If you would like to know more about this small Patch, join the MahanoyCity/Township Yahoo website - it's for the history/genealogy of both Mahanoy City and Mahanoy Township (which surrounds Mahanoy City). Wiggans Patch is located just west of the St. Nicholas Bridge - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahanoycitytownship/ The link for the site is ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 3:00 AM Subject: PASCHUYL Digest, Vol 5, Issue 272 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wiggins Patch ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 05:22:18 -0000 > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PASCHUYL] Wiggins Patch > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: tquinn6935 > Surnames: Quinn > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.schuylkill/11829.4/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Here's an article I found. My great grandfather, Michael J. Quinn was > born in Cake's Patch, St Nicholas Colliery, near Wiggan's I think. He's > in your family tree I see. I'd love to share info. Here's what I have on > Wiggan's Patch: > > ST. NICHOLAS COLLIERY > > was also known as Cake's Colliery. Colonel Henry Cake and his partner, > Mr. Guise, opened this mine in 1861 and operated it for many years. The > colliery is not standing now, but was about seven hundred yards east of > the Old Suffolk Breaker. The Village near the breaker was known as Cake's > Patch or St. Nicholas. At present the village of St. Nicholas comprises > the communites of Boston Run, Wiggan's, Suffolk, and Cake's. > > Detail > by T L Thomas > > Date > abt 1940 > > Notes > > Web Address > > http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/schuylkill/history/local/mahanoycity/Collieries.txt > > Source Information > > Source Title (view source details) > Area History: A History of Mahanoy City Colleries > > 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. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the PASCHUYL list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the PASCHUYL mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of PASCHUYL Digest, Vol 5, Issue 272 > **************************************** >