This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: one4info Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.northumberland/9723.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My records show that it was Charles Filer, widower, and his son George, born 7/1881, PA, living with Elizabeth, widow of John Reese at 119 Arch St. in Shamokin, Vol. 149, ED 148, sheet 7, line 18 of the 1900 US census. I have no further information on John. My source for this information is "Burial records for Northumberland Co. PA, Vol. 5" by Meiser. In his listings for Shamokin cemetery on page 264, he lists: Charles Rehrer 8/26/1845, Shamokin - 9/3/1942, son of Jacob J. and Sarah Kreigh Rehrer and his wife, Emily Reese, b 2/22/1869, Newport, England, died 7/28/1938, daughter of John and Elizabeth Filer Reese. The same information is verified in the listings of the Farrow Funeral Home Burials, 1878 - 1988, Pt. II, on page 739. Also on page 265 of Meiser's book, two children: Wlliam Rehrer Apr. 1, 1898 - May 10, 1898 unamed infant Rehrer Oct. 13, 1894 - Oct 16, 1894. PA Birth Registrations were kept at the county level from 1893 to 1905, after which they are kept by the State. This means that a record might be found for Agnes and Charles. James would have been permitted to file a delayed registration of birth after 1940 in the county of his birth with supporting documentation and affadavits from a relative or non-relatives present at his birth. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.