This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dploppert Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11356.1.1.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Margaret, Thank you so much for writing and clearing this up for me; I now know exactly where it is. When I was searching Mount Carmel Cemetery I was tempted to hike over there and investigate but time was not permitting. I do have exact D.O.D. for the following: John Francis Ploppert DOD: 6 Jun 1933 Anna Thiel Ploppert DOD: 23 Sep 1909 Caroline Lyman Thiel Ploppert DOD: 13 Dec 1949 Arthur Ploppert DOD: 26 Jun 1910 Any further help you can offer would be a God send you have been most helpful already! Thank you ever so much! Daniel D. Ploppert 854 Gravel Road Webster, NY 14580 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Jslgrland Surnames: STRANGE, TOBIAS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/5383.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wondering if any connection, Robert Strange and my Aunt Florence Tobias Strange were married lifelong and lived in Pottsville, cannot remember death dates, think it was in the 1960's, recall their home & garden & antiques vividly from visits to their Pottsville home on a sloping hillside not far from courthouse where he worked, in 1950s in my childhood. They visited us when we lived in Selinsgrove. She was eldest daughter of William Tobias and Ida Klick Tobias, my grandparents, married 1900 & both deceased 1943. Could Uncle Robert be from this family? If so can rustle up some pictures somewhere. Let me know. Thanks. Jan from Florida 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: inezlane Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11359.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can only tell you that I think this is in Schuylkill county, and maybe the name could be blackwood, my father was born in blackwood which is like minnersville now.I hope this may help you. 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CGage31549 Surnames: WELLER, HEISER, HIMMEL, GREENWOOD Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11359.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't have an answer to your question but the name of Mary Marsden from that area rang a bell with me. Are you sure of the birth dates of Mary & James? I have a date of May 25, 1842 for Mary, taken from her death certificate. It also gives her full name as Mary Marsden Greenwood in marriage records in Pottsville, PA on August 24, 1869. I have her father's name as James (another coincidence?) Mary named a son Franklin Marsden (Weller) in 1870. Are these just coincidences or is there a thread here? Minersville is a short distance from Pottsville in PA too. I have not heard of "Black Hills" associated with Minersville. Perhaps it's an area that locals called it Black Hills. Could "Scoubh" be mistaken for Schuylkill, which is the county name in Minersville & Pottsville? Hope I did more than confuse the situation! 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: margaretdowning35 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11356.1.1.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I usually go out third street but it intersects with 5th The firehouse is at a patch called Beaverdale continue on the road past St Joseph's to the top of the hill. The Mt Carmel cemetery assoc. is combining Alaska aka Oak Hill with the bigger Mt Carmel Cem I visit the area twice a year.If you would like I'll copy the cem "map" and try to locate where the Ploppert's are buried. Too bad you don't have the exact DOD . The library has the newspapers. I knew Carrie Ploppert,she was a friend of my grandmother's I will need a postal address. Margaret 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: josie8862 Surnames: Ploppert Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11356.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Daniel, When you are going into the Mt Carmel Cemetery (which I also call the Alaska cem.) go to the caretakers cottage, turn left, this road takes you along the edge of the cemmie. You will see a fence that seperates the Mt. Carmel Cem from the Oak Hill. Some of the fence they have taken down to expand the Mt Carmel cem. There is no road leading into the Oak Hill Cem. Did you ever get Carrie's obit? I think I have it here somewhere for you. Joanne 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dploppert Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11356.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I think I am confused now. Coming from Mount Carmel via Fifth St. On the left hand side first there is St. Mary's (next to a firehouse). Further up on the left is St Joseph's and then Mount Carmel Cemetery. While exploring the Mount Carmel Cemetery it appeared as though they might be merging St. Joseph's with Mount Carmel. Is it possible that the Alaska lies between St. Joseph's and Mount Carmel Cemetery? Across the st. is St Peter's. Is the Alaska Cemetery across the Street from Mount Carmel Cemetery? I was only in Mount Carmel overnight and by the time I got there on Saturday the library was closed. Also, all the people you mentioned are my relatives! I was hoping to find their graves on my visit; perhaps the next time! Thank you again for all of your help. I guess I should have tried this message board before my trip. Another reason for me to return! Thanks again! Daniel 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: scsirbak Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11357.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Daniel! St. Boniface German Catholic Cemetery is one of my favorite cemeteries! I have many ancestor's buried there. It is very easy to find. >From Pottsville - Go North on Route 61 (towards St.Clair). At St.Clair, turn left at the second light, which is W.Hancock St.(if you get to Wal-Mart, you have gone too far) On your right hand-side, if you look up, you will see an old cemetery. This is not St. Boniface. Continue straight for approximately 1/4 mile. You will see a cemetery on your left-hand side. It is in Arnots Addition & they have a St.Boniface sign at the entrance. Make a left into the cemetery. When you enter, St.Boniface is on both sides of the road. On your left-hand side, there is a low rock wall, which separates the St.Boniface German Catholic Cemetery from the Irish St.Mary's Roman Catholic cemetery. The St.Boniface Church is in the town of St.Clair. What names are you looking for? We may be related! Phillip & Anna Margaretha Plappert are my Great-Great Grandparents & are buried there. There are also other Plappert's buried in the cemetery. There were Plappert's in Pottsville & Ploppert's in Shenandoah. I have seen the name spelled both ways. Let me know if we are related. Susan 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: margaretdowning35 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11355.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If anyone died after 1989 they are not in the book. The cemetery was copied by "Schuylkill Roots" researchers Margaret 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: margaretdowning35 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11356.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Mt carmel Cem is just that. St Joseph is Catholic and across the road from the Mt C Cem. I'm surprised no one knew where the cem. is. Did you ask at the library? The listed for Ploppert's in my book are as follows: Carrie L 1874-1949 mother John F 1869-1933 father Melburn John 1913-1933 Arthur E 1898-1910 Anna M 1869- 1909- mother The "official" records are hard to come by. The mayor of MtC has them . they are going to be digitalized I have tried recently to get some information with a negative result. Mrs Carrie P;oppert lived on W 2nd St and went to the Evangelical Lutheran Church There was no mention of Theil in the book I have. This cemetery is nondenominational. Margaret 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: margaretdowning35 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11356.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Mt carmel Cem is just that. St Joseph is Catholic and across the road from the Mt C Cem. I'm surprised no one knew where the cem. is. Did you ask at the library? The listed for Ploppert's in my book are as follows: Carrie L 1874-1949 mother John F 1869-1933 father Melburn John 1913-1933 Arthur E 1898-1910 Anna M 1869- 1909- mother The "official" records are hard to come by. The mayor of MtC has them . they are going to be digitalized I have tried recently to get some information with a negative result. Mrs Carrie P;oppert lived on W 2nd St and went to the Evangelical Lutheran Church There was no mention of Theil in the book I have. This cemetery is nondenominational. Margaret 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ArleneM66 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11356.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Daniel, The following posting should be of interest to you: Re: Alaska Cemetery By: tomDempsey73 Posted: 22 Jan 2000 8:00AM on Ancestry Northumberland Board ................................................ The Oak Hill (O. of I. A. ) aka Alaska Cemetery is immediately adjacent to the Mt. Carmel Cemetery which is the cemetery at the top of the hill, just to the west of Mount Carmel. It is just a small cemetery. Arlene 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dploppert Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11355.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the heads up, I didn't know there was a Northumberland message board. I will be sure to look into that. Thank you for all of your help! Daniel 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dploppert Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11357.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you once again! The church (cemetery) I am looking for was on the list. It is St. Boniface of Saint Clair. I am now better prepared for my next visit to Northumberland and Schuylkill counties! Thank you ever so much! Daniel 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dploppert Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11356.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for writing. I just returned from Mount Carmel two days ago; no one seemed to know which cemetery was the Alaska, they only knew the vicinity. If you are correct then St. Joseph's would be the Alaska Cemetery. The people I am looking for are all Plopperts. They are John Francis Ploppert, Arthur Ploppert, Caroline Lyman Thiel Ploppert and Anna Thiel Ploppert. Any help would be greatly appreciated as is the help you have already given! Thanks again for writing. Daniel Ploppert 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: J_Brocco Surnames: Marsden Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11359/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I need help in recognizing this place: Black Hills Minersville Scoubh, PA It is given as the birth place of both Mary Eliza Marsden (1860) and her brother James Marsden (1857). Thank You, James 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ArleneM66 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11357.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Daniel, On the following page the church is listed: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paschuyl/chsrc2a.htm There is no listing for the church in the telephone book. Perhaps you can call one of the other churches in St. Clair & ask about the cemetery & records. Please note that the telephone area code is now 570 (not 717). Arlene 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ArleneM66 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11357.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Daniel, Perhaps this is the cemetery you're looking for. On this page: http://www.jdland.com/cem-traipsing.html it has the following: "We went to Arnot's Addition, a little slip of land across the highway from St. Clair, where we had seen a cemetery on a hill as we drove around in January, and even though when we got there this time it said St. Boniface's Cemetery, we decided to pull in anyway. There was an old low stone wall down the middle of the cemetery, and as we wandered, we discovered the names were predominantly Irish on one side, and more German/Protestant on the other side. So we stuck to the Irish side and just started looking for any stones with Walsh, Heenan, Ryan, or Higgins on them." Arlene 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ArleneM66 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11355.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Daniel, There is an error when clicking on the search results that I posted but you can do the search yourself on the Northumberland Co. board just for the Northumberland Co. board (not on all boards). Arlene 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ArleneM66 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11355.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Daniel, Mount Carmel is in Northumberland Co. so you might want to post on that board: http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.northumberland/mb.ashx Also, I did a search on that board & here's what came up for Alaska Cemetery: http://boards.ancestry.com/SearchResults.aspx?db=mb&gss=ancMB&hc=10&rank=0&adv=&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.northumberland&csn=Northumberland&cst=board&gskw=Alaska Cemetery&psrch=on&_F00029CB=&_F00027E2=&period=&_80004003=&_F0002BF1= Arlene 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.