If I made any errors, please let me know. There is a brief history of St. Boniface on this site, in the part with the cemeteries, I think. They are St. Bernard's and Union Cemetery, a merger of the original Swedish Lutheran and then the Methodist Episcopal. 1790 Census the area was Frankstown Township of Huntingdon County. 1800 Census--Same Frankstown 1804--The area became part of the new Cambria County. 1807--The area became part of Cambria Township, and the courts took over in 1807. {Only three townships, Cambria [west and north], Allegheny[east with some north and south] and one in the South [sorry, can't remember the name, StonyCreek I think.] 1810--St. Boniface was in Susquehanna Township [all the northern area except White] 1820--Same for St Boniface. 1830--Same 1840--Same 1850--Same 1860--Chest--included present Elder and Chest, with Chest Creek in the middle. 1870--I think that year it became Elder, consisting of half of the previous Chest, divided by the Chest Creek and the Railroad. 1880 to present--Elder Township I know of two short histories published by the church for anniversaries and a few in the newspapers I saved. St. Boniface doesn't have a post office anymore, just a place [outdoors with a roof] that contains the post office boxes where people pick up their mail. Very early the post office was at Plattsville, as the mail came from the Susquehanna River down Ridge Road. Then the Post Office was Summitville [Summit in Cresson] or Munster, along the Turnpike from Hollidaysburg to Pittsburgh [present Rt 22 or 422.]. It was carried on the stage coach. It was then carried by [usually] unofficial means to the churches in the settlements where it was distributed on Sunday. Next the mail came to the coal towns on the railroads. Every coal town had to have a railroad to carry coal, and usually the railroad carried passengers and mail. St. Boniface was at the top of the hill, so mail came to Thomas Mills [formerly Elder's Mill] where the railroad stopped, or in Hastings [after 1889.] Fr. Modestus Wertner published two books about the local churches/towns and one book, The Missions, includes a history for St. Boniface. It is on this site as the History of the Benedictine Parishes in Cambria County, which is reprinted here on the site. This ST. Boniface history was written about 1930. Just before WW I, a German group in Johnstown published a book on the history of Cambria County, with emphasis on the German influence. One side of the page in printed in German, the other side in English. It includes a history of St. Boniface and one of New Germany, as well Gallitzin [a lot of German organizations, second only to Johnstown.] The Cambria County Historical Society has a copy. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: James Thomas Rosenbaum <jtr@atlanticbb.net> To: Message Cambria <pacambri@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Aug 4, 2013 4:36 am Subject: [PACAMBRI] Saint Boniface The town of Saint Boniface, Cambria Co., PA. First of all Wikipedia does not seem to list it. Has anyone submitted anything to them? Also I have it listed as being in Elder Township. Do they have a centennial book or some thing similar? The zip is 16675. Does it have a history someplace listed? jim James Thomas Rosenbaum 310 Melvin Street Johnstown, PA 15904-1219 814-266-6855 jtr@atlanticbb.net Better We Should Err In Action Than Wholly Refuse To Perform Fixing is often done by listening. See with your ears and hear with your eyes, heal with your heart and empathy. Blind people do it. - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message