Walt You can try looking for the widow in the 1890 Special Census. In this census they recorded the names of Civil War Vets and their widows and children. If his wife knew the regiment and company to which he belonged, it would be listed in that census. I know they have the census on microfilm at the PA State Archives, but I don't think it has an index. I don't remember for sure, but I think I had to read through a few pages of Scranton names before I found my ancestor. Good luck! Renee ----- Original Message ----- From: <WSULLIVW@aol.com> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 3:01 PM Subject: [PA-LAC] Civil War Soldiers > Looking for information, connection and suggestions on how to obtain > additional data in order to request copy of the Civil War pension/allotment > papers. James BURNS b circa 1843 in Ireland married Margaret KERRIGAN. Their > daughter Agnes BURNS was born in Lakewood, NJ c 1863. The father James BURNS > was killed fighting for the Union in the Civil War the same year the child > was born. The mother Margaret KERRIGAN BURNS received an allotment for the > unborn child. The family had moved to Scranton, PA. The child Agnes BURNS m > James GERRITY c 1878 and after James GERRITY died married a LAWLER. Agnes > BURNS GERRITY LAWLER died in Scranton in 1927. > > Appreciate any thoughts or suggestions > > Regards, > > Walt > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Have you introduced yourself to the group? mailto:PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > >

Looking for information, connection and suggestions on how to obtain additional data in order to request copy of the Civil War pension/allotment papers. James BURNS b circa 1843 in Ireland married Margaret KERRIGAN. Their daughter Agnes BURNS was born in Lakewood, NJ c 1863. The father James BURNS was killed fighting for the Union in the Civil War the same year the child was born. The mother Margaret KERRIGAN BURNS received an allotment for the unborn child. The family had moved to Scranton, PA. The child Agnes BURNS m James GERRITY c 1878 and after James GERRITY died married a LAWLER. Agnes BURNS GERRITY LAWLER died in Scranton in 1927. Appreciate any thoughts or suggestions Regards, Walt

In a message dated 7/5/2001 9:31:08 AM Central Daylight Time, mgray@jax-inter.net writes: > My 80+ cuz flew from CA to the east coast a week ago. She drove up to > Scranton and could not locate the Hickory Grove Cemetery where many > relatives are buried. Is there a site with a listing from this Cemetery? I > would appreciate any help as I am in FL myself. Marge > Hickory Grove Cemetery is on Miller Road in Wavery between Rt 407 and 632. Miller Road is a right turn from Route 407 (going north) about 1/2 mile past Our Lady of Peace School in Clarks Green. Here is a map. <A HREF="http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=miller+road&city=Waverly&state=PA&slt=41.526299&sln=-75.705803&mlt=41.517300&mln=-75.700500&zip=&country=us&BFCat=&BFClient=&mag=9&cs=7&name=&desc=&off=n&poititle=&poi=">Yahoo! Maps and Driving Directions</A> Gayle

I am doing a search for family members of Russell B. and Rosalie Farquhar LeVan. He is a native of Jermyn, Pa., and retired from the NYO and W Railroad after 37 years of service. Their chrildren are as follows: Carol Rosalie LeVan (Mrs John J. Thomas) Theodore R. LeVan Roderick B. LeVan Phyllis Evelyn LeVan Oliver B. LeVan Thank you in advance for any and all suggestions. Sincerely Walter J. Kyle

My 80+ cuz flew from CA to the east coast a week ago. She drove up to Scranton and could not locate the Hickory Grove Cemetery where many relatives are buried. Is there a site with a listing from this Cemetery? I would appreciate any help as I am in FL myself. Marge

It could be St. Patrick's, honestly I could not swear to it, it is near the top of Jackson St. I am not sure which records they maintain, or if they maintain all records for that section, when I stopped in the office at Cathedral Cemetary to inquire on info for my family I was told the records were maintained there. There is not much info I have been able to find about my g-grandparents that is helpful to me. The church was only able to provide who was buried in the plots there, and where they bought the plots from- there is no headstone for one person buried there. There is also one plot that remains open, however I have no clue as to whom may hold the deed. Laura __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Good Morning list, I was wondering if there is anyone in the Scranton City area that would be willing to do a lookup for me in the newspaper microfilm. I would like to try and get a copy of an article (if there is one) from the 1903 BENJAMIN FAMILY REUNION, held Aug 20, 1903. I'm hoping since I have an exact date it wouldn't be hard to find on the film. I found a later reunion in the 1908 Scranton Republican - Tribune. My Great Great Grandfather was presented with an English Gentleman's walking stick at the 1903 Benjamin Family Reunion. The Reunion was held on his birthday. He would have been turning 74 or 75 that day. He died Aug 16 of the following year. Pretty cool. Thanks, Garthe Leland Benjamin 19 Pleasant Street Vincentown, NJ 08088 (609) 859-8805 garthe@pics.com

I am trying to help a fellow researcher in England research his DEGNAN( DIGNAN, DUIGNAN, DAGNAN) lines. Bernard and Ann HARVEY DEGNAN were b 1827. Their daughter Sarah DEGNAN m Mark SULLIVAN, they settled in Minooka, PA in the 1870s and raised a large family. Many of the children were females from whence we have HASKINS, MOONEY, MANNING,MARONEY, DUMMING and naturally many, many SULLIVAN. Hope this rings a bell for someone

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- On behalf of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) Executive Director Brent D. Glass today announced Pennsylvanians now --for the first time -- can access historical records through the PA PowerPort. The Archives Records Information Access System (ARIAS) will enable Pennsylvanians and researchers from around the world to utilize the tremendous resources of the Pennsylvania State Archives right from their homes or local libraries. The records can be accessed through the PA PowerPort at www.state.pa.us or directly at the Commission's site at www.phmc.state.pa.us. "With the click of a mouse, students, teachers, family researchers and history buffs will be able to view online historical records maintained at the State Archives in Harrisburg," Glass said. "Our goal is to provide easy, cost-free access to historical records that constitute our most valuable window to the past. We think of it as the `Digital State Archives.'" Currently, ARIAS offers approximately 200,000 images relating to the participation of Pennsylvanians in the Revolutionary War, Spanish-American War and World War I. The Revolutionary War records are arranged alphabetically by the surname of each soldier, with information on service in the Pennsylvania Militia, Pennsylvania Line, and the Navy; the name and rank of soldier; active or inactive duty; county of residence; battalion in which served; and the archival record from which the information was extracted. More than 300,000 Civil War and Mexican Border Campaign service card images also are being loaded into the system. Eventually, millions of digitized records, ranging from 19th-century county birth, death and marriage dockets to collections of photographs illustrating every aspect of the Pennsylvania experience, will be added. "Genealogists are hungry for access to records such as these," said James Beidler, executive director of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. "The beauty of the resources found in ARIAS is that they will lead researchers to the original source documents, which is what every family historian yearns to find about his or her ancestors."

I recently found this name as being my great grandmother, Katie. Although the name was spelled Zossijani on my grandfather's death certificate, I suspect that that was a phonetic spelling and the correct is Zazyczny. I doubt if she ver came to the US but perhaps she had siblings who did. She married Frank Szponar and had a son Wojceich who came to the US somewhere between 1908-1909. I f anyone has any information on this name please advise. Jack Sponaes

I am not sure what church on Jackson St. you are referring to, but there is a Jackson St. Baptist Church on the corner of N. Hyde Park Ave. and Jackson St. For many years from the 19-teens until the middle 1950's the minister was the great B. L. C. Baer. (Don't ask what BLC stands for--he always went by the initials.). When he retired, and moved on, it seems that he took the church records with him. The church has no records before then. My family was one of the oldest members of the church. To add insult to injury, they are buried in Washburn St. Cemetery. Another church on Jackson St. include St. Patricks. I don't believe there are any others. There were in years past but they are gone. Tom

Abington Hills Cemetery is on the Morgan Highway (Route 307) in South Abington Township. It is about 3-4 miles up the road from Keyser Ave. in Scranton. Tom Price

Thanks Walt and Rich for the specifics. While waiting for whatever the diocese is up to with their project as described by Joe Bryer, this gives me someplace else to try for some records. Anne

The church on Jackson St is St. Patrick RC. In addition to their own records they also have the records for Holy Cross in Bellevue and St. John's. The office staff is very helpful. Happy Hunting and Happy 4th Walt

Hi Lenora, I have Hartman's - or should I say Hortman- they came to Lackawanna Co. from Sussex Co., NJ. Sarah E. Hartman (parents- Enoch Hortman and Anna Ent), married Isaiah Mittan Jan. 1, 1852 in Abington, Luzerne (Lackawanna) Co. Any connection? Lee Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <BrennaJne@aol.com> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 3:19 PM Subject: [PA-LAC] Hartman familes > I am researching a few Hartman families and wondered if anyone else was. I > have 3 or 4 Hartman familes married into my lines and would like to know if > they are related. > > Lenora from Wisconsin > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lackawanna County, PA Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/lackawp.html > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > >

Hi All, I've had this article for a while but just hadn't gotten time to send it to the list. There is a ton of family groups in this article for those of you looking for ancestors in the Luzerene/Lackawanna area. It's worth reading. Someone always knows someone else looking for a certain name. from The Scranton Republican, Tuesday, September 1, 1908 THE BENJAMIN FAMILY REUNION The fifth annual reunion of the Benjamin Family was held in the maple grove on the farm of the late Jesse Benjamin. The morning being rather cool the company was rather slow in assembling, but when all had arrived it was found the company had numbered 116. Dinner being disposed of the meeting was called to order by the Vice President and the following programme was rendered: Singing by audience. Prayer by Wesley Benjamin Reading of Minutes. Song by Rena Bennett. Song by Dorthy Hardy. Recitation by Marjorie Hardy. Singing by Mrs. W. P. Hoppe and Vida Little. Singing by Mrs. G.M. Nicholls. Recitation by Lloyd Coil. Song by Gertrude Squires. Song by Howard Squires. Closing song. Then followed the election of officers, which resulted as follows: President, S.C. Benjamin; vice-president, Wesley Benjamin; secretary, Mrs. Lizzie Osmun; treasurer Celia Benjamin; commitee on programme, Mrs. E.L. Coil; commitee to prepare frounds, Ernest Benjamin, G.W. Benjamin, E. Quick and E. Coil. Then followed a brief time for visiting, after which all departed for thier homes to meet again the following year at the same place on the third Thursday in August. Those present were: Mrs. Mary Benjamin and sons, Ernest and George and daughter Celia; Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Coil and sons, Lloyd and Sherwood; Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Bennett and son Lambert and daughters Belle and Rena; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Quick and sons Dexter and Ivan and daughters Kate, Clara, and Alice; Mrs. Farris Pratt and daughter Pearl; Mr. and Mrs. Byron McDonald and son Paul; Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Hardy and son, Fred, and daughters Lena, Marjorie, and Dorothy; Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Snyder and son Ralph; Mr. and Mrs. G.M. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Squires and daughter Gertrude and son Howard; Mrs. C.W. Hoppe and daughter Blanche; Mrs. Walter Hoppe; Mrs. H.M. Stephens; Mr. and Mrs. John Hinkley; Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Smith; Mr. and Mrs. George Wright; Mr. and Mrs. Morris Tingley; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McDonald and son Glen, and daughters Gladys and Mildred; Miss Ethel McDuffie, Harry Smith, Philip Sears, of Lenox; Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Benjamin and son Alden; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Quick; Marion Smith, Mrs. Asa Crandall, Hopbottom; Charlie, Joseph and Florence Benjamin, Lathrop; F.M. Benjamin, Wesley Benjamin, Mrs. George Norton and daughter Nellie, and son Ray, Halstead; Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Waterman, Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Wescott and son Ivan, Mrs. Gertie Bennett and daughters Marjorie and Mildred; Mr. and Mrs. O.O. Finn, Mrs. Lena Packer, J.A. Nichols, Mamie Wescott, Nicholson; Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Benjamin and daughter Lena and sons Alpheus and Ralph; Mr. and Mrs. Merle Benjamin and son Robert; Mrs. R. Coleman, Kingsley; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Nichols; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wescott and son Roy, Fleetville; Mrs. Mart Osmun and sons Merle, John, Wilson, and Roy, La Plume; Mrs. Eugene Miller, Scott; Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt; Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Clark, Scranton; Mrs. H.E. Tingley, Mrs. W.T. Bennett, Lenoxville; Miss Vida Little, Mrs. E.L. Coil, Hartford.

Probably St. Patrick's, 1409 Jackson St. -----Original Message----- From: AnneTullar@aol.com <AnneTullar@aol.com> To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Re: V01 #205 Cathedral Cemetery and Tombstone Transcription >Does anybody know the name of the church Laura refers to, on Jackson St? >Laura--any notions about which records this church maintains? > >Sometimes things get interestinger and interestinger! > >Anne > > >==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== >Have you seen the USGenWeb Pennsylvania Page? http://www.usgenweb.org/pa/ >To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList >

Hi Lenora..I have a Wiliam McGurgan from scranton area in my family...He is around 75 yrs old now and living in New Jersey. Married to my Aunt....her name is Joan Middleton..any connection? -----Original Message----- From: BrennaJne@aol.com [mailto:BrennaJne@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 7:23 AM To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PA-LAC] McGurgan - Fickus Anyone researching a McGurgan or Fickus family from Scranton? Their ancestors were Rosar family Lenora from Wisconsin ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== Visit the Lackawanna County, PA Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/lackawp.html To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList

Rosemary asked about 1904 Dunmore Catholic Cemetery. I have copied some pages of "Jubilee History: Commemorative of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Creation of Lackawanna County Pennsylvania, etc." by Thomas Murphy, Volume One, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka-Indianapolis, 1928. Chapter 22, Dunmore, The Largest Borough, pp. 452-53: Dunmore cemetery, on North Blakely Street, was first used in 1828 when Levi Depuy set aside an acre of land for a burial ground. Gabriel Dunning, who died in 1828, is said to have been the first person buried there. The cemetery now covers 35 acres. St. Mary's cemetery dates back to about the time St. Mary's Church was built. Mt. Carmel, another Catholic burial place, was blessed by Bishop O"Hara in 1892. Forest Hill cemetery is in Dunmore. p. 455 The church was dedicated in 1856 and was called St. Simon the Apostle....Rev. Gerald McMurray...remained as pastor until his death March 28, 1896. He built a new church....The name of the Dunmore church and parish was changed to St. Mary's of Mt. Carmel in the nineties. Comment: I don't know which church building is around the date of the cemetery, 1856 or the later "new church." I do not own this book. They turned the lights out on me as I was xeroxing at the Duke University Library, so I have just a few pages. I would think that the Scranton Library and/or State Library might have it if the title interests you as it did me. Anne

Does anybody know the name of the church Laura refers to, on Jackson St? Laura--any notions about which records this church maintains? Sometimes things get interestinger and interestinger! Anne