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    1. [PAMONVAL] Wilson - Highland Cem, California, Pa.
    2. Dear List Members...I just finished this look-up request for one of our listers and thought I would send it to you in case it is of help. The Highland Cemetery in California, Pa. was est. 1888. The Highland Cemetery Records book is almost 300 pages and in chronological order so the search has to be page by page and takes time. Wilson, being one of the more common surnames, is not easy to work with and I hope this look-up will help someone. Rebecca Davis Pauley (Becky) Washington, Pa. Excerpted from "Highland Cemetery", California, Washington County, Penna by Edgar Harris, Closson Press, January 1992. There are no Wilsons in the earlier part of the Cemetery History; the first one is.... Wilson, James D. Rcd #785 Dec 13, 1923 b. Wash. Co.,Pa. 26 Nov 1853 d. Pittsburgh, Pa. W. Penn Hosp 10 Dec 1923 Acute Myocarditis Lot #139, Sec W half Wilson, Sarah Rcd #807 July 28, 1924 b. Winchester, Va. 26 Dec 1865 d. E. Pike Run Twp 27 July 1924 - dropsy Buried B, Sec S half Wilson, 2 male children of Hubert Wilson Rcd 984 Apr 1 b. E. Pike Run Twp. 31 Mar 1930 d. 31 Mar 1930 - premature births Lot #173, Sec W half Wilson, Mrs. Lizzie B. Rcd #1082 June 23, 1934 b. Brownsville, Pa. 21 Sept 1856 d. 21 June 1934 - Apoplexy Lot #139 Sec W half Wilson, Harry W. Rcd #1382 Aug 5, 1947 b. Webster, Pa. (this is a part of Monongahela) 22 Sept. 1856 d. Pittsburgh, Mercy Hosp. 4 Aug 1947 - heart Lot #156 Sec E half Wilson, Lida Myrtle Rcd #1701 Jan 2, 1960 b. Dunbar, Pa. 21 Dec 1875 d. Annapolis, Md. 10 Jan 1960 - cause not stated Lot #156 Sec E half Wilson, Margaret Ann Rcd #1809 May 26, 1964 b. Library, Allegh Co.,Pa. 20 Mar 1935 d. Pittsburgh, Mercy Hosp. 24 May 1964 - drug intoxication Lot #173 Sec W half Wilson, John Andrew Brutto Rcd #2036 Jan 31, 1975 d. Newell, Pa. (This is Fayette Co.) 31 Jan 1975 at 64 years - Coronary Occlusion Lot #66 (No Sec noted) Wilson, Herbert H. Rcd #2072 Mar 16, 1977 d. Monongahela, Pa. Hosp 13 Mar 1977 - diabetis mellitus Lot #173 Sec W half Wilson, Margaret Mae Rcd #2159 12 Mar 1983 b. 1 May 1902 d. Monongahela, Pa. Hosp 13 Mar 1983 - failure- heart disease, arteriosclerosis Lot #173 Sec W half (If she is the wife of Hubert, they both d. on 13 March) Wilson, Leah Marshall Rcd #2232 March 18 1988 b. 1893 d. Fallowfield Twp 18 Mar 1988 - arteriosclerosis Lot #151 Sec E half There were two in the index, a Donna & Mildred, that I could not find. Don't know if I am blind or if they were excluded from the book for some reason. But if they are of interest to you I'm sure you can write the cemetery and ask about them.

    04/07/2001 08:11:27