing at the bottom and was cut in two. Other men were burned beyond recognition, and were identified by clothing or physical peculiarities. Only one man, was killed instantly, but the others in the list of dead died while being taken to the shed. The position of the men while working at the top of the furnace was such that they had no chance to escape. The iron covering at the extreme top checked the flames enough to drive them back down, thus enveloping the men completely. After the first rush the flames poured out of the opening steadily, and it was a hazardous task for the rescuers to go up and bring the bodies down. All the injured, except JAMES HARRISON, the foreman, were Hungarians. The Cranbury Press New Jersey 1895-08-23 Submitted & transcribed by Stu Beitler Thank you, Stu! -----Original Message----- From: acmbjc <acmbjc@aol.com> To: paallegh <paallegh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 9:04 pm Subject: [ALL] death at J. Edgar Thompson steel works Aug 1897 isters: am helping a cousin find a death notice, obit, or story about an explosion at he J. Edgar Thompson steel works in Braddock, PA. Date of the accident is elieved to be 13 Aug 1897. His grandfather's name was John Gordon. have searched the Pittsburgh Press editions of the 14, 15, and 16 Aug 1897, ut am unable to find anything about this accident, or the death of this person. m hoping someone can help with this one. any thanks. Marybeth C. cmbjc@aol.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------ To contact the PAALLEGH list administrator, send an email to PAALLEGH-admin@rootsweb.com. 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