My father, Charles Hartman Penrose, was born in Lykens on August 1, 1879 to William Howard PENROSE and Mary Jane MILLER. William was born in Millersburg on August 31, 1856 and Mary Jane was born in Lykens on Nov. 1, 1859. William's father was Charles Hartman PENROSE, who was a shoemaker/dealer in Millersburg. Mary Jane's parents were William Miller and Caroline Coleman. I believe William Miller was a Hardware dealer in the area. Any information that you can provide would be gratefully received. TIA! -----Original Message----- From: Lynne Ranieri [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] News from April 25, 1879 Lykens Register newspaper (Married) TROUTMAN-WETZEL -- March 23, Jonas R. TROUTMAN of Lykens township, and Miss Fyetta E. WETZEL, of Upper Mahanoy, Northumberland county. (Married) DOUDEN-BARLET -- In Lykens, April 22, at the Reformed parsonage, by Rev. A.S. STAUFFER, Mr. Aaron Augustin DOUDEN and Miss Alice BARLET, both of Lykens. (Sad Accident) A serious accident happened on Saturday last to a fourteen-year-old daughter of Dr. W. RAKER, of Uniontown. She was on a stroll in the woods near that place, with a younger sister, hunting tea-berries, and a stick from among the under brush was accidentally run in her eye. The pupil of that very sensitive organ was injured, we learn, and fears are entertained that the unfortunate girl will be bereft of the sight of the eye. Her father, the Doctor, will no doubt exhaust the resources of science to spare this deformity of his interesting daughter, in which we hope he may be successful. (Death's Doings) Mr. William McCALL, a victim of consumption, after an illness of or three months' duration, died on Wednesday evening, at his residence on North Second street, aged 32 years. His remains will be conveyed to Dauphin to-day, for interment beside his wife, whom he survived by only about eight months. Three orphan children -- two daughters and one son -- are left behind to be cared for by friends. The wife of Mr. Joseph SHULER, of this place, an estimable lady, died last night, after a lingering illness. Her age was 44 years. (Sundry Matters) Mr. HENSEL, the new landlord at the Upper Dauphin Hotel, is making material alterations to the house. H.W. SNYDER will open a case of pound delaines at his store on Monday morning next. Mr. C. BERGER is preparing to rebuild the double frame house on North Second street, near Market, destroyed by fire nearly two years ago. Messrs. Jacob WILT, Herbert JONES, Thomas WILLIAMS, and George DAVIS, all of Wiconisco, started for the Big Horn country, Montana Territory, in search of gold, on Wednesday. Mr. Daniel HAWK, of this borough, expects to leave for that ame destination on Monday next. A furious fire raged last evening on Berry's mountain, just east of town. The fence encloising the Odd Fellows' cemetery and attorney Durbin's grounds, surrounding his mansion, were somewhat endangered. A sheet of lurid flame extended along the mountain side for some distance. (Court) The April term of quarter sessions court will commence on Monday next. Following are the jurors from the upper end of the county: Grand Jurors - Jacob COLLER, Williams; Geroge ERNEST, Washington; John LEHMAN, Mifflin; Uriah MILLER, Jacob HOLTZMAN, Upper Paxton; Jesse MICHAELS, Millersburg; Joseph STROH, Halifax; Petit Jurors - B.F. EBY, Lykens; James CURVEN, Jacob WILT, Wiconisco; William SHERTZER, Berrysburg; H.A. MILLER, Wayne; John D. JURY, William L. PAUL, Daniel Y. LENKER, Daniel LEFFLER, Upper PAxton. Traverse Jurors, May 5 - Frank FIDLER, Gratz; Hiram G. HOKE, Lykens township; John H. HOFFMAN, Mifflin; Samuel H. JURY, Millersburg; F.R. GILBERT, Upper Paxton; A. FORTENBAUGH, Philip BOYER, Halifax. Lynne ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== Post only genealogy related topics

Re your request for information about your Lykens-born ancestors, at the moment I can only offer what is in the single copy of the 1879 Lykens Register newspaper that I have, but I will try to harvest all news that may be of genealogical relevance. I will gradually post to this list everything I find. There are only four pages, though, and only some of two of those pages has local news. Lynne