OBITUARIES Bujnoski, Dominik Whiteg Burch, Connie Sue Moffatt Cook, Allen M. DeCoursey, Dorothy I. Maccauley Hurst, Oscar Lee Johnston, E. Jean Kozlowski, Harry Machuga, Nancy Prylinski Pelkowski, Sister Aloysius Stephenson, William J. Vignal, Esther L. Williams, Deborah Ann Saunders Wright, Mary Grace Snider WEDDINGS Athena Nicholson/Steven Bonfa Jessica Clark/Patrick Warren Jennifer Poker/Brad Fralic Susan Machioch/Randy Nowakowski Catherine Joint/M. Jason Miller Julie Sivillo/Ryan Salvo Karen Coates/Julian Torres Lisa Presogna/Dale Fickenworth Allyssa Holcomb/James White Erica Klein/Howard Merryman Kelly Pryke/William Rodland Jennifer Beck/Stephen Ferruci Amy Swiderski/Chad Vilushis Marcia Rock/Allen Chorney ANNIVERSARY William, Eleanor Fuhrer ENGAGEMENTS Deloe/Whipple Zindel/Link Farabaugh/Bojkic Fenton/Senft Malenick/Ewert Rush/Plummer Nathal/Ferrenberg Morrison/Gladitz Schick/Vicery Cass/Randall Laskos/Clouthier

Hi Listers: I'd really love to have this info for you every day, but for now I can only manage Sundays -- hope it helps. I already posted Sunday, February 16 -- here is February 23, 2003 ---first 2 weeks of Feb. will follow in other e-mails. Joyce As always, if you are interested in any of these please contact me personally. Thank you. OBITS Andrijiw,M.D. Dr. Roman Arkwright, Maryon Volmer Cacchione, Rosalie M. Taormina Daugherty, Donald Fletcher, Eddie Mae Taylor Gerald, Gladys Taylor Gillespie, Rosetta Baskin Graham, Mignon 'MeMe" Clayton Johnson, Clarice L. Kammer, Theresa M. Szczepaniak McClleland, Gerald Malanecki, Shirley Ann Dombkowski Mantech, Orva Rosenthal Narducci, Dr. Joseph Reber, Rhoda N. Snyder, Anne Theresa Kingston Tubbs, Harold Sr. White, Jeanne C. ANNIVERSARIES Raymond, Catherine Kuneman Willis, Mary Jeffreys Clayton, Sophie Reffner Lane, Virginia Wright ENGAGEMENTS Krumpe/Groenendoal Eller/Dunbar Willett/Evans Gilroy/Ketterman Zaksheske/Ewing Euliano/Costa Brugger/Prince Klann/Miller Mineo/Dunfee Kalberg/Aquino Dzikowski/Wrbican Lewandowski/Poole WEDDINGS Amy Sears/Kevin Fandrem Kristen Mitchem/Nathan Muhanna Katherine Tabolt/Nelson Valera Kelly Boyer/Daniel Jones Jennifer Amenta/David Markiewicz Audrey Calzdaio/Shawn Blakeslee Josetta Mecci/Terrance Pacley Heather Beezub/Charles Amy Erina Newkirk/John Davern Jr. Sandra Miller/Michael Hess

Hello Erie Co (PA) Genealogy list members, February is quickly coming to a close, and I am slowly but surely getting a lot of back logged material finally posted. The site was reindexed earlier on Monday evening with 541 pages now included in the index. While on the PICO site (the company that provides the search engine), I noted that there are on average 1000 searches on the web site per month, with only about 15 to 20 percent not finding any data. Here are the latest updates (I have gone back to Dec 1, 2002, to pick up material I failed to include on a previous update): February 24, 2003 Modified the St. Thomas Cemetery page to include additional data supplied by Ginny Eakin concerning the MULLEN surname. Added a new feature page for the Corry Class of 1913 visit to the White House. This page is a picture with names on back, which have been transcribed and included. This is another in a whole series of feature pages from material on loan from Teresa Hughes. This page has been linked to the Schools Index page and the City of Corry page. These later pages were updated to reflect 2003 copyright. Added a page including the Leboeuf Township Plat Map as submitted by Beth Simmons. This feature page has been linked to the LeBoeuf Township page, and to the Old Maps Index page. These later pages were also updated to reflect 2003 copyright. Slight modification was made on the LeBoeuf Twp page. February 19-20, 2003 Added a new feature page to the Faces of Erie County. This is several pages that have been scanned by Bill Klauk from the June 1923 edition of the Hammermill Bond, the employee magazine of the Hammermill Paper Company. This was the 25th anniversary of the founding. The page has been linked to the City of Erie page, and to the Faces of Erie County page. February 14, 2003 Added a new feature article submitted by Evelyn Baker titled Charter of the Springfield Telephone Co (1906). This page was linked to the Misc. Subjects Index page, and the Springfield Twp page. February 13, 2003 Added a new Newspapers page from information provided over a year ago from Kathy Groner. This page is a three page extract from the Gordon Law Newspapers Index. Most surnames are Hamilton, but other H names are also included. February 10, 2003 Added a new feature page to Erie County Land Records. This page is a newspaper ad from the January 17, 1850, Erie Gazette, for land for sale that had been a part of the Moravian Land Grant. The article has been transcribed and submitted by Evelyn Baker, and is also linked on the Springfield Township page. February 6, 2003 Note that ESGR has updated the City of Erie Vital Records Research page and submission form. The link from the Courthouse and Vital Records page has not changed. February 4, 2003 Beth Simmons has provided a complete revision to her Lowry Clan submission. The Family Tree portion, titled Descendants of George and Margaret Lowry, was put into a separate web page. Both sections of the Lowry Clan story were uploaded. The Family History Index page, and the Harbor Creek Township page, were both updated to reflect the changes. Updated the Guest Book to start a new book for 2003. Several January entries had been posted and these were entered into the new current Guest Book. Archived all 2002 entries into a 2002 Guest Book, and entered the link to this 2002 book on the current 2003 Guest Book. February 2, 2003 Changed the Homepage to reflect the new year and updated the Welcome Letter. Due to the new PC and limited time, there is no formal theme for February. Updated the Copyright Statement to reflect 2003. January, 2003 Due to a personal computer upgrade and change of operating systems to Windows XP, there were no additions of changes to the Website during January. December 25, 2002 Fixed a broken link to the Warren County USGenWeb site. December 24, 2002 Added a new feature Family History page for the Lowry Clan, as written and submitted by Beth Simmons. Although the Lowry family settled in both North East and Harbor Creek Townships, the page has only been linked from the Family History Index page and from the in Harbor Creek Township page. Beth also provided an image of an old time Christmas Card which has been posted to the Harbor Creek Township page. Another submission from Beth Simmons was also linked to both Harbor Creek Township, and to the Family Histories Index page. This feature page is an index of all Harbor Creek names found in the four most popular Histories of Erie County. December 20, 2002 Added a new Scouting feature page from information submitted by Barb Seyler. This article is a short biography of Clarence Seyler, a pioneer in the Erie Cub Scout movement. December 19, 2002 Added a link on the Old Maps index page to the NEGenealogy PA maps. These maps show the various counties in Pennsylvania over the years. Added a new school page from a picture submitted by Betty Matteson Rhodes of the 1929 class at the McNair School. Linked this page from the Schools Index page, and from the Venango Township page. Added another school page from a picture submitted by P Nolan of a 1905 Class at Erie High School. Linked this page from the City of Erie page, and from the Schools Index page. December 18, 2002 Made corrections to the LeBoeuf Township cemetery listings on the Cemetery Index page. December 17, 2002 Added a new feature cemetery page for the Drury Family Cemetery in Girard township as contributed by Dick Tefft. This page is linked to the Girard Township page and to the Cemetery Index page. Updated the Girard Township page to list all cemeteries from the Cemetery Index page. December 13, 2002 Updated the Pico Search Engine Index for the site. There are now 528 pages included in the search. Updated all email addresses listed on Copyright page. December 12, 2002 Updated the County Courthouse and Vital Records page to include a link to the ESGR page which announces that Erie City vital records from about 1875 to about 1908 may be researched by ESGR. Updated Amity Township page to include a new email address for Bimmy Urso, the township coordinator. Updated Springfield Township page to include a newly scanned photo of the East Springfield Christian Church. December 9, 2002 Updated Dee's Trivia page and the Misc Everything Goes Here page with an additional submission from Dee Davidson concerning the sinking of the steamboat 'Erie' in the mid 1800s. Posted a new Land Records page titled 1819 Tax Assessment submitted many months ago by Evelyn Baker, but just now being posted. December 1, 2002 Updated Homepage Welcome letter to reflect carry over of the Church theme with most time being spent in catch up. In other news, the Erie Times-News for Sunday, February 23, 2003, ran a feature article in the City & Region section titled The Mystery of Snake Hollow Cemetery. This small cemetery in Greenfield Township is included in our listings, but little is known about the cemetery. Until next update, Bill Klauk Volunteer County Coordinator, Erie Co (PA) Genealogy Website, USGenWeb/PAGenWeb project http://www.rootsweb.com/~paerie

I went back to the page for the 5th time, and see my error! Mea Culpa! Cheryl tedrickw@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl" <tedrickw@cox.net> To: <PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [PAERIE] Website Update and other News > I am confused. It says below that the PICO index has been updated. > The page I find says that the PICO search is not working?? Am I doing > something incorrectly? > > Cheryl > tedrickw@cox.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ErieCoGenie" <ErieCoGenie@worldnet.att.net> > To: <PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:33 PM > Subject: [PAERIE] Website Update and other News > > > > Hello Erie Co (PA) Genealogy list members, > > > > February is quickly coming to a close, and I am slowly but surely > getting a > > lot of back logged material finally posted. The site was reindexed > earlier > > on Monday evening with 541 pages now included in the index. While > on the > > PICO site (the company that provides the search engine), I noted > that there > > are on average 1000 searches on the web site per month, with only > about 15 > > to 20 percent not finding any data. Here are the latest updates (I > have > > gone back to Dec 1, 2002, to pick up material I failed to include on > a > > previous update): >

I am confused. It says below that the PICO index has been updated. The page I find says that the PICO search is not working?? Am I doing something incorrectly? Cheryl tedrickw@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "ErieCoGenie" <ErieCoGenie@worldnet.att.net> To: <PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:33 PM Subject: [PAERIE] Website Update and other News > Hello Erie Co (PA) Genealogy list members, > > February is quickly coming to a close, and I am slowly but surely getting a > lot of back logged material finally posted. The site was reindexed earlier > on Monday evening with 541 pages now included in the index. While on the > PICO site (the company that provides the search engine), I noted that there > are on average 1000 searches on the web site per month, with only about 15 > to 20 percent not finding any data. Here are the latest updates (I have > gone back to Dec 1, 2002, to pick up material I failed to include on a > previous update):

Does anyone have access to who is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. I am looking for Powell, especially Ellis and Christina Smock Powell. Thanks in advance. Carol

Info on Jacob A RODGERS is needed. I'm trying to fit him into my family tree. He had a daughter Sarah RODGERS who married Peter Wilber FREE 16 JUNE 1870. I would appreciate any info on Jacob, thank you. Ron RODGERS ronrodgers@velocity.net

I'm looking for info on Jacob A. RODGERS. I'm trying to fit him into my family tree. He had a daughter Sarah who married Peter Wilber FREE. Any info on John A. RODGERS WOULD BE Appreciated. Ron RODGERS-- ronrodgers@velocity.net

Carol... If you go to this page of the Erie County website, you'll find instructions for lookups at Evergreen Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paerie/townships/Union.htm Good luck... Linda --- Carolpjohnson@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone have access to who is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. I am > looking > for Powell, especially Ellis and Christina Smock Powell. Thanks in > advance. > Carol > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with > the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave > PAERIE-D, do the same thing with PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are floating > around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been transmitted via > this board, all readers are strongly encouraged to keep their virus > checkers up to date in order to ensure that your computer will not be > impacted should this occur. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/

If anyone has access to any Erie City directories, I needed info on the following: Between 1940 and 1946: Any listings for a William John LEE, a Valerie M. SORGER, Valerie LEE, Valerie FARBO. I believe Valerie married Carmen R. Farbo around 1945. She may have been married to William LEE somewhere between 1940-45. Valerie's father was Frank SORGER, so she may have been still living at home during any or some of that time. Most important is finding out who lived in the household with any of these people during this time period. I found her in the 1930 census, but I need more recent info. Thanks! Laurel

If anyone happens to have access to marriage records in Erie Co, PA and/or Chautauqua County, NY I was looking for any record of a marriage of William John LEE to Valerie (or Valery) M. SORGER. It would be between 1940-1945. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Laurel Anderson

Although I don't know anything about Hardin DeVitt, the mention of Hammermill brings back memories. I don't recall ever having seen the mill, as we lived out in Fairview west of Erie, but our summer neighbor was Norman Wilson; at the time he was [I think] Chairman of the Board and/or CEO. I believe my dad said that Mr. Wilson had worked his way up the ladder after starting at Hammermill when in his teens -- a real "Horatio Alger" story! Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob & Martha Phillips" <robmarth@empacc.net> To: <PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 11:45 AM Subject: [PAERIE] Hammermill Paper Company > Hi List, > Does anyone know about the Hammermill Paper Co. that was in existence in the 1930s? Hardin DeVitt, I believe was the owner of the Company. He had a son, Robert, who would be in his 70s by now. > Thanks. > Bob Phillips > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave PAERIE-D, do the same thing with PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are floating around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been transmitted via this board, all readers are strongly encouraged to keep their virus checkers up to date in order to ensure that your computer will not be impacted should this occur. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi List, Does anyone know about the Hammermill Paper Co. that was in existence in the 1930s? Hardin DeVitt, I believe was the owner of the Company. He had a son, Robert, who would be in his 70s by now. Thanks. Bob Phillips

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Anyone interested in any of these items please e-mail me personally at: rainbow@velocity.net. Joyce DEATHS ALLEN, Norma Jean BROWN, Cleo Duffield CALVERT, Mary Agnes Hess CASILLO, Richard L. HAWK, Elsie Becker JOHN, Clara Jeffrey MORYC, Bernard "Ben" J. QUADRI, Edith Hess SECHRIST, Catherine L. Salchli SNYDER, Douglas M. SPACE, Mildred I. STABLEIN, Edwin J. WACHTLER, Theodore "Ted" WYLER, Anastasia M. YOCHIM, Doris "Dodie" Weaver ZIMMER, Rose A. Froess, Burkell ENGAGEMENTS WEST-DAVIES LUCORE-MCCLURE BARTHOLOMEW-O'SULLIVAN LEONE-HICKS GRAZIANO-KONCEWICZ RENSHAW-RONDEAU KALISZEWSKI-MATSON BEGANICS-GURNEY MACCAGLIA-CHAPMAN ANDERSON-GROLEMUND COFFIN-PETERS MARRIAGES Rebekah BOWDEN - John EULIANO III Cheryl HOWARD -- David BERGMAN Jr. Brittany SARVADI -- Douglas FRONZAGLIA II Heidi SHERWOOD -- John MCBRIDE Jennifer DUCHNOWSKI -- Paul KRUSZEWSKI Jennifer CORBIN -- Preston MCKEEN Karissa WALSH -- Mark FREEMAN Deanna GURGA -- Charles SMITH Kimberly SMITH -- Jeremiah MARING Christina MARSHALL -- Robert PASKY Shannon FRIEND -- Brian SKELLIE Kari TRIMBLE -- Geoffrey KOWALCZYK ANNIVERSARIES Donald, Patricia BARGER Wilmer, Lois ENGELL Florian, Jane OZIMEK Herbert, Helen KNAUFF

Thank you to all who offered to get me the obit, someone has graciously offered and will send it to me, thank all who wrote. Betty _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Hi List, I just got word that a relative of my family died in Erie on the 14th, Friday, could someone please cut the obit from the paper and send it to me snail mail? I would like an origional. Email me privatly for my snail mail address. I will play postage. Thank you Betty _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Hi, Would anyone have access to an obit for Agnes Howard Powell, died may 30,1989. I "believe" she was wife of Eber H. Powell and daughter of Warren and Lydia D.Howard. Would appreciate any info known on this familly. Thanks Carol

In reply to Bob Phillips message, the High Schools in Erie in 1920 were Central (the old Erie High School), I believe East, and the brand new Academy, in addition to the Catholic Cathedral Prep. I have extracts from the 1920 Central High School yearbook which I was never able to get posted online. It includes 8th to 10th grade classes from Gridley which was called Gridley High School, but only had what today would be intermediate high school classes. There is a "Hunter, Robt." listed on the page for the Class of 24, but it is not clear if he was at Gridley, or at Central itself, which also had these lower classes. Bill Klauk Volunteer County Coordinator, Erie Co (PA) Genealogy website USGenWeb project ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob & Martha Phillips" <robmarth@empacc.net> To: <PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:51 AM Subject: [PAERIE] 1920 High Schools > Hi List, > Looking for a high school that was near 902 Poplar St. in 1920. Current maps show a Gridley H.S. and a Cathredral Preparatory School near Poplar. Trying to find out where Robert J. Hunter, 16 was enrolled at that time. His mother, Margaret Rumsey and step-father, Arthur B. Rumsey were living at 902 Poplar St. Hoping someone can check yearbooks and perhaps locate Robert J. Hunter. > Thanks. > Bob Phillips > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave PAERIE-D, do the same thing with PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are floating around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been transmitted via this board, all readers are strongly encouraged to keep their virus checkers up to date in order to ensure that your computer will not be impacted should this occur. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

My maternal grandfather went to Tech when it was an all boys school... but it used to be on State if I remember correctly (well I know it wasn't always on Cherry... I have his yearbook stashed away somewhere... Although, he was born in 1919, so it was sometime after your Robert attended school... Good Luck Marian > -----Original Message----- > From: espowell@juno.com [SMTP:espowell@juno.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:29 AM > To: PAERIE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAERIE] 1920 High Schools > > Cathedral Prep is an all-boy Catholic High School. Were they Catholic? > > Gridley is a public school but at least in the 1960's and 1970's was just > a middle school, not high school. Strong Vincent was the high school for > the area. But 9th and Poplar is more central. Perhaps Academy High School > would be another possibility? Or something on the east side? And when did > Erie Technical High School come into being? I knew a lot of kids from all > over the city who went to Tech to get technical training in a trade. > > Okay more questions and no answers. Just food for thought. Is there a > reference on the development (genealogy) of the Erie School District? > > Best wishes, > Elissa who used to live 1 block from Gridley and dated lots of cute guys > from Prep. > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:51:20 -0500 "Bob & Martha Phillips" > <robmarth@empacc.net> writes: > > Hi List, > > Looking for a high school that was near 902 Poplar St. in 1920. > > Current maps show a Gridley H.S. and a Cathredral Preparatory School > > near Poplar. Trying to find out where Robert J. Hunter, 16 was > > enrolled at that time. His mother, Margaret Rumsey and step-father, > > Arthur B. Rumsey were living at 902 Poplar St. Hoping someone can > > check yearbooks and perhaps locate Robert J. Hunter. > > Thanks. > > Bob Phillips > > > > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > > To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with > > the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To > > leave PAERIE-D, do the same thing with > > PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > > Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are > > floating around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been > > transmitted via this board, all readers are strongly encouraged to > > keep their virus checkers up to date in order to ensure that your > > computer will not be impacted should this occur. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > To leave PAERIE-L, send mail to PAERIE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the > single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave > PAERIE-D, do the same thing with PAERIE-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Periodically, messages are received that various viruses are floating > around the newslists. While no viruses have yet been transmitted via this > board, all readers are strongly encouraged to keep their virus checkers up > to date in order to ensure that your computer will not be impacted should > this occur. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237