Hi, I think Madison School was number 33. My mother taught there from 1932 to 1949. She is ninety-two and remembers EVERYBODY. Marybeth Van Winkle

Annotation from Germany: "Willamenia" is no German name and could therefore hardly have aroused anti-German feelings. The closest German name that this might come to is "Wilhelmine" or "Wilhelmina", female form of "Wilhelm" (William). This indeed might have reminded of German Emperor Wilhelm II. But Wilhelmina with its 4 syllables is just too long a word! Even in Germany in the 1880/90ies, when this name was popular, girls were just called "Mina". (German "Willi" on the other hand - still in use - is the common everyday abbreviation for Wilhelm and corresponds to the English short form "Bill" for William. Pat Morris schrieb: > > My Grandmother was named Willamenia, and she quickly became Willie....we > assume because of anti-German sentiments?? > > P.S. Morris > searching for Snyder ( Snider or Schneider ), Jennings, Tregellas in PA/NY > area. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MathTchr96@aol.com> > To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:55 AM > Subject: [PA-LAC] Snyder > > > > I have noticed quite a bit of discussion on the name Snyder of late. As > an > > aside, many people changed their names in the early part of this century > to > > avoid being acused of being "German". Hence, those with the name > Schneider > > became Snyder, Schmidts became Smiths, Schumachers became Shoemakers, etc. > > Not suggesting that could be your case, but keep an open mind. > > > > Tom > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern PA > http://www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp/ > > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList >

Hi I am looking for someone to get a couple of death notices from the Scranton paper I am willing to do lookups in the Buffalo papers in return I know quite a few people came to Buffalo to work in the steel mill Thanks Ed Toy > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > > > Visit the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern PA > > http://www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp/ > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > > Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ > > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Subscribers -- Off topic postings (particularly political, advertising, or just plain rude) > AND responses on the list are grounds for being Unsubscribed > Please forward any offending email to <mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com> > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > --WebTV-Mail-17550-425-- > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Search the Lackawanna pages: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/search.html > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList >

Dear Huttenbergerger, Thanks for the information and for what is probably the correct spelling for my grandmother's name. We were going by old census records that had been microfilmed and very difficult to read. It just goes to show in genealogy how everyone is willing to help and that we should all keep an open mind about close spellings and approximate dates. P Morris ----- Original Message ----- From: Huettenberger <FF.Huettenberger@t-online.de> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Snyder > Annotation from Germany: "Willamenia" is no German name and could therefore > hardly have aroused anti-German feelings. The closest German name that this > might come to is "Wilhelmine" or "Wilhelmina", female form of "Wilhelm" > (William). This indeed might have reminded of German Emperor Wilhelm II. > But Wilhelmina with its 4 syllables is just too long a word! Even in Germany in > the 1880/90ies, when this name was popular, girls were just called "Mina". > (German "Willi" on the other hand - still in use - is the common everyday > abbreviation for Wilhelm and corresponds to the English short form "Bill" for > William. > > > Pat Morris schrieb: > > > > My Grandmother was named Willamenia, and she quickly became Willie....we > > assume because of anti-German sentiments?? > > > > P.S. Morris > > searching for Snyder ( Snider or Schneider ), Jennings, Tregellas in PA/NY > > area. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <MathTchr96@aol.com> > > To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:55 AM > > Subject: [PA-LAC] Snyder > > > > > > > I have noticed quite a bit of discussion on the name Snyder of late. As > > an > > > aside, many people changed their names in the early part of this century > > to > > > avoid being acused of being "German". Hence, those with the name > > Schneider > > > became Snyder, Schmidts became Smiths, Schumachers became Shoemakers, etc. > > > Not suggesting that could be your case, but keep an open mind. > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > > > Visit the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern PA > > http://www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp/ > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > > Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ > > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Subscribers -- Off topic postings (particularly political, advertising, or just plain rude) > AND responses on the list are grounds for being Unsubscribed > Please forward any offending email to <mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com> > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > >

You assume that prejudice and fear is rational. During those periods of war, if it appeared to some people, to be German - than to "some people", it was German. Here in Ohio there are many German background people. We have a Bratwurst festival in August. However, during WWII our friend changed the spelling of their last name from Goebelt to Gable, as it was less "German." He was a wonderful man who was killed by a car several years ago. SO glad we listened to his stories while he was still living.... Peg Ballou Ohio

In a message dated 06/15/2001 5:51:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, IvaHan@aol.com writes: << Since I live only 15 miles from Scranton, >> Iva, I don't have a sense of where things are in or near Scranton but i can report that my LANCE people lived in Nicholson and Clarks Green. Would you happen to know any LANCE folks? Thank you Laurence Lance Seattle

--WebTV-Mail-17550-425 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit You assume that prejudice and fear is rational. During those periods of war, if it appeared to some people, to be German - than to "some people", it was German. --WebTV-Mail-17550-425 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from smtpin-102-1.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.98) by storefull-166.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:06:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtpin-102-1.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id B9357A0; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:06:54 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: olyphant@webtv.net Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by smtpin-102-1.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id 13BC0E8; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:06:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f5IGn2P29966; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:49:02 -0600 Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:49:02 -0600 X-Original-Sender: FF.Huettenberger@t-online.de Mon Jun 18 09:49:01 2001 From: FF.Huettenberger@t-online.de (Huettenberger) Old-To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com References: <ae.16808ec6.285f462f@aol.com> <001601c0f815$18029d00$1ae8c741@5u1yw> Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Snyder X-Mailer: T-Online eMail 2.34 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:48:58 +0200 Message-ID: <15C2Cw-25kbmiC@fwd05.sul.t-online.com> X-Sender: 320037891209-0001@t-dialin.net Resent-Message-ID: <ijNi7D.A.zTH.9DjL7@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/8994 X-Loop: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: PALACKAW-L-request@rootsweb.com X-PALACKAW-L-Web-Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html Annotation from Germany: "Willamenia" is no German name and could therefore hardly have aroused anti-German feelings. The closest German name that this might come to is "Wilhelmine" or "Wilhelmina", female form of "Wilhelm" (William). This indeed might have reminded of German Emperor Wilhelm II. But Wilhelmina with its 4 syllables is just too long a word! Even in Germany in the 1880/90ies, when this name was popular, girls were just called "Mina". (German "Willi" on the other hand - still in use - is the common everyday abbreviation for Wilhelm and corresponds to the English short form "Bill" for William. Pat Morris schrieb: > > My Grandmother was named Willamenia, and she quickly became Willie....we > assume because of anti-German sentiments?? > > P.S. Morris > searching for Snyder ( Snider or Schneider ), Jennings, Tregellas in PA/NY > area. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MathTchr96@aol.com> > To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:55 AM > Subject: [PA-LAC] Snyder > > > > I have noticed quite a bit of discussion on the name Snyder of late. As > an > > aside, many people changed their names in the early part of this century > to > > avoid being acused of being "German". Hence, those with the name > Schneider > > became Snyder, Schmidts became Smiths, Schumachers became Shoemakers, etc. > > Not suggesting that could be your case, but keep an open mind. > > > > Tom > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern PA > http://www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp/ > > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== Subscribers -- Off topic postings (particularly political, advertising, or just plain rude) AND responses on the list are grounds for being Unsubscribed Please forward any offending email to <mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com> To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList --WebTV-Mail-17550-425--

Tom, Thanks for the suggestion, we are open on this and were hoping that anyone with Schneider , Snider or Snyder would respond. We should have given these alternate spellings. My Grandmother was named Willamenia, and she quickly became Willie....we assume because of anti-German sentiments?? P.S. Morris searching for Snyder ( Snider or Schneider ), Jennings, Tregellas in PA/NY area. ----- Original Message ----- From: <MathTchr96@aol.com> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:55 AM Subject: [PA-LAC] Snyder > I have noticed quite a bit of discussion on the name Snyder of late. As an > aside, many people changed their names in the early part of this century to > avoid being acused of being "German". Hence, those with the name Schneider > became Snyder, Schmidts became Smiths, Schumachers became Shoemakers, etc. > Not suggesting that could be your case, but keep an open mind. > > Tom > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Visit the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern PA http://www.cfrobbins.com/grsnp/ > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > >

I came across a copy of the 1924 zoning ordinance map for the city of Scranton. The following may be of interest. This information appears on the cover: John F. Durkan - Mayor city planning commission: A.J. Casey - President W.P. Boland F.L. Brown William Farrell Morgan S. Kaufman Hans Machler R.H. Martin Thomas F. Quinn Samuel Samter The Council Thomas H. Saville - President Harry E. Apgar Samuel H. Bevan Stanley J. Davis M.E. Sanders Philip V Mattes - City Solicitor William P. Huester - City Clerk Have a great day! wendi

Food for thought: My mom lived in Rawson/Findlay area of Ohio almost all her life. But, she died in Kalamazoo MI - because we brought her home with us when she became too frail to live alone. The Kalamazoo refer. might get you a death cert., but it wouldn't tell you where she lived, what school, place of birth or marriage. Linda

There was a family named Kiehart living in the Carbondale area as recently as 10 years or so ago. They may even still be there. Perhaps a connection? >>> "Jim Britz" <JnKBritz@ourtownusa.net> 06/18/01 11:04AM >>> I have a copy of the 1912 Carbondale City Directory and in looking through it, I did not find any listings for Kulinicz or Kichart (not a surprise if they were from Mayfield); and there is no Paradisryn Street listed in the street index. Jim Britz Researching: BACHMAIER, BRIC, BRITZ, JERSIN, JONKE, KINCHICH, KLEMENCIC, TEKAVEC, YONKE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Brown" <TBROWN@ussc.gov> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Old Ledger > A good bet for the location of the store would be Carbondale---a fairly large town in between the much smaller towns of Simpson and Mayfield. > > >>> <mrsatom@dejazzd.com> 06/16/01 04:56PM >>> > I am hoping that there is someone out there that may be able to help me. Today at a garage sale, I bought an old ledger for a store located somewhere in Scranton (or so the seller thought). There is no store name (the first few pages are missing), but in the ledger are many names of people who bought goods (everything from clothing to groceries) on credit and then paid off little by little. The entries date from 1904-1908. There are a few clues that I found reading through the names. > First, 95% of the names are Russian/Polish in origin. > Second, a very few of the names have a location after them (the two places named are Simpson and Mayfield) > Third, there is an entry for PETER KULINICZ or PETER KICHART (from Mayfield) who regularly bought large quantities of flour and butter...maybe a baker? > Fourth, there is a street name, Paradisryn St, (at least I think its a street)but I don't know what town or locale. > If the info above menas something to any of you, please let me know! Thanks! Renee > > > ==== 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 > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Subscribers -- Off topic postings (particularly political, advertising, or just plain rude) > AND responses on the list are grounds for being Unsubscribed > Please forward any offending email to <mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com> > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList

A good bet for the location of the store would be Carbondale---a fairly large town in between the much smaller towns of Simpson and Mayfield. >>> <mrsatom@dejazzd.com> 06/16/01 04:56PM >>> I am hoping that there is someone out there that may be able to help me. Today at a garage sale, I bought an old ledger for a store located somewhere in Scranton (or so the seller thought). There is no store name (the first few pages are missing), but in the ledger are many names of people who bought goods (everything from clothing to groceries) on credit and then paid off little by little. The entries date from 1904-1908. There are a few clues that I found reading through the names. First, 95% of the names are Russian/Polish in origin. Second, a very few of the names have a location after them (the two places named are Simpson and Mayfield) Third, there is an entry for PETER KULINICZ or PETER KICHART (from Mayfield) who regularly bought large quantities of flour and butter...maybe a baker? Fourth, there is a street name, Paradisryn St, (at least I think its a street)but I don't know what town or locale. If the info above menas something to any of you, please let me know! Thanks! Renee ==== 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

I have a copy of the 1912 Carbondale City Directory and in looking through it, I did not find any listings for Kulinicz or Kichart (not a surprise if they were from Mayfield); and there is no Paradisryn Street listed in the street index. Jim Britz Researching: BACHMAIER, BRIC, BRITZ, JERSIN, JONKE, KINCHICH, KLEMENCIC, TEKAVEC, YONKE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Brown" <TBROWN@ussc.gov> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Old Ledger > A good bet for the location of the store would be Carbondale---a fairly large town in between the much smaller towns of Simpson and Mayfield. > > >>> <mrsatom@dejazzd.com> 06/16/01 04:56PM >>> > I am hoping that there is someone out there that may be able to help me. Today at a garage sale, I bought an old ledger for a store located somewhere in Scranton (or so the seller thought). There is no store name (the first few pages are missing), but in the ledger are many names of people who bought goods (everything from clothing to groceries) on credit and then paid off little by little. The entries date from 1904-1908. There are a few clues that I found reading through the names. > First, 95% of the names are Russian/Polish in origin. > Second, a very few of the names have a location after them (the two places named are Simpson and Mayfield) > Third, there is an entry for PETER KULINICZ or PETER KICHART (from Mayfield) who regularly bought large quantities of flour and butter...maybe a baker? > Fourth, there is a street name, Paradisryn St, (at least I think its a street)but I don't know what town or locale. > If the info above menas something to any of you, please let me know! Thanks! Renee > > > ==== 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 > > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Subscribers -- Off topic postings (particularly political, advertising, or just plain rude) > AND responses on the list are grounds for being Unsubscribed > Please forward any offending email to <mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com> > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList >

I have noticed quite a bit of discussion on the name Snyder of late. As an aside, many people changed their names in the early part of this century to avoid being acused of being "German". Hence, those with the name Schneider became Snyder, Schmidts became Smiths, Schumachers became Shoemakers, etc. Not suggesting that could be your case, but keep an open mind. Tom

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Ann, Thanks for the information. Charles Furtaw

To Richard Reese--I had never thought of a dimmer light on the locomotive, and the idea of a quiet train had never occurred to me. Sounds like a potentially treacherous combination and may help to explain the frequency of some kinds of pedestrian/train accidents. Unbeknownst to our parents, my brothers and I used to roll down the steep sandy banks of the railroad tracks a couple of blocks away from our house. It was a great playground, we thought. Gives me sweaty palms thinking about it today! Thanks for the historical perspective. Anne

What I've been looking at begins publication in 1875, but I have found on film beginning in 1881, a little late for what you're looking for. Good luck, Anne Tullar

Nice hearing from you Walt. I have followed a recent recommendation of somebody on the list and made a file in my E-mail for each family name, so I have stored your message in "Gorman." Anne

Andy, Thanks for the lead, I'll look up the book. Charles