Marie T. Gaw passed away at her home in Estes Park, CO. on Friday, May 16, 2014 at the age of 91. She was born in Philadelphia, Pa. on July 15, 1923 to Ralph and Anna (Dierkes) Petitt. For additional information see: http://www.allnutt.com/obituaries/Marie-Gaw/

Hi Claire Thanks very much for that. Yes, it does help. Knowing what's not there is as valuable as knowing what is there. :-) Kind regards, Lynne Claire K <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hi Lynne, > >I don't think anyone has anything to compare to the GENUKI gazetteer but for plain how-tos, there are wikis on Ancestry and FamilySearch, and there's CyndisList (pages of links). > >The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania has some county-specific guides on its site (genpa.org) but does not have all counties represented. > >HTH, somewhat >Claire K >

Hi Lynne, I don't think anyone has anything to compare to the GENUKI gazetteer but for plain how-tos, there are wikis on Ancestry and FamilySearch, and there's CyndisList (pages of links). The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania has some county-specific guides on its site (genpa.org) but does not have all counties represented. HTH, somewhat Claire K Sent from my iPhone On May 22, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Lynne <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Regina > > Thanks for that. > > The UK has a wonderful volunteer-maintained website called GENUKI (http://www.genuki.org.uk) which contains a guide to researching in the UK, all manner of other information, including sources of information for each county. Is there such a thing for Pennsylvania? > > Kind regards, > Lynne > > > Regina <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Lynne, >> Yes, I looked at the index starting with 1925 in light of the fact we knew the she was living in 1924 and gone by 1930. Just so you are aware, Ancestry.com now has on line the death certs for Pennsylvania up to 1924. In June they will have available the certs from 1924 - 1944 (I think its 1944 or 1942). By November they will have the certs up to 1963. >> Regina > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Regina Thanks for that. The UK has a wonderful volunteer-maintained website called GENUKI (http://www.genuki.org.uk) which contains a guide to researching in the UK, all manner of other information, including sources of information for each county. Is there such a thing for Pennsylvania? Kind regards, Lynne Regina <[email protected]> wrote: > >Lynne, >Yes, I looked at the index starting with 1925 in light of the fact we knew the she was living in 1924 and gone by 1930. Just so you are aware, Ancestry.com now has on line the death certs for Pennsylvania up to 1924. In June they will have available the certs from 1924 - 1944 (I think its 1944 or 1942). By November they will have the certs up to 1963. >Regina

Lynne, Yes, I looked at the index starting with 1925 in light of the fact we knew the she was living in 1924 and gone by 1930. Just so you are aware, Ancestry.com now has on line the death certs for Pennsylvania up to 1924. In June they will have available the certs from 1924 - 1944 (I think its 1944 or 1942). By November they will have the certs up to 1963. Regina > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 16:46:46 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Harry BUSKEY murdered Dec. 1924 by Sarah STEAD > > Hello Regina > > Thanks very much for that! Yes, I think that's "my" Sarah Stead who died in 1925. > > How do you access PA Vital Death Records, please? All I could find are the indices. Is that what you looked at? (Told you I was a newbie to Pennsylvania research!) > > Kind regards, > Lynne > > > Regina <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >Lynne, > >In checking census records, Walter Stead, Sarah's husband and Hannah and Florences' father was found living with Florence and her husband Oscar Sommer in 1930. Walter was a widower. Hannah lives with the family as well. Walter was age 57 while Hannah was 29. In checking PA Vital Death Records it appears a Sarah Stead died on May 28th 1925. Although it may not be "your" Sarah - it seems likely that it is. Clearly she died sometime between 1924 and 1930. > >Regina > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello everyone Thanks so much to all of you who have been helping me. I've been a RootsWeb member, a RootsWeb list administrator, and a researcher for over ten years. My enthusiasm for research has waned over the years, in part because I was devoting much of my time to adminning lists and in part because of the paucity of information about the BUSKEY family. These past few days have been remarkable. Not only has this list come up trumps, but I've actually found a real, live cousin via the trees on Ancestry, a descendant of Harry BUSKEY. She is only the second BUSKEY researcher I've ever come across. The first was a descendant of an ancestor so far removed that we really had nothing to share. So thank you, thank you, thank you. Not only did you provide valuable information, you've stoked my research spark back into a full blown flame. Lynne

Thank you again, Regina! Kind regards, Lynne Regina <[email protected]> wrote: > >Lynne…. >Also, it looks like Hannah remarried in 1943 to one William H. Klass. Hannah died on 1/20/1990 having been born on May 30, 1901. >regina

Hello Regina Thanks very much for that! Yes, I think that's "my" Sarah Stead who died in 1925. How do you access PA Vital Death Records, please? All I could find are the indices. Is that what you looked at? (Told you I was a newbie to Pennsylvania research!) Kind regards, Lynne Regina <[email protected]> wrote: > >Lynne, >In checking census records, Walter Stead, Sarah's husband and Hannah and Florences' father was found living with Florence and her husband Oscar Sommer in 1930. Walter was a widower. Hannah lives with the family as well. Walter was age 57 while Hannah was 29. In checking PA Vital Death Records it appears a Sarah Stead died on May 28th 1925. Although it may not be "your" Sarah - it seems likely that it is. Clearly she died sometime between 1924 and 1930. >Regina

Lynne…. Also, it looks like Hannah remarried in 1943 to one William H. Klass. Hannah died on 1/20/1990 having been born on May 30, 1901. regina > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 14:23:31 -0400 > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Harry BUSKEY murdered Dec. 1924 by Sarah STEAD > > Lynne, > In checking census records, Walter Stead, Sarah's husband and Hannah and Florences' father was found living with Florence and her husband Oscar Sommer in 1930. Walter was a widower. Hannah lives with the family as well. Walter was age 57 while Hannah was 29. In checking PA Vital Death Records it appears a Sarah Stead died on May 28th 1925. Although it may not be "your" Sarah - it seems likely that it is. Clearly she died sometime between 1924 and 1930. > Regina > > > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:23:53 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Harry BUSKEY murdered Dec. 1924 by Sarah STEAD > > > > > > Hi Mary > > > > I do have those death certificates -- they are what started me on this search -- but thank you so much for thinking of me! I have to wonder if the baby's death was the cause of Harry's drunken rage (if newspaper reports are to be believed). > > > > Kind regards, > > Lynne > > > > > > Mary Walsh <[email protected]> > > > > > > > >Lynne, > > >I found two death certificates for Harry Buskey. One has his parents listed. The other one doesn't. I also found one for his newborn son, Harry Buskey, Jr. He was born 12/12/1924, died 12/13/1924 and buried 12/18/1924. I will send that to you. > > >Regards, > > >Mary > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > > ********* > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Lynne, In checking census records, Walter Stead, Sarah's husband and Hannah and Florences' father was found living with Florence and her husband Oscar Sommer in 1930. Walter was a widower. Hannah lives with the family as well. Walter was age 57 while Hannah was 29. In checking PA Vital Death Records it appears a Sarah Stead died on May 28th 1925. Although it may not be "your" Sarah - it seems likely that it is. Clearly she died sometime between 1924 and 1930. Regina > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:23:53 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Harry BUSKEY murdered Dec. 1924 by Sarah STEAD > > > Hi Mary > > I do have those death certificates -- they are what started me on this search -- but thank you so much for thinking of me! I have to wonder if the baby's death was the cause of Harry's drunken rage (if newspaper reports are to be believed). > > Kind regards, > Lynne > > > Mary Walsh <[email protected]> > > > > >Lynne, > >I found two death certificates for Harry Buskey. One has his parents listed. The other one doesn't. I also found one for his newborn son, Harry Buskey, Jr. He was born 12/12/1924, died 12/13/1924 and buried 12/18/1924. I will send that to you. > >Regards, > >Mary > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Mary I do have those death certificates -- they are what started me on this search -- but thank you so much for thinking of me! I have to wonder if the baby's death was the cause of Harry's drunken rage (if newspaper reports are to be believed). Kind regards, Lynne Mary Walsh <[email protected]> > >Lynne, >I found two death certificates for Harry Buskey. One has his parents listed. The other one doesn't. I also found one for his newborn son, Harry Buskey, Jr. He was born 12/12/1924, died 12/13/1924 and buried 12/18/1924. I will send that to you. >Regards, >Mary

Lynne, I found two death certificates for Harry Buskey. One has his parents listed. The other one doesn't. I also found one for his newborn son, Harry Buskey, Jr. He was born 12/12/1924, died 12/13/1924 and buried 12/18/1924. I will send that to you. Regards, Mary

Hi Barbara Thank you so much for that. Kind regards, Lynne Barbara McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > >I checked the newspapers a year or two out from the murder in 1924 and I >never saw her name mentioned again. It could have been that see was telling >the truth and it was decided it was in self-defense. > >Barbara >

I checked the newspapers a year or two out from the murder in 1924 and I never saw her name mentioned again. It could have been that see was telling the truth and it was decided it was in self-defense. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Harry BUSKEY murdered Dec. 1924 by Sarah STEAD > Many thanks to Barbara and Joe for providing newspaper articles describing > this death. Fascinating! > > Now I wonder what happened to the perpetrator, Sarah Stead. Is there a > way to find court records from back then? > > Thanks so much for your continued help. > > Lynne > > > >> Barbara McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > <snip> Mother-in-Law Stabs Man to Save Husband >>> >>>Philadelphia, Dec. 20. Harry Buskey, 35 was stabbed to death by his >>>mother-in-law, Mrs Sarah Stead, police declared. The woman is alleged to >>>have said that she killed the man to save the life of her husband, Walter >>>Stead, with whom Buskey was fighting. >>> > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks to Barbara and Joe for providing newspaper articles describing this death. Fascinating! Now I wonder what happened to the perpetrator, Sarah Stead. Is there a way to find court records from back then? Thanks so much for your continued help. Lynne > Barbara McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: >> <snip> Mother-in-Law Stabs Man to Save Husband >> >>Philadelphia, Dec. 20. Harry Buskey, 35 was stabbed to death by his >>mother-in-law, Mrs Sarah Stead, police declared. The woman is alleged to >>have said that she killed the man to save the life of her husband, Walter >>Stead, with whom Buskey was fighting. >>

Hi Barbara Again, many thanks for the article! This one gives us another name to explore -- great! It's interesting that the coroner stamped the death cert. homicide rather than manslaughter. Now to find out what happened to Sarah Stead. Kind regards, Lynne Barbara McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > >And here's another version: >"Trenton Evening Times" (Trenton, NJ) >21 Dec 1924 > >Mother-in-Law Stabs Man to Save Husband > >Philadelphia, Dec. 20. Harry Buskey, 35 was stabbed to death by his >mother-in-law, Mrs Sarah Stead, police declared. The woman is alleged to >have said that she killed the man to save the life of her husband, Walter >Stead, with whom Buskey was fighting. > >According to witnesses, Buskey, under the influence of liquor, went tonight >to the home of his wife's parents with shom she had been living because of >illness. He became abusive and Mr. Stead, coming home, tried to reason with >him. A fight started and Stead, of slight build, was punished severely. >Mrs Florence Summers, another daughter and the other women separated them, >they declared, but Buskey attacked them again. > >Buskey, the woman said, had his father-in-law down on the floor and was >beating him mercilessly when Mrs. Stead seized a butcher knife and stabbed >him four times.

Hi Barbara Thanks also for this. Looks like the Evansville Courier may have been a tabloid. ;-) Kind regards, Lynne Barbara McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > >Here's another story: >"Evansville Courier & Press" Evansville, IN >21 Dec 1924 > >Mother Kills Lover of Her Daughter > >Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 20 - Mrs. Sarah Stead's love for her daughter placed >her behind bars here tonight, charged with manslaugher. >She objected to the attentions of Harry Buskey, 35, to her young daughter, >May. Buskey persisted. When he called tonight Mrs Stead rufused him >admission. He struck her in the face, according to the story obtained by the >police, and she grabbed a knife and stabbed him through the heart.

Hi Barbara Thank you so much for that. Interesting that the news made it all the way to Cleveland! Kind regards, Lynne Barbara McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > >"Plain Dealer" (Cleveland, OH) >22 Dec 1924 > >Killed by Mother-in-Law >Philadelphia, Dec 21 - Harry Buskey, 35, was stabbed to death last night by >his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Stead, police declared. They say the woman >declared she killed the man to save the life of her husband, Walter Stead, >with whom Buskey was fighting. Mrs. Stead was held on a charge of murder.

Hi Joe Many thanks for that! For some reason I was assuming Sarah was Hannah's sister (never assume!). It had never occurred to me that she would be Hannah's mother. Wow is right! Kind regards, Lynne Joseph Brady <[email protected]> wrote: > >Lynne...here's something..... >Bluefield Daily Telegraph › 21 December *1924* › Page 14 >*...*<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCkQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fnewspage%2F12305101%2F&ei=4Px7U6WIIZLQsQSIjIHYCA&usg=AFQjCNEOfX83-2kdwephdPcp63dbf4JBAQ&sig2=51OjmqAHHZyTCXHKkkYTOw&bvm=bv.67229260,d.cWc> >www.newspapers.com/newspage/12305101/ >Flanagan eleven which finished the *1924* season 1 piaye da great defensive >..... *Harry Buskey*, thirty-five,, was stabbed to *death* tejnteht by his >mother-in-law, ...WOOWWW!1 Joe

And here's another version: "Trenton Evening Times" (Trenton, NJ) 21 Dec 1924 Mother-in-Law Stabs Man to Save Husband Philadelphia, Dec. 20. Harry Buskey, 35 was stabbed to death by his mother-in-law, Mrs Sarah Stead, police declared. The woman is alleged to have said that she killed the man to save the life of her husband, Walter Stead, with whom Buskey was fighting. According to witnesses, Buskey, under the influence of liquor, went tonight to the home of his wife's parents with shom she had been living because of illness. He became abusive and Mr. Stead, coming home, tried to reason with him. A fight started and Stead, of slight build, was punished severely. Mrs Florence Summers, another daughter and the other women separated them, they declared, but Buskey attacked them again. Buskey, the woman said, had his father-in-law down on the floor and was beating him mercilessly when Mrs. Stead seized a butcher knife and stabbed him four times. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:49 PM Subject: [PAPhl] Harry BUSKEY murdered Dec. 1924 by Sarah STEAD > > Hello all > > My Lancashire family liked to flit back and forth from England to the US, > resulting in a few children being born in the Philadelphia area and others > born in England. Most of my research has centered on the English, but an > interesting death certificate has brought me to Philadelphia research. > > Harry BUSKEY (BUSKY), b. 4 Nov. 1890 Conshohocken, PA, married Hannah > STEAD in 1924. It appears he had previously married Margaret E Wallace > July 1912 in Delaware. On 20 December 1924, Harry BUSKEY died on the way > to Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, as the result of "stab wounds of > chest the hands of Sara STEAD." The death certificate is stamped > "homicide" and signed by Robert J. Patton, coroner. > > A search of Ancestry has not revealed further information about Harry's > death nor about the STEAD family. Of course, that doesn't mean the > information isn't there, just that I'm no good at finding it. > > I'd be very interested to find any mention of the murder in newspaper > articles, any information about the STEAD family, and what happened to > Sarah STEAD (was Sarah actually Hannah?), and have no idea where to look. > I'd be very grateful if someone would point me in the right direction. > > If this is too vague, please let me know what other information I should > provide. > > Thanks in advance. > > Lynne > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message