faieta wrote: > Mike, The John Donaldson that you referred to is my Uncle. He is my > mother's brother. He was not the postmaster, he just owned the > building the Post Office is in. I doubt that he could be of much help > to you. He was the youngest in the family and my mother was next to > the youngest. She doesn't remember anything beyond Peter and Lydia > their grandparents. He sister that is 89 is 12 years older and she > doesn't remember anything beyond Peter and Lydia. Apparently their > family didn't talk about family. My Aunt is the one that told me > about Peter's brother James in Brownsville. If his son was Police > Chief I should think we could trace him. Did you see the family line > I sent you. John's real name is Harold John and he was mayor of > Roscoe for a few years. Also, I was mistaken Peter and Lydia are not > buried at Mt. Tabor. They are buried at Mt. Auburn in Fayette City. > I would still like to trace the Rahnke family at Mt. Tabor. I thing I > will try to get in touch with that caretaker. Patty Hi Patty... I'm beginning to think that your Donaldson's are the "other" Donaldson's, an unrelated family. But a few things did catch my eye in your family list. I had the name of Paul Raymond Donaldson's wife as Eva Sweeney, not Swaney. If her name was indeed Eva Swaney, do you know if she is the daughter of Thomas (b. 1858) and Lizzie Swaney (b. 1861)? I believe they lived in or near Roscoe. If this is the same Eva, her brother, Ralph Swaney, married Ethel Donaldson, my fathers sister. Even though the two Donaldson families may be unrelated, it was a matter of time before we found a connection somewhere, They lived too close! Also, my Uncle kept a small book of notes, giving birth, marriage and death information, along with telephone numbers. He noted a Frank (1875-1957) and Lena (1878-1962) Donaldson, husband and wife, had their telephone number, and listed their deaths. We've been unable to find a relationship to them. Perhaps they were friends, from your Donaldson's. They are buried in Monongahela Cemetery. Concerning the Donaldson who was Police Chief of Brownsville. I found an interesting site that has Archives of Glenn Tunneys Brownsville history columns (Herald Standard). Using the search engine, the only Donaldson is John Donaldson. He appears in a "Time Capsule", dated January 22, 1951: *" A spectacular fire has caused total loss estimated at $15,000 at the residence of Cleaver T. Jones of 371 High Street. Mrs. Jones and five other occupants of the big white brick dwelling were forced out and lost most of their possessions. Living on the first floor were Mrs. Jones and Miss Doris Wright, Brownsville high school teacher. Second floor occupants were former Police Chief John Donaldson and Mrs. Donaldson, and the third floor was occupied by Maude and Ida Brown. An overheated furnace caused the blaze, which was discovered by Miss Wright when she smelled smoke upon returning from school for lunch. Ironically, the fire occurred just one day before the Donaldsons were to move to a new location in Hiller." I mentioned this to Mr. Tunney, and will ask him if he has more info on the Chief. The URL for Glenn Tunney's archives is: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~glenntunneycolumn/ -- Thanks Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ My family gedcom: http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode