This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armstrong, Kelley, Bovard, Barrett Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4056 Message Board Post: Myrna K. Armstrong, 85 of Allegheny Manor in Shippenville, died Friday, June 22, 1990 at the home. She had been a resident of Emlenton. Born July 13, 1904, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Amy Bovard Kelley. She was a member of the Emlenton United Methodist Church, and had enjoyed cooking and baking. She was employed for more than 35 years by the Quaker State Corp. She worked in the Emlenton office, retiring in 1964. She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Norma J. Armstrong of Emlenton; three grandsons Derry L. Armstrong of Blytheville, AR, Terry Kevin Armstrong of Pittsburgh, and Kelley B. Armstrong of Knox; and a granddaughter, Mrs Jodi A. (Brian) Barrett of Shippenville. She is also survived by four great-grandchildren; and two nieces. She was preceded in death by a son, Conrad B. Armstrong, who died Dec. 21, 1974; two brothers; and a sister. Funeral services will be conducted at 8:30 pm today in the Christopher M. Hile Funeral Home. Rev. Arthur T. Moffat Jr., pastor of the Emlenton United Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the Emlenton Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shoup, Burchfield, Delo, Rider. Brown Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4055 Message Board Post: Alma B. Shoup, 86 of Emlenton, died at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, 1987 in Allegheny Manor at Shippenville. Born March 14, 1901, in Foxburg she was a daughter of Frank L. and Minerva E. Delo Burchfield. She married Thomas E. Shoup on May 14, 1928. He preceded her in death on February 15, 1954. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Emlenton and Lady Freedom Rebekah Lodge. Survivors include a sister, Miss Evalyn Burchfield of Emlenton; a niece, Mrs. Joyce (John) Rider of Chicora. In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Brown in 1983. Funeral services were held in the Criswell-Gardinier Funeral Home in Emlenton with Rev. Earl Runge pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment followed at the Emlenton Cemetery

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/2004.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Bonnie, Looked through all of my History of Lawrence Co., books and I could only come up with one Black that was affiliated with Westminster College--In Isabella Black obit--it mentions that the Blacks were one of the most prominent families of that section, one of them having been one of the founders of Westminster College--the only one I could find mentioned is a Andrew M. Black--he was a prof. of Latin at the college at the beginning--so he could be the one.???? Sheri

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/2004.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Bonnie, E-mail me privately at [email protected] Sheri

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0dB.2ACI/1406.1407 Message Board Post: I was wondering if you had any information on any Pryers that married any Shepherds in rocklan venango county pa? I am researching the Shepherd family & have found 2 Shepherd women that married Pryer men. My Shepherd family is from Rockland Pa. If you have any information, please let me know!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Black, Hardy, Nixon, Brewster Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4054 Message Board Post: I have three obituaries for Isabella Wilson Black mother of Samuel, George, James, and Charles Black as well as Mary Black Brewster, Anna Black Hardy and Susan Black Nixon. See my website http://home.hawaii.rr.com/bchapman Click on surnames, then Wilson then Isabell then notes. Please let me know if you are researching the same family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4053 Message Board Post: John and Isabella Black and thier children ran a hotel in Clinton. Any ideas on how I could research this hotel?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/2004.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Happy to share what I have. I need to organize it a bit. An 1876 map of Western PA shows a "Black's" on the Allegheny RR line. I'm wondering if this was the family hotel where Mary and Lucas met. I'll post the Aunt Pete letter on my website if you give me a week or so or I can email it to you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brewster, Black, Wilson, Slater Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/2004.2.1 Message Board Post: Bonnie, You made my day!!!! I have some census info on the Black's--but not much else--I did try and find a will for John Black--but it was early in my research and I think that I only looked in Mercer Co. My computer crashed andy I lost some info--had most of it backed up--but I did lose some stuff. My husband's grandmother was born in McDonald--she married Lyle Slater who was the son of Maude Brewster (Lucas and Mary's daughter) and John Slater. I am going to go through all of notes and see what I have --I'd like to exchange info. Thank you so much for the info!!!! Sheri

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Black, Wilson, Brewster Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/2004.2 Message Board Post: Also, I know Mary's sister Susan Isabell Black (also known sometimes as Elizabeth Black) married Daniel Webster Nixon and lived in McDonald, PA. maybe there is a connection there.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Black Wilson Brewster Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/2004.1 Message Board Post: Lucas Byron Brewster married Mary Rebecca Black the daughter of my ancestors John Gilmore Black and Isabell Lawson Wilson. I believe he met Mary while staying in her father's hotel. I have a letter from the wife of James Templeton Black and some newspaper clippings from the death of Isabell Lawson Wilson Black. See my site home.hawaii.rr.com/bchapman or email me. I do not have alot of specific info about Lucas, but I'm researching the Black family like crazy and cannot find parents of the parents.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sheehan, Curry Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4052 Message Board Post: Mary Cecilia Sheehan, 80, of Emlenton died early Wednesday morning, March 5, 1969. Born November 2, 1888 in Emlenton, she was the daughter of Daniel and Anna Curry Sheehan. Miss Sheehan, a member of St. Michael's Church, lived her entire life in Emlenton and was a devoted church worker. Surviving are a sister-in-law, Mrs. Gladys Sheehan, of Emlenton and a number of cousins. Friends were received at the Criswell funeral Home, Emlenton. Requiem mass was conducted Friday at St. Michael's Church. Interment followed in the Church Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rapp, Miller, Denslinger, Evans Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4051 Message Board Post: Andrew Rapp, 87 of Emlenton, Pa., prominent-independent oil producer and citizen of the town for the past 30 years, died in the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. P. Evans, in Oil City, Sunday afternoon Dec. 20th, 1937 following an illness of three weeks. He was born October 26, 1849, at Fryburg, Clarion County, Pa., a son of Jacob and Anna Miller Rapp. On June 23, 1874 he was united in marriage with Mary Denslinger, of Fryburg, who preceded him in death several years ago. To this union were born seven children, three of whom survive: Mrs. F. P. Evans, of Oil City; Mrs. Henry Clay, of Harrisburg and Cletus Rapp of Emlenton. He is also survived by two sisters, one brother and eight grandchildren. In 1924 Mr. and Mrs. Rapp celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic church, Emlenton. Mr. Rapp was one of the oldest former oil men of this entire area and in the early days of the industry was engaged in teaming in the oil fields of Petrolia, ! Pithole, Petroleum Center and Rouseville. Mr. Rapp took his initiatory degree in the oil business in the year 1867 on Oil Creek, his first work being that of driving team, which he followed for a number of years to finally embark on a teaming business of his own following the developments down the Allegheny River and into Butler County, where he conducted a livery and feed stable in Petrolia. In 1889 he went to Kennerdell, where in 1906 he struck a well that started off at 1,500 barrels a day. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning in St. Michael's church, conducted by Rev. Francis A. Hartleb. Interment followed in the Emlenton cemetery, with the following acting as pall-bearers: John T. Brosnahan, Thomas Barnes, Michael Curran, Joseph Grieff, Peter Rapp and James Sheehan.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clay, Rapp, Byrd, Bressler, Priar, Hemperly, Batill, Dare, Harvey Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4050 Message Board Post: Harry S. Clay, 71, of 181 S. Front St., Steelton, died February 22, 1966, at the Harrisburg Hospital. He was a retired employee of the Steelton Plant of the Bethlehem Steel Co. Mr. Clay was a member of the Steelton Fifth Ward Republican Club, Steelton Democratic Club and United Steelworkers of America, Local 1688. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Agnes Rapp Clay; two sons, James, with the U.S. Navy, Washington, D. C., and Philip Clay, Harrisburg; three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Byrd, with whom he resided, Mrs. Mary Wright, Bressler, and Mrs. Patricia Priar, Enola; two brothers, George, Steelton, and Albert Clay, Harrisburg; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Hemperly, Hummelstown, Mrs. Nora Batill, and Mrs. Thelma Dare, both of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Sara Harvey, Chamber Hill; and 12 grandchildren. Services were held at funeral home at 357 S. Second St., Steelton. With Rev. Leonard Casey officiating. Burial at Resurrection Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Steiner, Ruffner, Ellis, Campbell, Kelley, Troy, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4049 Message Board Post: Henry R. Steiner, 61, of West Sunbury R.D. 2, died suddenly Wednesday, December 27,1967 of a heart condition. Mr. Steiner was born March 26, 1905, in Lucinda, Pa., a son of William J. and the late Jennie Ruffner Steiner. He was employed by the Highway Department as a mechanic at the State Barn. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pauline Ellis Steiner, a daughter, Sandra Kay Campbell, of New Castle, Pa., a son, Kenneth L. Steiner, of Petrolia, R.D. 1, five grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. James B. Kelley of Boyers, Mrs. John Troy of Emlenton, and Mrs. H. D. Campbell of Mercer. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Abner Steiner and Charles J. Steiner, who passed away October 23, 1966. Interment was in St. Michael's Church Cemetery, Emlenton, PA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: steiner Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4048.1 Message Board Post: Internment for Charles J. Steiner was in St. Michael's Church Cemetery, Emlenton, PA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Steiner, Ruffener, Kelly, Troy, Campbell Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4048 Message Board Post: Charles J. Steiner, 53, of Boyers, R.D. 1, died suddenly at 10:30 A.M. Sunday, October 23, 1966. He had been in poor health but had attended church earlier in the day. Born in Marion Twp. November 9, 1912, he was the son of William J. and the late Jenny Ruffener Steiner, He was a member of St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church, of Murransville. He was employed by the National Tube Co., of Ellwood City. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lydia B. Steiner; a son, Charles A. Steiner Jr., of Renfrew, R.D. 1; his father, William J. Steiner, of Boyers, R.D. 1; three sisters, Mrs. James B. (Carolini) Kelly, of Boyers, R.D.1, Mrs. John (Luella) Troy, Emlenton, and Mrs. H.D. (Wilma) Campbell, of Mercer; and a brother, Henry R. Steiner, of West Sunbury, R.D.2. His mother Jenny Steiner and a brother Abner Steiner preceded him in death. Funeral services were held from St. Alphonsus R. C. Church in Murransville by Rev. Peter A. Kuenzig. Arrangements by Young Funeral Home.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TRONTZ, BLASSMAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0dB.2ACI/409.205 Message Board Post: Here is some TRONTZ Geneology related to me: Mindel Trontz m. x? Children: Hanna Trontz-Blassman b.1879 d.1949 Sam Trontz Becky Trontz Harry Trontz Sarah Trontz One of these children had a RALPH TRONTZ who was recently living in Whitestone, Queens with wife Gertie (both really old). If any of this sounds familiar, please contact me

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4046 Message Board Post: I am searching this site for my cousin. Can anyone out there tell me the origin or nationality of the Phenicie last name. Please reply Thank You Monica.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cousins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0dB.2ACI/3418.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am looking for a Bill Cousins - not sure of his date of birth but I was born in Aliquippa so I assume he is from around there as well. If you have any information that may be useful to me, please contact me. Thanks.