Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, July 1, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 26 DEATHS Died at Ninety-Four Perhaps the oldest male citizen of Cambria county died Thursday of last week at his home in Gallitzin in the person of Anthony Myers who was aged ninety-four years and ten days. He was buried Saturday morning with a requiem high mass in St. Michael’s church, Loretto, conducted by the Rev. Father Kittell, interment being made in the church cemetery. Mr. Myers was born in Cambria county in 1816 and had lived here all his life. He was married in 1841 to Mary McGuire who survives him with the following children: Henry and Katherine, at home; Celestine of Cresson; Mrs. W. N. Topper of Cresson; Mrs. Michael McDermott of Ashville; Mrs. B. F. Grove of Chest Springs and Rebecca of Pittsburg. Mrs. Thomas Callahan Mary, wife of Thomas Callahan, died at her home in Chest Springs on Sunday morning. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Storm and was born near Loretto about 70 years ago. The funeral took place on Wednesday. Geo. A. Callan The funeral of Geo. A. Callan of Loretto who died at 1 p.m. on June 26th, took place on Tuesday from St. Michael’s church, Loretto. Geo. A. Callan was born February 26, 1870 at the Summit and was the son of Thomas and Regina Callan, who both survive him. Few of the young men of this vicinity were better known or better liked than Geo. Callan and many are the friends who mourn him. Deceased’s father was one of the pioneers of Cambria county and his mother was Regina McGuire, a granddaughter of Captain Michael McGuire. The deceased leaves the following brothers and sisters: James C. of Braddock; Mrs. James Donahoe of Pittsburg; Thomas F. of Cresson; Wm. A. of Altoona; and Josephine, Margaret, Mary, Francis, Annie, Henry and Gertrude at home. Members of the Woodmen of the World acted as pall bearers at the funeral. Mrs. Jno. A. Blair On Thursday morning at 9 o’clock, occurred the funeral of Mrs. Jane Ann Blair, wife of ex-Sheriff John A. Blair. Mrs. Blair died on Monday afternoon. The deceased was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Evans. Besides her husband, Mrs. Blair is survived by these children: Margaret, wife of Thomas M. McDermit of Johnstown; Cornelia, wife of W. A. Horan of Johnstown; Jennie, wife of M. D. Bearer of Ebensburg; Annie, wife of O. E. Wilkinson of Ebensburg; Worth W. and John T., both of Ebensburg; Harry of Johnstown; and Joseph of Elyria, O. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Margaret A. Lutz of Lake City, Minn., and one brother, Harry Evans of Wabasha, Minn., while Miss Josephine Bailey, a foster daughter, residing at Ebensburg, als _________________________________________________________________ Store, manage and share up to 5GB with Windows Live SkyDrive. http://skydrive.live.com/welcome.aspx?provision=1?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_102008
Hi, Can anyone tell me the first names of the daughters of Anthony Myers listed below? I'm missing a couple, but don't know which ones. Thanks, Janet --- On Thu, 10/23/08, Patty Millich <millich84@hotmail.com> wrote: From: Patty Millich <millich84@hotmail.com> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Deaths Cambria Freeman July 1 1904 To: "PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com" <pacambri-l@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 10:24 AM Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, July 1, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 26 DEATHS Died at Ninety-Four Perhaps the oldest male citizen of Cambria county died Thursday of last week at his home in Gallitzin in the person of Anthony Myers who was aged ninety-four years and ten days. He was buried Saturday morning with a requiem high mass in St. Michael’s church, Loretto, conducted by the Rev. Father Kittell, interment being made in the church cemetery. Mr. Myers was born in Cambria county in 1816 and had lived here all his life. He was married in 1841 to Mary McGuire who survives him with the following children: Henry and Katherine, at home; Celestine of Cresson; Mrs. W. N. Topper of Cresson; Mrs. Michael McDermott of Ashville; Mrs. B. F. Grove of Chest Springs and Rebecca of Pittsburg.